Percussion Studies

 

The Bailey School of Music’s percussion studies program is unrivaled in the state of Georgia. Our faculty are gifted performers and educators with a deep commitment to teach and mentor all percussion majors. All majors, whether performance or education, have a wide range of performing opportunities while in school. Aside from the weekly private lessons, students can play in Percussion Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, Wind Symphony, Jazz Band, and Symphony Orchestra.

 

ksu percussion students performing

Our facilities are state of the art, and our performance venue, Morgan Concert Hall, has some of the best acoustics in the region. We also have enough professional quality percussion equipment to stage a thirty-member percussion ensemble each semester. KSU percussion graduates have gone on to teach all over the United States and perform professionally across the globe. There have also been week-long residencies with SO Percussion, Third Coast Percussion, and Eighth Blackbird just to name a few. Kennesaw State University’s Bailey School of Music has a vital percussion community of majors, and we welcome anyone that is interested to please come take a tour.

For more information, please contact Prof. John Lawless.

Percussion Ensemble

Using traditional and non-traditional instruments and compositions, the Percussion Ensemble affords KSU percussionists the opportunity to explore repertoire written chiefly for percussion instruments. The KSU Percussion Ensemble is directed by John Lawless, Senior Lecturer and Director of Percussion Studies.

Faculty

Name
Position

  • John Lawless

    Senior Lecturer of Percussion Studies

    jlawless@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6152
    Kennesaw Campus, 462 Wilson Annex, Room 2200

    John Lawless joined the music faculty of Kennesaw State University in 1998 and became the director of percussion studies in 2004. Principal timpanist of The Atlanta Opera orchestra since 1979, Lawless held the same position with the Chattanooga Symphony for 21 years. Since 1978, Lawless has performed, toured, and recorded with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra while maintaining a thriving freelance career as a studio and pit percussionist. A graduate of Georgia State University, Lawless’ teachers include Tom Float, Jack Bell, Cloyd Duff, Paul Yancich, Bill Wilder, and Mark Yancich. Previous faculty appointments include those at Georgia State University, Clark Atlanta University, and West Georgia State University.

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