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Clinician: STEVE HOUGHTON
Steve Houghton is an internationally
renowned jazz drummer, percussionist, clinician, author, and educator,
Steve Houghton initially received acclaim at age twenty as the drummer
with Woody Herman's Young Thundering Herd. Since then he has shared stage
and studio with luminaries Gary Burton, Clay Jenkins, Shelly Berg, Dave
Samuels, Toots Thielemans, Christian McBride, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Freddie
Hubbard, Lyle Mays, Bob Sheppard, Billy Childs, Bobby Hutcherson, Pat
LaBarbara, Arturo Sandoval, Joe Henderson, Karrin Allyson, Dianne Reeves,
Rosemary Clooney and Maureen McGovern.
As band leader Houghton's
discography includes: The Manne We Love: Gershwin Revisited (TNC), a
recent release of John Williams' charts for big band and quintet, the
Steve Houghton Quintet Live @ the Senator (Jazz Compass), Windsong (SHPERC
Records), Remembrances (Warner Bros.), and Steve Houghton Signature (Mesa-Bluemoon).
In total Houghton attributes more than one hundred recordings to his
credit as a participating artist. As a classical percussionist, Houghton
has performed with the Boston, and Philadelphia Pops orchestras, as well
as the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. He frequently appears as a soloist with
numerous orchestras and wind ensembles throughout the world.
As an author, Houghton's
publications boast more than thirty educational books, videos and DVDs
including: Drumset 101, Kid's Drumset Course, Essential Styles- books 1
& 2 (Alfred), The Ultimate Drumset Chart Reading Anthology, Play and
Teach Percussion (GIA), and The Drumset Soloist, and his latest project,
Rhythm Section Workshop for Jazz Directors is a DVD-book series that
addresses the entire rhythm section.
Houghton is currently
Professor of Percussion and Jazz at Indiana University's Jacobs School of
Music, also serving as Chair of the Percussion Department. In addition to
his academic duties, he presents yearly clinics and master classes to
students around the world. Houghton is President-elect of the Percussive
Arts Society (PAS) and endorses Pearl drums, Adams percussion, Zildjian
cymbals, Vic Firth sticks and mallets, and Remo world percussion products
and drumheads.
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