Stuart Langsam is a multi-faceted percussionist and music educator originally from Southern California. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance from San Jose State University, a Master of Music Degree from Oklahoma State University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Oklahoma.
As an avid supporter of new music, he has commissioned and premiered works for a variety of instrumentations including solo marimba, snare drum with electronics, and percussion with voice. He has toured internationally and across the United States as a member of the professional percussion ensemble, Orphic Percussion. In addition to his role as Principal Percussion of the Mission Chamber Orchestra of San Jose, he plays regularly with a variety of orchestra and chamber groups across the Bay Area.
He has presented a marching percussion exhibition at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention and instructional clinics at the Oklahoma Music Educators Association and the Oklahoma Day of Percussion. Dr. Langsam has been an Adjunct Professor of Percussion at Oklahoma State University and the University of Tulsa.
He currently holds the office of Vice President of the Northern California Region of the California Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society. He is endorsed by Innovative Percussion and alongside his percussion colleagues in Orphic, he is an ensemble artist for Marimba One. He works with the percussion program at Saratoga and Leigh High School, gives private lessons out of the Rhythm Academy of San Jose, is on faculty at West Valley College, and is a full-time instrumental music teacher at Sylvandale Middle School.
In his spare time, he enjoys hiking, playing strategy games, and spending time with his wife, three children, and their seven and a half pound mini-pinscher/chihuahua mix, Shadow.