Training
•Bullet: Weekly applied lessons emphasize performance, composition and improvisation, with training across the full spectrum of percussion and drumming traditions and mentorship in contemporary repertoire, chamber music and collaborative projects
•Bullet: Studio faculty are Andrew Bliss (Associate Professor of Percussion and Director of Percussion Studies), Keith Brown (Teaching Professor of Percussion and Area Coordinator of Jazz) and Michael Mixtacki (Teaching Assistant Professor of Percussion), with frequent guest artists
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Percussionists join the award-winning UT Percussion Ensemble and the African Diasporic Percussion Ensemble, and play with the Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, chamber groups, jazz ensembles and experimental projects
•Bullet: Students perform on campus, in the Knoxville community and at regional and national festivals, with opportunities in interdisciplinary performance, curation and research
