2021 Gulf Coast Day of Percussion September 11, 2021 Gulfport High School

100 Perry Street Gulfport, MS 39507 Start time - 9:00 am

Schedule of Events: 12:00 – 1:00 pm registration 1:00 – 2:00 pm Welcome, introductions, John Wooton clinic 2:00 – 4:00 pm Sectionals/Clinics with clinicians 4:00 – 5:00 pm Matt Jordan Clinic 5:00 – 6:00 pm Dinner 6:00 – finish Ensemble presentations for commentary (John Wooton, Elanders Frazier, Matt Jordan, and Marc Rivet) Helpful Information: This is a great opportunity for both educators and students to better their craft! During sectionals, Dr. Wooton and Dr. Jordan will be offering clinics to band directors and percussion directors while Elanders, Marc, and others will be giving clinics to your students. Each ensemble will have a 30 minute performance/critique interval with the judges. Please feel free to bring your conductors and wind soloists. Fee: $250 per ensemble or $25 per individual Registration Deadline: August 15, 2021 Fees Due: August 31, 2021 Checks can be made out to: Admiral Band Boosters 100 Perry Street Gulfport, MS 39507 All events will be held outdoors, weather permitting. Indoor facilities will be available in the event of inclement weather. If you have any questions concerning the Gulf Coast Day of Percussion, please feel free to contact Nathan Ball at William.Ball@gulfportschools.org

2021 Clinicians Battery Percussion Dr. John Wooton

John Wooton is a lover of music as he performs, teaches, and listens to a variety of genres, but prefers a blend of jazz and several Caribbean styles. Known as a rudimental specialist, John actually gets more work as a singer and steel pan player. So, when he isn’t flipping sticks and playing ratamacues around the globe, you can find him dressed in linen playing at a casino, on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, or dressed in style playing at a jazz club in New Orleans. Otherwise you can find him on a basketball or tennis court trying to stay young. An 81% free throw shooter and 4.0 tennis player, recently bumped down from a 4.5..., proof that age is winning. The past few years Dr. Throwdown has played paradiddles with stick tosses and hertas with “Hi Moms” as well as flam 5s and diminished scales on his steel pans, in places like The Forbidden City, Novi Sad, Ludz, Bucaramanga, Biella, San Juan, Missoula, Rome, Pescara, General Roca, Xinxiang, Buenos Aires, Lima, Houston, Gdansk, Vienna, Cali, Ferrara, Tegucigalpa, Port of Spain, Dallas, London, Mayagüez, Dusseldorf, McAllen, and many others. No, the countries are not listed... do your homework. He is an international artist and clinician for several percussion companies, whole heartedly endorsing each one of them, not only for their wonderful products but for the support they all give to percussion education around the world. Those companies are Pearl Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Remo, and Vic Firth. John also endorses Row Loff Productions, publisher for his books, solos and ensembles. Check out all their web sites, not only for wonderful products but also for their educational material. John is in his 29th year of teaching at Southern Miss, close to where he grew up in Lafayette, Louisiana, so he gets to enjoy dat great Cajun cuisine and Miss’ippi bar-b-que. Doc, as his students call him, loves his job... making music with his students on various percussion instruments. Search Youtube for “Southern Miss Percussion” to enjoy some of the ensembles he teaches. He was educated in Lafayette, Lou., Denton, Texas and Iowa City, Iowa, receiving documents from all three places, but he was also educated by teachers such as Marty Hurley through the experience of drum and bugle corps, specifically one from Rockford, Illinois. He has won some prestigious trophies, including several national titles as a soloist, ensemble member, composer and teacher, along the way with these organizations but prefers to play music for the joy of the experience. You can find John online at VicFirth.com, Youtube, drumeo.com, Soundcloud and johnwooton.com.

Elanders Frazier

Elanders Frazier is the Caption Head, Battery Arranger and Supervisor for Southwind Drum & Bugle Corps. He has been a percussion instructor, arranger, visual designer, adjudicator, and clinician for grade schools and independent ensembles in the Gulf Coast area since 2002. He holds an A.A. in Business and a B.S.B.A. with a concentration in Management from the University of West Florida. His collegiate performance credits include: Pensacola State College (Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensembles) and the University of West Florida Symphonic Band. His professional marching credits include Eminence Indoor, Spirit Drum & Bugle Corps, and Music City Mystique. He was inducted into the Gulfcoast Colorguard and Percussion Circuit Hall of Fame in 2018. Elanders is a member of the Percussive Arts Society, a percussion educator with Innovative Percussion.

Front Ensemble Percussion Dr. Matthew Jordan

Dr. Matthew Jordan currently serves as Assistant Professor of Percussion at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama. He is also the front ensemble arranger for Music City Mystique, the music coordinator and sound designer for the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps, front ensemble arranger and sound designer for the “Commandant’s Own” United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps, and a music advisor for the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps. Prior to starting at JSU, Matt was the Concert Percussion Marketing Manager for Pearl Corporation/Adams Musical Instruments, and Assistant Director of Bands/Instructor of Percussion at Middle Tennessee State University. Matt has worked as a percussion instructor and arranger with a number of DCI and WGI groups, including the Phantom Regiment (2011-2014), Carolina Crown (2015), and Spirit of Atlanta (2007-2010, 2018). He is also very involved at the scholastic level as an arranger for indoor drumlines and marching bands, having written for groups such as Max Percussion (Bangkok, Thailand), Bangkok Society Drumline, Franklin High School, Science Hill High School, McGavock High School, Dobyns-Bennett High School, and Father Ryan High School, among others. Matt completed the Doctor of Music degree from the Florida State University, a Master's Degree from the University of North Texas, and a Bachelor's Degree from Middle Tennessee State University. Matt is a proud artist and clinician for Pearl/Adams instruments, Innovative Percussion sticks and mallets, Evans Drumheads, Zildjian Cymbals, and Presonus Audio Electronics.

Marc Rivet

With a diverse background and skill set, Marc Rivet is an active accompanist, arranger, director, and educator. Originally from Raceland, Louisiana, Rivet graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2017 with a Bachelor’s in Music Education (Double Emphasis in Piano and Percussion) and a Bachelor’s in Percussion Performance. He is now pursuing a Master’s in Collaborative Piano at USM. As a percussionist, Rivet has performed with groups such as Crossmen (2012) and the World Champion Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps (2014 - 2016). Rivet also found success as a solo marimbist winning the 2014 William T. Gower Concerto Competition and as a finalist in the 2016 Percussive Arts Society International Solo Marimba Competition. Rivet has an active career as an educator and arranger, most notably within the marching arts. As an educator, Rivet has worked with groups such as Bluecoats (2018 -), Oak Grove High School (2016 Silver Medalist WGI Scholastic Percussion A), South Jones High School (2019 Gold Medalist WGI Scholastic Open), Louisiana Stars Drum and Bugle Corps, Petal High School, and others. Recently, he has given workshops teaching music technology skills for organizations such as the Hattiesburg Music Teachers League and the International Performing Arts Institute. He has arranged for groups such as Oak Grove HS, South Jones HS, St. Tammany Parish Schools, and Stone HS. His experience in musical theatre includes accompanying and music directing with organizations such as the University of Southern Mississippi Theatre and Dance Department and the Hattiesburg Civic Light Opera.