Dr. Douglas R. Overmier is the Director of Bands and Percussive Studies at the College of Central Florida.  His ensembles have appeared at the International Society of Music Educators biennial conferences in both Bologna, Italy, in 2010 and selected for the 2012 meeting in Greece.  His ensembles have performed at national gatherings for the Music Educators National Conference, eleven state convention performances including California, Florida, Texas, Tennessee, Georgia, and Hawaii, in regional television commercials, pro sporting events, recordings, "Made-for-TV" movies, tours of Mexico, the Bahamas, Antigua, as well as National Public Radio. 

 

Dr. Overmier is a Yamaha Artist and also endorsed by Encore Mallets.  As a performer, he has appeared with renowned artists including Winton Marcellus, Alan Jackson, David Friedman, Mary Wilson, Steve Houghton, Dizzy Gillespie, and David Samuels.  His numerous performance credits include The North Carolina Symphony, Triangle Opera Company Orchestra, North Carolina Wind Symphony, and the West Virginia Symphony. 

 

He is a published composer and arranger of over 300 band pieces, and more than 100 jazz, and percussion works.  Many of these works can be heard on the Ozone Percussion CD “La Bamba” (Klavier Records), and “I Said Jazz” (Emerald Records).  In addition, his music is featured in the CBS Television movie “Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story.”  His ensembles can be heard in the conference proceedings of state MENC conferences throughout the United States.

 

Overmier has authored numerous articles in the Chronicle of Higher Education, and the Instrumentalist magazines.  His most recent book, Pedagogical Approaches to Percussion Performance is expected out next summer.  Overmier is in constant demand as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator throughout the United States, Caribbean and Central America with performance dates scheduled well into the year 2016.  He is a member of the College Music Society, College Band Directors National Association, Percussive Arts Society, National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, Pi Kappa Lambda, Kappa Kappa Psi, Music Educators National Conference, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.