The percussion studio
Matt Rush (DMA) was an instructor at the Yamaha “Sounds of Summer” camp in Fort Worth, TX. Ian McCollum (Sr.) Attended two prestigious festivals in the United States this summer: The Chosen Vale Percussion Seminar in New Hampshire and the So Percussion Summer Institute (SoSI) at Princeton University where he worked with acclaimed Brooklyn-based quartet So Percussion. Nick Johnson (Sr.) Performed in Xi’an, China with a jazz quartet comprised of fellow students from the Glenn Korff School of Music.
According to Glenn Korff School of Music's Assistant Professor of Percussion and Jazz Studies Dave Hall, to win the award for best percussion performance is incredibly difficult, and one of the biggest achievements in contemporary percussion performance. Here are some summer achievements of the Percussion Studio students, including by those who participated in the Santa Clara Vanguard at DCI Finals this year: Cory Davis (new masters student) taught the group and Paige DeDecker (freshmen this year) was a performer.