The Percussion Studio is led by Area Co-Heads, Theresa Dimond and Gregory Goodall. The studio comprises undergraduate and graduate performance and education majors. Members of the studio utilize standard and contemporary literature in developing and mastering technique and musicianship on all symphonic percussion instruments. The studio meets once a week for Percussion Ensemble and once a week for a seminar class in which a wide variety of topics are covered.

Percussion Faculty

Theresa Dimond
Lecturer - Percussion Performance
Gregory Goodall
Lecturer - Percussion Performance
Jun 3 Mon
8:00pm
Free
classical, contemporary
Spring Percussion Ensemble Concert
Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for the final Percussion Ensemble concert of the 2023-2024 academic year.   This event is made possible by the David and Irmgard Dobrow Fund. Classical music was a passion of the Dobrows, who established a generous endowment at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music to make
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Celebrating William Kraft, Los Angeles New Music Legend
On Saturday, October 1, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music will host a celebration of William Kraft. Kraft, who taught composition at UCLA in the 1980s after a thirty-year career in the Los Angeles Philharmonic, was an indispensable feature of Los Angeles’s vibrant new music scene in the post-World War II era. “Bill was
School of Music's Spring 2020 Percussion Ensemble Performance
The UCLA Percussion Ensemble collaborated to develop a performance using household items, aptly titled “Scavenger Music” by Christopher Deane. Students used a variety of objects to create percussion sounds such as tissue boxes, pots, bottles and kitchen utensils.
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Grammy-nominated saxophonist Chris Potter, and jazz vocalist Fay Victor, are just two of the artists who will be part of the music school’s Fall 2019 season.

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