Frank A. Oddis
Associate Professor, Percussion
MMus., East Carolina University

Baird Music Hall 124
606.783.2487
f.oddis@moreheadstate.edu

Biography
Frank Oddis, Associate Professor of Music, has served as coordinator of the Morehead State University Percussion Program since 1977. Professor Oddis holds a Master of Music Performance degree from East Carolina University and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Morehead State University. Professor Oddis performs with the Faculty Jazz Quartet at MSU, including their recently released compact disc recording Blue Duck Suit. He has worked as a freelance percussionist and drummer for many well-known celebrities and jazz artists, the national touring companies of A Chorus Line and Annie, and 20 annual performances for the Lexington Singers Pops Concerts. Additionally, Professor Oddis performs as a percussionist with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra and as a drumset artist for their annual Pops Series. Membership in the former Kentuckiana Brass and Percussion Ensemble led to performances at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, the Music Educators National Conference, and at the International Brassfest. The Percussion Ensembles at Morehead State University are nationally recognized and have won three Percussive Arts Society National Championships in Marching Percussion under Oddis' leadership. Morehead State University and Professor Oddis served to host a Day of Marching Percussion for sixteen years and are considered to be national pioneers and innovators in the area of indoor marching percussion ensembles. In addition to directing percussion ensembles at MSU, Professor Oddis serves as music arranger for the groups. His arrangements and compositions for percussion ensemble have been performed by university and high school percussion ensembles nationwide. Most recently the Morehead State University Concert Percussion Ensemble toured Beijing, China, performing at the Central Conservatory of Music and at the famed Beijing Concert Hall. Professor Oddis serves as adjudicator for DCI, PAS, Bands of America, and many other state and regional organizations. He is a clinician and endorser of Ludwig drums, Sabian cymbals, and Vic Firth sticks and mallets. Professor Oddis has presented educational workshops and conducted concerts nationwide and internationally in the Peoples Republic of China and Brazil.