Artists subject to change without notice. Artists will be added as they are confirmed - Last updated 10/11.

EVENING CONCERTS
Wednesday
So Percussion, Mantra Percussion, Douglas Perkins, and Steven Schick The Percussion Music of Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe
Percussion Group Cincinnati “New Chinese Contribution”
Steven Schick Iannis Xenakis: Psappha - 1975
Thursday
Joseph Schwantner's “Concerto #2 for Percussion Section, Timpani and Orchestra.” PAS world premiere.
Friday
The Army Blues Jazz Ensemble, featuring Ed Soph, John Riley, Keith Carlock, Peter Erskine, Emil Richards (vibe) and other special guest drummers and percussionists
Saturday
Poncho Sanchez and His Latin Jazz Band

SHOWCASE CONCERTS
50th Anniversary Marimba Orchestra
International Concerto Competition Winner Showcase Concert
Guitarra Azul featuring Trio Azucar (Javier Saume, Omar Almusfi, Ruben P. Alvarez) World Showcase Concert
Bob Becker Ensemble Percussion Music of Bob Becker
Kevin Bobo Concert of Original Works for Percussion
Casey Cangelosi Casey Cangelosi in Solo Recital
Mass Steel Band with Liam Teague, Chris Hanning, Ricardo Flores
Music Technology Committee: Jordan Munson, Brian Archinal, Greg Beyer, Stuart Gerber, Jeff Herriott and Trevor Saint Redefining Percussion: An Electroacoustic Culture Performing Tris (1993) for multi-percussion and tape by Chaya Czernowin
Mark Walker and the Rhythm of the Americas Trio featuring Ernesto Diaz and Marcus Santos 
Bobby Sanabria & ¡Quarteto Ache'! w/ special guest Walfredo De Los Reyes Latin, Jazz, & Beyond
Symphonic Emeritus Section

ENSEMBLE COMPETITION WINNERS
Indiana University World Percussion Ensemble, Michael Spiro
TCU Percussion Orchestra, Brian West
University of Kentucky, James Campbell
Florida State University, Dr. John Parks IV
Center Grove High School, Josh Torres
Marcus High School, Kennan Wylie

DRUMSET CLINICS
Keith Carlock
Cora Coleman
Grant Collins Whole Body Effect: The four-limb philosophy
Billy Martin & Allen Herman Life on Drums
Joe McCarthy and the music of AfroBop Alliance Afro Bop Alliance Contemporary Afro-Cuban Big Band Chart Reading and Style Analysis
Simon Phillips Making the Drums Sing
Rich Redmond A drummer's CRASH Course For Success: "How to be a successful touring and recording drummer”
Jim Riley From the Basement to the stage
John Riley The Art of Improvisation
Gil Sharone Technique, Feel and Versatility: From Reggae, Metal to Jazz

DRUMSET MASTER CLASSES
Florian Alexandru-Zorn The Art Of Brushes - How to apply your own voice to the brushes
Fred Dinkins How to Master Good Time
Elizabeth Ficalora How To Write a Fast and Easy Drum Chart
Claus Hessler Open Handed Playing
Larry Lelli Playing In The Pits: What you need to know about drumming for Broadway Musicals

ELECTRONIC/TECHNOLOGY
John Emrich & Peter Erskine Principles of a Virtual Drum Recording Session Featuring Peter Erskine
Nat Grant Looping and digital processing: performance and compositional skills for the solo percussionist
Jonathan Latta, Tom Burritt & Michael Schutz Creative Uses for Technology in College Percussion Teaching

FOCUS DAY
Akros Percussion Collective "Musik im Bauch"
Jason Baker "A Minute of News"
Blackstock/Stout Duo "Nagoya Marimbas"
T. Adam Blackstock Two Mexican Dances
Thomas Burritt "Rhapsody for Marimba 'Night Rhapsody'"
Christopher Davis "Mourning Dove Sonnet"
I-Jen Fang and CADI (Configurable Automatic Drumming Instrument by EMMI) "Sic Transit"
Benjamin Fraley "King of Denmark"
Shawn Galvin/Dennis Hoffmann "Volume"
Aiyun Huang, Terry Longshore, and Brett Reed "Catfish"
Aiyun Huang "Links No. 5"
Ayano Kataoka "Rebonds"
Roger Braun, Anthony DiSanza, Patrick Roulet, Alison Shaw "Timbrack Quartet"
John Lane "Nana and Victorio"
William Moersch "Merlin"
nief-norf Project "Six Marimbas"
Oberlin Percussion Group "Cloud Polyphonies"
Allen Otte "Touch and Go, computer graphic for solo percussionist"
Morris Palter "Toucher"
James Sewrey, Randall Foat, Quinten Petersen and Arik Mcgathey "CONTRASTS" for Concert Snare Drums
Paul Smadbeck and Gordon Stout The Story of "Rhythm Song"
Gwendolyn Burgett Thrasher "Performance of Khan Variations"
Jude Traxler "Blue Too"
Dr. Tomm Roland with the University of Nebraska, Omaha Percussion Ensemble. Prof. Barry Ford-conductor "Fantasy-Variations"
Focus Day Panel Discussion: On the Nature of Percussion Masterworks

EDUCATION
Jeff Ausdemore Snare Drum FUNdamentals
Ray Dillard Technology FUNdamentals: A low-cost approach to high-quality recordings
Kirk Gay Timpani FUNdamentals: T2 = Tuning & Technique
Jim Yakas Keyboard FUNdamentals
Alison Shaw and Ed Martin Clinic: The Timpanist's Ear: An Aural Skills Approach to Timpani Tuning
 
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Free Hearing Tests
Sherry Rubins, Jen Hoeft and Rob Falvo Mind/Body/Spirit Workout 

INTERACTIVE DRUMMING
Welcome Drum Circle
Bob Bloom Workshop: Be a Pied Drummer / Get Gigs Performing in Schools
Lori Fithian Drum Circle
Arthur Hull Workshop: Drum Circle Games
Kalani Das, MT-BC Workshop: Interactive Drumming - Expressive Affirmations (IDEA)
Kenya Masala & Special Guests Drum Circle
John Scalici Workshop: Therapeutic Drumming--Using Traditional West African music
Closing Drum Circle with Arthur Hull
 
KEYBOARD
Anders Astrand Keyboard Sight-reading/Improv Lab
Pius Cheung Colors - The Art of Tone Production on Percussion
Susan Powell Exploring the Performance Potential of the Xylophone
Ted Piltzecker Clearly Speaking
Robert van Sice Master class over marimba works by Peter Klatzow

MARCHING
Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums The Art of Beating the Drum, A Drummer's Heritage Program Event
Michael Eagle An Introduction to Contemporary Scottish Snare Drumming
Rhythm X with Tim Fairbanks, Tim Jackson, & Andrew Markworth Exploring Indoor Percussion with Rhythm X
Joseph Tompkins A Comparison of French and American Rudimental Drumming Styles

NEW LITERATURE SESSION
The University of Iowa, Dr. Daniel Moore, director

PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Drumset: Challenges for the Drumset Teacher.
Moderator: Joe Bergamini. Panelists: Pat Petrillo, Jim Riley, Dennis Rogers, Jeff Salem and Mike Sorrentino.
Education: Creating Lifelong Percussionists.
Moderator: Josh Gottry. Panelists: Ruth Cahn, Lalo Davila, Peter Erskine, Ginger Zyskowski, Paul Buyer.
Focus Day: On the Nature of Percussion Masterworks
Moderator: Bill Sallak. Panelists: Allen Otte, Christopher Shultis, Josh Quillen, Morris Palter.
Health & Wellness: Conditioning the Marching Percussionist as a Performer and an Athlete
Moderator: Brian Mason. Panelists: Colin McNutt, Bret Kuhn, Scott Johnson, Paul Rennick.
Keyboard: Works of Alejandro Viñao
Moderator: Chris Norton. Panelists: Michael Burritt, Kunihiko Komori, Nancy Zeltsman.
Marching: Where Are We Now?: A discussion of the most significant changes in the marching percussion activity the past 50 years
Moderator: Dennis DeLucia. Panelists: Thom Hannum, Ralph Hardimon, Scott Johnson, Tom Float, Pedro Orey, Julie Davila.
Research: Fifty Years of Research found in the periodicals of the Percussive Arts Society
Moderator: Jeff Calissi. Panelists: Kevin Lewis, Ryan Lewis, Drew Andreatta, Graeme Francis, Fabrice Marandola.
Symphonic: Symphonic Sounds/Genesis Teachers
Moderator: Ruth Cahn. Panelists: John H. Beck, Russell Hartenberger, Vic Firth, Gary Werdesheim, Mark Yancich.
World: Approaching the World's Musical Traditions with Integrity: The Percussion Educator's Role
Moderator: Allen Teel. Panelists: Dr. Ted Solis, Dr. Michael Vercelli, CJ Menge.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Josh Gottry & Nathan Daughtrey The Percussionist Composer
Rich Holly Majoring in Music: All the Stuff You Need To Know
Rich Redmond A drummer's CRASH Course For Success: "How to be a successful touring and recording drummer”

RESEARCH
Chris Ballangee with Trinidad & Tobago Sweet Tassa Oral Presentation: Technique and Repertoire of Trinidadian Tassa Drumming
Kevin Lewis Oral Presentation: The Miracle of Unintelligibility: The Music and Invented Instruments of Lucia Dlugoszewski
Neeraj Mehta Poster Presentation: Per Nørgård’s Infinity Series
Nicholas Papador Poster Presentation: Spectral Percussion: Contemporary Concepts of Timbre and Time

SYMPHONIC
SGM William Elliott Accessories - A Percussionist’s Bread & Butter
Will Hudgins & Ted Atkatz Achieving Optimal Performance
Peter Kates Vibration, Response and Performance: An Orchestral Cymbals Clinic
Eric Millstein Xylophone and Tambourine Symphonic Lab
Andrew Reamer Snare/Cymbals Symphonic Lab
Edward Stephan & Jauvon Gilliam
John Tafoya The Incredibly Mysterious Roll of the Orchestral Timpanist
Earl Yowell Timpani Symphonic Lab

WORLD
Obo Addy The Traditional Percussion Instruments of Ghana
Tomas Cruz Timba Modern Cuban Conga Rhythms
Ganesh Kumar South Indian Percussive Music: The World of Mathematical Rhythms
Pete Lockett Drums Around the World
Lerryns Hernández Medina The Bongo Project ... the new frontier of bongo
Dan Piccolo An Introduction to Split-Finger Technique
Kevin Spears Infinite Possibilities of Electric Kalimba
Michael Spiro It's Not a Waltz - Understanding the triplet feel in Afro-Centric music
Bernard Woma with the Bernard Woma Ensemble Innovation Within Tradition: New Music for the West African Gyil