Neil also teaches applied percussion lessons, West African drumming, and coaches percussion ensembles in the Kansas State Percussion Studio. Neil is the Production Coordinator and Instructor for K-State dance, teaching Rhythmic Notation, Composition I for Dancers, Dance and Technology, West African Music and Dance, and Dance Musician Training. He is the technology editor for the journal Percussive Notes. Gartner is a founding member and contributing composer of the Indiana-based Los Blancos Latin Jazz Band. Also, he received the Graduate Dean's Citation for Outstanding Dissertation for his research of the late percussion legend, Tito Puente. At UNC, he directed ensembles, taught jazz history, and was the Assistant Director of the UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival. In 2001, he completed his Doctor of Arts degree at the University of Northern Colorado. Prior to his appointment at KSU, Gartner served as Associate Professor of Bands at Purdue University. He is an educational consultant for Remo, Sabian, Vic Firth, and E tymotic Research. Gartner has performed professionally in orchestral, jazz, chamber, world, and commercial venues, and has performed on a showcase concert and presented additional clinics and performances at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention.
He has served as Special Assistant to the Provost and as Coordinator of the university's Peer Review of Teaching Program. There, he provided instruction and performances in Afro-Cuban music and applications of technology in music. In the past, he was a Big 12 Faculty Fellow, collaborating with the percussion studio and jazz program at the University of Missouri. As a 2010-2011 Tilford Fellow, he coordinated an interdisciplinary study of Cuban arts. Also, he directs the Percussion Ensemble, Keyboard Percussion Quartets, and the Latin Jazz Ensemble. There, he teaches applied percussion and percussion methods. Kurt Gartner serves as Associate Director of the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance and Professor of Percussion at Kansas State University.
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