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 Dr. Dennis G. Rogers
Office: Potter Hall 114, 816-271-4440
Email: rogersd@missouriwestern.edu
Dr. Dennis G. Rogers is a professor
of music and the director of
percussion studies at Missouri
Western State University. His
college career started at the
University of Missouri at Kansas
City-Conservatory of Music where
he taught for nine years. His
teaching career at Missouri Western
started in 1978. Dr. Rogers holds
five college degrees, has published
four books and holds offices
and memberships in the Percussive
Arts Society on the state and
international levels. He is a
very active clinician and performer.
His performing career has taken
him to 47 states in the U. S.
and extended tours to Europe
and the Far East. He is presently
the music director and performs
with Sticks of Thunder at the
Kansas City Union Station as
well as with his own steel drum
band Steel.
There is an average of 30 students
studying percussion at Western
each year. Approximately 80%
of those studying are music majors
or music minors. Percussion students
seek either the music education
degree or the bachelor of arts
degree. Students seeking the
BA degree can choose an emphasis
in percussion performance, music
business or sound engineering.
Percussion students majoring
in music can pick an emphasis
area in their perucssion studies
throughout their college career.
For example, some students are
primarily interested in drumset;
others are interested in marimba;
others are interested in marching
percussion. The percussion curriculum
allows students to focus on their
interests.
Course offerings for percussion
students include the following:
percussion ensembles, drumline,
steel drum bands, chamber percussion
ensembies, mallet ensembles,
drumset groups and relevant class
offerings, i.e. "How to Succeed
at the Highest Level With a Career
in Percussion.
The music department at Missouri
Western State University combines
the academics with practical
vocational insights for students
throughout their college careers.
The goal is to direct students
toward a successful career in
music using the college degree
as a springboard to their success.
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