04/10/2023
Ty Brown going to TAPS for the second year in a row!!
Announcing our 2023 TAPS LA Music Festival Fellows!
Thank you to everyone who auditioned this year. This was the largest and most competitive audition pool we’ve had yet!
The 2023 TAPS Fellows are:
Ruben Acuña
Tyler Brown
William Chinn
Peyton Esraelian
Doyeon Kim
Margaret Parker
Graham Viegut
Diego Zavaleta
Congrats to all, and thank you to our generous donors who allow these students to attend TAPS for FREE!
12/17/2021
Any number of you could win this prestigious competition.....
Something to look forward to in the new year! The 2022 Modern Snare Drum Competition will happen LIVE at the Cleveland Institute of Music on May 21-22.
Mark your calendars and keep an eye on the site for application and audition information: modernsnaredrum.com/
11/24/2021
Here's a little Bach Gavotte as a reference......
Augustin Hadelich plays Bach's Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: III. Gavotte en Rondeau
"Recording Bach’s complete Six Sonatas and Partitas has long been a dream of mine ... All his music is suffused with emotion and exudes a life-affirming joy....
03/13/2021
Who's in for this??
Modern Snare Drum Competition
The Modern Snare Drum Competition, hosted by the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) and sponsored by Pearl, is open to ages 26 and under, and aims to promote snare drum literature. Under the new direction of Marc Damoulakis, CIM faculty member and Clevela