First Name
Greg

Last Name
Secor

Title
Percussion, Adjunct Instructor

Email
[email protected]

Office Phone
616-331-3402

Office Location
1505 HCPA

Biography
Greg Secor is currently an instructor at Grand Valley State University where he directs the Percussion Ensembles and Steelband and teaches Applied. Secor is a member of the percussion section of the Kalamazoo Symphony and performs regularly with the Grand Rapids Symphony. He is active as a steeldrum performer with the Grand Rapids-based Pangea Steelband. He has performed at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) in Nashville Tennessee, Columbus, Ohio, and Austin Texas. Secor was a member of the award winning Opus 21: Music without Boundaries Ensemble performing works for duo percussion and premiering ensemble compositions ranging from jazz, classical, and rock to world music. Secor also keeps an active chamber music schedule with Ensemble Montage, The Saugatuck Chamber Music Festival, and The Michigan Festival of Sacred Music. Secor is a member of the Coalescence Percussion Duo with a recent residency at The National School of Music in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Coalescence released their latest CD Alternations which includes commissioned works by Bill Ryan, C Curtis-Smith, Joel Harrison, Michael Daugherty and Christopher Deane. He has commissioned and premiered several works for solo percussion including works by Rupert Kettle, Pieter Snapper, Christopher Deane and Joel Harrison. He also performed and recorded with the GVSU New Music Ensemble on their acclaimed Reich: Music for 18 Musicians and Riley: In C Remixed recordings on Innova.