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Chris Brooks Chris Brooks is Vice-President of Row-Loff Productions, a percussion publishing company he co-founded with Chris Crockarell in 1990. With hundreds of titles on prescribed music lists in nine states, Row-Loff began with marching percussion ensembles, expanded into concert percussion literature in 1993, and added solos along with a wide selection of instruction books. Known for its clever parodies of pop culture in its marketing CDs, Row-Loff was one of the first in the percussion industry to use audio examples to promote its music. Chris Brooks A 1974 graduate of McGavock High School in Nashville, Brooks began playing drums professionally at age 16. From his jingle work in the recording studio to his live performances with artists such as Toni Tennille, the Smothers Brothers and Lucie Arnaz, these musical experiences influenced Brooks as he began composing percussion ensembles. Chris Brooks Brooks, along with partner Crockarell, writes about two-thirds of Row-Loff's percussion catalog. He has written over six dozen original ensembles - including Millennium, performed at Carnegie Hall in March 2013 by the Monterey High School Percussion Ensemble from Lubbock, Texas - co-written several dozen more, and arranged over 30 pieces for percussion. Brooks and Crockarell also wrote and released The Snare Drummer's Toolbox (The Absolute Method for Snare Drum) in 2010. Chris Crockarell Crock has been playing drums since the 5th grade when he received his first Slingerland blue-sparkle snare drum. He attended McGavock HS in Nashville, TN in the late 70's, around the time that Drum Corps was really catching on. He marched with the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps in '81 & '82 and attended North Texas State University, (later renamed UNT). Chris Crockarell In 1990, seeing a void in entertaining yet educational percussion literature, he and business partner, Chris Brooks, co-founded Row-Loff Productions. RLP soon became the global publishing leader in percussion literature. Since that time Crock has written and arranged marching and concert percussion for Row-Loff as well as Arranger's Publishing Company. Brian S. Mason Dr. Brian S. Mason, Associate Professor of Percussion at Morehead State University, is a highly respected innovator of the contemporary marching percussion ensemble. His career in the DCI activity spanned more than two decades, claiming numerous awards and honors with the Cavaliers, Phantom Regiment, and the Santa Clara Vanguard. In high demand as a clinician, performer, and adjudicator, he has appeared throughout the United States, Asia, Europe, Canada, and Mexico, and his compositions have been performed around the world. Brian S. Mason Currently, Brian coordinates the percussion studies program at Morehead State University in Morehead, KY and also directs the award-winning Marching Percussion Ensemble, featured on VicFirth.com in a webbased instructional video series, Marching Percussion 101. At MSU, he performs with the Faculty Jazz Ensemble, the Faculty Chamber Ensemble, and the Faculty Brass Quintet. Off-campus, he is a contract section player with the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra, and appears as a guest artist with high school and university percussion ensembles across the US. Brian S. Mason Brian received his D.M.A. and B.M. as a student of James B. Campbell at the University of Kentucky, and his M.M. at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas as a student of Dr. Dean Gronemeier. He is a member of the Percussive Arts Society Board of Directors, Vic Firth Education Committee, the P.A.S. Health and Wellness Committee, and the P.A.S. Marching Percussion Committee. Brian has published articles in Percussive Notes, has been interviewed in Modern Drummer and Band and Orchestra Magazine, and co-authored the 2000 Modern Drummer Readers Poll's "No. 1 Drum Set Method Book," The Commandments of R&B Drumming (Warner Brothers). Brian S. Mason Brian received his D.M.A. and B.M. as a Brian is a performing artist for Mapex Drums, and Majestic Percussion, Vic Firth sticks and mallets, Zildjian cymbals, Evans drumheads, and Grover Pro Percussion, and his original works are published through Row-Loff Productions, Bachovich Music Publications, and Tap Space Publications. Artistic Ethics I will respect my audience regardless of size or station. Artistic Ethics The Show Must Go On! I will never miss a performance. Artistic Ethics I shall play every performance to the best of my ability, regardless of how small my role or large my personal problems. Artistic Ethics I shall never miss an entrance by my failure to be ready. Artistic Ethics I shall forego all social activities which interfere with rehearsals and always be on time. Artistic Ethics I shall never leave until I have completed my performance. Artistic Ethics I shall accept the director’s advice in the spirit in which it is given for he sees the production as a whole and my role as a portion thereof. Artistic Ethics I shall respect the music and the composer, remembering that “A work of art is not a work of art until it is finished.” Artistic Ethics I shall direct my efforts in such a manner that when I leave this organization it will stand as a greater institution for my having labored there.