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…
DetailsAssociate 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…
DetailsPablo 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…
DetailsHonored 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…
DetailsEarning 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…
DetailsPerformer, 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…
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