Drumming In Lethbridge and Southern Alberta

We are thrilled to welcome Joe Porter to our SP family! Check out this video of Joe performing Blazing Guitar, Rumba Flamenca by Juan Serrano, arranged by Joe... Porter. He is using The Earth Tone hemp wrapped mallets in this order - ET70, ET80, ET80, ET90, ET90, ET90. Joe teaches at the University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He is the author of two marimba books: The Art of Marimba with Six Mallets (dedicated to expanding the repertoire for six mallets), and Six-Mallet Technique Diversified (a comprehensive book and online video to learn six-mallet marimba technique). Check out his artist page at www.salyerspercussion.com or be sure to also visint www.joeporteronline.com to see more of his videos and projects.

Excited that two youth percussion groups (WHIP) and the Young Artist Percussion Academy from the U of L Conservatory of Music have been approved to start up aga...in in September!! If you know of any youth percussionists in Southern Alberta (or other instrumentalists that want to try percussion), I would love to hear from them!) Here is WHIP playing some Beethoven! Thinking back on WHIP, we were very fortunate to travel to Hawaii last year! No trips this year but so grateful to start up in September.

Thanks for the Instrumental Artist of the Year Nomination!! See below for information on how to vote! Looking forward to check out some of the amazing Canadian musicians!

When COVID-19 hit, all the ensembles here ended for the semester however we decided to keep the University of Lethbridge Conservatory of Music Young Artist Cons...ervatory running with online sessions. Here are these young percussionists with a sample of the fun tune Tico Tico no Fuba. The biggest challenge for them is to line up the timing of the inner beats. When performing as a group they can easily hear if they are off and adjust. With recording by-themselves that is not so easy!

We had an amazing time with the wonderful Antoine Fatout!!! Antoine gave the University of Lethbridge Conservatory of Music Young Artist Percussion Academy a wo...rkshop on how to practice/musicianship on the drum set. What a great way to end our semester!! The students are now pumped to practice/play over the summer! Fa2 Drum Studio

A little vibes and a special surprise I was fortunate to receive the Global Music Awards Gold Medal for Originality and Creativity for this composition and re...cently the Best Instrumental Album from The Akademia Music Awards. For the full video and to subscribe: https://youtu.be/W5M37KjyYP4 Check out Pieces of My Imagination Album: http://joeporteronline.com/pieces.htm Ludwig-Musser Percussion for the amazing vibraphone and drum set Innovative Percussion, Inc. for the great mallets and sticks Dream Cymbals for the wonderful Cymbals Grover Pro Percussion for the amazing orchestral percussion instruments