Dr. Jeffery W. Crowell
Associate Professor of Music
Wind & Percussion Division Coordinator
D.M.A., University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music
M.A., Eastern Illinois University
B.A., California State University, Fresno
Academic Areas: applied percussion, percussion techniques, percussion ensemble, jazz ensemble
Dr. Jeffery W. Crowell
245 Haas Fine Arts Center
Music & Theatre Arts Department
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004
Phone: 715/836-5512
Email: croweljw@uwec.edu
Dr. Jeffery Crowell is an Associate Professor of Music and Coordinator of the Wind and Percussion Division at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, where he teaches applied percussion and percussion techniques, conducts the UW-Eau Claire Percussion Ensembles, and leads Jazz Ensemble III, part of the outstanding UW-Eau Claire award-winning jazz area. Before joining the faculty at UW-Eau Claire, Dr. Crowell taught on the faculties of several colleges, including Purdue University.
Dr. Crowell received his DMA in percussion performance with a jazz performance/electro-acoustic media emphasis from the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music. He is active throughout the United States as a performer, clinician, adjudicator, and educator with recent performances in South Africa, Argentina, Uruguay, and at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C.
A versatile artist in many genres, Dr. Crowell's performance and recording credits include such artists as Bobby Shew, Louie Bellson, David Samuels, Henry Mancini, Joan Rivers, Lou Harrison, Kent Nagano, David Garibaldi, Buddy Baker, Glen Velez, Nebojsa Zivkovic, and John Bergamo. He has performed at the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Green Umbrella Series, presented and performed at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, is in the motion picture "The Majestic" starring Jim Carrey, marched with the Velvet Knights Drum and Bugle Corps, and has taught on the staffs of numerous award-winning groups including the Tournament of Roses Marching Honor Band.
He is an active member of the Percussive Arts Society, having recently been elected to the Percussive Arts Society Education Committee as well as having served on the Music Technology Committee. Dr. Crowell is also serving as a member of the Wisconsin PAS Chapter Advisory Committee in addition to having been the Wisconsin Chapter President.
One of Dr. Crowell's arrangements, Nanafushi for percussion trio, was recently published through Tapspace Publications, LLC.
Crowell is an artist/clinician for Mapex Concert/Quantum Marching and Majestic Concert Percussion, Mapex Drumsets and Hardware, Sabian Cymbals, REMO Drumheads, Black Swamp Percussion, and Innovative Percussion Sticks and Mallets.
Related Links:
Jazz Studies
Audio Excerpt by Jeffery Crowell:
Concerto for Marimba by Ney Rosauro
Featuring Jeffery Crowell, marimba, with the UW-Eau Claire Symphony Band
Strange Humors by John Mackey
Featuring Jeffery Crowell, djembe, with the UW-Eau Claire Wind Symphony
Courses:
- MUSI 169/369 Applied Percussion
- MUSI 186/386 Jazz Ensemble
- MUSI 198 Percussion Techniques
- MUSI 258/458 Percussion Ensemble
