Portrait of Kari Klier

Kari Klier

  • Professor of Instruction at School of Music, College of Fine Arts & Communication

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Member, Texas Bandmasters Association. 2010 - Present.
  • Member, Texas Music Educators Association. 2010 - Present.
  • Percussion Coordinator, Texas State Choral Department. September 1, 2010 - Present.
  • Organizer, Texas State Percussion Camp. May 1, 2010 - Present.
  • Member, Music Education Committee. September 1, 2007 - Present.
  • Member, Percussive Arts Society. 1996 - Present.

2024

  • Member, School of Music Auditions. December 2024.
  • Member, Music Alumni Committee. January 2024 - December 2024.
  • Organizer, Texas State Percussion Camp. May 1, 2024 - June 28, 2024.
  • Member, School of Music Auditions. March 2024.
  • Member, School of Music Auditions. February 2024.
  • Organizer, Wind Ensemble Percussion Section. January 2024.
  • Member, School of Music Auditions. January 2024.

2023

  • Member, School of Music Auditions. December 2023.
  • Member, Music Alumni Committe. January 2023 - December 2023.
  • Organizer, Master Classes for Recruitment Gorzycki Middle School. January 2023 - December 2023.
  • Adjudicator, West Texas A&M University. October 2023.
  • Organizer, Master Classes for Recruitment Gorzycki Middle School. January 2023 - May 2023.
  • Member, School of Music Auditions. March 2023.
  • Member, School of Music Auditions. February 2023.
  • Member, School of Music Auditions. January 2023.

2022

  • Participant, Concert for the re-opening of Evans Auditorium. November 2022.
  • Adjudicator, UIL State Solo and Ensemble Competition. May 30, 2022.

2020

  • President, Rhythmic Force Percussion. August 1, 2017 - May 30, 2020.
  • Speaker, Akins High School Percussion Section. October 14, 2020.
  • Clinician, Alamo Heights High School Percussion Section. September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020.
  • Clinician, Mayde Creek High School Percussion Section. September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020.
  • Speaker, Churchill High School Percussion Section. September 2, 2020.
  • Member, Scholarship and Retention Committee. September 1, 2015 - May 30, 2020.
  • Adjudicator, UIL Solo and Ensemble Competition. February 8, 2020.

2019

  • Adjudicator/Commentator, Texas State Solo Percussion Competition. May 4, 2019.
  • Organizer, Trios for Two Recital. September 9, 2019.
  • Participant, Austin Symphony Orchestra. January 27, 2019 - February 4, 2019.

2018

  • Participant, TMEA Chorale Concert. February 1, 2018 - February 16, 2018.

2016

  • Member, PAS Solo Competition Committee. November 1, 2013 - November 1, 2016.

2015

  • Summer Camps. 2015.
  • Summer Camps. 2015.
  • designed, organized, and facilitated the Texas State Percussion camp. 2015.
  • organized the percussion area for the Texas State Band Camp. 2015.
  • Member, Percussive Arts Society International Competition Committee. 2011 - 2015.
  • Judge, Texas State Solo Competition. May 2015.

2014

  • Played a supplemental role in arranging the second show for the Texas State Bobcat Marching Band. 2014.
  • Rich Redmond- Nashville recording artist. 2014.
  • designed, organized, and facilitated the Texas State Percussion camp. 2014.
  • organized the percussion area for the Texas State Band Camp. 2014.
  • Represented Texas State at the college fair at the Texas Band Master’s Association Convention. August 2014.
  • Coached the percussion section and traveled with the Texas State Wind Symphony to Arkansas for the 2014 CBDNA Southwestern Division conference. March 2014.

2013

  • designed, organized, and facilitated the Texas State Percussion camp. 2013.
  • organized the percussion area for the Texas State Band Camp. 2013.
  • Traveled to south Texas to present clinics representing Texas State: Canyon High School. December 2013.

2012

  • designed, organized, and facilitated the Texas State Percussion camp. 2012.
  • organized the percussion area for the Texas State Band Camp. 2012.

2011

  • Served on the committee to select 50 international students for the Percussive Arts Society International Convention 50th Anniversary Collegiate Marimba Orchestra. 2011.
  • designed, organized, and facilitated the Texas State Percussion camp. 2011.
  • organized the percussion area for the Texas State Band Camp. 2011.
  • Studio recital performance at Horizon Bay Retirement Center. December 2011.

2010

  • Rich Redmond- Nashville recording artist. 2010.
  • Line Upon Line- professional percussion ensemble and clinicians. 2010.
  • Jason Ginter- guest clinician, principal timpanist with the San Diego Symphony. 2010.
  • designed, organized, and facilitated the Texas State Percussion camp. 2010.
  • organized the percussion area for the Texas State Band Camp. 2010.

2009

  • Susan Martin- guest performer and clinician from West Texas A and M University and the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra. 2009.
  • designed, organized, and facilitated the Texas State Percussion camp. 2009.
  • organized the percussion area for the Texas State Band Camp. 2009.

2007

  • Percussion ensemble performance at Sights and Sounds of Christmas. December 2007.

2003

  • Arranger for the University of Alabama Million Dollar Band. 2002 - 2003.

1996

  • Arranger for the Glassmen Drum and Bugle Corps. 1990 - 1996.