Mr. Scott Kemerer M.M.

Scott Kemerer received a B.S. in Music Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania as an Honors student with a concentration in percussion. He has also fulfilled the requirements of a B.F.A. in Musical Performance from the same institution. For his graduate study, Scott received his Master of Music in Percussion Performance from The Pennsylvania State University through a teaching assistantship with the School of Music and a Graduate Fellowship from the University. During his tenure at Penn State, Scott directed Percussion Ensemble II, taught the percussion methods classes to undergraduate future educators, and gave undergraduate lessons to non-percussion major’s at the University. Throughout his career, he has had many opportunities to perform in a variety of settings, taking second place at the PSU Graduate Exhibition for soloists, and winning the PSU Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition. During his undergraduate experience, Scott was a member of the “Earthbound Percussion Trio”, and the IUP Percussion Ensemble who had the privilege to perform a “Showcase” concert at PASIC 2003 in Columbus, Ohio. As a teacher, he has worked with numerous public school percussion programs and has given percussion clinics throughout Pennsylvania. For three years he was a performer and show captain with the stomp-like group “Trashtime”, produced by Alan Albert Agency based in New York City. He has studied with Brian Tychinski, Dr. Gary Olmstead, Dr. Ronald Horner, Dr. Michael Kingan, Dan Armstrong, and Vic-Firth’s Gifford Howarth. Scott served as a clinician with the Penn State University summer camp and has performed as a percussionist with the Altoona Symphony, Nittany Valley Symphony, The Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra, the Westmoreland Symphony and served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Pennsylvania State University Alumni Program Group through the School of Music. In the public school setting, Scott was part of the music faculty at Redbank Valley School District, in New Bethlehem Pennsylvania, the Elementary Instrumental Music Teacher, and Assistant Marching Band Director for the Mount Pleasant Area School District, in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania and is currently teaching at Eisenhower Elementary School in the Indiana Area School District. Subjects include instrumental music, band and string instruments, 4/5th grade General music classes, and 4/5 grade chorus. He also serves as a percussion coordinator for the District including marching and concert facets of the percussion program. Scott continues to perform outside of school with local ensembles and resides in Indiana with his wife Joan ,son Liam Francis and daughters Norah May and Ella May.