Percussionist, composer, and educator Brian Blume is making himself known nationally and internationally through exceptional skill and creativity. A native of Logansport, Indiana, Brian is currently percussionist with the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra and has also played with the Lafayette Symphony, Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, Carmel Symphony, and Bloomington Camerata Orchestra. His performance experience goes far beyond orchestral playing, however, and includes solo marimba and percussion, new music performances, and four years as a snare drummer with the Glassmen Drum & Bugle Corps. Recent accomplishments include performances at the 2010 TROMP Percussion Competition in Eindhoven, Netherlands, and First Place at the 2010 Mid-Missouri Percussion Arts Trophy marimba competition. Brian has studied with Kevin Bobo, Steve Houghton, John Tafoya, Anthony Cirone, Gerald Carlyss, and Brent Montgomery.

Brian is an active composer/arranger, educator, clinician, and adjudicator in Indiana and throughout the Midwest. He has received numerous commissions and has works published by Tapspace Publications, PercMaster Publications, and drop6 media. He writes for several high school percussion programs and has written for the IU Marching Hundred drumline and the Blue Stars Drum & Bugle Corps drumline. Brian currently teaches percussion at Center Grove High School (Greenwood, IN) and has taught throughout the country at the Blue Stars, Madison Scouts, and the Star of Indiana Alumni Corps.

Brian earned both Master and Bachelor of Music degrees in percussion performance from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. He is a member of the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), and he currently lives in Greenwood, IN, with his wife, Sarah.