Percussion

Percussion

BM in Performance

BM in Performance

The Bachelor of Music (BM) degree in Performance is a professional degree that prepares students for a career performing in various spheres, including solo, chamber music, and large ensemble settings, as well as teaching, including at the university level. Often students who have earned this degree craft an entrepreneurial mix of these and other artistic endeavors throughout their careers. Acknowledging that professional artistic success often comes after earning advanced degrees, this program also focuses on preparing students for graduate performance study.

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Percussion Studio

The Baylor School of Music Percussion Studio is a comprehensive center of percussion study offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in music performance and music education. The program focuses on intensive training in solo percussion performance, orchestral percussion, chamber music, and drum set studies. Baylor percussion students are taught the knowledge and skills necessary to excel as professional, creative performers and educators in today’s music world. The department is under the direction of Todd Meehan and Arlo Shultis.

The Percussion Studio is unique in its small size, limiting the overall number of students to no more than 16. This allows the program to be highly selective in its admissions/audition process and creates an intimate learning environment for each individual student. Due to the studio’s size, Baylor percussionists are afforded unparalleled performing and learning opportunities. All percussion students study with faculty members Todd Meehan and Arlo Shultis during their entire residency at Baylor. In addition, students have endless performance outlets within Baylor’s highly recognized large ensemble and chamber music programs.

Please take a moment to further explore the information below and learn more about percussion studies at Baylor. For additional inquiries about the program, please email todd_meehan@baylor.edu. Sic ‘em!

Percussion Faculty

Professor of Percussion Associate Dean for Graduate Studies

Professor of Percussion Associate Dean for Graduate Studies

McCrary Music Building 124

Part-time Lecturer in Percussion

Part-time Lecturer in Percussion

McCrary Music Building 124

Baylor Percussion Symposium

The Baylor Percussion Symposium showcases contemporary music’s most recognized and innovative artists during two days of masterclasses and concerts on the Baylor University campus each spring. Past symposia have featured Glenn Kotche, So Percussion, Tristan Perich, Steven Schick, Michael Burritt, Ivan Trevino, and Doug Perkins, as well as Pulitzer Prize winners Steve Reich and David Lang. The annual event brings together the most original voices in the contemporary music world and creates a platform for dialogue between students and professionals.

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Baylor Percussion Group

The Baylor Percussion Group is a dynamic contemporary music percussion ensemble devoted to the artistic presentation of the most significant percussion works of the 20th and 21st centuries. A central focus of the ensemble is to foster relationships between composers and performers through musical collaborations and commissions.

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Undergraduate Admissions FAQs

Graduate Admissions FAQs