ABOUT Patrick Roulet
SESSION TITLE: Ghanaian Mallet Methods
Presenting with Michael Vercelli
Dr. Patrick Roulet, the percussion professor at Western Washington University, is a teaching artist with broad interests in symphonic percussion, jazz, and global music. He has performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., the Wadsworth Theater in Los Angeles, and the Rose Theater at New York’s Lincoln Center. Hi is the author of Intermediate Studies for Developing Artists on Keyboard Percussion and ten collections of music arranged for vibraphone and marimba including music from Disney classics, the Beatles, Christmas songs, church hymns, and fiddle tunes. His enduring curiosity for world percussion and the blending of music and culture inspired him to travel and study in Ghana, learning the xylophone traditions of the Dagara from Aaron Bebe Sukura. Patrick is a Yamaha Performing Artist and endorser of Grover Pro Percussion and Vic Firth.
