Gifford Howarth
Gifford Howarth (Lewisburg, PA) is currently Associate Professor of Percussion at the Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania–Bloomsburg, located in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. His previous teaching duties included teaching at Michigan State University and Nazareth College (Rochester, NY). Howarth has received degrees from Michigan State University (DMA), Kent State University (MM), and Ithaca College (BM). He has presented clinics and workshops throughout the United States, Canada, Asia, and Europe, including Singapore, China, Thailand, The Netherlands, Sweden, and Malaysia. He has also presented at The Midwest Clinic, The Percussive Arts Society International Convention, several state Music Education Association Conferences, and PAS Day of Percussion events. The focus for most of his workshops centers around percussion education. Howarth is heavily involved in different competitive marching activities. He was on the percussion staff for The Cadets from 1999 to 2006. Over the years, he has written for several Winter Guard International, Bands of America, and Drum Corps Associates ensembles. He is currently a national adjudicator for DCI, WGI, and BOA, along with several statewide marching band and indoor percussion circuits. Howarth is a Yamaha Performing Artist. He has several works published through Tap Space publications.