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THE 2009 KENTUCKY DAY OF PERCUSSION

The Kentucky Chapter of PAS would like to thank the great artists that presented at our Day of Percussion! We will have some of the handouts available on the KY Chapter website for download soon.

The 2009 Kentucky Day of Percussion was held on Saturday, March 14, 2009, at the Singletary Center for the Arts, in Lexington, KY, sponsored by Kentucky Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society.

Guest artists include:
Lewis Nash, drumset
Dick Sisto, jazz vibraphone
Nick Angelis & the University of Cincinnati Drumline, marching percussion
Scott Herring, marimba
Brian S. Mason, FUNdamentals (timpani)
Brad Meyer, FUNdamentals (keyboard)
Ben Stiers, FUNdamentals (keyboard)
The KY All-Collegiate Percussion Ensemble, directed by Scott Herring

For more information about the 2009 Kentucky Day of Percussion, please see below.

The Kentucky Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society is currently in it's 24th year of existence.

The Chapter officers are:
President/Treasurer, James Corcoran
Vice-President, Andy Bliss
Secretary, David Ratliff
Webmaster/Western KY Representative, Rick Gardner

Thanks to Bob Demattina for serving as the official photographer of the Kentucky Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society!! Photos by Bob DeMattina.

More info to come.

About PAS:

The Percussive Arts Society is the world's largest percussion organization and is considered the central source for information and networking for percussionists and drummers of all ages. We are 9,000-members strong with 48 chapters located across the United States, and an additional 23 chapters outside the United States.

PAS publishes two magazines, Percussive Notes and Percussion News, and a website that contains publication archives, research databases, a conference center, and a museum tour of rare and unusual percussion instruments.

Each year PAS hosts the largest percussion convention in the world, the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC), featuring the top names in drumming and percussion. PASIC features more than 100 concerts, clinics, master classes, labs, workshops, panels and presentations. The top percussion artists from all over the world present and perform in areas that include, drumset, marching, keyboard, symphonic, timpani, world, recreational, education, music technology, new music, and health and wellness. Attendance is over 6,000 annually.

PASIC also features the International Drum and Percussion Expo, which includes over 200 percussion related manufacturers, publishers and organizations exhibiting and demonstrating the latest instruments, sticks and mallets, accessories, music, and related products and services.

In addition, more than 70 domestic and international PAS Chapters host Days of Percussion and other clinics in their regions throughout the year.