Associate Professor of Music & Percussion Coordinator, Lee University, Cleveland, Tennessee Praised by Percussive Notes Journal as “A Master of Musical Nuance”, ANDY HARNSBERGER enjoys a versatile career as a performer, composer, and educator. He has performed in musical venues across North America, South America, Australia, Japan, and Europe, and presents numerous solo recitals and clinics throughout the United States each year. He has been a featured artistin many festivals around the world and was on the artist/faculty for the Sulzbach-Rosenberg/Interharmony International Music Festival in Germany in 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2018. He has been a featured solo artist and presenter multiple times at thePercussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC). He has also appeared as a guest clinician at numerous...
Percussionist, Educator Brent Behrenshausen is a percussionist and educator residing in Reading, Pennsylvania. Brent has performed with a variety of organizations and artists during his professional career including: The Pennsylvania Ballet, Opera Philadelphia, Delaware Symphony, Reading Symphony Orchestra, Bay Atlantic Symphony, Allegro Symphony, Bach Choir of Bethlehem, The Philadelphia Brass, Kennett Symphony, Northeastern PA Philharmonic (Scranton, PA), Lancaster Symphony, Hershey Park Entertainment and Resorts, The Celtic Woman Singers, Celtic Thunder, and Clay Aiken. In 2008 Brent recorded percussion tracks for Def Jam Records' platinum-selling Hip-Hop artist LL Cool J for the Rapper's 2008 release, Exit 13, and has recorded percussion tracks for NFL Films' television series "Game of the Week.” In addition to performing as a percussion educator, Brent is...
Professional Percussionist Dr. Caitlin Jones is a professional percussionist who has an active career as a performer and educator. She has performed across the United States as a soloist and as a member of the Harnsberger/Jones Duo. In 2018, Caitlin was the marimba soloist for the American premiere of Roumen Boyadjieff, Jr.’s Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra with the Cleveland Orchestra of Tennessee. She recently performed this work for the second time in America with full orchestra in October 2021, and will be performing this concerto with the Anderson Symphony Orchestra in 2025. In 2023, Caitlin Jones and Andy Harnsberger formed the Harnsberger/Jones Duo. The duo focuses on the advancement of marimba repertoire and frequently performs new works for a...
Freelance Percussionist
Gary Griffith is a freelance percussionist, self-published composer and educator based in southwest Michigan, USA. Lately gaining attention for his hybrid rudiment videos, and his book "The Hybrid Compendium" - in which he compiled, edited and categorized over 3800 hybrid rudiments - even writing over 2000 variations himself. The rest of his catalogue includes works for solo Marimba, Vibraphone, Kalimba and Steel Pan.
For the last 20 years I have exclusively used Grover Tambourines - specifically the beryllium copper and German silver, Woodblocks, and Triangles/beaters.
Plays: Studio Pro Tambourine – Beryllium Copper
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Percussionist Representing a unique blend of musical talent, training, craft and experience, Marc Parmet brings a distinct voice to the art of percussion. His diversified musical talents lend themselves to a broad scope of styles and settings. Marc began his distinguished career as a percussionist, studying at the prestigious Tanglewood Institute with Leonard Bernstein and Boston Symphony Orchestra Percussionists Tom Gauger and Charles Smith. Marc went on to study with the BSO’s renowned timpanist Vic Firth at the New England Conservatory of Music, where his fellow student included GroverPro’s founder Neil Grover. “Even then, Neil had the passion for seeking great percussive sonorities, and the desire to innovate. Combined with Neil’s personal commitment to elevate the artistry of our craft,...
