Using the time and materials you already have, this session will provide effective and proven strategies to immediately and drastically improve the musicianship of your percussion students in any Middle School or High School ensemble.
This session is designed to help any Middle School or High School director improve their percussion sections by addressing the most common issues faced by directors whose primary instrument is something other than percussion.
Jefferson Grant
- Biographical Information
Dr. Jefferson Grant currently serves as the Associate Director of Bands and Director of Percussion at Lowndes High School in Valdosta, GA. Dr. Grant holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from The University of Southern Mississippi and a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degree from Columbus State University and the University of Louisville respectively.
Dr. Grant is an active arranger, adjudicator, and clinician. His articles have appeared in Percussive Notes and Pan Magazine, and he has presented clinics at the University of Louisville Percussion Symposium, National Conference of Percussion Pedagogy, the Mississippi Bandmasters State Convention, AMEA, GMEA and at the Percussive Arts Society’s International Convention (PASIC). Dr. Grant is the co-founder of the Southeastern Percussion Festival (SEPF), served on the Board of Directors for the Southeastern Color Guard Circuit as well as the Vice President/President Elect for the Alabama Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society.
His percussion ensembles and steel bands have appeared at the Alabama PAS Day of Percussion, The Auburn University Percussion Day, The Southeastern Percussion Festival (SEPF), and the Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA) In-Service Conference.
He is a member of Phi Mu Alpha, Kappa Kappa Psi, The Percussive Arts Society, NAfME, and BMI. Dr. Grant would like to thank Innovative Percussion sticks and mallets, Sabian cymbals, and Yamaha drums for their continued support of music education.