Cliff Hulling received his Bachelor of Music Degree in Percussion Performance
and his Master's Degree in Theory and Composition from California State University, Fullerton. He currently teaches at Biola University. He has worked as principal percussionist for the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Pacific Chorale, American Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Ballet and other such groups. He freelances extensively and has worked with Sarah Vaughn, Doc Severinson, Henry Mancini, Ray Charles and many other well-known musicians. Mr. Hulling is also a staff composer for the Ludwig Music Publishing Company where he published A Modern Approach to the Drum Set (1992) and A Collection of Marimba Solos (1987). He performed with Disney's productions of Beauty and the Beast and Ragtime at the Shubert Theater, and at the Los Angeles Music Center for their productions of Fosse, Chicago, Titanic, and Les Misérables.

Education

Documented and proved Doctoral Equivalency in Percussion Performance
(2004 promotion, Biola University)

Master of Music in Composition and Theory at California State University, Fullerton (1997)

Graduated with honors from California State University, Fullerton: Bachelor of Music -
Percussion Performance (1984)

Professional Accomplisments

Teaching

Director/Associate Producer of Crossroads (2004 Biola Jazz Ensemble CD)

Composer featured on Crosscurrents (2003 Biola University Faculty composers CD)

Music Theory Faculty at Biola University (1992-date)

Director of the Biola University Jazz Band (1985-date)

Director of the Biola University Percussion Ensemble (1985-date)

Staff Composer for the Ludwig Music Publishing Company (1987-date)

Head of Music Theory and Composition at Biola University (1995-1998)

Part-time faculty at California State University, Fullerton (1985-1994)

Assistant Director of the Biola University Wind Ensemble (1985-1987)

Percussion/Theory teacher for the CSUF Summer Music Academy (1983-1985)

Performing

Principal Percussionist for the following groups: Pacific Symphony Orchestra,
Pacific Chorale, Orange County Master Chorale, American Ballet Theater, San Francisco Ballet,
Royal Ballet, Australian Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, and various light opera companies.

Drummer/Percussionist for the Los Angeles Premiere of Disney's musical Beauty and the
Beast at the Shubert Theater.

Drummer/Percussionist for the Los Angeles Premiere of the musical Rag Time at the
Shubert Theater with performances on the 1997 Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy
Telethon and the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Drummer/Percussionist for the Los Angeles Premiere of the musicals Chicago, Titanic,
Fosse, Cinderella , The Scarlet Pinpernel, Les Miserables, 3hree, Into the Woods,
Caroline or Change, Little Shop of Horrors, Car Man, Play Without Words, and Martin
Guerreat the Amahnson Theaters.

Drummer/Percussionist for the Orange County Performing Arts Center Productions of
Crazy for You, Little Shop of Horrors, & The Producers.

Worked as a substitute percussionist at the Shubert Theater for their productions of City
of Angels, Crazy For You, and Sunset Boulevard.

Section Percussionist with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Pasadena Symphony,
Long Beach Symphony, Joffrey Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, and the Canadian Ballet.

Cliff Hulling has also played on various recordings including the cast album for Andrew Lloyd
Webber's Sunset Boulevard, two CD's for the Pacific Chorale, and several recordings for
the Pacific Symphony Orchestra.

As either a Principal or Section Percussionist Hulling has worked with the following people:
Paul Anka, Chet Atkins, Kathy Bates, John Browning, The Canadian Brass, Vikki Carr,
David Cassidy, Ray Charles, Glen Close, Glen Dicterow, Placido Domingo, Sandy
Duncan, Donald Erb, Jose Feliciano, Lucas Foss, Davis Gaines, The Gatlin Brothers,
Morton Gould, Marvin Hamlisch, Jerry Herman, Karel Husa, Eugene Istomin, Shirley
Jones, Ernst Krenek, Michel Legrand, The Letterman, Cecil Licad, Melissa Manchester,
Henry Mancini, Maureen McGovern, Don Menza, The Oak Ridge Boys, Mandy Patinkin,
Luciano Pavarotti, Bernadette Peters, David Raksin, Linda Ronstadt, Leonard Rose, Lalo
Schiffrin, Diane Schuur, Doc Severinsen, Maxim Shostakovich, Janos Starker, Richard
Stolzman, Toni Tennile, John Tesh, Mel Torme, Manhattan Transfer, Tommy Tune,
Sarah Vaughan, Dionne Warwick, Vanessa Williams, Roger Williams, and John
Williams.

Honors

Performance of The Journey at the University of Southern California (October 27 2003)

Adjudicator for the Music Teachers Association of California - Composers Today (1999,
2001, 2003)

High music Award at the Percussion World Championships (1997)

Adjudicator for the Pacific Symphony Institute (1997)

Guest Speaker SCSBOA convention (1995)

Directed the All Southern California Honor Jazz Band (1994)

Elected to PI KAPPA LAMBDA, the national honorary society of superior scholars in
music (1987)

Awarded second place in the American Music Solo Competition sponsored by the
OMICRON PI chapter of PHI MU ALPHA SINFONIA (1983)

Louis Armstrong Jazz Award (1979)

Various Outstanding Musicianship awards and Outstanding Performance citations
(1976-1979)

Publications

A Modern Approach to the Drum Set, Ludwig Music Publishing Company (1993)

A Collection of Marimba Solos, Ludwig Music Publishing Company (1987)