Thom Hasenpflug

Dr. Thom Hasenpflug is nationally recognized as a performer and educator, and his compositions for percussion receive international attention and are played all over the world. He has received top awards in the PAS composition contest as well as the Louis Smadbeck prize. International performances of his works have occurred in London, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Dublin, Rio de Janiero, Venezuela, and Sweden, by various percussion groups of note. Born in 1966, he received his Degrees in percussion and composition from Ithaca College and the University of Colorado. He has studied with Gordon Stout, Doug Walter, Greg Woodward, Joe Lukasik, Bill Molenhof, and Dana Wilson.

As a percussionist-composer, he has given presentations and masterclasses at many universities and is active as a clinician. He has held teaching posts at Idaho State University, Drake University, the University of South Dakota, and Emporia State University. He has performed as a member of numerous symphonies, and has fronted the Hasenproject percussion group, whose album Compercussions has received critical acclaim.