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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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| − | Studies: | + | Studies: University of Illinois (Doctor of Musical Arts in Percussion Performance and Literature); University of Northern Colorado (Master of Music in Percussion Performance and Music Theory); Eastern Washington University (Bachelor of Music) |
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| − | + | Darin Kamstra is the Director of Jazz Studies and Percussion and Head of the Department of Music at Colorado Mesa University. He currently serves as principal timpanist/percussionist of the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra, performs on drumset with the Grand Junction Rockestra and CMU Faculty Jazz Quartet, and appears frequently as a percussion and jazz clinician and recitalist regionally and nationally. He served as principal timpanist of the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra and has performed with professional orchestras, jazz groups, and music theater companies throughout Colorado, Illinois, and the Pacific Northwest. Also an active composer and arranger, Dr. Kamstra’s works are published by Tapspace, Walrus Music Publications, and Grand Mesa Music Publishers, and they have been featured at regional, national, and international conventions and at universities across the United States. He is a contributor to the Percussive Arts Society Online Research Journal and a Regional Education Artist for Pearl/Adams Percussion. | |
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Latest revision as of 04:30, 10 August 2025
Biography
Born: 1976
Country:
Studies: University of Illinois (Doctor of Musical Arts in Percussion Performance and Literature); University of Northern Colorado (Master of Music in Percussion Performance and Music Theory); Eastern Washington University (Bachelor of Music)
Teachers:
Website: https://www.darinkamstra.com/
Darin Kamstra is the Director of Jazz Studies and Percussion and Head of the Department of Music at Colorado Mesa University. He currently serves as principal timpanist/percussionist of the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra, performs on drumset with the Grand Junction Rockestra and CMU Faculty Jazz Quartet, and appears frequently as a percussion and jazz clinician and recitalist regionally and nationally. He served as principal timpanist of the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra and has performed with professional orchestras, jazz groups, and music theater companies throughout Colorado, Illinois, and the Pacific Northwest. Also an active composer and arranger, Dr. Kamstra’s works are published by Tapspace, Walrus Music Publications, and Grand Mesa Music Publishers, and they have been featured at regional, national, and international conventions and at universities across the United States. He is a contributor to the Percussive Arts Society Online Research Journal and a Regional Education Artist for Pearl/Adams Percussion.
Works for Percussion
Timpani Solo
Bateria
Four Drums, Many Pitches
Rockin' Packen
Temple Mountain
Marimba Solo
Fumarole
Reflection No.1
Reflection No.2
Reflection No.3
Chamber Ensemble
Five Style Miniatures - 6 Players
Soundscapes 1-3 - 5 Players
Soundscapes 4-6 - 4 Players
References