Bunting, Justin

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Born: 1986

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Studies: University of North Carolina (Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance); Belmont University (Master of Music in Percussion Performance); Ohio State University (Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance)

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Website: https://www.justinbunting.com/

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Dr. Justin Bunting has an active career as an international percussion educator, solo and chamber performer, orchestral musician, clinician, and composer. His appearances include the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, the NEXUS Summer Percussion Workshop in Toronto, and the Great American Brass Band Festival. He currently serves as Assistant Professor of Percussion at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He previously served on the faculties of Western Colorado University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Winston-Salem State University.

He currently performs with his wife, Cassie, as Blue Line Duo. They have performed or presented at the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) Colombia Day of Percussion in Armenia, Colombia, the College Music Society South Central Regional Conference, Colorado Music Educators Association (CMEA) Conference, the Mars Hill University Guest Artist Percussion Residency, New Western Slope Chamber Music Series (Colorado), Music for a Great Space, and the Greensboro Fringe Festival.

Active in the Percussive Arts Society, Dr. Bunting currently serves as President of the Arkansas PAS Chapter, is a member of the World Percussion Committee, and is a former member of the Collegiate Committee. Also, he had an article published on performance anxiety in Percussive Notes and is a reviewer for the New Literature and Recordings section of that publication. In addition to performing at PASIC, he has appeared PAS Days of Percussion in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Ohio.

As an orchestral musician, Justin has performed with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, Winston-Salem Symphony, and the Salisbury Symphony. He has also appeared with the North Carolina Opera Orchestra, Greensboro Opera Orchestra, Greensboro Light Opera & Song, and the Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra. Additionally, Justin is a founding member of the North Carolina Brass Band and Gate City Percussion. He appears on those groups' recordings First In Flight, Christmas Wrapped in Brass (NCBB) and Praxis (GCP).

Books for Percussion

Marimba Books

Studies in Rosewood: 10 Intermediate 4-Mallet Marimba Solos