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Faculty - Southeastern University Nathaniel Holman is a percussionist and educator currently based in Miami, FL. As an active pedagogue, Nathaniel currently serves on faculty at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida, teaching private lessons, co-directing the percussion ensemble, and working with the athletic band. Prior to this appointment, he worked with the Southern Florida Center for Percussive Arts and was a private teacher, percussion ensemble director, and drum line tech for Oswego East High School, Neuqua Valley High School, Bolingbrook High School, and Murphy Junior High. His students have gone on to pursue music careers at Northern Illinois University, The University of Illinois, and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. They also have regularly placed in All-State band, the Summer Juilliard...

Independent Francisco Ratti was born in Brazil, where rhythm and percussion have been part of his life since childhood—a natural way of expressing himself and connecting with others. As that passion grew stronger, he chose to make it his profession, which led him to Argentina to pursue formal studies at the Gilardo Gilardi Conservatory, the National University of Arts, and the Superior Institute of Arts of Colon Theater. Francisco has performed with orchestras such as the Buenos Aires Philharmonic, the Colón Theater and Argentino Theater resident orchestras, as well as the Argentine National Orchestra “Libertador José de San Martín,” with which he toured Japan in 2024. Beyond the symphonic stage, Francisco expanded his work as a session musician, performing in...

Principal Timpanist - Porto Alegre Symphony Orchestra (OSPA) Douglas Gutjahr has been Principal Timpanist of the Porto Alegre Symphony Orchestra (OSPA) since 2017 and serves as a percussion professor at Musicarium – Brazilian Philharmonic Academy. Originally from Jaraguá do Sul (SC), he holds a degree in percussion from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) and a master’s degree in music from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). His international career gained prominence between 2007 and 2008, when he was a member of the Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra (JMWO), touring major cultural centers in Europe. With the orchestra, he performed in renowned concert halls such as the Berliner Philharmonie (Germany), the Muziekgebouw (Netherlands), and the Palau de les...

Instructor of Percussion at Murray State University Conner Viets is a dynamic, multi-faceted percussionist active as an educator, soloist, chamber musician, and adjudicator. He currently serves as Instructor of Percussion at Murray State University where he teaches applied lessons, directs the percussion ensemble, and assists with the renowned Racer Band marching percussion section. An in-demand educator, Conner has appeared as a featured clinician at the East Tennessee State University Percussion Ensemble Festival and West Kentucky Percussion Festival, in addition to numerous universities and high schools throughout the Midwest and Kentucky Quad State regions. His students have consistently earned placements in all-state and all-district ensembles, received superior ratings at solo and ensemble festivals, and gained admission to competitive undergraduate and graduate...

Principal Timpanist & Head of Percussion Section - Minería Symphony Orchestra Gabriela Jiménez is a professional musician, originally from Mexico City, who stands out for the originality of her interpretations, as well as for being the creator of her own sound and style, emphasizing the figure and importance of the Timpanist and the Percussionist inside and outside the orchestra, as an interdisciplinary and happy artist. As a member of the OSM since 1991, she has played under the Artistic Direction of the 4 main conductors, Maestros: Jorge Velazco, Luis Herrera de la Fuente, Carlos Spierer, and Carlos Miguel Prieto.  She has performed, recorded and/or presented nationally and internationally with innumerable orchestral, chamber and solo works by great composers of all...