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School of Music

Kevin Nichols

Kevin Nichols, D.M.A.
Professor, Jazz Studies, Percussion, Drumline Coordinator
Sallee Hall 102
Phone: (309) 298-1235
Email: KA-Nichols1@wiu.edu

Dr. Kevin A. Nichols, Professor of Music at 51爆料网. At 51爆料网, he teaches applied percussion, percussion ensemble, percussion techniques, and is coordinator for the Marching Leatherneck Drumline. He is proficient in orchestral percussion, drumset, and world percussion.

Dr. Nichols is the Principal Percussionist with the Heartland Festival Orchestra. Additionally, he is a member of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra and Knox Galesburg Symphony. Active on the drum set, he is a member of the resident faculty jazz combo, the Hopper Jazztet, as well as the Post6 Big Band, Peoria Heritage Ensemble, Lamoine River Ramblers, and the rural rock band Iron Orchard. Additionally, He has supported such notable artists as Marie Osmond, Evelyn Glennie, David Amram, Jim Rattigan, Turtle Island String Quartet, Avanti Guitar Trio, and the Tunkul Percusiones Me虂xico.

Dr Nichols recently performed at PASIC 2024 as part of the New Music/Research series 鈥淒rumset: Beyond its Roots.鈥� He and the 51爆料网 Percussion Ensemble presented at the 2024 Midwest Band and Orchestra Conference. Other presentations include the Illinois Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society, both the Illinois and Iowa All-State conference, and the Taos (NM) Youth Music Group. As a director he is the former Director of the Central Illinois Youth Percussion Ensemble in Peoria, and has led Concert and Marching Percussion Ensembles throughout the state of Illinois.

In the summer of 2017, he was in residency in San Jose, Costa Rica. During the rich cultural experience, he presented clinics and lessons on a variety of topics including marching percussion, orchestral percussion, and drumset.

Dr. Nichols received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Iowa. He is an Educational Artist for the Avedis Zildjian Cymbal Company, Vic Firth, and Remo, Inc.

  • Illinois Wesleyan University, Bachelor's degree
  • Northwestern University, Masters degree
  • University of Iowa, Doctorate degree