West Valley College Percussion Studio

New video by Prism Percussion!

Hello all! I hope the Spring semester is going well. I just wanted to share some information about scholarships and upcoming deadlines. Percussive Arts Society has several scholarships and grants available to support students pursuing musical studies. Please take a look at the link below and consider applying. Also, feel free to reach out if you have any questions or need help with the application process. https://www.pas.org/get-involved/scholarships-grants

Follow the link below to see Professor Messa's Performance of "120/everything" Sunday Feb. 28th at 5:30 PST!! https://youtu.be/0yCdhJjYU_U

Please enjoy our West Valley College Percussionists performing a great arrangment of "Amazing Grace" by Tyler Tolles! The students created this video from top to bottom, congrats to all of them for not just maintaining, but improving their skills and learning new things!

Great to see such awesome initiative from Percussionists around the country! Make sure to Get Registered and VOTE!

"DTKT" by Kerryn Joyce performed by WVC Applied Instructor Divesh Karamchandani and colleague Elizabeth Hall! Check out Divesh and Elizabeth's duo "Prism Percussion" on their YouTube Channel and social media!

Check out WVC student Christine! While in quarantine, she prepared and played ‘Gordon’s Bicycle’ by Kevin Bobo for the first Applied Performance of the semester! Way to go Christine! Another hard-working WVC percussionist!

Throwback to the 2018 Percussion Ensemble! What a group! We look forward to bringing this ensemble back to campus in future semesters!

Happy Fall Semester to our students and fans! As we learn new ways to appreciate percussion, it's important to remember the performances we have loved! Here is a performance by WVC Percussion Instructor Gregory Messa of George Crumb's "Mundis Canis", a fun contemporary piece featuring also featuring guitarist Nemanja Ostoich. Each movement of "Mundis Canis" is a different representation of a one of the composers family dogs, and communicates their personalities so well! Thi...s piece requires lots of communication and subtle interpretation on an eclectic instrumentation. What is one of your favorite pieces to perform, and why?