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Aaron Ragsdale

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Title

Professor of Percussion

Office Building

The Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center

Office

129

Mailing Address

Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center 129
School of Performing Arts-Box 2830
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007-0001

Biography

Dr. Aaron Ragsdale teaches applied percussion, and conducts the SDSU Percussion Ensemble and “Pride of the Dakotas” Drum Line. A native of Fayetteville, Arkansas, he holds a D.M.A. in percussion performance from Rutgers University, the M.M. from the University of Arkansas and the B.M.E. from the University of Oklahoma. Aaron is an active performer and has been responsible for the commission and premiere of several works for percussion.

Education

  • D.M.A | Rutgers University | 2007
  • M.M. | The University of Arkansas | 2003
  • B.M.E. | The University of Oklahoma | 2001

Academic Interests

  • Contemporary music, especially as it applies to the percussion idiom
  • Instrumental - percussion

Academic Responsibilities

  • Pride of the Dakotas Marching Band
  • Pride of the Dakotas DrumLine
  • SDSU Percussion Ensemble
  • Applied percussion
  • Percussion pedagogy

Work Experience

  • Percussive Arts Society
  • National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy
  • College Music Society

Department(s)