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I Percussion Studio is an organization devoted to students with a passion for percussion. 1 Jeffrey Schmulen, a graduate student in applied physics and Kevin Grubbs, a senior computer engineering major, formed Percussion Studio in Fall 1999. Grubbs said Percussion Studio, a as part ofUl'hich was originally TAMUdrums, was started for the stu- v hour that(Hl en t s at A&M who wanted to be part of a drum ensemble, it ’■ I Grubbs was in his high school band and was very involved >ith the percussion. He said it was something he missed in col lege and wanted to be able to continue. I “My high school had a very strong percussion group and 1 wanted to continue that here at A&M,” Grubbs said. J Grubbs said after plastering 500 fliers around 1 article, Kevwampus about tamudrums first informational jlanned," was Meeting, about 30 people showed up and the /alters. Mroup started to form. 29 article 8<rl Grubbs said Percussion Studio has pro- ounced," thejrluced four shows since it began, among Fexas Aggie Bor a variety of other events. Percussion /ith 2,500logs Studio has graced the stage at events Such as Whoopstock, Aggies Up All -..j,..,, First Yell and the MSC Variety Show.' The Variety Show was a high- Ight for Percussion Studio. After tak- g second place in the 1999 and 2000 (ISC Variety Show, Percussion Studio on first place in 2 . w jl( not be 9 “Percussion Studio nas really grown since -an have it 1999 from the size of the group to the size of the the '01-02 ludience,” Grubbs sai . Our first show, which 015 Reed 613 (credit 4:30 p.m. tailing and was at Bryan High School, had about 250 spectators, and our last show in April 2001 had maybe 650 people. There have been so many positive changes since our first show in 1999.” Some may have been in the audience and experienced Percussion Studio in action, and for others. Percussion Studio will be a new venture. No matter who attends, the show prom ises to be full of new ensembles. “We like to keep variety a factor in each of our shows. We want the audience to see things they haven’t seen before,” Grubbs said. When the members of Percussion Studio take stage, the audi ence is often surprised how detailed each drum piece and per formance is. ILLUSTRATION BY CODY Wages • THE Jason Ledlie, a senior psychology major and member of Percussion Studio, said the members create many of the pieces, while others are bought from publishers who sell per cussion ensembles. “Most of the pieces we came up with on our own. We did buy some ensembles like some mallet pieces because nobody really knew how to go about creating those,” Ledlie said. Ledlie said there is a total of 15 ensembles the audiences can look forward to at the show. When it comes to the creative aspects of piecing together an ensemble, Ledlie said it begins with members of Percussion Studio bringing their ideas to the meetings. He said people have certain ideas about what they want to perform and from those ideas the ensemble seems to grow. Ledlie said a lot of the ensembles are usually a combination of music and theatre. He said many of the pieces Percussion Studio performs incorporate many unconventional instruments. “In one of the pieces. Medical, we use a wheelchair as an instrument,” Ledlie said. “We also have a sta pler as an instrument and steel drums for an island-type feel.” Ledlie said the show will be “in your face, loud and fast drums with some melodious mallet pieces.” Grubbs described Percussion Studio’s shows as having some elements of the group STOMP, which is a perfonnance filled with movement and abstract ideas that use everyday objects to make music, as well as concert style ensem bles mixed with some comedy. 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