McKendree University Day of Percussion 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
featuring...
Dr. Steve Hemphill
Director of Percussion Studies, Northern Arizona University
Steve Hemphill, Professor of Music and Director of Percussion Studies at Northern Arizona University since 1991, earned a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from the Eastman School of Music and a doctoral degree from Florida State University. He has performed with the Atlanta Symphony, the Rochester Philharmonic, the Savannah and Tallahassee Symphonies, the Phoenix Symphony, the Arizona Opera Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfonica Municipal of Caracas, Venezuela, and the Flagstaff Festival of the Arts Orchestra. He currently serves as principal timpanist with the Flagstaff Symphony and as principal percussionist with the Music in the Mountains Festival in Durango, Colorado. Hemphill has published articles in Percussive Notes, The Instrumentalist, The International Association of Jazz Educators Journal, Arizona Music News, and a number of statewide educational newsletters. He is associate producer/director of The Art of Timpani instructional video series, and is a past president of PAS Chapters in Arizona and Wyoming.
Day of Percussion – February 16, 2009
Daniel R. Smithiger, Coordinator
CLINICIAN
Dr. Steven Hemphill
JUDGES
Dr. Steven Hemphill, Director of Percussion
Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, Arizona)
Mr. Dan Arana, Director of Percussion/Assistant Director of Bands
Lindberg High School (St. Louis, Missouri)
Mr. Evan Hinds, Director of Bands/Instructor of Percussion
Triad H.S. (Troy, Illinois)
Ms. Erin Elstner, Artist and Teacher of Percussion
(St. Louis, Missouri)
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
12:00pm - SOLO and ENSEMBLE CONTEST
Contest for HS and COLLEGE students
3:00pm – CLINIC by Dan Arana
4:00pm – CLINIC by Dr. Steven Hemphill
Pizza dinner provided for participants and directors after clinics
7:30pm – PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE CONCERT
…featuring Dr. Steven Hemphill, the McKendree University Percussion Ensemble and the outstanding soloist and ensemble from the Day of Percussion…
REGISTRATION
To register your ENSEMBLE click here
To register as a SOLOIST click here
To view the provided equipment, click here
Please print the form, fill out completely and mail with full payment to:
Dan Smithiger
Day of Percussion 2009
701 College Road
Lebanon, IL 62254