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Dr. Elizabeth DeLamater is a percussion and steelpan performer, educator, and scholar. Recent highlights include the National Women’s Music Festival, the Northwest Percussion Festival, and the Honduras International Percussion festival.
Dr. DeLamater has performed, researched, and taught in Honduras, Panama, Trinidad & Tobago, the Gambia, Ghana, Senegal, Japan, Taiwan, and throughout North America. She has taught at the University of the West Indies at St. Augustine, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Youngstown State University, North Central College, and Roosevelt University. She teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and is the principal timpanist of the Weidner Philharmonic.
A passionate advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion in the arts, Dr. DeLamater is Chair of the Percussive Arts Society Diversity Alliance. Her work has been published by Instrumentalist, Percussive Notes, Rhythm! Scene, and Panpress.
Dr. DeLamater holds degrees from Arizona State University, Florida State University, and Northern Illinois University. Her principal teachers include Vicki P. Jenks, Dr. Clifford Alexis, G. Allan O’Connor, Robert Chappell, Rich Holly, Gary Werdesheim, J.B. Smith, and Mark Sunkett.
Elizabeth is a member of the Black Swamp Educational Network, and a proud endorser of:
