First Name:
Dr. Diana
Last Name:
Loomer
Main Title:
Lecturer, Steely Pan Steel Band
Office Location:
Room 121, Broyhill Music Center
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Dr. Diana Loomer is an adjunct faculty member at Appalachian State University. As an active percussionist and music educator, Dr. Loomer currently teaches and performs in the Western NC and Eastern TN areas. In addition to her private lesson studio, she is the director of the Steely Pan Steel Band at Appalachian State University, and is also a percussion instructor at Milligan University.
Diana has performing experience in many different areas of percussion. She has a passion for "Melodic Timpani" playing, and is currently working to explore the potential of the instrument, as well as to expand the repertoire for this style. She is the principal timpanist for the Johnson City Symphony, and regularly performs with a number of professional orchestras across North Carolina and Tennessee. She has an extensive background in Non-Western percussion, including steel pan, tabla, Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, and West African percussion. She regularly teaches and performs with her steel pan duo, Blue Iron Percussion.
Diana has a D.M.A. in Percussion Performance from the University of Texas at Austin, a M.M. from Indiana University and a B.M. from Appalachian State University in Percussion Performance.