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Dr. Kathryn Irwin is Assistant Professor of Percussion in the University of Louisiana Monroe School of Visual and Performing Arts. Dr. Irwin is a percussion performer and educator from Petal, Mississippi. 聽In 2018, she completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in percussion performance at Michigan State University with Gwendolyn Dease and Jon Weber. 聽She completed her Master of Music degree in percussion performance at the University of Kansas with Ji Hye Jung and adjunct professors Lee Vinson and Brandon Draper. 聽She received her Bachelor of Music Education degree from Louisiana State University with percussionist Brett William Dietz.

Dr. Irwin has performed with scholastic and professional ensembles throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. 聽Performances include Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo for renowned percussionist Keiko Abe, Soochow University in Taiwan, the Cortona Sessions for New Music in Italy, the Eutiner Festspiele and Carl Maria von Weber Concert of Chamber Music in Germany, and the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Indianapolis. 聽She has also performed in notable masterclasses and clinics given by the members of S艒 Percussion, Robert van Sice, Tom Freer, Keith Aleo, Meehan/Perkins Duo, Ayano Kataoka, Naoko Takada, and many others.

As an active soloist and chamber musician in the percussion community, Dr. Irwin is an advocate of expanding the percussion repertoire and prioritizes commissioning new works. 聽She has commissioned composers such as Elliot Cole, Molly Joyce, Joe W. Moore III, Brett William Dietz, and Dave Molk. She enjoys working on collaborative projects with artists of other mediums and professionals outside the field of music as well. 聽The most recent commission of Is This Madness?, a work for solo percussion and electronics, aims to raise awareness and grow support for members of the bipolar community through performances and clinics. 聽This project consisted of a collaboration with a member of the bipolar community, a licensed psychiatrist, and composer Joe W Moore III.

Dr. Irwin has led masterclasses at schools in Taiwan and universities across the United States. Additionally, she has worked with many middle and high school performing ensembles in Florida, Michigan, Mississippi, and Louisiana. 聽She has a studio of private students and experience teaching percussion ensemble, marching percussion, concert band, and elementary music.聽



Listen to Dr. Irwin perform Rebonds b by Iannis Xenakis