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Dr. Aaron Ragsdale
Dr. Aaron Ragsdale is Assistant Professor of Percussion and Assistant Director of Bands at South Dakota State University. He is responsible for teaching applied percussion, conducting the Pride of the Dakotas Drum Line and SDSU percussion ensemble, assisting with the Pride of the Dakotas Marching Band, and teaching percussion pedagogy.
A native of Fayetteville, Arkansas, Dr. Ragsdale holds a Doctor of Musical Arts with emphasis in Percussion Performance from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, a Master’s Degree in Music from the University of Arkansas, and a Bachelor Music Education degree from the University of Oklahoma. His teachers have included renowned percussionists She-e Wu, Bob Becker and Alan Abel, as well as respected percussion educators including D.C.I. Hall of Fame Member Dennis DeLucia, Dr. Richard C. Gipson, and Grainger Medallion Recipient, Professor Chalon Ragsdale.
Phone: (605) 691-4022
E-mail: Aaron Ragsdale
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