Since settling into the Washington DC/Baltimore region in 1992, Wes has performed and recorded on drumset and hand percussion with numerous musical acts of all styles including Higher Octave/Narada recording artists Shahin & Sepehr, popular saxophonist Ron Holloway, the late legendary Eva Cassidy, Daryl Davis, and many others.
Wes has directed the annual Drumset And Percussion Camp of the Goucher Summer Arts Institute from 2005-2013, has taught for the National Guitar Workshop camp system, and has taught at Augusta Blues and Swing Week since 2014. Wes also presents drumset clinics and workshops at schools and universities and for drumming groups, and writes and conducts interviews for DrumPro Magazine and for Percussive Notes. Since 1999.