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The Portland Summer Percussion Academy (PSPA) began in 2013 as a summer camp where high school percussionists could work closely and directly with professionals in an intensive, but fun, one-week experience. The PSPA is a program of the Portland State University School of Music & Theater co-directed by Brett Paschal and Chris Whyte, and features a collaboration with the Portland Percussion Group a
07/05/2025
PSPA 25 ➡️ Complete
What a fantastic week! Shout out to for the use of their incredible facilities!
None of this would be possible without the support from;
In addition, a huge shout out to all of the wonderful educators and performers that came together to make PSPA 25 a remarkable experience for developing percussionists!
THANK YOU.
See you there for 26? 👀
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06/27/2025
See you there 🔥
06/25/2025
How is it already day 3? Time flies when you’re having fun!
PSPA 25 has been an absolute blast so far. Will we see you at our performance Saturday Morning?
06/23/2025
PSPA25 is underway!
Kicking off our first morning of the week with some mallet fundamentals led by PSPA directors and , and our first Taiko session with !!!
There’s just about one week left to register for PSPA 2025 and we still have some spots available!
We have an AWESOME camp planned for this year so register NOW at the link in bio!
02/20/2025
The PSPA is back for 2025!
We’re looking forward to another incredible week of FUN and percussion of all kinds with our amazing faculty!
High School Percussionists - don’t miss your chance to work with some incredibly knowledgeable teachers, meet other students from all over the Northwest and beyond, and have a blast playing and learning about percussion for an entire week!
Link in bio for more information, and our registration for the 2025 Academy is now LIVE.
We can’t wait to see you in June!
11/10/2024
Scenes from PSPA 2024!
We had such a blast together with , listening, learning, drumming, and having FUN! Thanks for closing out the week with us in such a memorable way!
09/06/2024
Scenes from PSPA 2024!
Dr. Chris Whyte presented a class on tambourine and triangle techniques for PSPA campers!
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08/23/2024
Scenes from PSPA 2024!
One of our favorites events at PSPA every year is SOLO NIGHT! Congrats to all of our 2024 performers for sharing wonderful performances!
08/19/2024
Scenes from PSPA 2024!
Chamber Percussion is a big part of the PSPA experience, and we love to see how much every group grows throughout the week!
Here’s a group of PSPA students working with one of our AMAZING counselors Andrew Thompson () in preparation for the camp-ending concert!
08/09/2024
Scenes from PSPA 2024!
We had a wonderful class with on snare drum performance and approach to learning and playing the snare drum music of Jacques Delécluse!
Thanks to Stephen for an awesome session, and to for helping to make it happen!