Mike Quinn
Orchestral Percussion Practice in 19th Century Italy
Paper Presentation
Friday, 2:00 p.m.

Mike Quinn was born in the United States, where he studied with Al Lepak, Simon Sternberg, and Vic Firth. He also was percussionist with the Indianapolis Symphony. In 1969, he moved to Europe to study with Karl Peinkofer at the Munich Hochschule and play with the Bavarian State Opera. Next, he went to Switzerland to begin his tenure as prinicipal timpanist of the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zurich. Quinn then went to Milan, Italy, to be principal timpanist in the orchestra of the La Scala Opera under Claudio Abbado. After leaving La Scala, he returned to Switzerland and began teaching, which has become his main profession. Besides permanent positions in Switzerland and Milan, he is percussion coach for the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra of Vienna, and teacher for the Mahler Academy in Bolzano, Italy.

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