Michael Bump
Michael R. Bump is Associate Professor and Director of Percussion Studies at Truman State University. He has served as Assistant Professor of Percussion at the Ohio State University, Associate Professor of Percussion at the University of Mississippi, and has been an artist faculty member at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival and Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts. He holds the DMA as well as MM degrees in percussion performance and literature from the University of Illinois, and the BME degree from the University of Memphis. He is also a recipient of the University of Illinois Edgard Varese Percussion Award. Performance studies have been with such artist-teachers as Jared Spears, Tom Siwe, Fred D. Hinger, Frank Shaffer, and Paul Yancich. He has also studied composition with Jared Spears, Herbert Brun, and Scott Wyatt. Michael has recently been appointed editor of the Percussive Arts Society Solo & Ensemble Literature Guide. He has served as State chapter president for PAS in both South Carolina and Mississippi, is a member of that organization's New Music/Research Committee, and has organized and performed on international new music/research events at previous Percussive Arts Society International Conventions. Michael's performance background includes principal timpanist with the Ars Nova Chamber Orchestra, Asheville Symphony Orchestra, and the Cullowhee Music Festival in North Carolina. He has also served as percussionist/assistant timpanist with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Memphis Opera Orchestra, Chicago City Ballet, Columbus Symphony Orchestra, and the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra. Having been active in the marching percussion idiom, Michael served as percussion coordinator and arranger for the Memphis Blues Drum and Bugle Corps, as well as an instructor/arranger for the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps, and the University of Illinois Indoor Drumline. As a steel pan enthusiast, he was a founding member of the I-Pan steel ensemble, and arranged for and co-produced the group's debut CD in 1994. Michael is a clinician/endorser for the Pearl/Adams Corporation, Innovative Percussion, Inc., and Sabian Ltd. His works for percussion are published by Arrangers Publishing Co., Studio 4 Productions, Media Press, and Music for Percussion, Inc. He has also written articles for Percussive Notes and The Instrumentalist.
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