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He spent his first eight years as a member of the percussion section, and the remaining 17 years as principal timpanist. He became a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic beginning in the 1955/56 season. After one season there, he moved to Los Angeles. In 1954, Kraft joined the Dallas Symphony. He studied percussion with Morris Goldenberg, timpani with Saul Goodman, and conducting with Rudolph Thomas and Fritz Zweig.ĭuring his years in New York, Kraft was active as a freelance musician and was an extra percussionist for the Metropolitan Opera. His principal instructors were Jack Beeson, Seth Bingham, Henry Brant, Henry Cowell, Erich Hertzmann, Paul Henry Lang, Otto Luening, and Vladimir Ussachevsky. He received his bachelor’s degree cum laude in 1951 and his master’s degree in 1954 from Columbia University, where he was awarded two Anton Seidl Fellowships. 23, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, Kraft grew up in San Diego and joined the United States Air Force for three years in the later part of World War II. PAS Hall of Fame member William Kraft, former Principal Timpanist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Professor Emeritus, Composition Program, at the University of California Santa Barbera, died on February 12, 2022.īorn on Sept. He earned a master's degree in Percussion Performance and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree, both from the University of Kentucky, under the direction of Professor James Campbell. Parks received his bachelor's degree in Music Education from Austin Peay State University, where he studied percussion with David Steinquest. Parks was a contributing composer for a multiple-percussion book entitled Multitudes, published by Innovative Percussion, as well as contributing composer and assistant editor for a collection of rudimental solos titled The Blue Book, published by Tapspace Publications.ĭr. During the summer of 1999, he was a member of the Bluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps, and he served as a percussion consultant for Southwind Drum & Bugle Corps.ĭr. He was a founding member of the UK Percussion Quartet, which performed throughout Kentucky, Tennessee, and Indiana, including a performance at the first annual Bands of America National Percussion Ensemble Festival. Parks served on the percussion faculty at the Bands of America/Music For All Summer Symposium and Yamaha Sounds of Summer Camps, and he taught and arranged for high schools throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Japan. His students also performed with such drum corps as The Cavaliers, Blue Knights, Crossmen, Madison Scouts, and Southwind.ĭr. Parks’ students successfully auditioned for placement in the TMEA All State Bands and TMEA Region 24 All-Region Bands and Jazz Bands, and performed with the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra. During his time at Smith, the Newman Smith Trojan Marching Band qualified for the Texas State Marching Band Contest in 20. Parks served as Director of Percussion at Liberty High School in Frisco and Newman Smith High School in Carrollton, Texas. Prior to his appointment at Lebanon Trail, Dr.

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Parks assisted the percussion section of the Liberty High School Full Orchestra in preparation for their performance at the 2015 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic. He also taught the percussion students in the Lebanon Trail Cluster at Fowler Middle School and Clark Middle School, and served as the conductor and director of the Fowler Percussion Ensemble, who performed at PASIC 2015. Parks was the Director of Percussion Studies at Lebanon Trail High School in Frisco, Texas. Rob Parks died of cancer on June 12, 2022.ĭr.

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