Dr. G. W. Sandy Schaefer is retired and this was the last bio I used for a presentation on Music Advocacy at the Nebraska Music Educators Conference in Lincoln Nebraska in 2015. If you are interested in more detail you may follow this link to an academic resume, personal details, family interest.
Dr. G. W. Sandy Schaefer is currently the Director of Music Industry and Percussion Studies at Chadron State College. In 2013, Dr Schaefer was the Nebraska State College System Teaching Excellence Award recipient. Sandy has performed as a classical percussionist and a jazz musician on both drum set and vibes; recorded for Summit Records, Canyon Records, the Wisconsin School Music Association. His publications include A Students Guide To The Drum Set, Here To Stay: Rock and Roll Through the 1970s, and contributions to Milt Jackson: Transcribed Solos of the Master
Dr Schaefer has served as President of the Wisconsin Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society and the Nebraska Chapter of the International Association of Jazz Educators.
Sandy recently contributed jazz vibe transcriptions for Milt Jackson: Transcribed Solos of the Master published by Mallet works music. His drum set method book was published by Iron Man Percussion Publications and received a wonderful review in Percussive Notes, the journal of the Percussive Arts Society. In 2008, the Dorset Group released the 3rd edition of his history of rock and roll, Here To Stay: Rock and Roll Through the 1970s. He has also published many transcriptions for the marimba ensemble with Permus Publications and Really Great Music Publications.
Dr Schaefer has served as President of the Wisconsin Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society and the Nebraska Chapter of the International Association of Jazz Educators.
Publications
Milt Jackson: Transcribed Solos of the Master, MalletWorks Music, 2008
Here To Stay, Rock and Roll Through the 1970s, 3rd ed Gila Press, 2008
A Student's Guide to the Drum Set, IMC Publishers, 1999
Adagio and Rondo in C, K. 617 (Mozart) RGM Publishers, 2000
Serenata (Guiliani) RGM Publishers, 1999
Languise al Fin (Gesualdo) RGM Publishers, 1999
Canzon Prima (Gabrieli), Permus Publishers
Brandenberg Concerto No. 2 (Bach), Permus Publishers
Symphony No. 94 (Haydn), Permus Publishers
Recordings
Percussion From The List: 561A Percussion Ensemble Compositions, WSMA Records 1001 (1996)
The Golden Age Of Brass, Vol. I, Summit Records, DCD 114
The Golden Age Of Brass, Vol. II, Summit Records, DCD 121
Native Tapestry, R. Carlos Nakei, Canyon Records, CR 7015
Messian-Revueltas-Ruggles, Ensemble 21, Summit DCD 122