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Michigan Private Teachers
To help perform our mission to promote percussion education and as a service to those seeking percussion teachers in the state,
following is a list of qualified instructors in Michigan.
Are you a private teacher of percussion in the state of Michigan?
Click here to submit your information to post on the MPAS site. (for MPAS members only) |
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Chuck Ricotta
734.276.9674
cricotta@umich.edu
Located in Ann Arbor |
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Greg Secor
616.331.3402
secorg@gvsu.edu
Located in Grand Rapids/Holland |
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Specializing in:
Concert Percussion (Mallets, Snare Drum, Timpani, accessories), Marching Percussion |
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| Chuck Ricotta serves as the Percussion Instructor and Arranger for the University of Michigan Marching Band. He also serves as Principal Percussionist for the Flint Symphony Orchestra. Chuck is an educational artist for Remo Drumheads and Innovative Percussion and maintains a private teaching studio in Ann Arbor. |
Greg Secor is currently an instructor at Grand Valley State University and Hope College. He is very active in chamber music with Opus 21 and the Coalescence Percussion Duo. He is a member of the Kalamazoo Symphony, and performs regularly with the Grand Rapids Symphony. Greg is a member of the Grand Rapids based steelband Pangea. |
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For more information, please visit:
http://mmb.music.umich.edu/staff/ricotta.asp
http://mmb.music.umich.edu/sections/drumline/ |
For more information, please visit:
www.opus21.org
www.blackswamp.com/players/coalescence.html |
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Paul
G. Sikorski
313.884.3533
psikorski@comcast.net
Located in Grosse Pointe |
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Mark
Petty
248.854.2419
zenithbrass@gmail.com
Located in Troy |
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| Paul Sikorski obtained
his Percussion Performance degree under the tutelage of Sal Rabbio,
former timpanist with the Detroit Symphony. Paul is currently the
Drumline coach at Grosse Pointe North H.S. and maintains a studio
for private lessons. He is active in the theater and orchestra
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Mark Petty
was educated at the University of Michigan and performed in the
Symphony and Marching bands where his teachers were Gary Olmstead
and Jim Salmon. In his Troy studio
he teaches high school and middle school students in concert snare
drum, mallets, drum set, timpani and marching/rudimental snare drum.
Mark is very in touch with the needs of school percussionists
and teaches students to succeed in that environment. |
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Brian
Harris
248.705.0259
brianharris1969@hotmail.com
Located in Plymouth |
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Specializing in:
Concert and marching snare, mallets, drum set (rock, jazz, funk, latin, americana,
electronic), ethnic and hand percussion |
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| Brian Harris did his undergraduate studies at Wayne
State University under Sam Tundo, majoring in Percussion Performance,
and performing with the WSU symphony, WSU orchestra, and WSU percussion
ensemble. For the last 25 years Brian has been an active performer in
concert venues across SE Michigan, and a studio session player. Brian
works closely with band programs at Plymouth-Canton HS, Northville HS,
and Novi HS, and runs a private teaching studio in Plymouth. He is adjunct
music faculty at OCC, and has been a member of PAS since 1989. |
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