Elise Trouw was born to a South African father and a mother from New York in the very last year of the millennium. She was raised on the Carpenters, Green Day, and ’80s new wave. Her musical inspiration first occurred at 6 years old, when she heard the haunting piano melody in “My Immortal” by Evanescence and played it repeatedly throughout a five-hour plane ride. Trouw immediately begged her parents for piano lessons and her musical journey began, usually practicing at 5 a.m. before school each day, much to her parents’ dismay.

Life changed when her family bought the game Rockband for Xbox. After mastering the drums to the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Dani California” on expert mode, Trouw convinced her parents that she now needed drum lessons. Honing her musical skills through The School of Rock and playing in her high school jazz band—and the hard work of 10,000+ hours of practicing—Trouw has built a massive fanbase through her self-produced YouTube videos, social media platforms, and touring both as a solo looping artist and with her band. She has performed on The Jimmy Kimmel Show and was commissioned to shoot a video for the Amazon Prime Academy Award-nominated film The Sound of Metal.

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Mar 25, 2023

Elise Trouw / Jillian Dawn · Berklee College of Music

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