T. Adam Blackstock

Affiliation:

Asst. Professor of Percussion Asst. Director of Bands Troy University Principal Timpanist Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra

Artist's Biography

Nationally and Internationally recognized soloist, recitalist, and clinician, Dr. T. Adam Blackstock currently serves as Assistant Professor of Percussion Studies/Assistant Director of Bands at Troy University, and as Principal Timpanist of the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra. His duties at Troy University include: teaching applied lessons and percussion methods courses, conducting the percussion ensemble, and is the instructor/arranger for The Sound of the South percussion section. He earned a Doctoral of Musical Arts degree from the University of Kansas, a Master of Arts degree from Tennessee Technological University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Newberry College. Blackstock has studied percussion with Joseph Rasmussen and Kevin Bobo, and has studied conducting with Joseph Hermann.

In addition to performing recitals and administering clinics nationwide, Blackstock has performed as a soloist at the 13th Annual Festival of Percussion in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2006 and in Vilnius, Lithuania in 2007. While in Vilnius, Dr. Blackstock presented recitals and clinics, as well as performed as a featured soloist with the Trimitis Wind Ensemble. Blackstock was recently featured as a marimba soloist at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention 2008 in Austin, TX where he performed the US premiere of Laszlo Sary's Pebble Playing in a Pot.

Dr. Blackstock is a member of the Black Swamp Percussion Educator Network, an artist/clinician for Innovative Percussion, Inc. and Remo, Inc., and he is an artist for Musser marimbas, performing exclusively on the M500 Concert Grand.

Appearances/Venues

• 2010-10-07 - Guest Soloist-Ithaca College

• 2010-11-11 - PASIC Performance-Indianapolis, IN

• 2011-07-21 - Universal Marimba Competition-Belgium

Discography

• No discography information available!

Links

www.musser-mallets.com
www.innovativepercussion.com
www.remo.com
www.blackswamp.com

Contact Information

E-mail Address: tblackstock@troy.edu
Website: http://music.troy.edu/
www.nfsymphony.org