Lucas Sader is an up and coming drummer based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. At 20 years of age, he has already begun to assert himself in the Winnipeg music scene. Lucas currently leads his own group, The Lucas Sader Project, as well as a Quintet and Trio. He is also active as a composer, arranger, private teacher, journalist and clinician.

Lucas has had the great fortune of performing and recording with many different artists in a variety of settings, including the house band at the Wednesday Night Hang, Steve Kirby's Jazz on Wheels, the University of Manitoba Jazz Lab Band, the University of Manitoba Jazz Orchestra, the Winnipeg Pops Orchestra, the University of Manitoba Percussion Ensemble, and the Paul De Gurse Quartet in the 2011 TD International Winnipeg Jazz Festival. Lucas has also opened for many world-class artists including Geoff Keezer, Lewis Nash, Cyrus Chestnut and Gerald Clayton.

For over two years Lucas drummed in Departures, an indie rock band based out of Winnipeg. In the summer of 2010 they embarked on a cross-Canada tour in support of their debut EP "Kino-Pravda", which reached #2 on Winnipeg's College Radio Charts.

As a student in the University of Manitoba Jazz Studies Program, Lucas has had the opportunity to study and play with many incredible musicians including Quincy Davis, George Colligan, Terreon Gully, Steve Kirby, Jimmy Greene, Derrick Gardner, Larry Roy, Anna-Lisa Kirby, Dave Restivo, E.J. Strickland, Rudy Royston, and Jauvon Gilliam. Other teachers and mentors include David Schneider of The Music Cellar, Bill Kristjanson, and Curtis Nowosad.