Summer Percussion Academy and Workshop

July 19-25, 2009    John Tafoya, director

Application deadline: June 29, 2009

No audition required.

Jacobs School of Music Faculty: Kevin Bobo, Steve Houghton, Michael Spiro, John Tafoya

Guest Artists: Christopher Deviney, Stanton Moore, John Kilkenny, Leigh Howard Stevens

Course Information

This intensive 6-day event is offered to talented percussionists.  Applicants in grades 7 through 12 are invited to apply for the Pre-College Session.  Applicants over 18 years of age are invited to apply for the Adult Session, with both offerings running concurrently. 

Master classes, clinics, and performances will be presented by internationally-renowned performers.  Sessions will include: audition techniques (for college and professional auditions), chamber music, sight reading, orchestral timpani and percussion, marimba, drum set, accessories, world percussion, career development, and much more!  Students will also perform in the IU Percussion Ensemble, presenting a 'grand finale' concert. 

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music strictly prohibits all forms of video or audio recording, or the taking of any photographs in this workshop.