The ensemble includes the study and rehearsal of percussion
chamber music from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries,
including the study of standard and extended techniques for a
broad range of percussion instruments. It presents public
performance of significant works for percussion ensemble.
Course Information
MUS 155
Meets Fridays 2:10–4:00 pm in Room 1151 “Percussion
Studio,”
at the Ann E. Pitzer Center
Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, University of Michigan
Percussionist Christopher Froh specializes in
promoting and influencing the creation of new music through
critically acclaimed performances and dynamic lectures. To date,
he has premiered over 150 chamber and solo works by composers
from 17 countries. His collaborations include some of the most
significant composers of the twentieth and
twenty-first centuries, including Chaya Czernowin, David
Lang, Steve Mackey, John Adams, George Crumb, Liza Lim, Matthias
Pintcher, and Keiko Abe.
