Joining us this week is Eric Rucker.  Eric

is a performer, educator, composer, and arranger based in South

Florida. He is the percussion instructor at the Dreyfoos School of the

Arts and Bak Middle School of the Arts, and a 2017 Percussive Arts Society

International Percussion Ensemble Competition winner. He is also the

founder of Mode Marimba and a MalletLab faculty member.

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0:00 Intro and Hello

1:22 Malletlab camp with Drew Tucker

4:44 Mode Marimba Company

15:30 Ben Millesen: What other materials did you consider for the bars?

17:12 Casey: What's the sound?

29:15 Adam Hopper: process for selecting literature for your students?

31:15 Ben: percussion ensemble literature for young groups

44:45 Laurel: Competitions

54:30 Connor Yeackley: Thoughts on starting serious percussion studies young?