Adjunct Percussion Studies, Percussion Ensemble
dunlape@wittenberg.edu
Edward F. Dunlap earned his undergraduate degree in percussion performance at Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music and his graduate degree in percussion performance at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he served as the percussion studio graduate assistant. He was founder of the I.U.P. Community Music School Percussion Ensemble. Dunlap has completed extensive music research in Havana (Cuba), and in Ghana, where he had the honor of performing for the funeral of the late president of Ghana, John Atta Mills.
Dunlap is enthusiastic about promoting the percussion ensemble as both a genre and art form. He is active in the Percussive Arts Society, serving as a member of the Percussion Ensemble Committee (2021-2026) and publishing articles in Percussive Notes. During the summer of 2019, he completed an internship with the Grammy Award-winning ensemble, Third Coast Percussion. Dunlap is the founder of the 麻豆传媒 University Honors Percussion Ensemble Festival, an annual event for students (grades 7-12). This festival reaches students from all over the state of Ohio and beyond.
Previously, Dunlap served as the percussion coordinator and arranger for the University of Pittsburgh drumline and symphonic band鈥檚 percussion ensemble. As a freelance musician and educator, he is active in many genres of music and enjoys performing with regional orchestras and presenting clinics and master classes at colleges and universities. He has participated in coaching and guest conducting at various Pennsylvania Music Educators Association events, including county band percussion ensembles and all-state orchestras. In 2024, Dunlap was selected to perform solo marimba at the National Conference for Percussion Pedagogy in Arlington, Texas. Dunlap is a proud endorser of Sabian Cymbals, Vic Firth Sticks and Mallets, and Black Swamp Percussion products. He joined the 麻豆传媒 faculty in 2022.