CBA Ode to Joy

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Jamie Wind Whitmarsh, arranger Jamie Wind Whitmarsh is an American composer, percussionist, and conductor on faculty at Oklahoma City University. He regularly performs with clarinet/percussion duo Duo Rodinia as well as the percussion collective Great Plains Percussion Group, and is Music Director for the Oklahoma Composer’s Orchestra. Jamie holds a Master’s degree in Music Composition from Florida State University and Bachelor’s degrees in Percussion Performance and Music Composition from Oklahoma City University. His music is performed often at regional, national, and international conventions/conferences, including PASIC, SCI, ITG, ICA, World Saxophone Congress, MTNA National, Regional and State Conventions, andNFA. He can be heard on the compact discs Firefish, theMusic of Blake Tyson, Florida State University Percussion Ensemble, Volume II: Not Far From Here and Florida State University Percussion Ensemble, Volume III: Ten Windows, the last of which contains his work NAILS!!!. His work Aqueous Transfusion may be heard on Tyler Tolles’ debut disc In Touch, his work Buckle Up on Rogue Two’s debut disc, and his works Portraits and Insights may be heard on Ryan Beach’s forthcoming solo disc. He is on percussion staff with Yukon High School and is also highly sought after as a wind/percussion arranger with A103 Productions. Jamie is a member of SCI, ASCAP, and PAS, and serves on the Composition Contest Committee for PAS as well as chair of the Composition Education Subcommittee. Jamie proudly endorses Innovative Percussion products.

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