Strategies for Engaging Musicality with the Percussion Section
Saturday, January 25, 2025
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Description
This session will be in lecture format with hands-on opportunities as well. It is geared towards directors that want to get a more musical response from their percussion section(s) in an effective, efficient manner. A packet of information and list of resources will be available as a takeaway from this session.
Speakers
Brandon Haskett
Learning Objective 1
Understanding how to teach fundemental techniques for getting characteristic sounds out of a percussion section
Learning Objective 2
Understanding how to make music requests of the percussion section in terms they can relate to and execute
Learning Objective 3
Understanding what some of the common challenges are when getting a percussion section to respond with musicality and some approaches to improve in this regard
Session Level
Middle School/Junior High, High School
Session Type
Lecture