A concert artist and clinician for Malletech and the Zildjian Company, Dr. Blake Tyson is also Professor of Music at the University of Central Arkansas (UCA); a faculty member at the Interlochen Arts Camp; and served on the faculties of New Mexico State University, and the University of Alabama. He holds a DMA from the…
Dr. Andy Harnsberger is a Professor of Music and Coordinator of the Percussion Department at Lee University. He earned his Bachelor and Master of Music Degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University, and went on to receive the prestigious Performer’s Certificate, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music. …
Inducted into the Percussive Arts Society’s Hall of Fame in 2010, Stanley Leonard achieved prominence in the music world during his distinguished thirty eight year career (1956-1994) as Principal Timpanist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO). With the PSO he performed internationally, on television productions, on over fifty recordings, premiering several major new works for…
Associate Professor of Percussion at the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music, Dr. William Shaltis is Principal Timpanist of the New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra, the Boise Baroque Orchestra, and regularly performs with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Formerly, he served as the Principal Timpanist for the Boise Philharmonic Orchestra, Principal Percussionist of…
Pablo Rieppi is President of the New York Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society; is Percussion Department Coordinator and Instructor at The Juilliard School, Pre-College Division; and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Percussion at Hofstra University. He earned a Bachelor of Music from George Mason University; a Master of Music and Professional Studies Certificate…
Honored by Poland’s Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society as an Ambassador of Polish Percussion, internationally renowned marimba virtuoso and chamber musician, Katarzyna Myćka discovered the marimba as her ideal medium for musical expression while studying at the music colleges in Gdansk, Stuttgart, and Salzburg. She is a professor at the Music Academy in her…
Earning degrees from Louisiana State University, The Ohio State University, and Frostburg State University, Dr. David P. Eyler is an Emeritus-In-Residence Professor at Concordia College (Moorhead, MN), and is a Faculty Artist in Residence at the Lutheran Summer Music Academy at Valparaiso University. At Concordia he was the Director of Percussion Studies, and conducted the…
Performer, publisher, composer, and educator, William L. Cahn is probably best known as a founding member of the percussion ensemble, NEXUS. From 2005 to 2015 he was Associate Professor of Percussion at the Eastman School of Music, and a Visiting Artist in Residence at the Showa Academy of Music in Kawasaki, Japan. Mr. Cahn was…
A founding member of the Canadian percussion ensemble Sixtrum, Dr. Fabrice Marandola is an Associate Professor of Percussion and Contemporary Music at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University. Prior to his appointment at McGill, he was a Professor of Percussion at Conservatoire de Angers, the Conservatoire de Grenoble, and was a Visiting Professor…
A consultant for the Zildjian, Vic Firth, and Balter Mallet companies, Keith A. Aleo is also the Director of Percussion at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, which encompasses the Arts Camp, Percussion Institute, Adult Band Camp, and the Interlochen Arts Academy. His other teaching credits include the Boston Conservatory, The University of Rhode Island,…