Ron Coulter
Senior Lecturer
0009 Altgeld
618-453-2823
coulter@siu.edu
Ron Coulter is currently Senior Lecturer of Percussion Studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and adjunct Instructor of Percussion at John A. Logan College in Carterville, IL. He has previously taught at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, the Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University, and has presented clinics, lectures, and/or performances at more than 40 universities. In 2006 Ron became an Educational Endorser with the Promark Corporation and Black Swamp Percussion.
Ron has been a free-lance percussionist since 1997, performing in a wide range of musical situations from marching percussion to live electronica. As a performer, he has toured nationally and internationally appearing in 43 U.S. states, the Netherlands, Portugal, and most major cities in Canada and Japan. He has performed with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, the Four Aces, Donadi, Sean Jones, Al Martino, Julia Rich, the Gaylords, New Arts Jazztet, Galen Abdur-Razzaq, Marvin Stamm, Dominick Farinacci, Joanne Brackeen, Tatsuya Nakatani, Sony Holland, Maria Schneider, L2Ork, Sandy Duncan, Beat Kastley, Nick Hilscher, Robert Van Sice, Steve Lippia, Dick Johnson, Eric Mandat, Musa Bolokada Condé, Erica Azim, Marvin Hamlisch, Rapture 7, The Harry James Orchestra, Christina Fontanelli, and the Rum Runners, among many others.
Ron has presented at two Percussive Arts Society International Conventions and International Society for Improvised Music Symposiums, the International Clarinetfest, Montreal Jazz Festival, JVC Jazz Festival, Athena Festival VI, Futurisms Centennial Conference, Jazz Educator Network International Conference, Sound Lines, RadiaLX, Big Muddy Film Festival, College Music Society National Convention, Music Educators National Convention, and numerous state and regional Music Education Association conferences. In 2002 Ron was a finalist in the Percussive Arts Society International Multiple Percussion Competition. He is a co-founder of the Percussion Art Ensemble and the Youngstown Percussion Collective, and in 2005 he founded the Perkusiv Arts Elektronik; an ongoing series of sound events exploring the performance of existing, and the creation of new, electro-acoustic music, including 69 world premiers to date. Other performance credits include the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, Paducah Symphony, Chicago Chamber Orchestra, Southern Illinois Music Festival Orchestra, Warren Philharmonic, Warren Packard Band, Altgeld Chamber Players, Music from China, and the Shenango Valley Lyric Opera.
Current interests in noise, acoustic ecology, intermedia, interdisciplinary collaboration, and non-idiomatic improvisation have led to the creation of the Southern Illinois Improvisation Series (SiiS), organizing Fluxusconcerts, co-founding RED VIXA and duende entendre, and collaborative projects with artists specializing in performance art, video, sound art, and spoken word. The SiiS is a monthly series presenting sound events that explore site-specific work, interdisciplinary collaboration, technology integration, sound installations, sound empowerment, education, and documentation.
As a composer, Ron has created more than 100 original compositions for acoustic and electro-acoustic mediums encompassing numerous genres. His compositions have been performed throughout the U.S. and Europe, most recently in Georgia, California, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, North Carolina, Colorado, New York, and Portugal.
Originally from Hermitage, Pennsylvania, Ron Coulter (b. 1978) was raised on a dairy farm and eventually earned M.M. and B.M. degrees in Percussion Performance from Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio. He is currently pursuing an M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies. His principle teachers include Dr. Glenn Schaft, Tony Leonardi, Dr. Stephen Gage, Feza Zweifel, John Riley, Erica Azim, Fred Morris, and Nina DeCiancio.
Sound/Video Clips
- Varez Remixxx
- Vibolet version 3
- Groovelocity
- Canned Heat
- Ron Coulter
Personal Statement
My philosophy of music education is based on the following concepts: integration vs. exclusion; generative vs. reproductive; facilitation vs. teaching; individual vs. standardized curriculum; and comprehensive fundamental concepts with direct application. If you are interested in the SIUC Percussion Program and would like more information please contact me at any time via phone or email.
Percussion Studies
Link to web page here.
Courses
- MUS 040k-540k – Applied Percussion
- MUS 365E – SIUC Percussion Group (SIUCPG)
- MUS 365H – siu Improvisation Unit (siuIU)
- MUS 479G - Percussion Literature
- MUS 461 – Applied Music Pedagogy
- MUS 035 – Percussion Techniques
- MUS 011 - Marching Saluki Drum Line
- UHON 351 – Sound Empowerment (University Honors Program)