Arlo Shultis

Arlo Shultis is a Part-Time Lecturer in Percussion at the Baylor University School of Music. Recognized as an “excellent timpanist” by the Baltimore Sun, he has extensive orchestral experience and has collaborated with renowned conductors such as Leon Fleischer, Mitsuko Uchida, and Marin Alsop.

• Principal Timpanist at Marlboro Music Festival Orchestra (2014–2019)
• Principal Timpanist of Yale Philharmonia under Peter Oundjian
• Recorded Aaron Kernis’ music with Peabody Symphony Orchestra
• Collaborated with conductors like David Robertson and Hugh Wolf

As a chamber and solo performer, Shultis has played works like David Lang’s The Anvil Chorus and Xenakis’ Psappha. He was a member of the Yale Percussion Group and former Michigan Percussion Quartet, performing internationally at festivals such as the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival in South Africa.

He won the University of Michigan Symphony Band Concerto Competition (2014) with Michael Daugherty’s Raise the Roof, available on YouTube. His email contact is Arlo_Shultis@baylor.edu, and his office is located in McCrary Music Building 124.

• Scientific Achievement: Grammy-nominated recording (2014) for Darius Milhaud’s 'L’Orestie d’Eschyle'