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David Birrow is a percussionist and teacher. A licensed educator, David has experience teaching K-12 general music in both public and private schools as well as individual and group percussion instruction. He currently teaches in Minneapolis for the MacPhail Center for Music and Breck School.
A native of Massachusetts, David started playing percussion in 5th grade band. It quickly became obvious that hitting things was a lot of fun and percussion became an important part of his life. David then attended the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami and earned a Bachelors degree in Music with a major in Music Education. His percussion teachers included Dr. Ney Rosauro and Shannon Wood and he studied Music Education with Dr. Joyce Jordan and Dr. Nicholas DeCarbo.
Apparently he missed freezing weather, as David then moved to Minneapolis and earned a Master of Music degree in Instrumental Performance from the University of Minnesota. His percussion teachers were Fernando Meza, Earl Yowell, and Phil Hey.
A versatile performer, his interests range from orchestral to world music to jazz to new music. He has performed throughout Europe and South America as an orchestral percussionist with YOA - Orchestra of the Americas. David currently performs with Struck Percussion Ensemble, and the Marimba Bullies, a Zimbabwean Style marimba band. He also leads his own jazz trio on vibraphone. He performed with the new music group Renegade Ensemble for nine years,
David is interested in how music cognition research, technology, and game design can help shape music learning. He has also written a new book about how to teach bucket drumming, properly titled: The Bucket Book.
David proudly endorses Innovative Percussion sticks and mallets.
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A native of Massachusetts, David started playing percussion in 5th grade band. It quickly became obvious that hitting things was a lot of fun and percussion became an important part of his life. David then attended the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami and earned a Bachelors degree in Music with a major in Music Education. His percussion teachers included Dr. Ney Rosauro and Shannon Wood and he studied Music Education with Dr. Joyce Jordan and Dr. Nicholas DeCarbo.
Apparently he missed freezing weather, as David then moved to Minneapolis and earned a Master of Music degree in Instrumental Performance from the University of Minnesota. His percussion teachers were Fernando Meza, Earl Yowell, and Phil Hey.
A versatile performer, his interests range from orchestral to world music to jazz to new music. He has performed throughout Europe and South America as an orchestral percussionist with YOA - Orchestra of the Americas. David currently performs with Struck Percussion Ensemble, and the Marimba Bullies, a Zimbabwean Style marimba band. He also leads his own jazz trio on vibraphone. He performed with the new music group Renegade Ensemble for nine years,
David is interested in how music cognition research, technology, and game design can help shape music learning. He has also written a new book about how to teach bucket drumming, properly titled: The Bucket Book.
David proudly endorses Innovative Percussion sticks and mallets.
Click here for complete Bio and CV.