Luke Rinderknecht Email & Phone Number

Brunswick, Maine, United States

Teaching percussion students, coaching chamber music ensembles, leading the Pre-College Student Seminar class, and performing in beautiful Brunswick, Maine.

I play timpani using historically appropriate instruments, methods, and style. In music from Bach's Easter Oratorio, Handel's Messiah and Israel in Egypt, to Mozart's Haffner Symphony and Don Giovanni Overture, I always search for an authentic experience.

Cleveland, Ohio

Chamber Orchestra playing classical and new music in neighborhoods around Cleveland with free admission: bringing music to the people.

Cleveland, Ohio

Ensemble focusing on contemporary chamber music. Music direction by composer Tim Beyer.

Cleveland, Ohio

Ensemble focusing on contemporary chamber music. Music direction by composer Margaret Brouwer.

Cleveland, Ohio

Pierrot Ensemble, music direction by Shuai Wang

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

I taught undergraduate and graduate level percussionists, directed the percussion ensemble, coordinated studio classes and master classes, led sectionals for band and orchestra, and taught two classes: The Business of Music, and Music Performance Pedagogy. I also managed the percussion instrument collection and did light maintenance.

I taught pre-college percussionists, directed the percussion ensemble, and coordinated studio classes.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

I heard placement auditions, assigned parts, led sectionals, and coaches the percussionists of the CYWS – a high school honors band in NE Ohio that meets every Saturday morning at Cleveland State University, and performs in Severance Hall, Case Western's Maltz Performing Arts Center, Cleveland State's Waetjen Auditorium, and around the world on tour every other year.

Shaker Heights, Ohio

I taught percussion to about 100 students from 5th grade through 12th grade each year, including group lessons, section coaching, drumline, and percussion ensemble. I also composed and arranged drumline parts and percussion ensemble pieces.

South Euclid, Ohio, United States

I taught percussion lessons to performance majors, education majors, and non-majors. I directed the drumline

New York, Ny

Producer of annual ChamberFest concerts and Manager of Chamber Music registrations and concerts. Manager of New Juilliard Ensemble for 4+ seasons: personnel, operations, touring, percussion adviser. Manager of Axiom (20th century ensemble) for 2 and 1/2 seasons: same as NJE.

Anything from orchestral and percussion consultation to database entry to travel logistics.

Mm, Bm, Percussion Performance

Activities and Societies: ArtReach, Residence Life StaffPeter Mennin Prize for Outstanding Achievement and Leadership in Music, 2005

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