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Dr. Don Parker
Assistant Professor of
Music/Percussion
Office : Rosenthal Building
120-A
Phone : 672-1253
Fax : 672-1572
Email :
dparker@uncfsu.edu
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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND |
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The
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.
D.M.A. in Percussion Performance, 1996
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL.
Advanced Study in Total Percussion, 1988
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.
M.M. in Percussion Performance, 1987
DePauw University, Greencastle, IN.
B.M. in Music Performance and Music/Business, 1985
Full Sail Basic Recording Workshop, Orlando, FL.
Audio Engineering and Studio Production, 1984
Berklee World Percussion Festival, Boston, MA.
West African Drumming, 1998
Rocky Mountain Music Technology Workshop, Greeley, CO.
Digital Recording, Notation, Sequencing, and We |
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TEACHING COURSES |
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Applied
Percussion Lessons
Percussion Ensemble
Class Percussion Techniques Class
History of Jazz in American Culture
Harmony, Sighting Singing, and Ear Training I and II
Assist w/Marching and Concert Band |
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RESEARCH |
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- Percussion (performance and
education) – clinics and
performances regionally and nationally
- Produce two CD’s (Double
Take – commissioned/arranged works and Haydon/Parker Duo )
- Complete Copy and Layout
of Drum-styles book (co-authored w/ Ndugu Chancler
- Complete FSU Music Faculty CD
Project started in Spring 2004.
- Establish and implement
the initial phase for the PREP program for FSU.
- Produce two CD’s
(Percussion Ensemble and Solo Literature)
Note: This project will parallel the development of the Percussion
Literature course at FSU
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PUBLICATIONS |
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- Presented performances/clinics at the
following:
- IAJE (International Association for Jazz
Education) in New York w/ African-American Jazz Caucus Big Band (Jan.
2004)
- IMA (Intercollegiate Music Association) at
Elizabeth City State Univ. (Feb. 2004)
- FSU Lyceum/Fine Arts Series 2003-2004 - FSU
Faculty Solo/Chamber Recital (Mar. 2004)
- Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra
- Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Twin Lakes, MI.
(July 2003)
- Percussion workshops at Area Schools (Overhills
M.S. & H.S., Jack Britt H.S., & Westover H.S.)
- Double Take CD reviewed by NACWPI (National
Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors) in Fall 2003
- Two CD Projects
- Double Take – received first commissioned
work from Howard Buss for 2nd CD (Summer 2004)
Completed the initial recording for FSU
Faculty CD Project (Mar. 2004)
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