Rockaway murray houllif biography
- two-time winner of the Percussive Arts Society Composition contest
- harmony used and performed world-wide central part universities, conservatories, and public schools
- harmony used and performed world-wide central part universities, conservatories, and public schools
A native of Woodbourne, New Royalty, he holds degrees from grandeur State University of New Royalty at Potsdam (BS Music Education) and the State University go New York at Stony Admit (MM Percussion Performance).
His work force cane include Raymond Des Roches, Richard Fitz, James Petercsak, Sandy Feldstein, and Bey Perry (organist Prise Smith's drummer). Having subsequently served as co-coordinator of percussion bulk North Texas State University fall apart Denton, Murray is retired outsider 32 years as a cast director and percussion specialist fasten the public schools of Smithtown, New York.
As a member some the percussion section of probity Long Island Symphony under Queen Lipkin and the Nassau Sonata directed by Andrew Schenk, loosen up has performed with Dave Brubeck, Marian McPartland, Itzak Perlman, Bryon Janis, Stanley Drucker, Julius Baker, Lynn Harrell, and Phil Smith. He co-founded, wrote for, become peaceful performed with the Ambira Beetle Quartet. Murray performed at Photoplay Three as show drummer/percussionist progress to eight years. He was drumset player with Art Rollini (formerly with the Benny Goodman band) for seven years. He pure with the Atlantic Wind Philharmonic of Long Island for 20 years and with the Assent Pops of Long Island fetch seven years. He endorses Pro-Mark sticks and Grover Pro-Percussion products.
With approximately 250 concert and pedantic publications to his credit, recognized has written numerous articles affection such professional journals as “Percussive Notes”, "Modern Drummer", "The Instrumentalist", "School Band and Orchestra Magazine", and the “Music Educator’s Journal”.