Accomplished percussionist Adam Groh joins CCM's faculty
An advocate for new music and community engagement, Groh begins his new role this August
UC College-Conservatory of Music Interim Dean Jonathan Kregor has announced the addition of Adam Groh, DMA, to the college’s faculty of distinguished performing and media arts experts, researchers and educators. Groh begins his new role as Assistant Professor of Percussion on Aug. 15, 2024.
A native of St. Louis, Groh is a percussionist with a diverse performing and teaching background who is committed to community engagement and amplifying marginalized voices in the music world. An ardent supporter of new music, he has commissioned and premiered dozens of new works for solo and chamber percussion. In 2020, Groh created the EVERYBODY HITS project and led a group of 45 percussion programs across the United States to commission six new works for percussion ensemble centered on diversity and accessibility. He has recently been invited to perform at the Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn (New York), the Banff Centre for the Arts in Banff, Canada, Fast Forward Austin, the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, SEAMUS, the International Computer Music Conference and Electronic Music Midwest. As an active chamber musician, Groh has performed alongside So Percussion, members of the Bang on a Can All-Stars and with the Austin Chamber Music Center. He was also a featured performer with the Denkyem Percussion Group in the “Promising Artists of the 21st Century” festival hosted by the North American Cultural Center, Costa Rica.
As an orchestral musician, Groh has performed with the North Carolina Symphony, Asheville Symphony, Des Moines Symphony, Brevard Philharmonic, Round Rock Symphony, Victoria Symphony, Tallahassee Symphony, Chautauqua Symphony and Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestras. He also performed in the Ringling International Arts Festival under the baton of Maestro Robert Spano.
Groh’s playing can be heard on Jason Treuting’s Nine Numbers and the Cage 100: Bootleg Series by So Percussion (both on Cantaloupe Records), as well as multiple releases through Naxos and Garnet House Productions. His original compositions have been published through C. Alan Publications and Bachovich Music Publications, and he has published articles in both Percussive Notes, which is the official research journal of the Percussive Arts Society (PAS), and Rhythm! Scene.
In addition to his regular teaching duties, Groh has presented clinics at events such as the Midwest Clinic, the Texas, Kansas, Minnesota and Iowa Music Educators Association Conventions, and multiple PAS-sponsored Days of Percussion. Currently, Groh serves on the Diversity Alliance and the University Pedagogy Committee for the Percussive Arts Society, and is a former president of the North Carolina and Iowa Chapters of PAS.
Prior to arriving at CCM, Groh served as associate professor of percussion at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. Under his direction, the WCU Percussion Ensemble was invited to perform at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, and his students earned professional appointments and entry into outstanding graduate programs across the United States. Groh received his doctor of musical arts degree in percussion performance at the University of Texas at Austin, his master’s degree in percussion performance from the Florida State University and a bachelor’s degree in music from Truman State University. His primary teachers include Thomas Burritt, John W. Parks IV, Michael Bump and Will James of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Groh is a proud endorser of Pearl Drums/Adams Musical Instruments, Vic Firth sticks and mallets, Remo Drumheads, Zildjian Cymbals, Black Swamp Percussion and Beetle Percussion.
“As a world-class performer, accomplished clinician and dedicated educator, Adam Groh is an excellent addition to our faculty,” said Kregor. “In welcoming him to our college with excitement and optimism, I also want to acknowledge our enormous debt to his predecessor, James Culley, who recently retired after serving on our percussion faculty for nearly 45 years. I would like to thank our search committee—which was chaired by Russell Burge and included Rachel Calin, Kevin Michael Holzman, Michael Mergen and Pavel Vinnitsky—for their excellent work.”
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Featured image at top: New CCM faculty member Adam Groh. Photo/Ivan Singer
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