Dr. Jason Kihle is currently the Director of Percussion Studies at the University of North Dakota. He teaches applied percussion, percussion ensemble, percussion techniques, and drumline. He previously held similar appointments at the University of Jamestown (ND) and Texas A&M University–Kingsville.
Dr. Kihle has taught music in public schools in Arizona, Colorado, and North Dakota. He has studied percussion with Mike Blake, Jim White, and Gray Barrier. Dr. Kihle has been published in Early Music Colorado Quarterly, The Instrumentalist, The Educator’s Companion, and Percussive Notes. He has been a presenter at the Minot State University Northwest International Festival of Music, the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy, the state music education association conferences of North Dakota, Wyoming, California, Texas, and Iowa and the NAfME National Conference.
Dr. Kihle has performed with the Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra, Colorado Wind Ensemble, Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra, the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra, and the Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra. He has performed at the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy, the International Double Reed Society Convention, Texas Music Educators Association, the National Flute Association Convention, College Music Society National and Regional Conferences, the Montreaux Jazz Festival, and the International Thespian Festival. His compositions and books are published by Bachovich Publications.
Dr. Kihle is a member of PAS, NAfME, NACWPI, CMS, KKP, TBS, and ASCAP. He is a past member of the Percussive Arts Society University Pedagogy Committee. Dr. Kihle is an artist and endorser for Innovative Percussion, Yamaha, Black Swamp, Remo, and Zildjian.