{"id":154,"date":"2018-04-03T17:14:42","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T17:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/?page_id=154"},"modified":"2026-01-16T20:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T20:46:08","slug":"percussion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/disciplines\/percussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Percussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/files\/2018\/11\/Percussion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-914\" src=\"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/files\/2018\/11\/Percussion.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/files\/2018\/11\/Percussion.jpg 1900w, https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/files\/2018\/11\/Percussion-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/files\/2018\/11\/Percussion-768x243.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/files\/2018\/11\/Percussion-1024x323.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/files\/2018\/11\/Percussion-1200x379.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Percussion, often regarded as the \u201cheartbeat\u201d of nearly every musical style, consists of traditional instruments such as timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle and tambourine. Our percussion faculty regularly utilize new music technologies are combined with classical, time-honored instruments.<\/p>\n<p>Percussion classes at KSC include Applied Percussion\/Composition, Percussion Ensemble, Percussion Methods, Music Technology, and Music Theory.<\/p>\n<h2>Faculty<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keene.edu\/site\/directories\/profile\/facstaff\/2608\/\">George Robinson<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.keene.edu\/site\/directories\/profile\/facstaff\/2294\/\"><b>James Walker<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Ensembles<\/h3>\n<p>Percussion is the mainstay in a diverse array of ensembles.\u00a0 Whether you&#8217;re majoring in music as a percussionist or enjoy percussion as a hobby, we welcome students -as well as faculty and staff members &#8211; from across campus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/percussion-ensemble\/\">Percussion Ensemble<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/ensembles\/concert-band\/\">Concert Band<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/ensembles\/orchestra\/\">Orchestra<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/ensembles\/jazz\/\">Jazz Ensemble<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/ensembles\/jazz\/\">Jazz Combos<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/ensembles\/contemporary\/\">Contemporary Ensemble<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Percussion, often regarded as the \u201cheartbeat\u201d of nearly every musical style, consists of traditional instruments such as timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle and tambourine. Our percussion faculty regularly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/disciplines\/percussion\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Percussion&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":257,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-154","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2230,"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154\/revisions\/2230"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}