The McGill Percussion Area is part of the Schulich School of Music of McGill University's Performance Department. We offer programs at both the Undergraduate and Graduate levels (including Doctoral studies). Our program features a strong emphasis on fundamentals, evolving into an expertly guided pursuit of orchestral, solo, or chamber music specializations.

The award winning McGill Percussion Ensemble performs two or more full concerts a year, featuring a wide variety of repertoire including many recent compositions by Canadian composers. Percussion students also perform with the McGill Symphony Orchestra, the McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble, the McGill Wind Symphony, and numerous other small ensembles.

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Graduates of this program can be heard performing or teaching with: Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Contemporaine de Montréal (ECM) Ensemble KORE Montreal Societé de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra Windsor Symphony Orchestra Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Ensemble Mahapooram Fingerworks GaPa Quintette Mont-Royal Motion Ensemble Répercussion Zubot and Dawson James Blood Ulmer Ramasutra Columbus State University (Georgia) Memorial University (Newfoundland)

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For more information about the Percussion Area, please contact Prof. Aiyun Huang at aiyun.huang@mcgill.ca

For information about jazz drums, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/music/performance/jazz/

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