Dan Piccolo
Dan Piccolo is an American percussionist and composer. He has performed, taught, and studied internationally during his twenty-year professional career.
Dan holds both a DMA and BM in Percussion Performance from the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, and during his Masters studies in U of M’s Jazz Department he focused on improvisation. Since 2005 he has studied tabla in intermittent trips to Varansi, India as a disciple of Pandit Kuber Nath Mishra. Dan performs regularly throughout the U.S. and abroad in a wide variety of settings. He is also an active educator, teaching a broad range of percussion instruments in private and classroom settings. In 2015 Dr. Piccolo was appointed a member of the percussion faculty at the University of Tennessee at Martin’s College of Fine Arts.
For more information please visit www.danpiccolo.com.
Works by Dan Piccolo
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Egyptian Escapade
- Level: Easy/Grade II
- Players: 5
- Length: 1:41
From Swingin’ Sultans (not sold individually)
Instrumentation: Hand Drum(s), Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Tambourine, Finger Cymbals
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Swingin’ Sultans
A Collection of 3 Grade II Percussion Ensembles from The Blast-Off Series Dum ka Dum tek (1:12) Arabian Drums (2:03) Egyptian Escapade (1:41)$40.00- Level: Easy/Grade II
- Players: 5
- Length: 4:56
Instrumentation:
- Dum ka Dum tek (1:12) - Metals Keyboard Part, Woods Keyboard Part, Bongos, Tambourine, Triangle, (2) Timpani 26" & 29" (or 32" if no 29")
- Arabian Drums (2:03) - Keyboard Part, Tambourine, Bongos, Snare Drum Sticks, Hand Drum (or Conga)
- Egyptian Escapade (1:41) - Hand Drum(s), Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Tambourine, Finger Cymbals