Kevin Bobo is currently serving as Associate Professor of Music (Percussion) at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He has performed nationally and internationally as a solo recitalist, clinician, and orchestral percussionist. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Wichita State University where he studied with J.C. Combs and a master’s degree from Ithaca College where he studied with Gordon Stout. In addition to performing solo recitals, concertos and clinics at major universities and percussion festivals nation wide, Kevin has performed at two National Music Educators National Conferences in Kansas City, Missouri (1996) and Minneapolis, Minnesota (2004). He has also performed solo presentations at the 1998 & 2005 Leigh Howard Stevens Summer Marimba Seminars in Asbury Park, New Jersey, the 2001 Bellingham Festival of Music in Bellingham, Washington, the 2005 Pzsaislis Music Festival in Kaunas, Lithuania, the 12th and 13th International Festivals of Percussion in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the 2006 PerKumania Festival in Paris, France and at several Percussive Arts Society International Conventions. He has also performed as a soloist in Latvia, the Czech Republic, Singapore, and at the 3rd International Seminar of Percussion in Mexico City, Mexico.
In addition to being an active performer, Kevin is also an active composer having received several commissions and having had numerous compositions published through Studio 4 Music, PercMaster Publications and Keyboard Percussion Publications. He has also been recorded on several albums with internationally recognized artists as well as having released two solo marimba recordings “Marimba Jambalaya” (1998) and “Chronicles” (2006). Kevin is a Malletech clinician/recitalist and a Zildjian Educational Endorser, performing exclusively on Malletech Marimbas, Malletech Mallets, and Zildjian Cymbals.