UNCSA PERCUSSION
Discover Excellence - Learn
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Intensive personalized instruction by experienced faculty.
A full set of well-maintained large percussion instruments in every rehearsal and performance space. The best student-to-instrument ratio in the Mid-Atlantic.
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At UNCSA percussionists
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Since 1999 graduates of the UNCSA Percussion Program have been accepted at leading music schools and universities in the US including: Curtis, Eastman, Julliard, Northwestern, Oberlin, Manhattan, CIM, Peabody, Ithaca College, Boston Conservatory, Boston University, San Francisco Conservatory, Vanderbilt, SMU, FSU, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, Carnegie Mellon, UNC, UNCG, UNC - Charlotte, East Carolina U., Appalachian State U. and summer programs including Tanglewood, Julliard, Interlochen, and Brevard. UNCSA graduates have found careers as orchestral performers, college teachers, in service bands, and as public school music educators. |
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MM, BM, and high school degrees · Graduate Tuition Waivers Available Audio & Video Links: Trio per Uno video - High School Ensemble Rhythm Song -
duet arrangement by Tucker/O'Toole (high school seniors) |
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Recent Student News May 2011: UNCSA Percussionist Scott
O’Toole selected as one of 8 semi-finalists in the PAS International Solo
Competition. Scott O’Toole wins UNCSA Concerto Competition performing the Schwantner Percussion Concetro Jason DeCristofaro wins Yamaha Terry Gibbs Scholarship
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UNC SCHOOL OF THE ARTS SUMMER PERCUSSION PROGRAM June 24–June 29, 2012 Faculty: Members of the Philidor Percussion Group Tuition: $1,014 Contact: beckj@uncsa.edu |
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Spend your time practicing not moving drums around campus. Instrument Inventory UNCSA Percussion Ensemble 2006-07 “The evening began with John Beck leading the school's Percussion Ensemble in Varese's Ionisation, from 1931... The performance glowed with precision.” - Winston-Salem Journal - Sunday, October 22, 2006 Listen: Ionisation (excerpt) performed by the UNCSA Percussion Ensemble |
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Performance opportunities both in school and in the community. Central North Carolina is home to the Winston-Salem Symphony, the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, and the Salisbury Symphony, Carolina Chamber Symphony, and several Jazz Venues which book local musicians and student groups. |
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John R. Beck has performed with a wide variety of ensembles in a diversity of musical styles. He is a member of the faculty at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and a percussionist with the Winston-Salem and Greensboro Symphony Orchestras, Brass Band of Battle Creek, and the Philidor Percussion Group. A former member of the United States Marine Band, he performed regularly with the National and Baltimore Symphonies, Washington and Baltimore Operas, and the Theater Chamber Players of the Kennedy Center. Beck has toured the United States as a xylophone soloist with the Marine Band, Jack Daniel's Silver Cornet Band, and the New Sousa Band. As a teacher, he has served on the faculties of the Universities of Utah, Colorado, Nevada, North Carolina-Greensboro, and Florida State, and holds degrees from Oberlin College and the Eastman School of Music. Beck is an active member of the Percussive Arts Society and is currently the Vice President. He has appeared as a clinician at several PASIC's and state chapter Days of Percussion . He presents clinics representing Innovative Mallets, Yamaha Percussion and Zildjian Cymbals, and his compositions, arrangements, and instructional video are published by HoneyRock. His CD “Shared Spaces” is distributed by Equilibrium. JR Beck CD released on Equilibrium Shared Spaces; music for percussion, horn, clarinet, and winds 8/04 |
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