Fink, Ron
Biography
Born:
Country: U.S.A.
Studies: University of Illinois (Bachelor of Music + Master of Music)
Teachers: Paul Price & Jack McKenzie & Al Payson
Ron Fink, who has been at UNT since 1964, is past vice-president of the Percussive Arts Society and former board member of that society for 10 years. He also was the percussion editor for The Instrumentalist. As a writer and publisher, he has publications on drum set, timpani, snare drum, vibraphone, and mallet ensemble.
Ron Fink was former principal percussionist and timpanist with the Fort Worth Symphony, Opera and Ballet orchestras. He has done much freelance playing with many groups, including his own bands. Ron Fink and two UNT physics professors were awarded a grant to study the harmonic analysis of the timpani using spectral analysis. Ron Fink is well known as a collector of old toys and gives lecture-slide presentations. Some of his research photos appear in toy books and periodicals.
Books for Percussion
Timpani Books
Musical Etudes For The Advanced Timpanist
Drum Set Books
Works for Percussion
Drum Set
Arrangements for Percussion
Marimba Quartet
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