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ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The Lenoir-Rhyne Percussion Program is a
unique community program designed for the development of young percussionists in
the Piedmont area of North Carolina. Area band directors and music
educators encourage the involvement of their students in such programs as a tool
for strengthening basic skills in the major areas of percussion: snare,
timpani, auxiliary percussion, keyboard percussion, and hand percussion.
Students are guided by a well-trained and well-experienced teaching staff.
Our facilities at Lenoir-Rhyne College are excellent. We have a nice
rehearsal hall and several practice rooms equipped with percussion instruments
We accept percussionists at all ages and levels: beginner, middle school, high school, college, and from the community.
When you join the LRPP, you have an opportunity to meet and work with percussionists from all over the local area. When you leave the LRPP you will have attained the skills needed for the post-high school challenges as a musician, and will have fulfilled an exciting experience and enrichment.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Rick Cline is a performer/educator in Hickory, NC. He teaches at Lenoir Rhyne
College and directs the Lenoir-Rhyne Percussion Program, a youth
percussion program he started over 8 years ago. The program contains over 60
kids, divided up into percussion ensembles and has won national acclaim.
In addition to teaching the applied studio at LRC, he co directs the LR Jazz ensemble and the LR Pep Bands, as well as percussion and steel drum ensemble. Cline has been teaching a large studio privately for over 13 years as well as local drum lines. He also directs and leads the Pan Jive steel drum ens. and Gahu African drumming and dance ensemble which performs in school concerts year round. Cline also teaches summer African drumming workshops for over 30 teens, a program that was set up through Social Services, and Pepsi Cola. For his efforts in bringing the cultural arts to the community, he was last year's recipient of the City of Hickory's Community Service Award, and recently recieved the Ukama Award from the African American Cultural Association.
He gives workshops / masterclasses at LRC for the annual District Jazz Festival in addition to the Music Educators Convention in Winston. Cline performs regularly w/ the Western Piedmont Symphony and the Hickory Choral Society. He also has several jazz groups that he plays with on a regular basis. He’s maintained an every Sunday night jazz gig for going on 3 years, that goes under the name of "The Rick Cline Trio" that allows him to perform with numerous special guests weekly.
Rick has performed w/ Jerry Lewis, Margaret Whiting, Rick Simerly, Marvin
Stamm, Marie Osmond, Charlie Daniels, and many more. He plays in several rock
bands/swing bands/country bands/ and funk bands on a regular basis around the
state. The title of his new CD is " Must Be This Tall to Ride", all originals
composed by Cline and is a modern jazz project. Cline is currently working on a
series of percussion ensemble literature and a drum set method book scheduled to
be out by November of 2004.
www.rickcline.com |
www.lrpp.org |
www.lrc.edu
TOURS & FUNDRAISERS
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Yearly performances and tours are great fun and they help to build friendships among the members of the program as everyone works together. |
| Occasional fundraisers may consist of bake sales, games, drum products and more. Pictured here is one of our fundraisers called "Drum-A-Thon" in which we raised thousands of dollars for the NC Day of Percussion. The kids played non stop for 4 hours in the hot sun of this shopping center parking lot after getting sponsors to pay them per minute. Over 40 kids participated in the event. |
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