ABOUT Duncan Patton SESSION TITLE: A Complete Timpani Curriculum: Understanding All the Ideas and Skills You Need to Master This Instrument Duncan Patton was a Principal Timpanist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for 33 years. With the Met, he performed at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in New York, as well as on tour in…
ABOUT David Valdés SESSION TITLE: Histoire du Soldat Revisited: The Original Concept. David Valdés studied at The Royal Academy of Music in London, where he gained his Postgraduate Diploma in Performance and his LRAM. He was awarded the Princedom of Asturias Government Scholarship three times in a row, was a finalist at the International Keyboard…
ABOUT Laura Noah SESSION TITLE: Two Worlds: Marching and Orchestra and the Skills Between Laura Noah is a professional musician and educator residing in Mobile, Alabama. She is the Principal Timpanist for the Mobile Symphony, Pensacola Symphony, Mississippi Gulf Coast Symphony, Meridian Symphony, Mobile Opera, and Pensacola Opera. In February 2024, Laura performed the Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and…
ABOUT Josh Jones SESSION TITLE: Principal Success A native of Chicago, Illinois, Josh Jones started hitting things at age 2 and received his first drum set at age 3. Josh began his formal studies in percussion with the Percussion Scholarship Program under the direction of Chicago Symphony member Patricia Dash, and Chicago Lyric Opera member…
ABOUT Edoardo Albino Giachino SESSION TITLE: Cymbals and Bass Drum Edoardo Giachino is a member of the Orchestra Nazionale di Santa Cecilia of Rome and Professor of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. He has developed new performing techniques, he makes videos, and his channel is followed in Europe, Asia and America. He wrote seven…
ABOUT Sean J. Kennedy SESSION TITLE: Orchestrating Your Dream Gig: How To Get A Drumset Gig With An Orchestra, And Get Called Back Again! American drummer and percussionist Sean J. Kennedy currently performs as Principal Percussionist for the Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale, a position he has held since 2004. He is also the drummer…
