PASIC is the world's largest and most prestigous drum and percussion gathering that features more than 130 events on 13 stages with the leading artists from around the world in the percussion community. Session topics span a variety of areas including drumset, symphonic, marching, recreational, world, and keyboard percussion.

So in other words, start getting reservations and airplane tickets ready as The Percussive Arts Society's International Convention (PASIC) is taking place in Indianapolis, Indiana from November 11-14, 2009. This is amazing because for the second time in the even'ts history, Indianapolis will play host to more than 6,500 drummers and percussionists from around the world at the Indiana Convention Center, and Westin Hotel.

-Indiana Convention Center

Evening showcase concerts include a variety of performances and styles of music. Wednesday evening features Filipino trip-hop duo Electric Kulintang (Susie Ibarra and Roberto Rodriguez), keyboard master Julie Spencer and percussionist Vanessa Tomlinson. Thursday evening brings Taiwanese percussion ensemble Ju Percussion Group to the stage. Israeli powerhouse percussion duo PercaDu will perform on Friday evening, and Tommy Igoe and the Birdland Big Band featuring guest percussionist Rolando Morales-Matos will close the convention on Saturday evening.

Drumset artists include Virgil Donati (Planet X), Jason McGerr (Death Cab for Cutie), Benny Greb (Benny Greb Brassband), Akira Jimbo (master Japanese clinician), Felix Pollard (Taylor Hicks), Sergio Bellotti (WeJazzUp!), Zoro (Lenny Kravitz) and Daniel Glass (Royal Crown Revue), Tobias Ralph (Duncan Sheik), Joel Stevenett (Sony Playstation, XBOX, Nintendo Wii), Ed Shaughnessy (“Tonight Show” band), and the Bisquera Brothers.

Marching percussion session highlights include Sandi Rennick with the Phantom Regiment Front Ensemble and Lalo and Julie Davila with the Middle Tennessee State University Drum Line. Keyboard artists include rising Chinese-Canadian marimba artist Pius Cheung, recognized marimba artists and composers Eric Sammut, Christopher Deane and Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic, and a new marimba music session led by Nancy Zeltsman.

Symphonic session highlights include Cynthia Yeh (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), Marc Damoulakis (Cleveland Symphony Orchestra), Christopher Deviney (Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra), Lee Vinson (Boston Symphony Orchestra), and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra percussion section. World presentations will be given by Abbos Kosimov (Uzbekistan), Victor Rendón (Mexican-American), Rajna Swaminathan (South India), I Ketut Gede Asnawa (Bali, Indonesia) leading the University of Illinois Gamelan Ensemble and Layne Redmond (Brazil). All artists mentioned have confirmed their appearance at PASIC 2009; however, artists are subject to change without notice. Additional confirmed artists are listed and will be updated throughout the summer at www.pasic.org

Attending PASIC 2009

Registration for PASIC 2009 is available online at www.pasic.org  or by calling (317) 974-4488. Early registration pricing is available through September 28; on-site registration is also available.