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class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">Percussion<\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-fx\"><span class=\"avia-arrow-wrap\"><span class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class='sticky_placeholder'><\/div>\n<div id='av_section_2' aria-label='SOU Music Program Areas of Study Page - List of Areas of Study Section' class='avia-section av-19jkzjb-39aded3ccebfc08dc038460d8845e1f0 main_color avia-section-default avia-shadow  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_submenu  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-69799'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3pcg7b-cfbc72520fc64e8bc3207cdacfe6b2d9\">\n#top 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