Former President of the Mississippi Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society, Dr. Joshua K. Armstong, is an Associate Professor of Music and Assistant Director of Bands at Delta State University. There he is responsible for all aspects of its percussion program, as well as directing the percussion ensemble, world percussion group, drumline, and teaching applied…
Considered one of the world’s most recognized historians on the history and development of the drum set, Robert Breithaupt is a Professor of Music, Coordinator of the Percussion Program, and Chair of the Performance Division at Capital University. Mr. Breithaupt has performed with scores of notable jazz artists either as the drummer for the Columbus…
Dr. Andrea Venet is an Associate Professor of Music, and Head of the Percussion Department at the University of North Florida (UNF). At UNF she teaches applied lessons, percussion pedagogy, percussion methods, percussion literature, and directs the percussion ensemble. She has been featured at such events as: the Kyoto City University of Arts Faculty Exchange,…
Retired Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, Dr. Geary Henderson Larrick was born on November 15, 1943, in Zanesville, Ohio. In 1965, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from The Ohio State University; a Master of Music in Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of…
Performer, educator, composer, engineer, and producer, Rick Dior was born in Brooklyn, New York, and began his professional music career as a freelancer at the age of thirteen. He went on to graduate from the prestigious Manhattan School of Music, and studied with legends Fred Hinger, Bob Mintzer, and Joe Morello. A Professor of Percussion…
An artist with Mike Balter Mallets, Zildjian Cymbals, and Vic Firth Drum Sticks, Antonio Santangelo is President of the Italy Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society, and author of Progressive Method for Snare Drum, published by HoneyRock. He won the RAI Giovanni Interpreti National Competition for his recording of Mayuzumi’s Concertino for Xylophone and Orchestra…
A member of the prestigious Percussive Arts Society, and Modern Drummer Magazine Halls of Fame, Anthony J. Cirone is equally renowned for his work as a performer, educator, composer, and editor. He received his Bachelor of Science, and Master of Science degrees from The Juilliard School where he studied with the legendary Saul Goodman. Upon…
Recipient of the prestigious Percussive Arts Society’s (PAS) LifeTime Achievement Award in Education, Dr. James L. Moore was born on May 2, 1934, and died on June 12, 2014. Raised in Jackson, Michigan, he began his musical studies in the Jackson Public School Music Program, and it was at the University of Michigan where he…
Performer, educator, and twice winner of the prestigious Percussive Arts Society Composition Contest, Murray Houllif is renowned for his hundreds of compositions and pedagogical publications. Born in 1948, and a native of Woodbourne, New York, he earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education from the State University of New York at Potsdam, and…
Paul Price was born on May 15, 1921, and raised in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. In 1939 he was awarded a scholarship to the New England Conservatory of Music (NEC), and earned a Diploma in Percussion in 1942. It was during these formative years at NEC that he was exposed to the works of Edgard Varese, and…