Early Registration Deadline Today!

Today, February 23rd, is the post-marked deadline for early registrations to this year's NWPP. If you can't quite get it in the mail today, shoot me an email, let me know you will be attending and I will still count your registration on time.

NWPP Sessions Confirmed

This year's workshop schedule has been finalized.

The morning sessions will include:

1. Parent Workshop - Free session for all parents. How to help your young musicians succeed.
2. Stick Technique - The basics of good technique, rudiments, drum rolls, endurance and speed exercises.
3. Recording Technology - How to use digital recording equipment for fun, for practice and creating your own music. Students will get to take part in the recording process while learning about all of the technology involved.
4. Rhythm Skills - The foundation of percussion is great rhythm. Learn some fun ways to become a more "solid" player.
5. Drumline - Warm-ups, techniques and cadences for the modern drumline.

The afternoon sessions will include:

1. Concert Percussion - learn all of the techniques involved in concert percussion.
2. Mallet Percussion - techniques for sight-reading, four mallet technique and jazz improvisation.
3. World Percussion - learn about the instruments and rhythms from around the world while grooving together in a drum circle.
4. Drumset - getting started, beats & styles, jazz combo playing and more.

The day will conclude with our usual Elementary, Middle School and High School percussion ensembles that will learn a new piece in the last hour of the day and then perform for parents at 4:30 pm.

This schedule is shaping up to be another great one and based on your feedback, we are going to do a better job of challenging students with materials that better fit their abilities. 

Early Registration Deadline is February 23rd

The early registration deadline for this year's Northwest Percussion Project is February 23rd. Registrations must be post-marked by this date to receive the $50 discounted rate. After that registration is available at the door for $60.

Pearl Drums Donates a Vision Drumset to be raffled off!

Pearl Drums has generously donated a Vision series drumset to be raffled off in support of this year's Northwest Percussion Project. All funds raised in this raffle will go to cover event production costs, which in turn keeps registration low.

Tickets can be purchased at Keeney Bros. Music Centers in Moscow, ID and Clarkston, WA.

The drawing will be held on March 14th at the close of this year's event.

Tickets are 1 for $1, 6 for $5 and 13 for $10. Don't miss this opportunity to win a great prize and support the Northwest Percussion Project at the same time!

NWPP Early Registration

Early registration for the 4th Annual Northwest Percussion Project is now open and will close February 23rd. Get your registration in the mail soon to reserve your price and the discounted registration rate of $50. This rate goes up to $60 for those who register the day of the event.

Remember that registration includes event access, an NWPP t-shirt, NWPP participant workbook, NWPP drumsticks, food and entry into our door prize raffle.

Finally, registration is limited to 150 participants so hurry to reserve your spot!

The 4th Annual Northwest Percussion Project

The 4th Annual Northwest Percussion Project will take place March 14th, 2009 at Pullman High School in Pullman, WA.

This year's event features percussion workshops on stick technique, mallet percussion, world percussion, drum set, concert percussion and rhythm skills. Based on participant feedback we have re-designed these workshops to better meet the needs of students at beginning, intermediate and advanced levels.

Our new workshop this year is an introduction to recording technology. This workshop will give participants hands-on experience with microphone technique and multi-track recording equipment. Students will also be able to experience how recorded sounds can be changed through post-production effects.

Another great workshop we are bringing back is the "Parent Workshop" taught by Daniel Bukvich, Professor of Percussion from the University of Idaho. This session is for parents of registered participants and is packed full of information for parents to help their young musicians succeed.


This year's schedule of workshops will offer a great variety of quality instruction and continue to build on our tradition of quality percussion education in a fun and supportive environment.