Rapp, Will

Composer Name

Biography

Born:

Country:

Studies: West Chester University (Bachelor of Science and Master of Music Degrees in Music Education); Catholic University of America in Washington (Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Instrumental Conducting)

Teachers:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WillisRapp

Website: http://www.willrapp.com/

Award: Kutztown University Faculty Research Award(2007); Arthur and Isabel Wiesenberger Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching(2009); Lifetime Achievement Award in Education by the Percussive Arts Society (2018)

Dr. Willis M. Rapp is in his 46th year as a published author with over 500 publications to his credit through Charter Publications, Jenson Publications, Educational Programs Publications, GIA Publications, Meredith Music Publications, and the Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. With one exception, he was the youngest student to have studied timpani and orchestral repertoire with Fred D. Hinger, legendary timpanist for the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Dr. Rapp also performed as Principal Timpanist of the Allentown, PA Symphony Orchestra during the years when William Smith, former Associate Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, served as Music Director and Conductor of the ASO.

Since 2000, Dr. Willis M. Rapp has served as conductor of the Reading Pops Orchestra; he has guest conducted, performed as a recitalist, and appeared as a clinician in twenty-eight states and three provinces in Canada. His scholarly text, The Wind Band Masterworks of Holst, Vaughan Williams and Grainger, was released in March 2005.^[1]

Works for Percussion

Books

Works

Percussion Ensembles Arrangement

References

↑ https://www.yamaha.com/artists/willrapp.html

[1] ttps://www.yamaha.com/artists/willrapp.html

[1]