Lancaster Bible College | Capital Seminary & Graduate School (LBC | Capital) will host its annual weeklong intensive Total Percussion Seminar for students from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. from Tuesday, June 18, through Saturday, June 22. The event will take place in Good Shepherd Chapel on the college's Lancaster campus at 901 Eden Road.

The seminar is open to students in middle and high school and aims to help students strengthen their musicianship and fundamental percussion technique. Throughout the week, students will participate in clinics, master classes, percussion ensembles, and marching percussion exercises as they experience hands-on learning related to concert percussion, drum set, world drumming, music technology, and audition preparation. The event will end with a showcase performance open to the public at 2 p.m. on June 22.

The guest artists and clinicians featured at the seminar include Matthew Coley, Paul Murr, Adam Stec, and Robert Wilson.

Coley is an internationally acclaimed soloist and chamber musician, as well as the founder and executive/co-artistic director of Heartland Marimba. He is also the executive director and curator at the Center for Mallet Percussion Research at Kutztown University. He has performed in more than 40 states and 10 countries and as a soloist with organizations throughout the U.S. and abroad.

Murr joined the Menchey Music school service team in 2023 after spending more than 20 years teaching music in the Lancaster Catholic school system. He is also a faculty member at Millersville University, teaching applied percussion, and is an active freelance percussionist. He has a diverse performing and recording career, working as a percussionist with the Allegro Orchestra in Lancaster and as a drum set artist with Jeffrey Gaines, Jackie Evancho, Fauna Flora, Imitation #9, and numerous singer-songwriters from the mid-Atlantic region. A proponent of new music, Murr held the percussion duties with the award-winning NakedEye Ensemble through 2017.

Stec is the owner of Drums Etc./The Drummer's Pro Shop in Lancaster. He has been a professional in the music industry for more than a decade, specializing in drum sales, repair, and education. In addition, Stec is the event organizer for the annual Pennsylvania Drum Show. He hosts educational events such as the Shop Talk Sessions and the Masterclass Series at Drums Etc. to give back to local musicians in the community.

Wilson has been a music educator for 23 years, currently acting as the band director at Brandywine School District, although he has been involved in music programs as a student and teacher for more than 40 years. Additionally, Wilson is a composer and percussion repair technician. His flagship publication, "Building Blocks for Beginning Band," a method book for beginning and developing bands, is used in schools across the nation.

The faculty for the week will also include Brent Behrenshausen, director of the Total Percussion Seminar and LBC | Capital adjunct professor in the Music, Worship, and Performing Arts Department, and Daniel Mark, Total Percussion Seminar mallet percussion specialist and percussion director of the Kutztown University marching band.

Registration and payment are due by Thursday, June 13, at http://www.lbc.edu/percussion. Sponsors include Vic Firth, Zildjian, and Drums Etc.

LBC | Capital has also announced three virtual open house events. They will take place from 6 to 7 p.m. on Friday, June 7; 5 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17; and 6 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 7. There is no fee to participate.

The events will introduce prospective online students to the college's global degrees, from associate and bachelor's to graduate and seminary degrees. Participants can have their application and financial aid questions answered, interact with professors and staff, and learn how online and hybrid class formats work.

To register, visit http://www.lbc.edu/meet-us. A Zoom link to join the open house will be sent after registration.

The second session of LBC | Capital's summer 2024 classes will begin Monday, July 1, with enrollment open through Wednesday, June 19. The fall term will start on Monday, Aug. 26.

For more information about online classes, visit http://www.lbc.edu/online.