In September, 2017, I was fortunate to join the Zildjian Company as an Educational Artist. It’s a real privilege to be associated with such a storied company, and especially one that has been so instrumental in the development of percussion instruments and so central to the advancement of percussion music for the past four hundred years! Thank you to Keith Aleo for bringing me on board and to everyone at Zildjian for all they do for musicians and the percussive arts!
Spending the last week with students selected from around the country for the U.S. Army All-American Marching Band was humbling and inspiring, and I’m grateful to have had the chance to work alongside so many talented colleagues. The support for these students from all of the great industry sponsors, not to mention the Army and in particular the Army Field Band was really something special. I’m sure they will remember this experience for the rest of their lives, and I’m glad to have been a small part of it!
I’m fortunate to continue serving as a member of the Percussive Arts Society Percussion Ensemble Committee. This year, I had the pleasure of adjudicating recorded submissions for the International Percussion Ensemble Competition, which selects the ensembles who will perform a showcase concert at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention. I also had the honor of adjudicating the High School Chamber Percussion Ensemble Competition at this year’s convention with Dr. Casey Cangelosi (Professor of Percussion at James Madison University) and Dr. Megan Arns (Professor of Percussion at the University of Missouri). Congratulations to all of the fantastic performing ensembles!
Thank you to Dr. Brad Meyer for having me at Stephen F. Austin State University for a day! It was a pleasure to give a clinic for the percussion studio and to play an electro-acoustic recital as well!
Thank you to my good friend Mendel Lee for hosting my snare drum clinic at Tulane University! It was a fun evening discussing muscular independence in snare drumming and percussion playing!
Thank you to Dr. Bill Shaltis for hosting me at the University of Memphis! It was a pleasure to present and perform for the studio and to work with some students on their solo music.
It was great to visit ETSU and present a snare drum clinic for the percussion studio! Thanks to Rande Sanderbeck and Logan Ball for having me!
Thank you to my good friend Dr. Colin Hill for hosting me at Tennessee Tech University for a clinic with his students! It was great to share ideas on practicing, memorization and performance strategies!
Thanks to Matt and Amy Savage for hosting me at Cary High School for a fun afternoon of drumming with your students!
Thank you to Dr. Gifford Howarth at Bloomsburg University and Dan Armstrong at Penn State University for hosting me this week! It was wonderful to perform and present for students at both schools, and to have an opportunity to coach them in solo and ensemble playing as well!
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