Percussion at Mesa State College

Alumni News

Glenn Jones, a 2006 graduate (BA in music performance) is currently the Music/Young Adult Pastor at Grand Junction First Assembly of God Church.

Rob Labig, a 1997 graduate, has been teaching private drum set lessons full time since 2001.  As a member of the Grand Junction Symphony percussion section since 1992, Rob has performed in front of thousands of elementary students over the last several years through the Spring Fest program.  Among all the groups Rob performs with periodically, he currently plays drum set with the Western Colorado Jazz Orchestra - big band jazz and rock; Pocket - R&B, Funk, and Rock; Bobby Walker – blues; and Michelle Wilkinson trio – bop jazz.  He continues to record with various local individuals and ensembles.

Isaac Lavadie, a 2006 graduate, is currently the band director at Grand Junction High School. He has also been a member of the Grand Junction Symphony for the past six years. Isaac teaches private lessons around the Grand Valley and has instructed drum lines for numerous schools. Isaac was a winner of the 2005 MSC Concerto Competition, in which he performed the first movement of Paul Creston’s Concertino for Marimba.