Spring 2027

Intermediate Percussion

Individual intermediate percussion instruction for students pursuing percussion, covering technical proficiency, repertoire across musical traditions, and performance/teaching skills.

offering recorded2–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Anthony DisanzaThomas RossTodd Hammes

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.72 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.62 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.75 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Improve musical and technical proficiency on designated percussion instruments

  • Improve skills in phrasing, style interpretation, nuance, intonation, improvisation, implement selection, mallet construction and analytical method

  • Apply the individual nuances of technique on each percussion instrument studied

  • Practice critical listening and ear-training skills

  • Apply theoretical understanding of music to percussion instruments

  • Explore the percussion repertoire in a wide variety of musical traditions

  • Perform and teach percussion for the twenty-first century

Source: UW Guide

Grade history

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Prerequisites

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Declared in the undergraduate Music program, Music: Performance BM, or Music: Education BM

    • Declared in the undergraduate Music program
    • Music: Performance BM
    • Music: Education BM
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MUSPERF 227

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  • Any of
    • Declared in the undergraduate Music program
    • Music: Performance BM
    • Music: Education BM

Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.72 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.62 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.75 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2010: 3.88 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2014: 3.75 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2015: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2022: 3.75 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ANTHONY E DISANZA is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

THOMAS ROSS is recorded teaching in Fall 2010, Spring 2018, Spring 2024, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

TODD HAMMES is recorded teaching in Fall 2010, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2019, Spring 2022, Fall 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
IND 033Classroom Instruction0 / 100
IND 027Classroom Instruction0 / 100
IND 037Classroom Instruction0 / 100
IND 133Classroom Instruction0 / 50

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.72 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.62 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.75 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Intermediate percussion technique and individual instruction.
  • Phrasing, style interpretation, intonation, improvisation, implement selection, mallet construction, and analytical method.
  • Percussion repertoire in a wide variety of musical traditions.
  • Critical listening, ear-training, and application of music theory to percussion.

Skills

  • Musical and technical proficiency on percussion instruments, including phrasing, style interpretation, intonation, improvisation, implement selection, mallet construction, and analytical method.
  • Critical listening, ear-training, and applying theoretical understanding of music to percussion instruments.
  • Performing and teaching percussion for the twenty-first century.

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Sources & history

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Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
MUSPERF 227 · Spring 2027

Intermediate Percussion

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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