Originally
from Marietta, Ohio, Mrs. Crosby has worked extensively as
an
instructor, clinician, adjudicator and director of percussion all
across the
east coast. She has been sought and employed by Marietta
Senior HS
(Marietta, OH), Marietta MS (Marietta, OH), Warren HS
(Vincent,
OH), Jefferson Forest HS (Forest, VA), Summit Parkway MS
(Columbia,
SC), E.L. Wright MS (Columbia, SC), Irmo HS (Columbia, SC),
Lexington HS
(Lexington, SC), Spring Valley HS (Columbia, SC), Blythewood
HS (Blythewood, SC),
Chapin HS (Chapin,
SC), Dutch Fork MS (Irmo, SC),
and Dutch Fork HS (Irmo, SC). She has also
judged Winter Ensemble
Championships for the South Carolina Band
Directors Association, and
District 3 Region Band Auditions for South
Carolina..
Miss
Larrabee studied under Dr. John Carlyss (Indiana University), John
Hall
(Indiana University), Dr. Chris Lee (University of South Carolina),
Jim Hall
(University of South Carolina), and Dr. Scott Herring
(University
of South Carolina) while completing undergraduate and
graduate
studies in music, concentrating in percussion performance. She
is an active
member of the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) and attends the
International Convention annually to continue her personal growth as a
modern
percussionist.
In 2004 she
competed in the PAS International
Convention
College Keyboard Percussion Contest, performing a solo on
marimba, and
received the highest women’s score. She has also
participated
in the FUNdamentals Clinics at the convention. She has
taken
lessons and performed with world-renowned percussionists such as
Michael
Burritt (Northwestern University), Andy Harnsberger (Leigh
University),
Dr. Susan Powell (Ohio State University), and Dr. John
Parks
(Florida State University).
Miss
Larrabee is also the founder and Executive Director of the
Verdigris
Winter Ensemble, Columbia's finest independent competitive
indoor
drumline with open auditions to all teenagers aged 13-19
in the
Midlands and South Carolina. In its 2005-2006 inaugural season the group
received
gold, sweeping its class and taking the season undefeated in
every
caption at every contest.
As the
Percussion Director of Dutch Fork High School, she teaches both
marching
battery and front ensemble, as well as all areas of concert
percussion,
including directing and conducting Percussion Ensemble
concerts and
Solo and Ensemble entries.
She
continues to perform professionally on the side and is the owner of
Fermata
Music Studios of Columbia, SC. She was married to
Eddie Crosby
on November 18, 2006.
