About the UA Percussion Studio
The percussion studio at The University of Alabama prepares its members for a wide range of creative and career opportunities. Its students grow to be mature professionals, possessing both the versatile craft and creative spirit necessary to succeed in a 21st-Century environment. Its faculty maintains active national and international careers as performers and scholars, and its graduates begin careers as performers, educators, music therapists, audio engineers, and administrators within the music industry. The percussion program consists of a total percussion approach, where students gain experience in all styles of music and learn all the major percussion instruments. The UA Percussion Ensemble, a winner in the 2020 Percussive Arts Society International Percussion Ensemble Competition, takes a balanced approach to repertoire selection. Works performed by the UA PercussionEnsemble range from the earliest period of literature to modern day compositions and commissions. Students will experience performing in chamber ensembles (2-7 performers) as well as the larger works of the Percussion Orchestra (10+, conducted). Percussion students also perform with the School of Music’s Huxford Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Jazz Ensembles, and Contemporary Ensemble. The percussion program offers the Bachelor of Music degree in PercussionPerformance, Music Education (percussion principal), Jazz Studies, Music Therapy (percussion principal), and the Bachelor of Arts degree in Musical Audio Engineering (percussion principal) and Music Administration (percussion principal). At the graduate level, the program offers the Master of Music degree in Percussion Performance and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Percussion Performance.
For More Information Contact:
Dr. Andrew Lynge, UA Director of Percussion Studies
205-348-8222 or amlynge@ua.edu