School of Music

CRAIG PARÉ	SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY
Professor of Music; Director of University Bands

 

Craig Paré studied timpani and percussion with Roland Kohloff, Principal Timpanist with the New York Philharmonic, and Gary Werdesheim at Florida State University, and has participated in master classes with Cloyd Duff, Stanley Leonard, and Richard Brown. Dr. Paré earned a Bachelor of Music in music education from Barrington College, a Master of Music in percussion performance from Florida State University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Dr. Paré has performed as timpanist and percussionist with the Savannah, Tallahassee, and Jacksonville Symphony Orchestras, the Brooklyn Lyric Opera and Des Moines

Metro Opera, and the Connecticut and Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestras.He has also served as Principal Timpanist and Percussionist with the Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South Carolina, and the Festival Dei Due Mondi, Spoleto, Italy. He has performed and recorded with two renowned wind groups: the Cincinnati Wind Symphony, and the Philharmonia à vent. Active as a performer, he is currently Principal Timpanist and Percussionist with the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra and has performed with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and recorded for Hal Leonard Publications.

In addition, he is featured as timpani soloist on the DePauw Univeristy Band's fourth compact disc, Wind Journey, performing the Concertino for Timpani, Winds and Percussion by Donald. H. White. Dr. Paré has taught percussion for 27 years at a variety of levels, from elementary and middle school through college. He has been a member of the percussion faculties at Florida State University, Barrington College, Valdosta State College, Simpson College, and Western State College. Appointed 1993.

 

Email : cpare@depauw.edu
Office : Green Center for the Performing Arts 1116
Phone : (765) 658 - 4385