The world of LOUIE

Ryun Louie

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Ryun Louie is the Artistic Director of Pana Percussion Group. In 2013, he recently completed his tenure as the principal timpanist of the South Dakota Symphony and the South Dakota Symphony Percussion Quartet. Prior to that he served in the United States Air Force as the principal timpanist, principal percussionist and main drum set player with the Heartland of America Band stationed in Omaha, Nebraska.

No stranger to the orchestral world, Ryun has performed with several orchestras in his 30 year career including the Sounds of Sousa Concert Band, West Virginia Symphony, Erie Symphony, Parkersburg Symphony, Sioux City Symphony, Utah Symphony, Utah Chamber Orchestra, Ballet West Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria (Mexico City), Salt Lake Symphony, Butler Symphony, Lincoln Symphony Orchestra, River City Orchestra, Proteus 7 and the Canadian Brass.

Ryun Louie has performed for audiences on the stages of the Montreux Jazz Festival, Breintz Jazz Festival, Salt Lake City International Jazz Festival, Park City Jazz Festival and the Art and Edison Farmer Memorial Jazz Festival. He has performed with jazz greats Curtis Fuller, Dick Oates, Greg Gizbert, Clark Terry, Eddie Daniels, Chuck Findley, Tom Garvin, Ira Nepus and Matt Wallis. In 2008, Ryun released his first jazz CD called “Louie Says You”.

"Ryun Louie is the good rare breed of musician who is equally comfortable and adept in both the legit and popular music worlds. His musical enthusiasm is contagious. He is an excellent percussionist and drummer." ~ Peter Erskine

Most recently, Ryun has taken the helm of the percussion programs at the Medina and Wadsworth School Districts in Ohio, and recently served as Artist-in-Residence for Cleveland Heights High School in northeast Ohio. Additionally, he has taught at Augustana College, South Dakota State, Dorht College, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Northwestern Iowa College, Bingham High School, West Jordan and Davis High Schools in Utah, Southside High School in Pennsylvania, Jackson High School, Cloverleaf High School, Brunswick High School, Copley High School, Belleview East High School in Nebraska, Weber State College, University of Omaha-Nebraska, Iowa Western Community College and Duquesne University and the University of Utah.

Studio Louie is a private percussion studio that has been teaching young percussionists since 2002. Studio Louie carries 40-45 private students a week. Ryun Louie continues to place students in honor groups, all-state and some of the top music conservatories in the United States. Mr. Louie is the director of the Pana PercussionInstitute entering its 11th season that reaches over 50 percussion students every summer in Wadsworth, Ohio.

He works as an active clinician for the Percussion Arts Society (PAS) and is endorsed by Evans Drumheads, Bosphorus Cymbals, Black Swamp Percussion and Promark Drumsticks.

A native of Salt Lake City, Ryun started his professional career at the age of 15. He attended the University of Utah where he studied with Doug Wolf, Professor of Percussion at the University of Utah, and George Brown, principal timpanist of the Utah Symphony. During this time, he also studied with Cloyd Duff, principal timpanist of the Cleveland Orchestra. He furthered his education at Carnegie Mellon University where he studied under Timothy Adams, Jr., principal timpanist of the Pittsburgh Symphony.

Ryun and his family live in Medina, Ohio, where he free-lances as a percussionist and maintains a full roster of private students.

Ryun Louie Trio

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What the Ryun Louie Trio did was the very essence of jazz. They took some iconic pop songs over a four or five decade period and stretched, twisted and lifted them into something beautiful, familiar yet unexpected. They enchanted their audience the whole time, put a smile on their face and left them smitten for long afterwards. It was recorded live in concert on the middle stage in the Medina Performing Arts Center on a snowy January evening but it warmed the audience’s heart from the inside. Trio Louie Live

The new album Louie Trio Live is available from the following sources.

• iTunes/AppleMusic
• Amazon
• Google Play
• Spotify
• YouTube Play
• Deezer

Studio Louie

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Studio Louie Mission Statement
Our mission is to coach for personal and artistic growth and foster a lifelong love of creative expression in percussion.

Studio Louie is a private studio focused on percussion and dedicated to:

• Serving a range of students including beginners; passionate amateurs; and aspiring, professional performers
• Teaching the fundamentals and discipline needed for proper tone production and sound quality through proven technique
• Exposing the student to a large variety of musical styles and professional grade percussive instruments
• Fostering a strong working relationship with the student and those who support them
• Inspiring a life-long love of percussion

"The students in Ryun Louie's Percussion studio are doing very well, demonstrating hard work and excellence in musicianship. This is an outstanding model for private Applied Percussion studio's in the country, far surpassing a normal 'private lesson' module. Congratulations on a well refined and continually growing Model..." ~ Dan Smithiger, Percussion/ Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

"Taking lessons with Ryun in high school provided me with the foundations I needed to continue with college-level study. Thanks to Ryun’s strong teaching abilities and experience in percussion of all kinds, I learned how to practice efficiently and how to play with maturity and musicality. His guidance in the preparation of my college auditions was truly essential to my success. I would strongly recommend Ryun for percussion lessons at any level." ~ Rachel McCourt, Graduate Percussion Performance Student, Cincinnati Conservatory

We are delighted to explore how we can help you reach your creative potential. For more information and new student availability, please see the contact section.