This ensemble provides a challenging performance experience for percussion students regardless of playing ability. Focusing on a wide variety of musical selections including standard repertoire, transcriptions of popular music and works written or arranged by students, the Percussion Ensemble offers at least one concert a semester and often appears as a special guest on concerts of other performing groups. Membership in the Percussion Ensemble is open to all interested percussionists although concurrent enrollment in Concert Percussion is strongly encouraged. Marimba Ensemble Comprised of four to six players, the Marimba Ensemble performs music from the choral preludes of J.S. Bach, through the rags of Scott Joplin, to the sounds of contemporary artists. The Marimba Ensemble provides incidental music for several events each year as well as appearing in concert with thePercussion Ensemble each semester.
Membership is by audition only.
The Performance Back-up Bands are select instrumental ensembles who accompany such groups as Showtime Company and the American Folk Dancers. They tour and perform on campus. Whether you are a beginner or an advanced student, instruction is available in all areas of percussion. Non-music majors receive 13 private lessons lasting 25 minutes each and a recital experience near the end of the semester. Percussion majors are admitted to a specialized area but must also achieve minimum mastery on at least three areas of percussion over a four-semester sequence of study.