faculty

Jamie Eckert

Part Time Lecturer

Music

percussionPercussion Ensemble, El Caribe Steel Band

Contact

508-999-8568

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College of Visual & Performing Arts 204

Education

1993

West Virginia University

M.M.

1990

Eastern New Mexico University

B.M.

Teaching

Introduction to World Music
African American Music History
Percussion Methods
Percussion Ensemble
Steel Pan Ensemble

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

MUS 152: App Instrumental Studies II

Weekly private lessons.

MUS 161: Small Instrmnt Ensemble

Small performing organizations devoted to the music repertoire of all stylistic periods.

MUS 161: Small Instrmnt Ensemble

Small performing organizations devoted to the music repertoire of all stylistic periods.

MUS 161: Small Instrmnt Ensemble

Small performing organizations devoted to the music repertoire of all stylistic periods.

MUS 161: Small Instrmnt Ensemble

Small performing organizations devoted to the music repertoire of all stylistic periods.

MUS 161: Small Instrmnt Ensemble

Small performing organizations devoted to the music repertoire of all stylistic periods.

MUS 252: App Instrumental Studies IV

Weekly private lessons.

MUS 342: African-Amer Music History I

A survey of African-American music from its African origins to 1940. The course introduces the student to the vast and rich expanses of black musical culture from a stylistic, cultural, and socio-historical perspective, with a focus on jazz.

MUS 361: Small Instrmnt Ensemble

Small performing organizations devoted to the music repertoire of all stylistic periods.

MUS 361: Small Instrmnt Ensemble

Small performing organizations devoted to the music repertoire of all stylistic periods.

Biography

Jamie Eckert attended Eastern New Mexico University, where he studied with Robert James, Alison Shaw and Robert Ledbetter. He pursued further studies at the University of New Mexico, studying with Christopher Shultis and Mexican marimbist Steven Chavez. Mr. Eckert pursued master’s studies at West Virginia University, studying with Phil Faini, I Wayan Rai, Ki Mantle Hood, Paschal Younge, Ellie Mannette, Al Wrublesky, and Timothy Peterman. He also studied composition with John Beal and electronic music and composition with Gilbert Trythall. While at West Virginia University, he helped to establish the school’s first steel drum band.

Mr. Eckert has traveled as an educator and performer throughout Asia, Europe, Central America, and the Caribbean. He has taught percussion at Dartmouth High School (MA), where the percussion ensembles have won numerous World Championships. Mr. Eckert was also a member of the Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps drum staff for 15 years and was recently inducted into their Hall of Fame.

Mr. Eckert currently teaches percussion, world music, and African American music history at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. While at UMass Dartmouth, he founded the first and only steel drum program in the UMass system. He continues to study African music with royal hartigan and Kwabena Boeteng, and Javanese music with I.M. Harjito. He also enjoys busy summers with his own steel band, “El Caribe”.