Tony Oliver teaches applied percussion, percussion techniques, and directs the Monmouth College Percussion Ensemble.

 

As a performer, he is principal percussionist and timpanist for the Lake Placid Sinfonietta, a chamber orchestra made up of select musicians from around the United States. He is also a member of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra and a founding member of the New York City-based contemporary music ensemble, The Society for Chromatic Art, which specializes in classic repertoire of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in addition to premiering works by emerging composers. He will be the featured performer and premiere several new works for percussion at the SCAs June 2006 concert in New York City.

 

A dedicated educator, he has given percussion lectures, clinics, and demonstrations to students and teachers of all ages. He has been particularly involved with the New Horizons Band Program, which is an instrumental music program designed for older adults. In conjunction with this and similar programs, he has taught and given lectures and clinics throughout the United States and in Australia.
 
In addition to performing and teaching, he is the editor of The Percussion Source Anthology, an online educational resource of the Percussion Source; editor of the newsletter and website of the Iowa Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society; proprietor of Curving Walkway Publications, whose percussion publications have been performed throughout the United States; and a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) as a composer and a publisher.
 
He received his B.M., M.A., and State of Iowa Teacher's Certification from the University of Iowa and his D.M.A. from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, where he was a graduate fellow.