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Roger Braun

Roger Braun (born 1968) is Professor of Percussion at Ohio University, where he was recognized as the institutions’ Presidential Teacher in 2016. He has performed throughout the United States and in Europe, Japan, and Korea. He can be heard on more than a dozen CD recordings, including Sticks and Stones: Music for Percussion and Strings (Equilibrium) which he produced. The wide range of his performance work includes symphony orchestras, world percussion with the Biakuye Percussion Group, latin jazz with Los Viejos Blanquitos, completely improvised music with Unprepared Music for Pianos and Percussion, and contemporary music with Galaxy Percussion. Braun’s compositions and arrangements have been performed around the world and include works for percussion ensemble, jazz percussion ensemble, solo marimba, string quartet, saxophone quartet, prepared vibraphone, and solos and etudes for snare drum.  His music is published by his company, Ohio Percussion. Braun earned his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Michigan and his Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music, where his primary teachers were Michael Udow, Salvatore Rabbio, and John Beck.

List of Works (Click title to link to details about the work)

Percussion Ensemble
 

Fan Fare (2014)
8-30 players
5 minutes 

Clave (2013)
4,8,or 16 players
3-5 minutes 

In the Pulse (2012)
8 players
8.5  minutes

A Spirit Unbroken (2007)
11 players (vibe soloist +10)
8.5 minutes
 
A Terrible Beauty (1991)
6 Players
13 minutes
 
Jazz Ensembles and Jazz Percussion
 
N’Traned (2010)
9 minutes
Versions for Big Band, Jazz Nonet, and Jazz Percussion Ensemble (8-10 Percussion + Bass)
 
Mahachu (2005)
Jazz Percussion Ensemble (8-10 Percussion + Bass)
7 minutes
 
Chamber Music
 
Independent Streams (2008)
String quartet OR Saxophone Quartet and Percussion Quartet (2 hand drums, vibes, marimba)
6 minutes
 
Marimba Solo
 
Time Being (2012)
7  minutes
 
Vibraphone Solo
 
Transformations, for Prepared Solo Vibraphone (2011)
        I.              Cowell
        II.             Cage
        III.            Crumb
        IV.            Griswold/Gribou
11  minutes
 
Etude Book
 
Rhythm Reader, 44 Advanced Etudes for Snare Drum

Snare Drum
 
Snare Drum Solo Collection
Duality, Mariachi, Bobcat
​level medium-advanced


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