Tracy
Wiggins is assistant director of bands and coordinator of the percussion
program at The University of North
Alabama. He has a Doctor of Musical
Arts degree from the HARTT School, University of Hartford. Dr. Wiggins holds a
Masters Degree in Percussion Performance from the University of New Mexico and
a Bachelors Degree in Music Education from Oklahoma State University. He has
done post-masters work at The Ohio State University.
Dr.
Wiggins varied musical interests are reflected in his performance credits,
highlights of which include: orchestral
work with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra (extra), The Fayetteville Symphony
Orchestra, Florence Symphony Orchestra, Carolina Philharmonic, The New Mexico
Symphony Orchestra, the Waterbury (CT) Symphony, the New Britain (CT) Symphony,
the Westerville (Ohio) Civic Symphony and as principal percussionist for the
Santa Fe Symphony; solo appearances
at the University of Maryland at College-Park, Tarleton State University, the
University of New Mexico's Composers Symposium, Oklahoma State University,
Samford University, Henderson State University, The Hartt School, Western Connecticut State University, The University of Alabama-Birmingham, The 2004 and 2009 Percussive Arts Society
International Conventions and The Ohio State University; percussion and drumset work for "Cathy Rigby is Peter
Pan" and the touring Broadway musical "Ragtime” with the Birmingham
Broadway Series, The Birmingham Operaworks production of "Trouble in
Tahiti," and the Birmingham Theater production of "Kiss of the
Spider-woman”; concerto appearances
with the Hartt School, University of New Mexico, Oklahoma State University and
Ohio State University percussion ensembles, the Hartt Contemporary Players, the
Oklahoma State University Symphony Orchestra, University of North Carolina at
Pembroke Wind Ensemble and the Samford University Wind Ensemble; chamber music performances at the North
American Saxophone Alliance Northeastern Conference, with "Performance
20/20, and he has twice performed on the Percussive Arts Society's "New
Music" day as a member of the University of New Mexico percussion
ensemble; marching percussion with
the Freelancers and Black Gold Drum and Bugle Corps, as well as instructing the
DCI Division III World Championship finalist Delta Brigade and the Northern
Aurora Drum and Bugle Corps, and DCA Finalist Carolina Gold; ethnic percussion with the Hartt
School, Samford University and Ohio State University steel drum bands, the
Hartt Handance Ensemble, and the Hartt and Ohio State University African
Drumming Groups.
His
teachers have included Johnny Almendra, Tricia Bovenschen, Wayne Bovenschen,
Michael Bump, Joe Galeota, Ralph Hardimon, Gregg Koyle, Alexander Lepak,
Christopher Shultis, Ben Toth, Glen Velez and Nancy Zeltsman. Tracy has also
performed on masterclasses for Evelyn Glennie, Nebojsa Zivkovic and Robert Van
Sice. Dr. Wiggins has premiered works by
composers David Macbride, Thomas DeLio, Daniel Davis and others.
He
is an artist/endorser for Yamaha Percussion, Black Swamp Percussion, Innovative
Percussion. Remo Drum Heads and Percussion and Sabian Cymbals. Tracy Wiggins is a member of the Percussive
Arts Society, Music Educators National Conference, The College Music Society,
Kappa Kappa Psi and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.