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Brad Palmer
Front Ensemble Coordinator
bpalmer@bluecoats.com
www.doublestoppercussion.com

Brad Palmer returns for his eighth season with the Bluecoats. He the is co-founder of DoubleStop Percussion, a Birmingham, Alabama-based company providing percussion instruction for all levels of experience in over twenty schools across the southeast. He also maintains a private studio of over twenty students. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a Master of Arts from Middle Tennessee State University. His teachers include Eric Hollenbeck, Gene Fambrough, and Lalo Davila. He is an active educator, performer, and adjudicator. He is an alumnus of the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps and Magic of Orlando Drum and Bugle Corps. He is also a recipient of the 2000 Drum Corps International World Championship and Individual and Ensemble Percussion Ensemble Championship. He has taught as adjunct professor at Middle Tennessee State University and is currently the front ensemble arranger for Gateway Indoor Percussion Ensemble. Mr. Palmer has presented clinics and masterclasses in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Ohio, Texas, and Colorado, and is a member of the Percussive Arts Society, MENC, Alabama Music Educators Association.