Dr. Douglas Overmier
Associate Professor, Director of Bands, Instructor of Percussion
D.M.A. Instrumental Conducting &
Percussion Performance, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
M.M. Ohio University
B.M. Music Education, Ohio University
Office: Humanities 340
Phone: (678) 839-6267
Band Office: (678) 839-6271
Fax: (678) 839-6259
email: dovermie@westga.edu
Dr. Douglas R. Overmier is the Director of Bands and Instructor
of Percussion. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music
from Ohio University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University
of North Carolina at Greensboro. Prior to his arrival at Angelo University
in Texas, where he was Director of Percussion Studies from 1999-2003,
Dr. Overmier held teaching positions in Ohio's public schools, in Music
at Concord College, North Carolina University, Meredith College, and Angelo
University, as well as graduate teaching positions at Ohio University
and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
As a performer, Dr. Overmier has appeared in almost every venue possible
for a performing percussionist: with nationally renowned artists including
Steve Houghton, Dizzy Gillespie, Mary Wilson, and David Samuels as well
as in drum corps, recording studios, and with national touring productions
of musicals and operas. His numerous performance credits include The North
Carolina Symphony, Triangle Opera Company Orchestra, North Carolina Wind
Symphony, the West Virginia Symphony, San Angelo Symphony, and Central
Ohio Symphony Orchestra. His current project, Jazz Concho, is booked well
into 2010.
The success of his ensembles has been evidenced in regional television
commercials, tours, convention performances, recordings, "Made-for-TV"
movies, and performances on National Public Radio. His is a published
composer of band, jazz, and percussion works and has authored numerous
articles in Percussive Notes, Southwestern Musician, the Chronicle of
Higher Education, and the Instrumentalist magazines.
Overmier is in constant demand as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator
throughout the United States and Caribbean with performance dates scheduled
well into the year 2010. He is a member of the College Band Directors
National Association, Percussive Arts Society, National Association of
College Wind and Percussion Instructors, Pi Kappa Lambda, Kappa Kappa
Psi, Music Teachers National Association, Music Educators National Conference,
and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.