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Percussionist Jeff Grubbs is an active professional orchestra/freelance musician in the greater Central
New York and Capital District areas. Mr. Grubbs is a native of Memphis, Tennessee and has resided in
the Syracuse, New York area since 1980. He is a regular member of the Glimmerglass Opera
Orchestra and the Utica Symphony Orchestra, and is the Principal Percussionist of the Catskill
Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, Mr. Grubbs has been a frequent substitute/extra percussionist with
the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. He has served on the faculties of the music departments of Hartwick
College and Schenectady County Community College. Mr. Grubbs has composed and published
several original compositions for percussion ensemble (Fanfare for Percussion Quartet, Lullaby
Rhapsody, Two Musical Pictures), and has also published transcriptions of several significant orchestral
works for keyboard percussion ensemble (selections Ravel's Mother Goose Ballet and Mahler
Symphony No. 5, among others).
He holds a B.M. in Percussion from Boston Conservatory of Music and a M.M. in Percussion Performance from New England Conservatory. His studio teachers include Arthur Press, Fred D. Hinger, Frank Epstein, and Alan Abel.
He holds a B.M. in Percussion from Boston Conservatory of Music and a M.M. in Percussion Performance from New England Conservatory. His studio teachers include Arthur Press, Fred D. Hinger, Frank Epstein, and Alan Abel.