Drummer and percussionist Barry Van Zyl studied at MI (musicians institute) percussion faculty in hollywood, CA. (performance dip, honors program, vocational honors program, post grad 'encore' program)
Van Zyl lectured (drumset) at the University of Cape Town, Wits and Pretoria Technikon.
Barry Van Zyl worked with Bruce Cassidy, Jonas Gwangwa, Oliver Mtukudzi + Mahube, Shawn Phillips,
Mick Hucknall, Johnny Fourie, Paul Hanmer, Ernest Ranglin, Dave O'Higgins, Anton Goosen, Lionel Bastos, Efrain Toro, Mcoy Mrubata, Kate Normington, Tony Cox, Black, Hothouse Flowers, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Johnny Clegg and many others.
