BIOGRAPHY
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Shane Roderick (b. 1998) is a multi-faceted, up-and-coming percussionist, composer, and educator based in Miami, Florida, pursuing his DMA in Classical Percussion Performance at the Frost School of Music under the direction of Svet Stoyanov, Leonardo Soto, and Pablo Rieppi. Shane holds a graduate teaching assistantship and a Henry Mancini Institute Fellowship within the school of music.
As a performer, Shane has traveled throughout the country performing through several mediums of percussion. He is an avid proponent of performing his compositions and other high-level percussion music from both the solo and chamber perspectives. In addition, he is equally invested in orchestral performing. He has performed significant orchestral repertoire in ensembles such as the New World Symphony and has played with musical figures such as Ray Chen, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and Time for Three. He has also performed with the Nu Deco Ensemble, a professional 21st-century chamber orchestra, alongside GRAMMY-nominated artist, Ledisi. Shane has performed in several notable venues such as the world-renowned Carnegie Hall in New York, performing the chamber and large ensemble music of Gabriela Ortiz. Other notable performances include participating in the 2022 Great Plains International Marimba Competition receiving a 2nd place finish in the duo category and 4th place finish in the solo category, performing in the 2019 PASIC All-Star Ensemble under the direction of James Campbell, earning a performer position in the 2021 PMA honors recital at Lamar University, as well as performing in World Class DCI/WGI groups such as the Bluecoats, the Blue Knights, Monarch Independent, and the Colts. Currently, Shane is an active member of the Frost Percussion Group and the Henry Mancini Orchestra at the Frost School of Music.
Shane continues to be an active composer within the field of percussion and has had his pieces played at the international level, including venues such as PASIC. He has an immense passion for composing electroacoustic percussion repertoire without any need for a click track and continues to expand this repertoire not only through solos, but also non-click track electroacoustic chamber works as well, performing and collaborating with artists such as the Arx Duo. While he loves composing this way, he has an equal appreciation for composing standalone solos, chamber pieces, multi-disciplinary works, and concerti. His works have been purchased in various parts of the world, including Chile, China, Italy, Ireland, Japan, and Taiwan. Shane also actively arranges for the JMU Marching Royal Dukes marching percussion section. Shane currently self-publishes his works and is also published through Cangelosi Publications.
As an educator, Shane travels the country to give masterclasses at both the university and public school levels. He currently teaches applied percussion lessons at the Frost School under his assistantship, private lessons both in-person and virtually, and most recently held a percussion faculty position at Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia before pursuing his doctoral studies. Under his assistantship at James Madison University, he taught the JMU Marching Royal Dukes marching percussion section and was tasked with TA duties based on the needs of the music department. Within the marching arts, Shane currently works with the Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps during the summer, and has worked with the Mandarins Drum & Bugle Corps prior. His teaching in Texas includes various high school marching band programs throughout the Houston area, as well as the Beaumont area. In addition to hands-on education, Shane is also the co-founder of his percussion podcast “The [Under]Graduate”, a podcast centered around sharing current student experiences and their paths to success in the musical world of classical percussion.
Shane received his MM in Music Performance from James Madison University under the direction of Casey Cangelosi and his BM in Music Education from Lamar University under the direction of Dr. Francisco Perez. Shane has also had the privilege of working with or studying under notable figures such as (in alphabetical order) Anders Åstrand, Taha Ahmed, Bill Bachman, James Campbell, Roger Carter, Charles Mason, Mike Jackson, Benjamin Pyles, Tom Rarick, and Aaron Trumbore.
Shane proudly endorses Vic Firth and the Zildjian Company.
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