Capital University Percussion Studio

01/20/2026

I am so excited to welcome Sympatico Percussion Group, with two of my former teachers - Susan K. Powell and Scott Herring, as well as Greg Beyer, Joe Krygier, and Johnny Mendoza to the Capital University Percussion Studio this Sunday, January 25 at 3pm. WITH guest flutist, Erin Helgeson Torres!

The concert is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

If you can't make it on Sunday... they are also performing this evening at 7:30 at OSU Timishev Building. 😉

11/21/2025

The Capital University Percussion Studio is presenting our final concert of the semester on Sunday, 11/23 (Concert Percussion and Steel Pan at 3pm AND Chamber Percussion at 6pm). Please join us in Mees Hall at Capital to see music of Lauren Teel, Heng Liu, Adam Tan, Francisco Perez, Steven Snowden, John Max McFarland, Dustin Schulze, Alan Hovhaness, John Cage, as well as steel pan favorites like Rant and Rave, Day-O, and Spin Cycle, among others.

There will be spoken word, an epic 'drum battle', music to accompany videos of thunderstorms rolling in, secret nomad languages from the Great Depression, quotes from a 365-day calendar of 'stupid' things people have said - set for two percussion and soprano to be performed by Susan Musselman, and musical imagery that evokes mountain scenes.

11/02/2025

09/09/2025

Meet a few of our new percussion studio members!!

08/29/2025

08/16/2025

Join our Associate Dean for Student Success, Dr. Chad Payton, as he offers practice strategies for today's musicians to help with retention of new music, reducing repetitive mistakes, and maximizing your effectiveness during practice sessions and breaks. Looking for a great semester read? Try Dr. Molly Gebrian's Learn Faster, Perform Better.

08/16/2025

Looking for some ideas about how to better use your time in the practice room? Check out Dr. Chad Payton's session on 9/2 at 6pm in HRH!

Join our Associate Dean for Student Success, Dr. Chad Payton, as he offers practice strategies for today's musicians to help with retention of new music, reducing repetitive mistakes, and maximizing your effectiveness during practice sessions and breaks. Looking for a great semester read? Try Dr. Molly Gebrian's Learn Faster, Perform Better.

11/19/2024

It's percussion recital weekend at Capital University!!! Good luck to Zack Langer - senior Music Education major, and Cesar Siliezar-Pleitez - senior Computer Science major (also used to double major with Music!)
Capital University Conservatory of Music

11/18/2024

We've got a busy week of concerts in the Capital University Conservatory of Music Percussion Studio!

Two percussion student recitals (Zack Langer and Cesar Siliezar-Pleitez), an instrumental chamber concert featuring half of the percussion studio, three percussion students performing on our weekly conservatory recital hour, AND our fall percussion ensemble concert...not to mention, one last studio class with guest speaker, Mark Reynolds of OSU Marching Band and Sabian!!.

Our Fall Percussion Ensemble concert will feature works by: Johanna Beyer, Eric Guinivan, Astor Piazzolla, Nihls Rohwer, Erik Sargent, and Adam Silverman. This concert will be live-streamed for anyone that cannot attend... see the Capital University Conservatory of Music YouTube page.

09/30/2024

This Wednesday, 10/2, the Capital University Conservatory of Music will be hosting HYPERCUBE!! They will be presenting a unique program of chamber music, including electronics and improvisation.

HYPERCUBE is Erin Rogers (saxophones), Jay Sorce (classical & electric guitar), Andrea Lodge (piano & accordion), and Chris Graham (percussion).

If you want to know more about the group, check out their website - https://www.hypercubemusic.org/about-1.html

09/24/2024