Lancaster Bible College | Capital Seminary & Graduate School will host its annual weeklong intensive Total Percussion Seminar for students this June.
Beginning Tuesday, June 18, and running through Saturday, June 22, the seminar begins each day at 9 a.m. and concludes at 3 p.m. in Good Shepherd Chapel on the college’s Lancaster campus at 901 Eden Road.
The seminar is open to students in middle and high school and is designed for students of various ages to strengthen musicianship and fundamental percussion technique. The five-day event will end with a showcase performance open to the public at 2 p.m. June 22. Throughout the week, students will participate in clinics, master classes, percussion ensembles and marching percussion exercises as they experience hands-on learning on concert percussion, drum set, world drumming, music technology and audition preparation.
Guest artists and clinicians featured at the seminar include Matthew Coley, Paul Murr, Adam Stec and Robert Wilson. All four have extensive backgrounds in percussion and are excited to share their knowledge and skills with student participants.
Matthew Coley is an internationally acclaimed soloist and chamber musician, as well as the founder and executive/co-artistic director of Heartland Marimba. He is also the executive director and curator at the Center for Mallet Percussion Research at Kutztown University, Kutztown, Pa. Coley travels regularly bringing the beauty of the marimba and other percussion instruments to many audiences. He has performed in over 40 states, 10 countries and as a soloist with organizations throughout the U.S. and abroad.
Paul Murr joined the Menchey Music School Service Team in 2023 after spending over 20 years teaching music in the Lancaster Catholic school system. He is also a faculty member at the Tell School of Music at Millersville University, teaching Applied Percussion, and is an active freelance percussionist. He has a diverse performing and recording career, working as a percussionist with the Allegro Orchestra in Lancaster and as a drum set artist with Jeffrey Gaines, Jackie Evancho, Fauna Flora, Imitation #9 (Beatles tribute) and numerous singer-songwriters from the Mid-Atlantic region. A proponent of New Music, Murr held the percussion duties with the award-winning NakedEye Ensemble through 2017.
Adam Stec is the owner of Drums Etc. / The Drummer’s Pro Shop, an instrument retailer and lesson facility in Lancaster. He has been a professional in the music industry for over a decade, specializing in drum sales, repair and education. In addition, Stec is the event organizer for the annual Pennsylvania Drum Show. He hosts educational events such as the “Shop Talk Sessions” and the “Masterclass Series” at Drums Etc. to give back to local musicians and drummers in the community.
Robert “Bob” Wilson has been a music educator for 23 years, currently acting as the Band Director at Brandywine School District, although he has been involved in music programs as a student and teacher for over 40 years. Additionally, Wilson is a composer and sought-after percussion repair technician. His flagship publication, “Building Blocks for Beginning Band,” a method book for beginning and developing bands, is used in schools across the nation and is sold by J.W. Pepper.
Faculty for the week also include Brent Behrenshausen, director of the Total Percussion Seminar and LBC | Capital Adjunct Professor in the Music, Worship & Performing Arts Department, and Daniel Mark, Total Percussion Seminar Mallet Percussion Specialist and Percussion Director of the Kutztown University Marching Band.
Percussion Camp sponsors for 2024 include VicFirth, Zildjian and Drums Etc. Registration and payment are due by June 13 at lbc.edu/percussion.