The 2016 Interlochen Percussion Institute has a stellar faculty, covering five areas of percussion. Clinics, Masterclasses and Percussion Ensemble are all part of this one week program from June 18th – 24th, 2016. Coordinated by Keith Aleo For more information go to: http://camp.interlochen.org/program/music/hs/percussion Jeff Irving
This semester was amazing as we had some of the foremost percussionists in the world visit the Interlochen Arts Academy. Check out this Interlochen article about Jean Baptiste and NanaFormosa’s class. Bill Shaltis, timpanist of the Boise Philharmonic, presented a fantastic class on timpani tuning.
Bill Shaltis was our first guest artist for 2015/16! (photos below). Bill presented a fantastic multi-media clinic & masterclass that focused on timpani tuning and ways to get those drums sounding right on the mark! Bill will be presenting this same class at the Midwest
Photo above, John Tafoya in the foreground, with Aaron Jackson (Zildjian) and Steve Houghton and all the students. We had 100+ cymbals at the event! Aaron did a class on the manufacturing process and drumset cymbals, while I covered hand cymbals and finding the best
I was fortunate to be asked by Dan Druckman to present a clinic at the Juilliard School on November 6, 2014. I was absolutely honored that Dan asked me to come to speak and play for the Juilliard students. I presented my new class called
I presented a clinic at the MA Chapter Day of Percussion - this was the first time I did my “Finding Your Musical Voice” clinic and performance. It was a great time for all! Wonderful clinics all day. The photo above is special to me
I did clinics at two wonderful schools - Brigham Young University and Utah State University. The host at Utah State University was a former student of mine, Jason Nicholson. At Brigham Young (photo above), I had the good fortune to meet a new friend, percussion
My good friend and colleague Jean Baptiste Leclere, 1st percussionist with the Paris Opera, visited NY and Boston in March. As part of his visit, he presented an amazing class at Boston Conservatory and the University of CT. (U of CT students pictured above) His
I visited the University of Denver, Lamont School of Music, in February - the teacher there is a long time friend of mine, John Kinzie. John is also the principal percussionist of the Colorado Symphony and also plays out at the Grand Teton Summer Music Festival
I had the good fortune to be a guest artist at the Illinois Day of Percussion. Highlights of the event included judging a student mock audition & presenting a clinic based on the audition. Also, premiering (with Jerry Noble and two of his Wright State