SDSU Percussion

04/12/2026

Ensemble concert tonight at 7:00!

SDSU Percussion Ensemble in Larson Memorial Concert Hall at South Dakota State University

12/17/2024

If you came to our concert on the 7th, you may recognize the music behind this year's South Dakota State University Holiday Video!

Congrats to Teo, Jesse, Lucas, Ethan, and Bobby for some terrific playing!

As we celebrate the holiday season, we want to send warm wishes to our entire community! 🎄✨ A big thank you to our faculty, staff, students, friend...

12/05/2024

Monday night! Come hear this piece and others like it at the annual Percussion/Pep Band Holiday concert! 7:30 at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center

10/17/2024

Members of our percussion studio got to spend part of our afternoon with Chris Lamb, principal percussionist of the New York Philharmonic while he is in the region performing with the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra.

Thanks to Dr. Wadley for the invitation!

10/10/2024

New gear! Thanks Dr. Chen!

Thanks to Dr. Chen for helping us outfit the practice studio drum sets with these db One cymbals!

05/18/2023

Time to get ready for 2023!

2023 Audition Packet is now available!

https://bit.ly/2023PrideDrumlineAuditions or scan the QR code below.

Questions? Reach out to Dr. Ragsdale via email or on FB!

It's going to be a GREAT 2023 season!

03/05/2023

Come see Isaac’s recital this afternoon!

Join us today at 4 p.m. at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center for a senior recital by Isaac Pham. The recital will be held in Founders Recital Hall and is free and open to the public.

Pham, a music education major in the South Dakota State University - School of Performing Arts, will perform works such as, “Electric Thoughts” by Ivan Trevino, “Alter-Ego” by Pat Jacobs, “A Man With a Gun Lives Here” by Steven Snowden, “Halcyon Days” by Nathan Daughtrey and “Blue Train” by John Coltrane.

See you there!

12/07/2021

Holiday Concert tonight with the Pep Band! Hope you can make it!

7:30 at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center

The South Dakota State University Pep Band and Percussion Ensemble will present their annual holiday concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center’s Larson Concert Hall. The Percussion Ensemble will present an array of traditional holiday favorites arranged for large-scal...

07/01/2021

Jacob and Isaac are holding down the percussion duties for Prairie Repertory Theatre’s production of “Little Shop of Horrors” this weekend! Looking and sounding great in the pit of the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center.

04/19/2021

Great playing by Jacob in his junior recital today! Bach, Burritt, Glass, Sammit, and Novotney on the program.

04/12/2021

Our Spring concert is this evening at 7:30 p.m.! Seating is limited within the concert hall, but we will be livestreaming via the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center page.

The program booklet can be found at the following link or by scanning the QR code below.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Db4diXjZ12k3mdVgF7uqaDmxkmxEtLdQ/view?usp=sharing