International Educator, Performer, Clinician, and Composer Dr. Justin Bunting (b. 1986) has an active career as an international percussion educator, solo and chamber performer, orchestral musician, clinician, and composer. His appearances include the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, the NEXUS Summer Percussion Workshop in Toronto, and the Great American Brass Band Festival. He currently serves as Director of Instrumental Activities and Associate Professor of Music (Percussion) at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He previously served on the faculties of Western Colorado University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Winston-Salem State University. Dr. Bunting performs with his wife, Cassie, as Blue Line Duo. They have performed or presented at events...
Soloist, Chamber, Session Musician One of Britain’s most diverse percussionists, Joby works as a soloist, chamber and session musician. Best known for his virtuosic performances, daring collaborations, extensive education and seasoned recording work, he regularly appears throughout Europe, the USA and beyond. Dedicated to the development of the percussion repertoire, often in combination with electronics, Joby spends much time commissioning and recording new music. Joby’s audio visual project Powerplant - a collaboration with live video and sound design - where the worlds of minimalism and electronica collide has been at the forefront of his work since 2005. His current release Pioneers of Percussion is a solo project featuring new music by Nicole LizeÌe, Linda Buckley and Rebecca Dale alongside 20th...
Professor of Percussion & Director of Percussion Studies - University of Texas at Austin There are storied educators, and there are dynamic performers, and then there are those who are destined to be both. Always in search of new music and new ways to share it with others, Thomas Burritt is today's percussionist. He has received degrees from Ithaca College School of Music (BM – Education and Performance), Kent State University (MM), and Northwestern University (DMA). Active in the creation and performance of new music for percussion Burritt has built a reputation in chamber music, as a percussion soloist and a concert marimbist. He has performed regularly at the Leigh Howard Stevens International Marimba Seminar and was a featured faculty...
Director of Percussion, Director of Music, and Professor of Music - Clemson University Paul Buyer is Director of Percussion, Director of Music, and Professor of Music at Clemson University. Prior to teaching at Clemson, Dr. Buyer was Assistant Director of Bands and Coordinator of Percussion at Garland High School in Garland, Texas. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from the University of Arizona and his Bachelor of Science degree from Ball State University. Featured in SUCCESS Magazine’s Achiever’s Series, Dr. Buyer is a sought-after keynote speaker, clinician, and the author of Drumline Gold: Innovative Systems for Marching Percussion Excellence; Working Toward Excellence: 8 Values for Achieving Uncommon Success in Work and Life, Marching Bands...
Percussionist, Educator Lee Caron, a Connecticut based percussionist, has been a member of and performed with groups such as The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps 3rd US INF (Escort to the President), The United States Army Band (Pershing’s Own), The United States Coast Guard Band, Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, and was in the 2007 cast of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Edinburgh, Scotland. He regularly performs with the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra, New Haven Symphony Orchestra, New Britain Symphony Orchestra, Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra, and Hartford Symphony Orchestra. His travels take him to Basel, Switzerland where he annually performs in the Carnival ‘Fasnacht’ with Seibi Fasnachtclique. He also performs music theater productions locally and out of state,...
