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Ron Schwartz
Drum Set Instructor

Ron Schwartz grew up in the Sacramento, California area where he attended Sacramento City College and Sacramento State College. He studied drumming with Stan Lunetta and Vince Lateano and in the late sixties became affiliated with RCA Records playing for The Jefferson Airplane, Harry Nilsson, and Jose Feliciano. Over the next twenty years Mr. Schwartz toured or worked with Kim Carnes, Neil Diamond, and members of the First Edition. He had his own project with Capitol Records and worked on numerous commercials, television shows, and recording sessions. Other artists with whom he has collaborated include keyboardist Larry Knectel, drummer David Ragsdale of the Smashing Pumpkins and Kansas, bassist Jerry Peek of the Steve Morse Band, saxophonists Sam Skelton and Chris Vadala, trumpeter Jon Faddis, vibist Jon Metzger, pianist Joe Sample, and jazz guitarists Larry Koonse, Barry Greene, John Stowell, and Larry Coryell.

Currently he is Senior Vice President and Creative Director for OneTen Management Group, producing recordings for the Boys Choir of Harlem, the Atlanta based acid jazz group PDQ, and the Acoustic Jazz Quartet from Los Angeles. In addition to his part-time teaching responsibilities at Furman, he remains an active performer and teacher and serves as an adjunct teacher to the South Carolina School for the Arts and Humanities. You can contact Ron Schwartz at dodrums@aol.com.

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Patrick Lowery
Furman Drumline Arranger and Instructor

Patrick Lowery is a native of Savannah, Georgia, where he graduated from Effingham Co. High School in 1991. In 1996 he received his Bachelors degree in music education from the University of Georgia followed by an assistantship at the University of Tennessee, where he earned the Masters Degree in percussion performance in 1998. After returning to do post-graduate work at the University of Georgia, in 1999

Mr. Lowery accepted the position as band director and Director of Percussion Studies in District 5 Schools of Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Mr. Lowery has performed with many diverse groups including the Spirit of Atlanta Bugle Corps, Southwind Drum and Bugle Corps, the Tropical Breeze Steel Drum Band, UGA Wind Symphony, the Savannah Symphony, UGA African Ensemble, and the Battuta Percussion Group. In addition, Mr. Lowery has played with the Porto Alegre Symphony in Porto Alegre, Brazil and the Yuyama Duo, a saxophone/percussion duet with friend and saxophonist Ruth Colegrove. With Mrs. Colegrove, Mr. Lowery recently performed at the World Saxophone Congress in Montreal. Active as an adjudicator throughout the Southeast, Mr. Lowery has also given clinics at the Tennessee Music Educator's Conference, the University of Georgia January Festival, and the Joycliffe Marching Percussion Clinic in Athens, Georgia.

As a teacher and writer, Mr. Lowery has worked with numerous marching bands, drum corps, indoor percussion ensembles, and concert ensembles. These include the Spirit of Atlanta Drum and Bugle Corps, the University of Georgia Redcoat Band, the University of Tennessee Pride of the Southland, and countless high school ensembles. He joined the Furman Marching Band staff in 2000. Mr. Lowery has studied with F. Michael Combs, Dr. Tony McCutchen, Dr. Arvin Scott, Keith Brown, and Ney Rosauro. You can contact Mr. Lowery at LoweryPL@spart5.k12.sc.us.