Earl Yowell is an Associate Professor and Director of Percussion Studies at the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music.  In 2008, he co-founded the Ear Candy Contemporary Music Ensemble. Prior to his appointment at Shenandoah, he performed for 19 seasons as the principal timpanist and percussionist of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. In addition to participating in numerous recordings with the SPCO, Yowell also played on two Grammy award-winning albums, The Art of Arleen Auger and Samuel Barber's Anthony and Cleopatra.  He has given clinics and master classes at universities throughout the U.S. including the Stephen F. Austin University International Percussion Symposium, Oberlin College, the University of Illinois, University of Arizona, University of Michigan, and the Tri-College Day of Percussion in Fargo, North Dakota. He holds degrees from Northwestern University and the Cleveland Institute of Music and his principal teachers include Cloyd Duff, Richard Weiner, Terry Applebaum, and Glenn Steele.  He presently serves on the Symphonic Committee of PAS.

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