... competition at the University of Oklahoma. She was a sophomore at Conway High School and a student of Gilbert Baker, percussion instructor at the University of Central Arkansas. 10 years ago (1997) A $17,000 donation from the estate of Mary Doyle ...

... professionally and personally, to the University of Central Arkansas. Baker, the incumbent candidate, was hired as a percussion instructor in 1978 at age 22. The university gave him the job at an exceptionally young age, he said, and he considers ...

... prizes in national competitions and most recently has performed on the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors National Symposium and the Oklahoma University Clarinet Symposium. Dickinson has been composing since age 12 ...

... s Mary Louise Rogers. The handsome steel drums will be used as teaching tools and in performances produced by percussion instructor Tom Burritt, ably assisted by graduate student Robert Wheeler, and members of the percussion section. UCA Friends ...

... Terri Shires. Guest performing ensemble will be the UCA Percussion Ensemble, directed by Dr. Blake Tyson, percussion instructor. "Quiet City," composed by the American composer Aaron Copland, will feature Duso on English horn and Jones ...

... Scene by the Brook," in which Beethoven cleverly inserted bird calls played by the woodwinds. From Vienna, UCA percussion instructor Blake Tyson transported the audience to the Caribbean with the UCA Steel Drum Band. The selections "Jamaica ...

... concert is open to the public. For more information, call 450-1422. Under the direction of Erick Saoud, percussion instructor, the Percussion Ensemble will perform "Fugue" by Phil Faini, "Variations on a Ghanaian Theme" by Daniel ...

... Denise Tenney of Cabot will serve as assistant director. Ricky Morrow of Van Buren will work as a part-time percussion instructor. The district, Nichols said, will begin taking applications for a full-time director in January. Then ...