Purpose Statement

The National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy is designed to provide a
forum for elementary & secondary music educators, university percussion
pedagogues, professional percussionists, university music education
specialists, and undergraduate and graduate students to explore the status of
percussion pedagogy in the United States as well as to outline strategies for
improving the teaching and learning of percussion instruments. The
conference will provide a forum to increase awareness of “what is
happening,” to guide us toward identifying “what should happen,” and the
means for “making it happen.”