Dana School of Music & YSU Percussion Studio present
Tom Freer
Snare Drum Masterclass
3 March 2010 5:30-7:30 P.M. Bliss Hall, room 2326
Program:
Matt Hayes Etude #12, Etudes for Snare Drum, Mitchell Peters
Bob Young Moby Dick, Rudimental Solos for Accomplished Drummers, John Pratt
Gary White Etude #6, Douze Etudes pour Caisse-Claire, Jacques Delecluse
Kevin Rabold Excerpts from Scheherazade, Nicolas Rimsky-Korsakov
Dan Danch Etude #9, Etudes for Snare Drum, Mitchell Peters
Tom Freer is a Percussionist and Assistant Principal Timpanist with The Cleveland Orchestra. Prior to his position in Cleveland, Mr. Freer served as principal timpanist with the Alabama Symphony, Principal Timpanist with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, and Principal Percussionist and Assistant Timpanist with the Norrkoping Symphony in Norrkoping, Sweden. He is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music and a student of Cloyd E. Duff, Richard Weiner, Paul Yancich, Jim Atwood and Mario Gaetano. An active clinician, Mr. Freer has done clinics and masterclasses throughout the United States and Europe including Yale, Peabody Conservatory, and Royal Stockholm Conservatory. Mr. Freer has also been awarded two patents on percussion instrument designs, is the owner of Freer Percussion Products, and is a consultant for Pearl Corporation, Adams Musical Instruments, Zildjian Cymbals, Evans Drumheads and Pro Mark Corporation.
Thanks to Mr. Freer's sponsors Pearl Corporation, Adams Musical Instruments, Zildjian Cymbals, Evans Drumheads, and ProMark Corporation for their support.
