Northwestern University Percussion Symposium

with She-e Wu

and Guests:
Tom Sherwood (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
Vadim Karpinos, James Ross and Cynthia Yeh (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Mark Damoulakis and Paul Yancich (Cleveland Symphony Orchestra)
Christopher Lamb and Markus Rhoten (New York Philharmonic)
Nexus Founder Bob Becker
Brazilian specialist Dede Sampaio
Latin Specialist Ruben Alvarez

August 2nd through 8th, 2009
Sunday, 4-10 p.m.
Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.,
Saturday, 9-noon
Regenstein Hall of Music
Participants - $600; Auditors $450

A jam-packed week of master classes, clinics, technique labs, listening sessions, orchestral and marimba repertoire classes, section coaching, and sessions on African/Latin/Brazilian styles, ragtime improvisation, cymbals, Delecluse and Tompkins etudes, body movement, music and the brain, memorization, score study, performance practice, and more. The symposium is intended for professionals and serious college students; top-level high school performers will also be considered.

She-e Wu is associate professor of percussion at Northwestern’s Bienen School of Music. She has performed as a solo artist at festivals and conventions world-wide in addition to numerous appearances as recitalist and clinician at U.S. and European universities and conservatories.

To apply please submit a resume, the registration form and the $600 fee. Participants are limited to 40. There is no limit to the number of auditors. The deadline for participant applications is June 15. The fee for auditing is $450.

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