Onondaga Community College Indoor Marching
Percussion Ensemble
2004 IMPE at the CNY Day of
Percussion
An Indoor Marching Percussion Ensemble borrows its instrumentation from outdoor groups such as marching bands and drum corps. The indoor performance venue is usually a gym floor. A large variety of mallet percussion instruments are used to provide the melody and a full compliment of battery percussion (snare drums, multi-tenors, bass drums, and cymbals) march and play behind them. Performance locations include contests and sporting events in the Syracuse and Rochester areas.
The OCC Indoor Marching
Percussion Ensemble is the defending New York State Percussion Circuit: College
Division Champion!
The Onondaga Community College Indoor Marching Percussion Ensemble is a group
of area all-stars. It provides the
Indoor Marching Percussion Ensemble experience to students whose high school or
college does not offer such an ensemble.
Students 14 years of age and older with a background in percussion are
invited to audition.
This year’s fee is
$125.00 for current OCC Students and $150.00 for all others. There is also an audition fee for all
prospective members of $25.00 due at the first rehearsal attended. All checks should be made out to OCC.
Wednesday nights 6:00
– 9:00
Rehearsals are held at OCC in
the
1ST 2008-2009 REHEARSAL IS November 19, 2008!!
Show Dates:
This year’s show is: “A Robbery of
Sorts…”
We will finish our season
with a performance at the CNY Day Of Percussion on April 25th - it should be a great
experience for all involved. As always, it will be high energy and a lot
of fun!
Faculty
Robyn Launt holds a Bachelor’s of Music degree from
the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam and a Master’s of Science in
Education for Special Education from SUNY Cortland. She was a member of the DCI
Division I Drum and Bugle Corps the Colts (2001), and DCA Drum and Bugle Corps
the Brigadiers (2004- present). Robyn has taught various marching bands and
winter percussion ensembles in Central NY. She is currently a music teacher at
Roxboro Road Middle School for the Cicero- North Syracuse School District and
on the percussion staff for the Brigadiers.
Dan MacCollum – OCC Indoor Marching Percussion Ensemble
Dan MacCollum is an OCC Indoor Marching Percussion Ensemble Alumni. Along
with playing with OCC, he has marched with The Kingston Grenadiers (2003-2004)
and the Empire Statesmen (2007). He currently teaches Middle and High
School Bands at Vernon Verona Sherill Central Schools
as well as the drumline at Jordan Elbridge
(2003-present). He holds his Associates Degree in Music from Onondaga
Community College and his Bachelors in Music Education from Ithaca
College.
Chris Ganey – OCC Indoor
Marching Percussion Ensemble
Chris is an OCC Indoor
Marching Percussion Alumni! He marched
with the Syracuse Brigadiers (1997-1999), the Kingston Grenadiers (2003-2005),
and the Empire Statesmen (2007-Present.)
He instructed the Jordan-Elbridge Drumline
(2003-2008.) Chris holds an
Associates Degree in Music from
Rob Bridge--DMA,
Eastman School of Music; MM Southern Methodist University; BME, University of
North Texas. Former percussion staff:
Madison Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps, 1993 & 1994; Nite
Express Drum & Bugle Corps, 1991.
Former marching member: Phantom Regiment Drum & Bugle Corps, 1986;
University of North Texas Drumline, 1984-1986, 1988.
Contact Rob Bridge for more information:
315-498-2208