4:15PM-5:15PM
Sat, July 24, 2004
Developing Mallet Percussionists from Lesson One through College–KEYBoards are the KEY!
This clinic is designed to "help teachers teach," particularly the non-percussionist band director. It will address inherent barriers and obstacles that hinder successful percussion education. These barriers include "instrument envy," dropout, affordable availability of "real" keyboard percussion instruments, keyboard percussion deficiencies, lack of keyboard percussion role models, and general apathy for mallet percussion.
Dr. Crawford will provide solutions in overcoming these obstacles such as recruitment techniques, available literature, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and the creation of ensembles.
Dr. Stephen Crawford
It is not often in the field of music that one finds a performer and conductor with the versatility and technical competence to appear in a wide variety of venues. Whether it is the orchestra, wind ensemble, percussion ensemble, jazz ensemble, opera/musical theatre orchestra, dance band, or world and ethnic music, Dr. Stephen Crawford brings his thirty-plus years of percussion performance to these varying ensembles. It is even more impressive that Dr. Crawford feels as at home conducting these ensembles as he does performing in them. His love and enthusiasm for music, his interests in the advancement of the art, and the education of musicians of all ages has kept him in demand as a performer, conductor, clinician, and lecturer, throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Ireland. He has a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music, a Master of Music Performance Degree from the University of Northern Iowa, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music Education from Minot State University.
Steve's percussion performance career has allowed him the opportunity to accompany such musicians as Allen Vizzuti, Kevin Mohagany, Gary Foster, John Browning, Gordon MaCrae, Ashley Alexander, Steve Wright, The Kingston Trio, and The King Singers. In addition to being the drummer for the Temple Jazz Orchestra and the Tim Doherty Jazz Quartet, he is the Principal Percussionist/Timpanist with the Temple Symphony Orchestra.
Currently, Dr. Crawford is the Director of Bands and Percussion Studies the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. He is also the founder and musical director of the Ritmo y Mas Percussion Group. Dr. Crawford has conducted performances at state, national and international conferences including the TMEA, the CBDNA National Conference, and the International Horn Symposium. He has conducted five world premiere performances of new wind.
His continued interest in education have led to publications, which include The Care and Maintenance of Percussion Instruments in the North Dakota Music Educator's Journal, and Building a Better Keyboard Percussion Section. Future publications will include the topics of The Wind Chamber Music of Carlos Chávez and Music Education and the Wind Band in Scotland. Dr. Crawford maintains membership in the Percussive Arts Society, the College Band Directors National Association, the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, The National Band Directors Association, the TMEA, the TBA, and the Conductor's Guild.
Dr. Crawford is an endorsing artist and clinician for Ross Mallet Instruments Inc.
