UOPercussion Studio

Congratulations Samantha Sánchez on a terrific senior recital!

Live stream in about an hour. See you soon!!!!

We welcome our new Adams Dresden Classic timpani to the studio. Just one set of four new sets that we purchased this year! Tomorrow...new Marimbas!

Really enjoyed Third Coast Percussion’s visit last weekend. Thank you for your insight and masterful performance, and congrats on your second Grammy nomination! Fantastic!

Great job today Vincent Lei. Performing “Toccata” by Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska

UOP Senior Kyle Bossert premiering “Blue Latin Rondo” by Matthias Schmitt during IKMMA 2019. Great job Kyle!

Matthias Schmitt: Blue Latin Rondo, Marimba Duo (IKMMA 2019 Gdańsk) WORLD PREMIERE 9th International Katarzyna Myćka Marimba Academy, Gdańsk Title: Blue Latin Rondo Composer: Matthias Schmitt Instruments: 1 Marimba 5.0, 2 Players Score: htt...

‘19-‘20 percussion ensemble

A nice read about many of the facets of what we do. https://liquidrum.com/blogs/blog/the-percussion-paradigm

The Percussion Paradigm By Adam Sliwinski An article has been making the rounds recently, a response to which can be read here. The backlash was swift and fierce, with luminaries such as the composer John Adams quickly entering the fray.  It was about curriculum changes in Harvard’s undergraduate program that would allow f...

Please take a moment to read.

http://thelogjournal.com/2017/05/11/steven-schick/

Steven Schick: In Pursuit of an Externally Facing Artistic Practice Making music today must be about nothing less than asserting moral force. It must be about how we — we who have so much and who live so fully — can act responsibly in a world where so many have so little. It must be about the voices too faint to hear.

We are looking forward to a great concert, music by Daughtrey, Becker, Bela Fleck, Levitan, and Brazilian Samba! Hope to see you there!