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Multiple Grammy-winner Andy Narell took the steelpan out of the steelband and brought it into the jazz world! Known as perhaps the most revered steelpan performer and composer on the planet, his music can be heard on television, in movies, and with artists as diverse as Paquito D’Rivera, Dave Samuels, Bela Fleck, Billy Taylor, Spyro Gyra, Tito Puente, Toto, Aretha Franklin, and the Kronos String Quartet.

Five-time Grammy winner Mark Walker is one of the most respected drumset artists in the United States. A member of the American jazz group Oregon and a long-time member of the Paquito D’Rivera Quintet, he also leads the Latin jazz group “Rhythm of the Americas.” He has played and/or recorded with a “who’s who” of jazz and popular music, including Michael Brecker, Chucho Valdez, Dianne Reeves, Sammy Davis Jr., Donna Summer, Peter Cetera, Arturo Sandoval, Joe Henderson, Dave Samuels, and Andy Narell.

Dr. Allen Teel is Professor of Percussion and World Music at Abilene Christian University. He is an active performer, serving as principal timpanist with the Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra and playing in numerous venues as a percussionist in orchestral, chamber music, musical theatre, jazz, and world music settings while serving as an in-demand percussion pedagogue and educator.

Brad Dutz has performed as a percussionist and hand percussion specialist for over 250 titles, recording with such artists as Alanis Morrisette, KISS, Willie Nelson, Lee Ann Rhymes, Tribal Tech, and David Benoit. He can be heard on multiple TV shows, including “King of the Hill,” “Family Guy,” “American Dad,” “Enterprise,” and “Firefly.” Some of the film soundtracks that Brad has performed on include “The Bourne Legacy,” “Transformers,” “Cowboys and Aliens,” “Ocean’s Eleven,” “Battleship,” and “Anchorman.”

Director of World Percussion and Drumset performance at the University of Arizona, Chris Wabich is known as a versatile and original voice on the drumset as well as a gifted producer. His drumming is heard with Ludacris, Sting, Leonard Cohen, Stanley Jordan, Sheila E., the Zappa Family, and Brian Johnson (AC/DC). Most recently, he has been arranging and producing Billboard charting hits for Margo Rey/John Oats (of Hall and Oats), Ty Taylor from Vintage Trouble and the Beatles show, “Both.”

Ryan Jackson, Coordinator of the Music Industry Program at MSUM, has built a national reputation as both a music industry pedagogue and audio engineer. His extensive background in sound reinforcement, audio engineering, and music business has allowed to him to build one of the strongest Industry programs in the Upper Midwest while also maintaining his own

The MSUM Day of Percussionwill feature one of the LARGEST GATHERINGS EVER of steel bands in the Upper Midwest, including over 75 performers from The University of Mary and St. Mary’s Central High School (Bismarck), the College of St. Scholastica (Duluth), Inver Hills Community College (MN), and MSUM’s own Fuego Tropical Steelband!

Admission: $5 for adults, $3 for under-21, free for MSUM students, faculty, and staff. Tickets available at the door or online at www.mnstate.edu/tickets

Schedule: Center for the Arts

9:30am. . . . Registration

10:00am . . Allen Teel, Timpani clinic

11:00am . . . Brad Dutz and Chris Wabich, hand drum/drumset performance and clinic

12:00pm . . Lunch

1:00pm. . . . MSUM’s Kyai Madu Murni Gamelan performance

1:45pm . . . . Ryan Jackson, percussion and audio recording clinic

Comstock Student Union Ballroom

2:45pm. . . . Andy Narell, steelpan clinic

3:45pm . . . . Mark Walker, drumset clinic

5:00pm . . . “Evening of Steel,”

performances by all guest artists joined by over 75 steelpan musicians!

This event is funded in part with support from the Lake Region Arts Council

through a Minnesota State Legislative appropriation, as well as the following

corporate sponsors:

Minnesota State University Moorhead is an equal opportunity educator and employer and is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System. This information will be made available in alternate format

upon request by contacting Disability Services at 218.477.4318 (voice) or 1.800.627.3529 (MRS/TTY).