Born in Hamilton, Ontario and currently based in Toronto, award-winning drummer Anthony Michelli loved music from a very young age. He attributes his lifelong passion to the classical, cultural and popular music performed by his sister and brother as he was growing up. For Anthony, it was a persistent urge to play the drums that eventually led him to an education and a career in music.

Anthony graduated from Mohawk College's Applied Music Program in 1990. Since then, he has studied at the Banff Center and the Lake Placid Center for the Arts. In 1996, he earned a Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto specializing in Jazz Performance.

Anthony is the recipient of the 2003 Grand Prix de Jazz General Motors-Festival International De Jazz de Montreal Award and the 1995 Jazz Report Award for National Post-Secondary School Musician of the Year.

A very active supporting artist with a global reach, Anthony has performed at a variety of club and concert venues, nationally and internationally. He enjoys the diversity offered by working in large and small ensembles and he has had the pleasure of working with full spectrum of well-known artists including: Moe Koffman, Tommy Ambrose, Norma Winston, and Anthony Braxton.

In addition to performing, Anthony teaches music. A member of the faculty of York University and Mohawk College, he has taught and continues to be involved in music workshops, clinics, ensembles and music festivals around the world.

A committed artist, Anthony is driven by a need to progress and a quest for knowledge. Today, he continues to study percussion instruments and music composition with the intention of developing his own musical projects.