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| − | + | Dr. Gifford Howarth is currently Associate Professor of Percussion at Bloomsburg University located in Bloomsburg, PA. He is also an Instructor of Percussion at Penn State University in State College, PA. His previous teaching duties included teaching at Michigan State University and Nazareth College in Rochester, NY. He has presented clinics and workshops throughout the United States, Canada, Asia, and Europe. These include teaching in Singapore, Thailand, The Netherlands, Sweden, and Malaysia. Also he has presented at The Midwest Clinic in Chicago, The Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC), several MENC All-State Conferences and PAS Day of Percussion events. The focus for most of the workshops is geared around percussion education. | |
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| + | Dr. Howarth is also heavily involved in different competitive marching activities. He has been on the percussion staffs for such drum corps as The Cadets and The Rochester Patriots; WGI ensembles Northcoast Academy and The Project along with several BOA level high school marching bands throughout the country. He is currently a national adjudicator for DCI, WGI, and BOA along with several state wide marching band and indoor percussion circuits. <ref>https://www.tapspace.com/gifford-howarth/</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:44, 7 July 2025
Biography
Born:
Country: USA
Studies: Michigan State University (Doctor of Musical Arts); Kent State University; Ithaca College
Teachers:
Dr. Gifford Howarth is currently Associate Professor of Percussion at Bloomsburg University located in Bloomsburg, PA. He is also an Instructor of Percussion at Penn State University in State College, PA. His previous teaching duties included teaching at Michigan State University and Nazareth College in Rochester, NY. He has presented clinics and workshops throughout the United States, Canada, Asia, and Europe. These include teaching in Singapore, Thailand, The Netherlands, Sweden, and Malaysia. Also he has presented at The Midwest Clinic in Chicago, The Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC), several MENC All-State Conferences and PAS Day of Percussion events. The focus for most of the workshops is geared around percussion education.
Dr. Howarth is also heavily involved in different competitive marching activities. He has been on the percussion staffs for such drum corps as The Cadets and The Rochester Patriots; WGI ensembles Northcoast Academy and The Project along with several BOA level high school marching bands throughout the country. He is currently a national adjudicator for DCI, WGI, and BOA along with several state wide marching band and indoor percussion circuits. [1]
Books for Percussion
Marimba
Simply Four: 4-Mallet Technique as Easy as 1-2-3...4
Six Caprices
Works for Percussion
Template:Howarth, Gifford Works
References