DMV Percussion Academy - Find your rhythm at the best percussion workshop around!

Thanks to my sponsor this week, DMV Percussion Academy, a summer percussion workshop in Maryland.

The workshop is for students grade 6 through 12. Students experience clinics, masterclasses, personal coaching, and college/career advice by the region’s top performers and educators. Students will also present a percussion ensemble concert at the end of the year.

The clinician list is full of local and national all-stars! Be sure to check it out and follow the program on social media @DMVPercussion

“Find your rhythm at the best percussion workshop around! We hit different!”

🎬 Featuring Percussionist, Ben Giroux!

This time last year my private student, Ben Giroux, was off to start his first year at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, MD. Today, his fantastic playing can be seen on the “Lessons” section of my website.

When I redesigned my website four years ago, my original intent was to feature all of the audition tapes I have recorded and produced for my college bound private students. For those entire four years only one of these videos has been posted while numerous others sit in untouched Final Cut Pro projects.

Well, no more! I am slowly working through these projects, and today you can check out Ben’s college audition tape on my Lessons page. Or just play the video below.

🎬 Ellicott Mills Middle School Faculty Recital 2017

Last February, my music team put on a Faculty Recital to raise money for our program. You can now watch the entire thing on YouTube. Aside from a fairly stressful week or two coming up on the date, it was fairly easy to put together. Note: we had a lot of parent support and leadership. It turned out to be a great way to share our passion and musicianship with our students, all while making money to support the program in the process. Nothing beats hearing your colleagues practice in the rare five minute gaps between classes, planning, and putting out one of the 600 fires that come up each day as a teacher.