K. Wylie Publications

presents the

THE 4th ANNUAL

NORTH TEXAS
MIDDLE SCHOOL
PERCUSSION
CAMP

JUNE 24 - 26, 2008

(Entry Deadline: June 16)

and

THE 2nd ANNUAL

SOUTH EAST TEXAS
MIDDLE SCHOOL
PERCUSSION
CAMP

JUNE 30 - JULY 2, 2008

(Entry Deadline: June 16)

Sponsored by the
YAMAHA Corporation of America,
Zildjian Cymbal Company,
and
Innovative Percussion


featuring…
One-on-one with some of the finest percussion educators in the country

- Drum Set Masterclasses
- Percussion Ensembles
- Ethnic Percussion Workshops
- Orchestral Techniques
- Drum Line Clinics

BRAND NEW ONLINE REGISTRATION NOW!!

GENERAL INFORMATION

LOCATION
The North Texas Middle School Percussion Camp will be held at Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas. The South East Middle School Percussion Camp will be held at Spring High School in Spring, Texas.

ELGIBILITY
Participation in the North Texas Middle School Percussion Camp is offered to those students entering the 7th or 8th grade. Participants will greatly benefit from our programs regardless of level of attainment or proficiency. Enrollment will be limited to the first 90 participants.

FEE
Camp fee is $125.00 with meals or $115.00 without meals. This is due with your registration form. All fees are due by the entry deadline.

SCHEDULE
The camp will run from 9:00AM – 4:00PM daily (lunch 12:00PM-1PM). The afternoon concert on the final day will begin at 4:30PM.

FOOD
All lunch meals will be provided by the camp staff. Students are welcome to bring their own lunch if they desire.

CONCERT
There will be a 4:30PM afternoon concert on the last day of camp whcich will feature the student percussion ensembles.

WHAT TO BRING
Sticks, mallets. stick bag, percussion kit (with pad / bells), and a GREAT ATTITUDE!

CORRESPONDENCE
All future communications will be done via E mail. You will receive an Email once your completed registration form is received. Additional info will be sent if necessary.

Click here for North Texas application

Click here for South East Texas application

BE ADVISED:
HOUSING IS NOT PROVIDED.
Please visit www.lewisville.com or www.springtexas.com

THE ARTIST FACULTY

Mark Biggs holds a Bachelors and Masters in Music Education from the University of North Texas. He has worked as a writer, arranger, and clinician for the Marcus H. S. drum lines and percussion ensembles for more than 16 years. He spends his summers writing arranging and teaching percussion in the North Texas area. A former middle school and high school band director, Mark now teaches math to hard-to-reach students in Birdville ISD. Mark lives with his wife and four children in North Richland Hills, TX. Jim Boulet is currently an assistant band director at Grapevine High School in Grapevine, Texas. His duties include directing the Honors Band, Jazz Bands, and assisting the percussion ensemble and marching band programs. Before coming to Grapevine, he taught for twelve years in the Southlake Carrol I.S.D. at the middle school level. Mr. Boulet graduated with a Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of Texas at Arlington and was a member of the Sky Ryders Drum and Bugle Corps and Texas Wind Symphony. He is an active performer, educator, clinician, and adjudicator throughout the North Texas area. Jon Lee is an Adjunct Lecturer of Percussion at the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University and is the Director of the Meadows Percussion Ensemble. He is an active performer, educator, clinician, and adjudicator. He is Principal Timpanist of the Garland Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Arlington, and the Las Colinas Symphony Orchestras. He performs regularly with the Dallas Wind Symphony, Plano Symphony Orchestra, East Texas Orchestra, Richardson Symphony Orchestra, Lewisville Lake Symphony Orchestra, Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra and many others. Jon has been on the faculty of the University of Texas at Arlington, the Stephen F. Austin Percussion Symposium, Marimba Madness, and the Leigh Howard Stevens Pre-College Marimba Seminar. Rick Rodriguez is currently in his 14th year of teaching in the Spring I.S.D. where he holds the position of Percussion Coordinator of Bands at Spring High School along with the middle schools Bailey, Dueitt, and Twin Creeks. His middle school work has been noted for demonstrating many various rags and current literature and has performed for elite percussion artists and educators around the country. During Rick's tenure at Spring High School the Spring Percussion Program has won and received numerous awards and honors in both marching and concert activites. Some of these include the Midwest Bandand Orchestra Clinic, the National Concert Band Festival, many BOA awards, and numerous 1st place percussion trophiesat marching band contests and drumline contests. He is currently endorsed by the educational programs of Pearl Drums, Vic Firth Sticks and Mallets, and the Zildjian Cymbal Company. Kennan Wylie holds a Bachelors and Masters degree in Music Education from the University of North Texas. He was an adjunct professor of percussion at University of Arlington for ten years and is currently the Percussion Instructor at Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas.Under his direction over the past fourteen years, the Marcus group has received national acclaim both on and off the field, including nine national championship titles at the P.A.S.I.C. Marching Competition. Marcus H.S. also won the 1999 and 2003 P.A.S. "Call for Tapes". K. Wylie Publications has a full line of beginning percussionist instructional books, solos, and ensembles. "Simple Steps" is the instructional series written by Kennan Wylie. He has presented clinics at the Texas Music Educators Association convention, Percussive Arts Society International Convention, and for the Texas Percussive Arts Society.

Click here for North Texas application

Click here for South East Texas application