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Drew Lang & Chris Hanning
The Secrets of Successful Freelancing
Professional Development Lecture/Presentation
Friday, 9:00 a.m.


Drew Lang	Chris Hanning
Percussionist Drew Lang performs regularly with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Opera Orchestra, the Dallas Wind Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, and Casa Mañana Musicals. Dedicated to furthering the marimba as a solo and chamber music instrument, he has commissioned and premiered works for marimba in solo, chamber, and concerto settings. An active recitalist and clinician, Lang appears throughout the United States as a soloist and also with his wife, flutist Helen Blackburn, in the Blackburn/Lang Duo. His performances have been broadcast on NPR and featured on the McGraw-Hill Young Artists Showcase on WQXR radio in New York. He is principal percussionist for the Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra. He has served as timpanist with the Victoria Bach Festival and principal percussionist for the Music in the Mountains Festival in Colorado and the International Festival-Institute at Round Top. Lang has served on the faculties of Fort Lewis College, Stephen F. Austin State University, the University of Mississippi, the University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler Junior College, Trinity Valley Community College, and West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Lang is on the percussion faculty at Southern Methodist University.	Chris Hanning has been performing with steelbands and studying the drumming styles of Trinidad for over twenty years and plays regularly with the Panyard Steel Orchestra. He recently released a drumset instructional DVD with Panyard, Inc. entitled Island Grooves. Hanning is professor of percussion studies at West Chester University, a recording artist for NFL Films, and performs with the West Chester Jazz Orchestra and the Peter Paulsen Quartet. He is also principal timpanist with the Bach Festival Orchestra of Bethlehem and percussionist with Philadelphia’s premier contemporary music ensemble Relâche. Hanning has performed on numerous recordings for NFL Films over the past ten years including several Emmy Award winning projects. He also recorded a CD with legendary saxophonist David Leibman and the Manhattan Saxophone Quartet entitled The Seasons Reflected.