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THE UNCP PERCUSSION DEPARTMENT

 

Location: UNCP is located in Robeson county in Southeastern North Carolina. Just off of I-95 our location puts us within easy access of Myrtle Beach, Charlotte, Raleigh and Wilmington. In addition we are close enough for students to have performance opportunities with the Fayetteville, Florence and Lee County symphonies. The community is a small college town that helps to foster the camaraderie valued in the percussion program. Our location has also allowed students from UNCP to take additional lessons with percussionists from many different areas near campus.

Degrees and Tracks: UNCP offers a Bachelor of Music in Music Education, a Bachelor of Arts in Music, a Bachelor of Arts In Music with Business Electives (music industry), a Masters of Music Education and a Master of Arts in Teaching degree. Students in the BA and industry degrees can choose either classical percussion or drumset as their major emphasis. Education students will be in the classical percussion track. Regardless of which track a student has as their emphasis they will take studies in the other area to help them become a more complete musician.

Lessons: All UNCP percussionists take lessons ranging from half an hour to one and a half hours a week. These lessons focus on all aspects of performance, from orchestral, chamber and solo literature to drumset. A student graduating with a percussion degree from UNCP will be comfortable performing a wide range of styles in any given setting. The size of the program is limited to assure that any student studying percussion at UNCP will study with Mr. Wiggins or Mr. Petrillo. Students will commonly take lessons with both teachers to become more complete percussionists.

Studio Class: In addition to the above, we hold a weekly studio class during which students perform for critique from their peers. The studio class also discusses topics ranging from the history of percussion to important new works in the percussion literature.

Guest Artists: Guest artists in various specialties, ranging from orchestral percussion to drumset artists, visit the percussion department at UNCP during the year. The guest artists often perform a solo recital, in addition to a masterclass for the percussion studio.

Equipment: The UNCP Percussion Studio is housed in Moore Hall and the Music Annex. These buildings contain our extensive collection of instruments, including: 7 marimbas (2 Deagans, 1 Musser, 1 4.6 octave Adams, 1 4.3 octave Ross, 1 5-octave Marimba One and 1 5-octave Yamaha); 3 vibraphones; 2 xylophones; 3 sets of timpani; 4 drumsets; set of Hydrosteel Pans; 11 chinese toms; one octave of tuned gongs; a set of African percussion instruments; a set of Japanese Taiko drums; a full set of marching percussion instruments and much more!!!

UNCP Percussion Studio 2007-2008

Matt Andrade - MM

Tim Parsons - MM

James Keith Oxendine - MAT

Toby Carter - Senior BA in Music

Mark Roddy - Junior Music Education

Jonathon Moore - Junior Music Education

Richard Haynes - Junior BA in Music

Jemal Miller - Sophomore Music Education

Adam Efird - Sophomore Music Education

C.J. Correia - Sophomore Music Education

Jason Thiele - Sophomore Music Education and drumset

Robert Brennan - Freshman Music Education

Semaj Yarn - Freshman Music Education

 

Raymond Cannon - Freshman Music Business - drumset

 

Updated: Monday, March 31, 2008

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