Ralph Hardimon

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Ralph Hardimon
Born	1952^[1] Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Genres	drum and bugle corps, marching band, rhythm and blues, and jazz
Occupations	musician
Instruments	percussion
Notable instruments
marching snare drum

Ralph Hardimon is a renowned percussionist, teacher, composer, and clinician. He is best known for his work in the areas of marching percussion, rudimental drumming, drum & bugle corps, and marching band.

Career

Hardimon's performance experience started in the late sixties with the Los Angeles Police Band, and later the Velvet Knights and Anaheim Kingsmen drum & bugle corps. He taught and studied with Fred Sanford and studied with Charles Dowd at the University of Oregon.

Following Fred Sanford's departure after the 1980 season, Hardimon became Director of Percussion for the Santa Clara Vanguard in 1981 and kept that position through 1990, during which time SCV won four High Percussion awards (1978, 1979, 1988, 1989) and three DCI World Championships. He served as a consultant for SCV from 1997-2000. Hardimon has scored music for many other corps (including Blue Knights from 1990-2001) as well as college percussion ensembles and marching bands. He is currently the percussion caption head at the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps.

Hardimon received Grammy nominations for Jazz and Rhythm and Blues, and a Gold Record for Rhythm and Blues. He has worked for Disney and bowl games such as the Citrus Bowl, Orange Bowl, and Super Bowl. He travels to Japan several times a year to work with percussion ensembles, marching bands, and drum corps.

Hardimon was inducted into the DCI hall of fame in 2000, and received the “Life Time Achievement Award” from Sabian Cymbals in 2005.^[2]^[3] He is currently a Winter Guard International adjudicator, continues working a partnership with Mike Sherpa at "Head Talk" (a school of multi-percussion in Loveland, Colorado), and arranges percussion for Blue Knights, a World Class drum corps from Denver, Colorado.

Endorsements

The popular drum stick company Vic Firth manufactures multiple signature Ralph Hardimon drumsticks. These sticks include the standard SRH and SRHN models, the Ralphie Jr., Ralph Hardimon Indoor, Ralph Hardimon "Hammer," Ralph Hardimon "Chop-Out," Ralph Hardimon Tenor Stick, and Ralph Hardimon Tenor Swizzle.^[4]

External links

Esprit de Corps: An Interview with Percussionist Ralph Hardimon^[1]
Ralph Hardimon Interview
DCI Hall of Fame: Ralph Hardimon- 2000
Grid University: The History of the Book Report

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Heiter, Celeste (February 3, 2004). "Esprit de Corps: An Interview with Percussionist Ralph Hardimon". Things Asian. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
↑ "Artists: Ralph Hardimon". Sabian. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
↑ "Ralph Hardimon receives Sabian Lifetime Achievement Award". Santa Clara Vanguard. November 18, 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
↑ "Vic Firth Signature Artist: Ralph Hardimon". Vic Firth. Retrieved March 9, 2013.

v t e Rudimental percussion

Technique	Drum cadence Matched grip Moeller method Open, closed, open Rudiment Snare technique Traditional grip Finger Control

People	Tom Float Ralph Hardimon Marty Hurley Scott Johnson Fred Sanford George Lawrence Stone Sanford A. Moeller Paul Rennick Larry McCormick Bobby Thompson Jerry Schellmer Frank Arsenault Dennis DeLucia Dr. Fritz Berger Alfons Grieder Mitch Markovich Michael McIntosh

Organizations	Drum Corps International Percussive Arts Society Winter Guard International National Association of Rudimental Drummers (N.A.R.D.)

General	Drumline Front ensemble Marching percussion

Persondata
Name	Hardimon, Ralph
Alternative names
Short description	American musician
Date of birth	1952
Place of birth	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Date of death
Place of death

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