Steve Hemphill is Professor Emeritus of Percussion at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.
A longstanding percussionist and timpanist, performer, teacher, clinician, composer, arranger, and conductor, Hemphill joined NAU in 1991 and retired in 2022.
A longstanding percussionist and timpanist, performer, teacher, clinician, composer, arranger, and conductor, Hemphill joined NAU in 1991 and retired in 2022.
"Freshmen - Collegiate Musical Studies" is a hypothetical freshman course* designed as an inaugural collection of topics to establish a baseline of musical knowledge and to enhance student engagement across academic and performance domains in support of all studios, classrooms, and ensembles – a comprehensive introduction to help freshmen navigate and optimize their collegiate experience. [See below]
(*or multi-week module or LMS-posted offering or studio-centered volunteer series)
"Preparing - College Teaching" offers a text in support of preparations for teaching percussion at the university level.
"Game-Teaching" contains a collection of percussion-related challenges, puzzles, & humor – an entertainment-based diversion.
"Music Awards" comprise numerous lists of awards, prizes, and recognitions in music – an informative encounter with current events and history.
"Auxiliary Percussion" offers 3 etudes and 8 brief handouts for concert bass drum, crash & suspended cymbals, tambourine, triangle, wood block, tam-tam, and castanets.
"Percussion Music & Videos" offers free downloads (parts & scores - quartets, trios, duet, solo), along with various exercises - marimba, vibes, timpani, pandeiro, caxixi,
shekere, brushes, auxiliary percussion.
Additional content: descriptive & historic information regarding percussion studies at Northern Arizona University, presently under the direction of Dr. Abby Fisher.
(*or multi-week module or LMS-posted offering or studio-centered volunteer series)
"Preparing - College Teaching" offers a text in support of preparations for teaching percussion at the university level.
"Game-Teaching" contains a collection of percussion-related challenges, puzzles, & humor – an entertainment-based diversion.
"Music Awards" comprise numerous lists of awards, prizes, and recognitions in music – an informative encounter with current events and history.
"Auxiliary Percussion" offers 3 etudes and 8 brief handouts for concert bass drum, crash & suspended cymbals, tambourine, triangle, wood block, tam-tam, and castanets.
"Percussion Music & Videos" offers free downloads (parts & scores - quartets, trios, duet, solo), along with various exercises - marimba, vibes, timpani, pandeiro, caxixi,
shekere, brushes, auxiliary percussion.
Additional content: descriptive & historic information regarding percussion studies at Northern Arizona University, presently under the direction of Dr. Abby Fisher.
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