Educators’ Companion
The PAS Educators’ Companion is a publication of the Percussive Arts Society focusing on providing percussion education resources to the music education community.
Volume 9 – Fall 2026

Featuring:
✎ WELCOME/MISSION STATEMENT
✎ STARTING STRONG WITH STAND-ALONE PERCUSSION CLASSES by Matthew Kilby and Nathan Woods
✎ TIPS FOR A WIDER DYNAMIC RANGE ON SNARE DRUM by Robert Clayson
✎ A GUIDE TO BALANCED BUZZ ROLLS by Drew Talley
✎ BACK ISSUE RE-PRINT PERCUSSION PROBLEMS FROM THE PODIUM by Robert Snider
✎ COMPLETE ISSUE
Volume 8 – Fall 2020

Featuring:
✎ BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION OF THE SNARE DRUM FULCRUM
by Dr. Dave Gerhart
✎ CONSISTENCY MATTERS: Developing a Shared Vernacular for Beginning Percussion and Wind Students in a Heterogeneous Classroom by Dr. Erik M. Forst
✎ PERFECT PART ASSIGNMENTS – ACHIEVING THE IMPOSSIBLE
by Dr. Joshua J. Knight
✎ TOOLS TO KEEP STUDENTS INTRIGUED AND MOTIVATED WHILE PRACTICING FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
by Matthew Black
✎ BEGINNER MALLET READING: DEVELOPING A CURRICULUM THAT COVERS THE BASES by Matt Moore
✎ ACCESSORIES by Michael Huestis
✎ ISOLATING SKILL SETS, TECHNIQUES, AND CONCEPTS WITH
BEGINNING PERCUSSION by Scott Brown
✎ INCORPORATING PERCUSSION FUNDAMENTALS IN FULL BAND REHEARSAL by Steve Graves
✎ YOUR YOUNG PERCUSSIONISTS CRAVE ATTENTION: Advice and Tips on Instructing Young Percussionists by Jessica Williams
✎ TEN TIPS FOR FABULOUS SNARE DRUM FUNDAMENTALS by Emily Tannert Patterson
✎ ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Volume 7 – Fall 2019

Featuring:
✎ BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION OF THE SNARE DRUM FULCRUM
by Dr. Dave Gerhart
✎ CONSISTENCY MATTERS: Developing a Shared Vernacular for Beginning Percussion and Wind Students in a Heterogeneous Classroom by Dr. Erik M. Forst
✎ PERFECT PART ASSIGNMENTS – ACHIEVING THE IMPOSSIBLE
by Dr. Joshua J. Knight
✎ TOOLS TO KEEP STUDENTS INTRIGUED AND MOTIVATED WHILE PRACTICING FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
by Matthew Black
✎ BEGINNER MALLET READING: DEVELOPING A CURRICULUM THAT COVERS THE BASES by Matt Moore
✎ ACCESSORIES by Michael Huestis
✎ ISOLATING SKILL SETS, TECHNIQUES, AND CONCEPTS WITH
BEGINNING PERCUSSION by Scott Brown
✎ INCORPORATING PERCUSSION FUNDAMENTALS IN FULL BAND REHEARSAL by Steve Graves
✎ YOUR YOUNG PERCUSSIONISTS CRAVE ATTENTION: Advice and Tips on Instructing Young Percussionists by Jessica Williams
✎ TEN TIPS FOR FABULOUS SNARE DRUM FUNDAMENTALS by Emily Tannert Patterson
✎ ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Volume 6 – Spring 2019

Featuring:
✎ BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION OF THE SNARE DRUM FULCRUM
by Dr. Dave Gerhart
✎ CONSISTENCY MATTERS: Developing a Shared Vernacular for Beginning Percussion and Wind Students in a Heterogeneous Classroom by Dr. Erik M. Forst
✎ PERFECT PART ASSIGNMENTS – ACHIEVING THE IMPOSSIBLE
by Dr. Joshua J. Knight
✎ TOOLS TO KEEP STUDENTS INTRIGUED AND MOTIVATED WHILE PRACTICING FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
by Matthew Black
✎ BEGINNER MALLET READING: DEVELOPING A CURRICULUM THAT COVERS THE BASES by Matt Moore
✎ ACCESSORIES by Michael Huestis
✎ ISOLATING SKILL SETS, TECHNIQUES, AND CONCEPTS WITH
BEGINNING PERCUSSION by Scott Brown
✎ INCORPORATING PERCUSSION FUNDAMENTALS IN FULL BAND REHEARSAL by Steve Graves
✎ YOUR YOUNG PERCUSSIONISTS CRAVE ATTENTION: Advice and Tips on Instructing Young Percussionists by Jessica Williams
✎ TEN TIPS FOR FABULOUS SNARE DRUM FUNDAMENTALS by Emily Tannert Patterson
✎ ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Volume 5 – Spring 2017

Featuring:
✎ BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION OF THE SNARE DRUM FULCRUM
by Dr. Dave Gerhart
✎ CONSISTENCY MATTERS: Developing a Shared Vernacular for Beginning Percussion and Wind Students in a Heterogeneous Classroom by Dr. Erik M. Forst
✎ PERFECT PART ASSIGNMENTS – ACHIEVING THE IMPOSSIBLE
by Dr. Joshua J. Knight
✎ TOOLS TO KEEP STUDENTS INTRIGUED AND MOTIVATED WHILE PRACTICING FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
by Matthew Black
✎ BEGINNER MALLET READING: DEVELOPING A CURRICULUM THAT COVERS THE BASES by Matt Moore
✎ ACCESSORIES by Michael Huestis
✎ ISOLATING SKILL SETS, TECHNIQUES, AND CONCEPTS WITH
BEGINNING PERCUSSION by Scott Brown
✎ INCORPORATING PERCUSSION FUNDAMENTALS IN FULL BAND REHEARSAL by Steve Graves
✎ YOUR YOUNG PERCUSSIONISTS CRAVE ATTENTION: Advice and Tips on Instructing Young Percussionists by Jessica Williams
✎ TEN TIPS FOR FABULOUS SNARE DRUM FUNDAMENTALS by Emily Tannert Patterson
✎ ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Volume 4 – Fall 2016

Featuring:
✎ BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION OF THE SNARE DRUM FULCRUM
by Dr. Dave Gerhart
✎ CONSISTENCY MATTERS: Developing a Shared Vernacular for Beginning Percussion and Wind Students in a Heterogeneous Classroom by Dr. Erik M. Forst
✎ PERFECT PART ASSIGNMENTS – ACHIEVING THE IMPOSSIBLE
by Dr. Joshua J. Knight
✎ TOOLS TO KEEP STUDENTS INTRIGUED AND MOTIVATED WHILE PRACTICING FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
by Matthew Black
✎ BEGINNER MALLET READING: DEVELOPING A CURRICULUM THAT COVERS THE BASES by Matt Moore
✎ ACCESSORIES by Michael Huestis
✎ ISOLATING SKILL SETS, TECHNIQUES, AND CONCEPTS WITH
BEGINNING PERCUSSION by Scott Brown
✎ INCORPORATING PERCUSSION FUNDAMENTALS IN FULL BAND REHEARSAL by Steve Graves
✎ YOUR YOUNG PERCUSSIONISTS CRAVE ATTENTION: Advice and Tips on Instructing Young Percussionists by Jessica Williams
✎ TEN TIPS FOR FABULOUS SNARE DRUM FUNDAMENTALS by Emily Tannert Patterson
✎ ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Volume 3 – Spring 2016

Featuring:
✎ BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION OF THE SNARE DRUM FULCRUM
by Dr. Dave Gerhart
✎ CONSISTENCY MATTERS: Developing a Shared Vernacular for Beginning Percussion and Wind Students in a Heterogeneous Classroom by Dr. Erik M. Forst
✎ PERFECT PART ASSIGNMENTS – ACHIEVING THE IMPOSSIBLE
by Dr. Joshua J. Knight
✎ TOOLS TO KEEP STUDENTS INTRIGUED AND MOTIVATED WHILE PRACTICING FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
by Matthew Black
✎ BEGINNER MALLET READING: DEVELOPING A CURRICULUM THAT COVERS THE BASES by Matt Moore
✎ ACCESSORIES by Michael Huestis
✎ ISOLATING SKILL SETS, TECHNIQUES, AND CONCEPTS WITH
BEGINNING PERCUSSION by Scott Brown
✎ INCORPORATING PERCUSSION FUNDAMENTALS IN FULL BAND REHEARSAL by Steve Graves
✎ YOUR YOUNG PERCUSSIONISTS CRAVE ATTENTION: Advice and Tips on Instructing Young Percussionists by Jessica Williams
✎ TEN TIPS FOR FABULOUS SNARE DRUM FUNDAMENTALS by Emily Tannert Patterson
✎ ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Volume 2 – Fall 2015

Featuring:
✎ BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION OF THE SNARE DRUM FULCRUM
by Dr. Dave Gerhart
✎ CONSISTENCY MATTERS: Developing a Shared Vernacular for Beginning Percussion and Wind Students in a Heterogeneous Classroom by Dr. Erik M. Forst
✎ PERFECT PART ASSIGNMENTS – ACHIEVING THE IMPOSSIBLE
by Dr. Joshua J. Knight
✎ TOOLS TO KEEP STUDENTS INTRIGUED AND MOTIVATED WHILE PRACTICING FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
by Matthew Black
✎ BEGINNER MALLET READING: DEVELOPING A CURRICULUM THAT COVERS THE BASES by Matt Moore
✎ ACCESSORIES by Michael Huestis
✎ ISOLATING SKILL SETS, TECHNIQUES, AND CONCEPTS WITH
BEGINNING PERCUSSION by Scott Brown
✎ INCORPORATING PERCUSSION FUNDAMENTALS IN FULL BAND REHEARSAL by Steve Graves
✎ YOUR YOUNG PERCUSSIONISTS CRAVE ATTENTION: Advice and Tips on Instructing Young Percussionists by Jessica Williams
✎ TEN TIPS FOR FABULOUS SNARE DRUM FUNDAMENTALS by Emily Tannert Patterson
✎ ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Volume 1 – Spring 2015

Featuring:
✎ BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION OF THE SNARE DRUM FULCRUM
by Dr. Dave Gerhart
✎ CONSISTENCY MATTERS: Developing a Shared Vernacular for Beginning Percussion and Wind Students in a Heterogeneous Classroom by Dr. Erik M. Forst
✎ PERFECT PART ASSIGNMENTS – ACHIEVING THE IMPOSSIBLE
by Dr. Joshua J. Knight
✎ TOOLS TO KEEP STUDENTS INTRIGUED AND MOTIVATED WHILE PRACTICING FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
by Matthew Black
✎ BEGINNER MALLET READING: DEVELOPING A CURRICULUM THAT COVERS THE BASES by Matt Moore
✎ ACCESSORIES by Michael Huestis
✎ ISOLATING SKILL SETS, TECHNIQUES, AND CONCEPTS WITH
BEGINNING PERCUSSION by Scott Brown
✎ INCORPORATING PERCUSSION FUNDAMENTALS IN FULL BAND REHEARSAL by Steve Graves
✎ YOUR YOUNG PERCUSSIONISTS CRAVE ATTENTION: Advice and Tips on Instructing Young Percussionists by Jessica Williams
✎ TEN TIPS FOR FABULOUS SNARE DRUM FUNDAMENTALS by Emily Tannert Patterson
✎ ADDITIONAL RESOURCES








