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Rüdimentality is an ongoing project created by Michael Brown and Eric Palmer.  This site will cover all aspects of rudimental percussion and the activities in which it exists, e.g. Indoor percussion, Drum Corps, Marching Band.  Discussions will include but are not limited to writing, teaching, drill, instruments and staffing. Your feedback and suggestions are greatly appreciated! If there is a topic you wish to have covered, you need only ask.

Eric (left) & Mike at the Alexandria Parade, June 2010 Eric and Mike first met each other in the summer of 1997 at St Cloud All-City marching band in St. Cloud, MN.  They marched together starting that summer until Mike graduated in 2000, both playing snare their last two seasons together.

Little did they know that summer that they would end up teaching together ten years later!  Most recently, Eric and Michael took a position as Co-Directors of the St. Cloud All City Drumline beginning in the Fall of 2010.

 

 

Mike Brown

Mike Marched with MN Brass, Inc. Drum and Bugle corps 2000 and 2001 on snare and marched with Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps in 2002 as center snare. During his time marching and performing he was taught by many great people including:

After graduating from Carthage College with a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science he re-entered the world of marching percussion, teaching drumline at Champlin Park HS, Henry Sibley HS, Sauk Rapids-Rice HS and Twin Cities Area Independent Percussion Ensemble (TCAI). He currently teaches at St. Cloud All City Drumline with Eric.

Michael works in Minneapolis, MN for eDocumentResources implementing document management systems and training customers on the system in the greater metro area. In between work and drumline he spends time with his wife Kristen, works on his house, and is a student of SiFu Mike O’Melia studying Jeet Kune Do and Pekiti Tirsia. (For info about private lessons or instruction please contact him at mgbrown@gmail.com  or on Facebook for more information.)

 

Eric Palmer

Eric has been involved in the marching percussion activity as a performer and educator for thirteen years.  Joining the St. Cloud All City Drumline in 1998 provided Eric the opportunity to learn from some of the premier educators in the state of Minnesota, including:

In the spring of 2005 Eric was offered an Assistant Drumline Instructor position with the Sauk Rapids-Rice High School Marching Band, later that year he took over as the Battery Caption Head and Arranger for the High School's Indoor Drumline, a position he held until August 2010.

Eric was also a member of the 2011 DCA World Champion Minnesota Brass snareline under the instruction of Joel Matuzak, and Nick Moreno.  He is currently a member of the percussion studio at St. Cloud State University completing a Bachelors degree in Music Education under the instruction of Dr. Terry Vermillion & Erik Barsness.  Eric currently performs with the SCSU Wind Ensemble, SCSU Percussion Ensemble and St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra.


For additional information about arranging, clinics, instruction, and/or private lessons email him: ericdpalmer@gmail.com