Welcome to the website of Washington, DC area drummer, Chip Clemmer. Enjoy your visit. 2012 schedule through May posted in Performance Schedule page. Click here.

NOTE: The open jam at Sapphire Indian and Thai Restaurant will be starting up again on Thursday, April 1, 2010. Joining me in the house band like last time will be Chris Hall on bass and vocals, and Roy Brooks on guitar. The jam starts at 8 PM and runs until 12 AM.

I am the house drummer for a blues jam hosted by "Wolf," along with Matt Kelly on guitar the second and fourth Mondays of the month at JV's Restaurant in Falls Church, VA. Time: 8:30 PM till 12:30 AM. UPDATE: The jam will be held on each Monday during the month of August. In September it will be held on each Monday except for September 19th, and starting in October it will be held on each Monday. I will do the second and fourth Mondays, and my good friend and colleague, Andy Hamburger, will be doing the other ones. The guest guitar chair rotates between Robert Frahm, Paul Pfau, and Tom Maxwell.

The Tuesday jam at the Varsity Grille has been cancelled. The Varsity Grille is closed. The Sunday blues jam at the Old Bowie Town Grille has been cancelled.

I have had several inquiries about private lessons. At this time, I am not taking any new regular students. I have a few openings at the commercial music school where I teach, Bach 2 Rock, in Bethesda, MD, but currently, I don't have the time to teach any independent private students on a regular basis. Arrangements can be made for an occasional lesson if time permits.

Chip Clemmer proudly uses Paiste Cymbals, Evans Drum Heads, Pearl Drums and Vic Firth drum sticks, and one of these days hopes to have endorsements from these fine companies.