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Roger Braun (click to open): Roger Braun Associate Professor,
Director of Percussion,
Ohio University
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Roger Braun is Associate Professor and Director of Percussion Studies at Ohio University. His prior teaching appointments include the University of Michigan-Flint, Albion College, Interlochen Arts Camp, and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. An active clinician, he endorses Encore Mallets and Pro-Mark Sticks and has presented numerous masterclasses throughout the United States and in Japan and Cuba. Braun maintains an active and diverse performance career spanning the idioms of contemporary, classical, jazz, popular, and world music. He has performed extensively throughout the United States and in Europe and Japan including collaborations with many notable musicians such as Keiko Abe, Lyle Mays, Bob Mintzer, and Bernard Woma. Braun has worked with many conductors and orchestras, including the Lansing, Flint, Ann Arbor, and Saginaw Symphonies, the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, the Detroit Chamber Winds, and in the Broadway touring shows Beauty and the Beast, Titanic, and Ragtime. Currently, Braun performs world percussion with the Biakuye Unity Ensemble, as principal percussionist of the Ohio Valley Symphony, latin jazz with Los Viejos Blanquitos, and contemporary music with Galaxy Percussion. Braun can be heard on a dozen CD recordings and is currently producing a CD of music for percussion and strings. Braun earned his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Michigan and his Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music.

Gary Cook (click to open): Gary Cook
President,
Percussive Arts Society;
Professor Emeritus of Music, Percussion Studies,
University of Arizona
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Gary Cook is Professor Emeritus in The School of Music and was the founder and Director of Percussion Studies from 1975 to 2006. He is currently President of the Percussive Arts Society and teaching half-time at the UA. He is well known as the author of the text Teaching Percussion, first published by Schirmer Books in 1988, the second edition in 1997, and the third edition with over 7 hours of DVDs released in 2005 and used world wide. He was timpanist and principal percussionist with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra for over two decades and has held similar posts over the years with the Arizona Opera, Arizona Ballet, Tucson Pops, and Flagstaff Festival Orchestras. In the summer, he is principal percussionist with the Crested Butte Music Festival and has performed with similar festivals in Colorado and Nevada. From 1994 to 1999 he served as Director of the School of Music and Dance and lists as some of his many accomplishments a $2 million acquisition of 98 new Steinway pianos - at the time the largest institutional purchase in the history of the Steinway company, the Nelson Riddle Endowed Chair in Music, and achieving NASM reaccreditation for the UA School of Music. Cook enjoys commissioning new music for percussion and chamber music and voice combinations and has premiered and recorded many commissions. He has performed twice at the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) International Convention and other festivals in Europe. He has been on the Board of Directors of the PAS since 2000 serving as Vice-President from 2003-2004, President-Elect from 2005-2006, and President from 2007 to 2008.

A native of Michigan, he holds degrees from the University of Michigan and has traveled widely both in this country, Europe, Scandinavia, Trinidad, Bali, Guatemala, and Chile studying, teaching, and performing. Prof. Cook has been recognized for outstanding teaching in the UA College of Fine Arts as the first recipient of the coveted Putnam Excellence in Teaching Award in 1990, the James Anthony Sustained Excellence in Teaching Award in 2005, and the UA School of Music Maestro Award for student achievements in 2005. His former students hold distinguished professorships in colleges and universities around the country, perform professionally around the world, and are successful teachers and performers in all areas of music and the arts. He is contributing author to such publications as the Percussive Notes and The Encyclopedia of Percussion Instruments, and has been listed in the Marquis Who's Who in the West, Who's Who in American Education, Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World.

In addition to his active teaching and performing schedule, Professor Cook is engaged in ongoing empirical research for enhancing music learning and performance. He integrates a diversity of techniques into his teaching, has chaired symposia on the topic, and gives Integrated Performer Workshops on the subject of excellence in performance.

In his infrequent spare time, in addition to reading, listening to music, and restoring instruments and antiques, he enjoys traveling with his wife and family, mountain biking, snow skiing, 4-wheeling, hiking, swimming and scuba diving.

www.uapercussion.org

Anthony E. DiSanza (click to open): Anthony E. DiSanza
Associate Professor of Percussion,
University of Wisconsin, Madison
School of Music
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AnthonyDiSanza, an active international performer and educator, has performed, presented master classes, and held residencies in North America, Europe and Asia. Active in a wide variety of Western and non-Western percussive areas, Mr. DiSanza may be heard on a numerous CD recordings with a variety of artists and ensembles, including; Sole Nero - Piano and Percussion Duo, Linda Maxey with Galaxy Percussion, Keiko Abe and the Michigan Chamber Players, the Brass Band of Battle Creek, the Wisconsin Brass Quintet, and the Reptile Palace Orchestra.

Mr. DiSanza tours regularly in solo and chamber settings, and has performed with numerous orchestras as timpanist or percussionist. He currently holds the position of principal percussionist with the Madison Symphony Orchestra. Anthony has performed at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention on four separate occasions (with Keiko Abe, Takayoshi Yoshioka and Sole Nero) and regularly studies and performs music from Brazil and the Middle East.

In addition to his orchestral, solo, and chamber performances, Mr. Di Sanza is regularly involved in the commissioning and/or premiering of new works from a variety composers on three continents, including; Akira Nishimura, Maki Ishii, Kaoru Wada, Dave Hollinden, Laura Elise Schwendinger, Nebojsa Zivkovic, Michael Udow, Keiko Abe, Joel Naumann, and Joseph Koykkar.

Mr. DiSanza has works published by HoneyRock and Alfred publishing companies and his Improvisational Practice Techniques: A Handbook for Incorporating Improvisation into the Percussionist's Daily Practice Routine is to be released in the spring of 2007 by RGM Music.

AnthonyDiSanza earned the Bachelor of Music Education degree from Youngstown State University, and he holds the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in percussion performance from the University of Michigan. Currently Associate Professor of Percussion at the University of WisconsinMadison, Anthony is an endorser of Sabian Cymbals, Encore Mallets, Black Swamp Percussion and is an educational endorser for Pro-Mark Drumsticks.

Links:

Nero Piano and Percussion Duo
University of Wisconsin School of Music
Equilibrium Percussion
HoneyRock Publishing
RGM Publishing
Alfred publishing

Dr. David P. Eyler (click to open): Dr. David P. Eyler
Associate Professor of Music,
Director of Percussion Studies,
Concordia College, Moorhead, MN;
Principal Timpanist,
Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra and
Fargo-Moorhead Opera Orchestra
Contact Dr. David P. Eyler.

Dr. David P. Eyler has been the Director of Percussion Studies at Concordia College since the fall of 1987. He is director of The Concordia Percussion Ensemble and Marimba Choir. These two groups have released two compact discs: Wood, Metal, Skin and Christmas Favorites. Before being appointed to the first full-time percussion position at Concordia, Dr. Eyler served in the unique position of Tri-College Percussionist for the consortium of North Dakota State University, Minnesota State University Moorhead and Concordia College from 1987 to 2000. Dr. Eyler has a broad background in both public school and college teaching. He has directed elementary through high school concert and marching bands, university wind ensembles and orchestras, been acting director of percussion studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and director of the Concordia College Jazz Ensemble.

As a professional performer, Dr. Eyler is Principal Timpanist of the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra where he premiered and recorded the Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra that he commissioned of composer Russell Peterson. During his tenure with the FM Symphony, Eyler has also been featured as marimba soloist, has conducted the orchestra, served two consecutive terms on the Board of Trustees and chaired the Orchestra Committee. He has also been Principal Percussionist of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra and the Baton Rouge Opera, and has performed with the Columbus (Ohio), Lake Charles, Rapides, and Potomac Symphony Orchestras.

Dr. Eyler has been active as a clinician and adjudicator for marching band festivals, all-state band and orchestra festivals as well as district and state solo and ensemble contests throughout the United States. Dr. Eyler earned his degrees from Louisiana State University, The Ohio State University and Frostburg State University, and attended the Peabody Conservatory of Music. He is also an Educational Clinician/Endorser for Mike Balter Mallets, Grover Pro-Percussion, Pro-Mark Sticks and Sabian Cymbals.

This spring Dr. Eyler will host his eighteenth Day of Percussion on March 31, 2007. Previous events have been so successful that he has presented workshops at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention twice about organizing days of percussion and his clinic notes have been published by PAS. Ludwig Music, Music For Percussion, PerMus Publications, Pioneer Percussion, and the Musser Division of Selmer publish Dr. Eyler's original compositions and arrangements. His articles have appeared in The Instrumentalist Magazine, Percussive Notes Magazine, and The Percussionist Journal. Dr. Eyler was previously a three-term member of the Board of Directors of the international Percussive Arts Society and currently serves as First Vice President of the Minnesota Chapter of PAS as well as being a member of the PAS Percussion Ensemble and College Pedagogy Committees.

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Brett Jones (click to open): Brett Jones
Univesity of Wisconsin-Superior

After growing up in South Dakota, Brett Jones attended the University of Colorado where he earned a degree in Music Education. He continued his studies at Texas Tech University where he earned both a Master of Music degree, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Percussion Performance. His primary instructors include Alan Shinn, Lisa Rogers, Doug Walter, Don N. Parker, John R. Beck, and Gene Holter.

Jones served on the faculty of Texas Tech University from 2003-2004, and Blinn College from 2004-2007. He has regularly performed in the percussion sections of the Black Hills Symphony Orchestra, the Boulder Philharmonic, the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, and the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra. Jones has also served as the Principal Percussionist of the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra. His publications include articles in Percussive Notes, and School Band and Orchestra Magazine, and compositions and arrangements published by Honeyrock publications, Percussion Arrangers Music Publishing Company, and Purple Frog Press. He was a featured presenter at the Texas Music Educators Association Convention in San Antonio in 2002, and is a guest percussionist on a number of recordings. Jones endorses Encore mallets, Silverfox drumsticks, Grover Pro Percussion products, and Planet Marimba mallet instruments.

Brett Jones currently serves as the Assistant Professor of Percussion at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. He is known as the foremost expert on Robert Kreutz's marimba music. His doctoral research culminated in his paper entitled The Marimba Music of Robert E. Kreutz: A Stylistic Study of the Choral Influences in his Compositions for Marimba which has been published in the Percussive Arts Society's Online Research Journal. Jones resides in Superior with his wife, Meghan and their three children.
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Robert McCormick (click to open): Robert McCormick
Professor of Music,
University of South Florida;
McCormick Duo Flute/Percussion Group,
Tampa, FL
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Robert McCormick is currently Professor of Music at the University of South Florida, freelance percussionist and timpanist with Opera Tampa. Robert has worked with major conductors and artists with such organizations as the Harry Partch Ensemble, San Francisco Symphony, and the Philharmonica de las Americas, among others. He was also principal percussionist/assistant timpanist with the Florida Orchestra from 1975 to 1996. Well represented on recordings, McCormick has credits on the Arista, Bourges Prix Magisterium, Sony, GM, Continuum, Centaur, Nuema, Capstone, HoneyRock and C. Alan labels. He has authored several articles, solos, and two percussion texts: Percussion for Musicians (Warner Bros.) and 32 Duets for Percussion (G. Schirmer). Robert also performs with the McCormick Duo, a flute/percussion duo that has received high critical acclaim in leading journals such as Gramophone, Fanfare and American Record Guide. A noted teacher, many of his students have developed highly successful careers. Under his direction, the USF Percussion Ensemble has become perhaps the "most recorded Percussion group" of the genre of any university in the country. McCormick also is an artist-clinician for Encore Mallets, Zildjian Cymbals and Grover Pro Percussion, which has honored him with a signature drumstick. Robert was also the 2006 recipient of the Florida Music Educator of the Year Award.

Robert is the host of Tampa's annual Magic Marimba Festival.

Dr. John C. Pennington (click to open): Dr. John C. Pennington
Professor of Music,
Augustana College
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Educator, composer, performer, author, producer and conductor, Dr. John Pennington is currently a Professor of Music at Augustana College. He previously was a Professor of Music at Fort Lewis College from 1992 to 2008 and is the Artistic Director of the Animas Music Festival in Durango, Colorado. He holds degrees from the University of Michigan, Arizona, and Arizona State. Dr. Pennington is an orchestral percussionist, who currently performs with the Music in the Mountains Music Festival. He has performed with the Arizona Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Arizona Ballet, Phoenix, San Juan, Ann Arbor, Saginaw, and Tucson Symphonies. In 1999, Dr. Pennington performed on Prairie Home Companion with the Durango Children’s Chorale. He has recorded for the Ensemble 21, Summit, Cristo, OCP, and Equilibrium labels. Recent recording releases include Compassionate and Wise (co-produced, composed and performed-2006-Equilibrium Press), Lou Harrison, American Gamelan (produced, conducted and performed 2007), The Song of Luke (co-produced, conducted and performed-2004-Equilibrium Press), Desert Songs (Recording of complete song cycle for chorus and two percussionists-Arizona Repertory Singers-2005), Old News (Trumpet and percussion-2002-Equilibrium Press) and Transformations, which is a collection of stories with music composed and performed by Dr. Pennington. Other releases include Awakenings (2003), In The Heart of the Desert (co-composed and produced, 2002-OCP Publications), Behind and Before Me, and As One Unknown with collaborator Cyprian Consiglio and the Grammy nominated album Amancer by Peter Rubalcava, on which Dr. Pennington was a marimba soloist. OCP, World Library and Equilibrium publish Dr. Pennington’s music. He is the co-author of a book Liturgical Ensemble Basics (OCP-2005). He also recorded all the percussion to the soundtrack for the Touchstone film Dinosaurs. Dr. Pennington performs regularly in Rome, Florence and Milan, Italy and has performed concerts all over North America, Canada, Russia, Poland and Estonia. He appeared as soloist and on the Percussive Arts Societies International Showcase Concert, with the Fort Lewis College Chamber Choir, on November 20, 2003, in Louisville, Kentucky, in a concert of new music for voices and percussion entitled Voices in Time and as conductor in Lou Harrison’s American Gamelan on November 2, 2007 in Columbus, Ohio.

Extensive studies in world music have included experience in African, Middle Eastern, Indonesian, Cuban and the South Indian Karnatak tradition. Recently, Dr. Pennington studied the Northern Hindustani tradition of music in Haridwar and Delhi, India.

Dr. Pennington’s students and ensembles have consistently excelled during and after their experience. Students have had significant success in competitions and continued academic studies. They serve as music educators, professional musicians and composers. Pennington and his students have performed at International Conventions and were invited to perform for the entire Colorado State Legislature in the Rotunda of the State Capital in Denver.

Anthony Robinson (click to open): Anthony Robinson
Percussion Professor,
East Texas Baptist University, Wiley College

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"I use a modified version of the Encore FE series vibraphone mallets (FE530). That is, the shafts are shorter and the core is a bit heavier than the stock model. My jazz work on vibes is primarily done with two mallets and the heavier core produces a deep, full tone from the bars. I use the Musser grip for four-mallet vibraphone playing and my FE530s with the shorter shafts all easier facility on chordal work. I've used Encore Mallets for several years, they are a very high quality product."

W. Robnett Schoolfield (click to open): W. Robnett Schoolfield
Chattanooga (TN) Symphony Orchestra;
Oak Ridge (TN) Symphony Orchestra;
Greater Anderson (SC) Music and Arts Consortium Chamber Orchestra;
Hendersonville (NC) Symphony;
Bob Jones University
Contact W. Robnett Schoolfield.

Educational background: B.S., Tennessee Technological University; M.M., The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Ed.S., Bob Jones University
Student of Charles Hiebert, Joseph Rasmussen, Monte Coulter, and James Hall. Hometown: Pikeville, Tennessee

Membership: Percussive Arts Society (past president South Carolina chapter), Music Teachers National Association (past state chairman for percussion competition), Music Educators National Conference.

Academic Area: applied percussion, music education, aural skills, percussion ensemble, associate band director.

Recent Performances: principal percussionist, Hendersonville (N.C.) Symphony
Orchestra; solo performances with the BJU ensembles including Symphonic Wind Band University Concert Band, University Orchestra and University Percussion Ensemble. Recent guest appearance at Northland Baptist Bible College; published in Percussive
Notes and David Smith Publications.

Hobbies: photography, target shooting, Civil War history

Family: wife, Brenda; two children: Ellis and Kate

Mission statement: I want to maintain a top-notch percussion program for young musicians who wish to dedicate their gifts to the Lord's service. My vision for the future is to create a full marimba and percussion keyboard choir for touring, ministry, and concerts.

Neel Shukla (click to open): Neel Shukla Percussionist,
Adjunct faculty member,
Florida Atlantic University
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Neel Shukla is a multi talented chameleon of a musician. He is a performer, instructor, arranger and composer of all types of percussion music. Neel successfully crosses over from mallets and timpani to drum set and hand drums in all genres of music classical, jazz, funk, rock, pop, latin, musical theatre, and more. He is constantly in demand, performing between 200 and 300 times a year throughout South Florida. Some of his recent performances include: Ballet Florida, Palm Beach Pops (Assistant Principal Percussion), Boca Philharmonic Symphonia, Palm Beach Symphony, Palm Beach Opera, Maltz Jupiter Equity Theater and Florida Stage Equity Theater. In addition, Neel is the regular drummer/percussionist at two large churches with a combined total of 14,000 15,000 members and runs his own jazz trio and 7 piece corporate band.

Prior to moving to Florida, Neel lived and performed throughout New York City, Los Angeles, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Oklahoma. While living in California, Neel had the amazing opportunity to perform with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Other orchestras he has performed with include the Torrance Symphony, Westchester-Marina Del Rey Symphony, Rio Hondo Symphony, Carson-Dominguez Hills Symphony, Lawton Philharmonic, the American Music Festival Orchestra and the Oklahoma City Philharmonic. Neel has also performed in the orchestra pit for over 40 different musical theater/opera productions.

When he is not performing, Neel enjoys teaching, arranging and composing percussion music, and he establish his own music publishing company, Shukla Music. He is currently an adjunct faculty member at Florida Atlantic University, and he directs/arranges/composes for percussion ensembles at high schools and middle schools around South Florida and at the Youth Orchestra of Palm Beach County. His private students have consistently won auditions for All-State, and they dominate the All District Concert Bands and Jazz Bands in Palm Beach County, the 11^th largest school district in the United States.

Neel graduated with his BM in Percussion Performance, Magna Cum Laude, from Oklahoma City University. His primary teachers have been K. Dean Walker, Emil Richards and Raynor Carroll.

For more information, visit www.neelshukla.com.

Dr. David Steffens (click to open): Dr. David Steffens
Principal Percussionist,
Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra;
Professor of Percussion,
Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University;
Percussionist,
Lyric Theater of Oklahoma;
Faculty member for the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute;
President,
Percussive Arts Society, Oklahoma Chapter
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Dr. David Steffens is principal percussionist of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic. He is a recording artist, clinician, educator and champion of new music who has directed the percussion program at the Bass School since 1997.

As a founding member of the Robert Hohner Percussion Ensemble, Steffens is featured on four internationally released CDs on the DMP recording label -- Different Strokes, The Gamut, The World Music Tour, and Lift-Off and on Albany Records' The Percussion Music of David Maslanka. A Percussive Notes review of Different Strokes declared: "This might well be the most artistic balance and blend of percussion music ever recorded."

In 2005, Steffens recorded Lost Luggage a five-movement work for solo marimba he commissioned from composer Edward Knight for the CD Where The Sunsets Bleed, also released by Albany.

Steffens has performed with the Midland Symphony, West Shore Symphony Orchestra, Greater Lansing Symphony, Lawton Philharmonic Orchestra, and Schlossfestspiele in Heidelberg, Germany. He is a frequent guest artist and has presented master classes and percussion clinics on campuses nationwide.

Under Steffens' leadership, Oklahoma City University's Percussion Ensemble has performed works ranging from a Red Norvo tribute in Austin to a regional premiere of Stravinsky's Les Noces to a Maslanka work at the national SCI convention. He has built collaborative partnerships with local artists. In 2004, the Percussion Ensemble appeared with Canterbury Choral Society and Ballet Oklahoma in Tango Take Three, at Oklahoma City's historic Civic Center. Rick Rogers of The Daily Oklahoman singled out the percussionists for special praise: "An unexpected surprise was the OCU Percussion Ensemble, an accomplished group of instrumentalists ably directed by David Steffens. Many in the audience were no doubt unfamiliar with the myriad sounds capable of such a group, but multiple mallet keyboards produce impressive sonorities that turned their featured number into a showstopper." In 2005, the Percussion Ensemble reprised its collaboration with Canterbury to power the "World Harmonies" concert at the Civic Center.

He received his Performer's Certificate and his DMA from Eastman School of Music. He is a faculty member at the Oklahoma Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain and has taught at Michigan State, Central Michigan University, and the Eastman School of Music. He is President of the Oklahoma Percussive Arts Society.

Click here to visit Dr. Steffens' page on the OKCU website.

Dr. Michael Vercelli (click to open): Dr. Michael Vercelli
Director, World Music Performance Center,
West Virginia University
michaelvercelli.com
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"Encore Mallets are the superior choice for the discerning percussionist. They offer a full spectrum of sonic choices and are always growing with the needs of contemporary percussion music."

Dr. Michael B. Vercelli is the director of the World Music Performance Center at West Virginia University. Michael holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Percussion Performance with a minor in Ethnomusicology from the University of Arizona. While well versed in the classical percussion repertoire, Michaels specialty lies in non-Western instruments. He has studied the traditional music of other countries and done fieldwork in Bali, Cuba, Brazil, and primarily, Ghana. Dr. Vercelli has received many awards for both his performance and study of indigenous music such as being named a Fulbright Alternate and recipient of numerous grants including the prestigious Northern Trust/ Piper Enrichment Scholarship, which enabled him to spend seven months in West Africa researching his dissertation project on Ghanaian xylophone.

Project Ghana, first organized and facilitated by Dr. Vercelli in the summer of 2006, is an annual study abroad course focusing on music, dance and cultural emersion. Dr. Vercelli is a contributing author to the World Percussion chapter in the third edition of Gary Cooks Teaching Percussion. He is a participating member in the Society for Ethnomusicology and Percussive Arts Society where he serves on the World Percussion Committee. Michael has given lectures, performances and workshops, across the United States, Mexico, Brazil, and China and is a founding member of the Zumbumba Percussion Trio.

Jeffrey A. White (click to open): Jeffrey A. White
Adunct Faculty,
Bass School of Music, Oklahoma City University
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Click here to visit Jeffery A. White's official site.

Jeffrey White graduated from Central Michigan University with his BME and MM in Percussion Performance where he studied percussion and timpani with the late Robert Hohner. He taught in the Percussion Studio of Robert Hohner at Central Michigan University from 1998-2001. His responsibilities included arranging and instructing the Marching Percussion Section, Percussion Techniques Class, Private Percussion Lessons, and Percussion Ensemble. In addition to Central Michigan University, Mr. White has taught at Alma College, Michigan State University and is currently Adjunct Instructor of Percussion, Ensemble Librarian and Logistics Coordinator at The Bass School of Music, Oklahoma City University. He was an active member of the Robert Hohner Percussion Ensemble and appears on a number of internationally released recordings on the DMP and Troy/Albany record labels. He has had the privilege of working closely with and performing many works by composers such as David Gillingham, David Maslanka and Michael Daugherty. Mr. White has commissioned new works for percussion ensemble, percussion duo and solo percussion from Scott Harding, Mack Pittard, Stephen A. Martin, Kelly Cotter and David Gillingham. Current projects include performances and recording of percussion duo and percussion/saxophone literature as well as performances of Arcadia II: Concerto for Marimba and Percussion Ensemble by David Maslanka . His experiences with marching, concert and world percussion have made him a sought after instructor and adjudicator.

As a member of the Robert Hohner Percussion Ensemble, he has appeared as a featured artist with the Windsor Symphony and Midland Symphony Orchestra. In the fall of 2006, he was featured with the Holland Symphony Orchestra. Mr. White has been active teaching percussion in many different public schools, including Petoskey, Michigan where he had a studio of 28 students and assisted the instruction of the 48 member drumline. He is currently the principal percussionist and assistant timpanist for the Midland Symphony Orchestra, a position he has held since 2000. Orchestral experiences include the West Shore Symphony Orchestra, Traverse City Symphony, Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra, Lansing Symphony Orchestra, Oklahoma City Philharmonic and the Grand Rapids Symphony. In the fall of 2004, he was one of thirty participants from twelve countries to participate in the Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic Marimba and Percussion Course held in Engers, Germany with concerts in Frankfurt, Germany. He has performed with world-renowned musicians such as Ken "Professor" Philmore, Andy Narell, Russ Miller, Ndugu Chancellor, David Friedman, David Samuels, Garrison Keillor and Dave Brubeck. Mr. White was the principal percussionist with the Stuttgart Ballet's performance of Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev) while on tour in Michigan. His teachers have included Gwendolyn Burgett-Thrasher, David Hall, Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic and the late Robert Hohner. He is currently finishing final requirements for his Doctor of Musical Arts from Michigan State University. Mr. White is an endorser for Encore Mallets, a Performing Artist for Istanbul Mehmet Cymbals and is active as a National Yamaha Artist and Clinician.

Jeffrey White graduated from Central Michigan University with his BME and MM in Percussion Performance where he studied percussion and timpani with the late Robert Hohner. He taught in the Percussion Studio of Robert Hohner at Central Michigan University from 1998-2001. His responsibilities included arranging and instructing the Marching Percussion Section, Percussion Techniques Class, Private Percussion Lessons, and Percussion Ensemble. In addition to Central Michigan University, Mr. White has taught at Alma College, Michigan State University and is currently Adjunct Instructor of Percussion, Ensemble Librarian and Logistics Coordinator at The Bass School of Music, Oklahoma City University. He was an active member of the Robert Hohner Percussion Ensemble and appears on a number of internationally released recordings on the DMP and Troy/Albany record labels. He has had the privilege of working closely with and performing many works by composers such as David Gillingham, David Maslanka and Michael Daugherty. Mr. White has commissioned new works for percussion ensemble, percussion duo and solo percussion from Scott Harding, Mack Pittard, Stephen A. Martin, Kelly Cotter and David Gillingham. Current projects include performances and recording of percussion duo and percussion/saxophone literature as well as performances of Arcadia II: Concerto for Marimba and Percussion Ensemble by David Maslanka . His experiences with marching, concert and world percussion have made him a sought after instructor and adjudicator.

As a member of the Robert Hohner Percussion Ensemble, he has appeared as a featured artist with the Windsor Symphony and Midland Symphony Orchestra. In the fall of 2006, he was featured with the Holland Symphony Orchestra. Mr. White has been active teaching percussion in many different public schools, including Petoskey, Michigan where he had a studio of 28 students and assisted the instruction of the 48 member drumline. He is currently the principal percussionist and assistant timpanist for the Midland Symphony Orchestra, a position he has held since 2000. Orchestral experiences include the West Shore Symphony Orchestra, Traverse City Symphony, Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra, Lansing Symphony Orchestra, Oklahoma City Philharmonic and the Grand Rapids Symphony. In the fall of 2004, he was one of thirty participants from twelve countries to participate in the Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic Marimba and Percussion Course held in Engers, Germany with concerts in Frankfurt, Germany. He has performed with world-renowned musicians such as Ken "Professor" Philmore, Andy Narell, Russ Miller, Ndugu Chancellor, David Friedman, David Samuels, Garrison Keillor and Dave Brubeck. Mr. White was the principal percussionist with the Stuttgart Ballet's performance of Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev) while on tour in Michigan. His teachers have included Gwendolyn Burgett-Thrasher, David Hall, Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic and the late Robert Hohner. He is currently finishing final requirements for his Doctor of Musical Arts from Michigan State University. Mr. White is an endorser for Encore Mallets, a Performing Artist for Istanbul Mehmet Cymbals and is active as a National Yamaha Artist and Clinician.