We are so glad that you stopped by our website; please bookmark this page and check back with us regularly for information about FSU Percussion. Whether you want to be a professional performer, educator, or just want to perform for sold-out crowds at BCS Bowl Games, FSU is the place for you. Our faculty is dedicated to providing state-of-the-art percussion education for the 21st century, and we have scholarships, out-of-state tuition waivers, and percussion graduate assistantships to make your education affordable. While FSU boasts the third-largest College of Music in the United States, with 100 full-time faculty and 1150 music majors, we keep the percussion student/teacher ratio low. In other words, the school is large enough to provide an incredible number of performance opportunities with nationally-acclaimed ensembles, yet all percussion students receive extensive individual attention--you will never "get lost" at FSU.
We have five bands, two full symphony orchestras, and a plethora of world music, chamber music, and jazz ensembles, not to mention national tours to Carnegie Hall, performing as a winner of the PASIC 2007 International Percussion Ensemble Competition, and numerous solo performing opportunities to provide a well-rounded program of study amongst the most prestigious and comprehensive in the country. Please visit the Recent Tours section of this website for more details. I hope that you will contact us about becoming part of the FSU Percussion Studio and College of Music family, and visit our site often for the latest information on upcoming performances, tours, and our incredible roster of guest artists. Speaking of, you can check out pictures, new podcasts, and sound clips on our media pages, and listen to some of the tracks on my CD, Dusk: Percussion Music from the Heartland, by visiting the media pages. Again, welcome, and we hope to see you at many FSU Percussion Events!
Sincerely,
Dr. John W. Parks IV, Assistant Professor of Percussion