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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 four full-time 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 |
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| 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. 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 by clicking on this highlighted link: Dusk: Percussion Music from the Heartland. Again, welcome, and we hope to
see you at many FSU Percussion Events!
Sincerely,
Dr. John W. Parks IV, Assistant Professor of Percussion |
