Brian Justisonīrian Justison is Professor of Music and Coordinator of Percussion Studies at Millikin. Brunk’s percussion ensemble works are available from Media Press Inc., have been performed at PASIC in 20 by the Millikin Percussion Ensemble, and are available on their most recent CD releases. His three books of Préludes for solo marimba are published by Edition Svitzer, and were developed over many years of working with his students, supported by a Research and Artistic Achievement Award from Millikin. Dr. Brunk has composed music for the Millikin Percussion Ensemble, the New York New Music Ensemble, Kansas City Kansas Community College, Dance Now! Ensemble Miami, and Interlochen Summer Dance Ensemble, as well as solo percussionists Richard Kurasz and Eric Hines. Brunk holds degrees in percussion performance from the University of Illinois (D.M.A, 2007), University of Oklahoma (M.M., 1999) and Millikin University (B.M., 1997). Brunk has also premiered works by James Romig, John Stafford, Carolyn Bremer, Jennifer Bernard Merkowitz and appeared in residencies for Steve Reich, Vinko Globokar, Pauline Oliveros, Annea Lockwood, Christian Wolff, and NEXUS. Dr. He also commissioned and premiered La Cantilena de las Luces for percussion ensemble and bass by Chicago-based percussionist Donald Skoog. Brunk joined Marimba Festiva International Competition and Congress in Bamberg, Germany as an adjudicator and solo artist. Brunk also gives solo and chamber recitals, master classes and clinics across Illinois. In 2018, Dr. He regularly performs with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra and other Central Illinois orchestras as a timpanist and percussionist. His teaching responsibilities include applied percussion, percussion ensemble, music theory, and composition. Jeremy Brunk is Assistant Professor of Music and Coordinator of Percussion Studies at Millikin. As MU is an Avid Learning Partner, ProTools certification to "Expert" level is possible.ĭr.
Our comprehensive graduate success rate with regards to placement into professional employment and graduate school is 96%.All courses and lessons are staffed by experienced professionals (not graduate students) committed to offering the highest quality of instruction.Millikin blends the performance based aspects of a conservatory-styled education with a rigorous liberal arts curriculum.
Collaborative experiences across disciplines are a signature element of the Millikin Experience.Millikin is a small comprehensive undergraduate university where approximately one in four students major in the fine arts (300+ are music majors).Our goal is to develop the highest possible level of musicianship and an appropriate proficiency in performance, teaching, technology, or arts management depending on the curriculum of study chosen by the student. Percussion studies at Millikin University are designed to develop the whole musician-artistically, intellectually, technically-through the integration of theory and practice.
Through a diverse selection of degree programs and course offerings, we are committed to providing students with the training and facilities necessary to achieve success in the professional world. The Millikin University percussion studio and ensembles represent one of the finest undergraduate programs of its kind.