PASIC 2009 Program - Percussive Arts Society

Program
club.PAS
You’re Invited! Join thousands of music fans this weekend
in downtown Indianapolis for some free late night music.
Lalo and Friends
Salsa Band
Thursday, November 12
Dick Sisto and
the End of Time
Quartet
Friday, November 13
Dick Sisto, vibraphone
Ed Soph, drums . Steve Allee, piano
Jeremy Allen, bass
Bisquera Brothers Band
Saturday, November 14
Curt Bisquera, drums . Rich Mangicaro, percussion
Albert Wing, saxophone . Jimmy Haslip, bass
James Harrah, guitar . Leon Bisquera, keyboard
Westin Hotel
Capitol Ballroom
Music and cash bar open at 10:00 p.m.
Pas President’s Welcome 4
Special Thanks 6
Area Map and Restaurant Guide 8
Convention Center Map 10
Exhibitors by Name 12
Exhibit Hall Map 13
Exhibitors by Category 14
Exhibitor Company Descriptions 18
Artist Sponsors 32
Wednesday, November 11 Schedule of Events 38
Thursday, November 12 Schedule of Events 40
Friday, November 13 Schedule of Events 44
Saturday, November 14 Schedule of Events 48
Artists and Clinicians Bios 52
History of the Percussive Arts Society 82
PAS 2009 Awards 86
PASIC 2009 Advertisers 88
PAS President’s Welcome
W
elcome
to Indianapolis
and our 34th
Percussive
Arts Society
International
Convention!
PASIC 2009
marks a return to the Circle City
where we held our convention in
1981. This is the end of a journey
we started five years ago, when
the Board of Directors voted to
begin the process of relocation. Today, we can celebrate this new era
in the long history of PAS.
We have worked hard to again
put together a fantastic lineup of
world-class performers, clinicians,
workshops, panel discussions,
performances, concerts, and a
“one of a kind” exhibit showcase of
percussion instruments, cymbals,
sticks, mallets, music, and much
more. I would like to sincerely
thank our percussion industry
members, for without their dedication, hard work, and financial support, we would not be where we
are today.
Rhythm! Discovery Center is our
new museum, and it is ready for
viewing! Rhythm! is the result of
years of hard work by many people
at PAS—especially Michael Kenyon, our Executive Director, whose
vision and steady hand guided
us throughout. The most exciting
aspect of our work was that the
exhibits were developed with the
help of PAS members and industry
partners. Rhythm! was created by
you! Only two blocks away from the
convention center and attached
through the skywalk system, do
take time to drop by and enjoy this
unique experience. We know you
won’t be disappointed.
This year, our PAS award recipients will be announced and
introduced at the beginning of the
evening concerts. I hope you will
be there Thursday to salute the
accomplishments of the recipients, and then on Friday to meet
our newest Hall of Fame recipient:
Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead.
If you’re attending the Hall of Fame
Celebration, you will meet Mickey
there as well. It should be fun!
PASIC couldn’t take place
without the tireless efforts of Jeff
Hartsough, PAS Director of Event
Production & Marketing, Patrice
Bey, PAS Program and Events
Manager, and Michael Kenyon and
the entire PAS staff. I would also
like to thank the Executive Committee for their hard work and boundless ideas and energy. Members
of the Board provide leadership
throughout the year and put in
valuable time for PAS at the show.
Please show your thanks when you
see these folks in the halls.
This annual gathering of students, teachers, artists, and industry is like no other. You can count
on seeing old friends and making
new ones. For our younger attendees or first-time guests, these four
days could be truly “life-changing.” PAS is about community, and
you are now a part of the most
unbelievable group of people in the
world. Make the most of these special four days at PASIC discovering
new techniques, new sounds, new
instruments, new music, and new
ways of thinking. Enjoy!
Steve Houghton
PAS President
percussive arts society
board of directors
executive committee
President Steve Houghton
President-elect Lisa Rogers
Vice President John R. Beck
Secretary Julia Gaines
Treasurer Steve Beck
Immediate Past President Gary Cook
Executive Director Michael Kenyon
DIRECTORS
Timothy K. Adams . Keith Aleo
Anders åstrand . Michael Balter
George Barrett . Ruth Cahn . Julie Davila
Vic Firth . Lynn Glassock . Neil Grover
Fernando Hashimoto . Julie Hill . Bret Kuhn
Frederic Macarez . William Moersch
Daniel Moore . John W. Parks IV
Emil Richards . David Samuels
Alison Shaw . John Tafoya . Brian Zator
Andy Zildjian
COUNCIL OF Past Presidents
Rich Holly (2005–2006)
Mark Ford (2003–2004)
James Campbell (2001–2002)
Robert Breithaupt (1999–2000)
Genaro Gonzalez (1997–98)
Garwood Whaley (1993–96)
Robert Schietroma (1991–92)
John Beck (1987–90)
Thomas Siwe (1984–86)
Larry Vanlandingham (1982–1984) deceased
James Petercsak (1978–81)
Gary Olmstead (1973–77)
Sandy Feldstein (1968–1972) deceased
Gordon Peters (1964–67)
Donald Canedy (1961–63)
percussive arts society staff
Executive Director Michael Kenyon
Director of Event Production
& Marketing Jeff Hartsough
Marketing and Communications Director
Jon Feustel
Museum Curator/Librarian Otice Sircy
Membership Development Manager Jim Gratner
Program and Events Manager Patrice Bey
Web Manager Marianella Moreno
Administrative Coordinator Toni McNalley
Membership Services Coordinator Lynna Mills
Publications Editor Rick Mattingly
Graphic Designer Hillary Henry
Support Services Nick Fielder
Intern Erin Fortune
PAS HISTORIANS
Lisa Rogers and James Strain
Special Thanks
Dr. Gregory Beyer
Focus Day
Erin Fortune
PAS Intern
Ryan Lassiter
Logistics Manager
Josh Fallin
Nick Fielder
Eric Geier
Kristen Klehr
Mike Mosteller
Logistics Team Leaders
Rob Birenbaum
Ray Fransen
Drumset Logistics
Nathan Shireman
Hughies Audio/Visual
Lisa Rogers
PASIC Program
Terry Walburn
Ellen Ousley
Cory Cisler
Excel Decorators, Inc.
Susan Dickey
Rita Milandri
Nicole Perry
Indianapolis Convention &
Visitors Association
Donna Hill
David Moss
Indiana Convention Center
Jayne Boyd
Rebecca Moore
Westin Hotel
donations
to the 2009 logistics
incentives program
Alfred Music Company, Inc.
(6) Alfred Publishing Messenger or Beach
Bags with $50.00 gift certificate enclosed
which can be redeemed either on-site or
through Customer Service at [email protected]
Avedis Zildjian Company
18” A Custom Crash Cymbal (A20516)
20” K Ride Cymbal (K0817)
14” K Custom Hi Hats Session (K0993)
best sole
1 pair of massaging insoles
DREAM Cymbals and Gongs
Deluxe Cymbal Bag
Drummer from Another Mother
T-Shirts
Drum Tuition Network
1 copy of Drumsense Vol.1 Teaching Book
Media Press, Inc.
$50 gift certificate for anything on our
website
Pan USA 3 sets of Steeldrum mallets customized to
your specifications
Pearl Corporation
TBD
Pro-Mark Corporation A gift certificate worth $200 Retail Value
worth of Pro-Mark products.
Remo, Inc.
(1) 14” Paulo Mattioli Djembe, plus Djembe
Bag (Retail Value $500)
Sabian Ltd.
(1) 18” HHX Suspended - Just touching this
sensitive model creates a warm, dark musical spread, with a tonal range that
extends upward as volume increases
Equilibrium
Slapstik®
10 Equilibrium CDs
1
Dozen Slapstiks
Equilibrium #1 Power Woodblock
Equilibrium #3 Piccolo Muksho Sound-Style
Smith Publications Woodblock
(2) $75 Gift Certificates—Good for 1 Year Equilibrium #3 Synthetic Piccolo Woodblock
(Retail Value at Smith Publications)
Evans Drumheads Stern Tanning Co, Inc. (5) Tom Packs
A Drumhead
Generation Custom Drums
Sticks ‘n’ Skins Cajon Drum
Donation of 1 Book
Innovative Percussion, Inc.
Superdrum Innovative Percussion FP3 College Primer
1 Superdrum
pack (consisting of 1 MB-1, 2 IP240, 2 RS251, 1 IP902, I GT-3, IP-JC)
JC’s Drummin’ Music Center
(1) I’d Rather Be Drumming (T-shirt)
1) Drummers Rule! (T-shirt)
Area Map and Restaurant Guide
Convention Center Map
Convention Center Level I
Wabash
room
Room 120
◆
▲
●
Room 109
Room 105
closing drum
circle
■
international drum &
percussion expo
exhibit HALL D
exhibit HALL F
marching
festival
◗
◆ pasic registration
Wednesday 7:30 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Thursday–Friday 7:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Saturday 7:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Drumset
Clinics
ballroom
500
■ PASIC LISTENING ROOM (ROOM 112)
Thursday–Saturday 8:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
▲ pas gift shop
Thursday–Saturday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
● pasic show office
Wednesday 8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Thursday–Saturday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. ◗ logistics (room 116)
Convention Center Level 2
skywalk to
Marriott
skywalk to
westin
skywalk to
hyatt
Sagamore room
room room
201
204
room
208
10
room
205
Westin Hotel Map (Committee Meetings)
Westin first floor
Westin second floor
capitol
ballroom
chamber
caucus
cabinet
Grand Grand
3
2
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Exhibitors by Name
Alesis, LLC........................................................... 1046
Alfonce Production............................................ 1208
Alfred Music Company, Inc................................ 105
Alternate Mode, Inc............................................ 241
Auralex Acoustics, Inc...................................... 1241
Avedis Zildjian Company..........................700 / 943 /
Literature Bin
Bachovich Music Publications.......................... 236
Beall Percussion Specialties............................. 234
Benko Enterpises ................................................ 226
Bergerault USA Division /
Peripole-Bergerault . ...................................... 324
Berklee College of Music................................... 229
Best Soles........................................................... 1250
Black Swamp Percussion ................................. 843
C. Alan Publications............................................ 131
Cappello Music Company, Inc........................... 748
Chops Percussion................................................ 944
Coe Percussion.................................................... 207
Colla Voce Music, Inc......................................... 235
Columbus Percussion................................ 941 / 842
Cooperman Company.......................................... 641
DREAM Cymbals and Gongs............................ 1042
DownBeat Magazine.........................Literature Bin
drop6 media, Inc.................................................. 209
Drum! Magazine /
Enter Music Publishing.....................Literature Bin
Drum Corps International................................... 320
Drum Craft ............................................................ 530
Drummer from Another Mother......................... 847
Drummers Collective . ........................................ 746
Drumsense.......................................................... 1228
Dynasty/DEG Music........................................... 1020
Edition Svitzer....................................................... 227
Encore Mallets, Inc............................................. 137
Equilibrium............................................................ 219
Evans Drumheads ............................................... 720
Fall Creek Marimbas........................................... 225
Fork’s Drum Closet ............................................ 1045
Gator Cases, Inc................................................... 221
Generation Custom Drums .............................. 1234
General Washington Drum Shop..................... 1236
Global Percussion Trio........................................ 224
Grover Pro Percussion . ..................................... 643
Guitar Center, Inc. ............................................... 620
Hal Leonard Corporation ................................... 200
HoneyRock Publishing........................................ 240
Hudson Music...................................................... 200
Humes & Berg Mfg. Co., Inc............................ 1043
Ibrahim Diril Cymbals USA, LLC....................... 1142
Innovative Percussion, Inc................................. 201
Interlochen Center for the Arts....................... 1244
Japan Percussion Center
(Komaki Music, Inc) . ...................................... 742
JC’s Drummin’ Music Center .......................... 1242
Koenig, Inc. /King Kong Kases......................... 1252
Korg USA............................................................. 1146
Kori Percussion ................................................... 101
Kyle Dunleavey Steel Drums.............................. 744
Legacy Percussion Gear.................................... 844
Lone Star Percussion.......................................... 640
Ludwig/Musser Percussion............................. 1030
M. B. Mallets, Inc............................................... 1202
Majestic Percussion .......................................... 630
Malletech LLC/
Marimba Productions, Inc.................... 115 / 216
MalletJack.......................................................... 1230
Mapex USA, Inc................................................... 630
Marimba One........................................................ 300
Matt Nolan Custom.............................................. 648
Media Press, Inc.................................................. 237
Meinl USA L.C. . ................................................. 1130
Meredith Music Publications ........................... 200
Mike Balter Mallets, LLC.................................... 920
Modern Drummer Publications....................... 129 /
Literature Bin
Music for All, Inc. . ..............................................322
MusicTime, Inc..................................................... 208
OnBoard Research Corporation........................ 741
Paiste America .................................................... 820
Pan Press, Inc...................................................... 239
Pan USA ............................................................. 1204
Pearl Corporation . ............................................ 1140
Percussion Source ................................ 1141 / 1143
Peterson Electro Musical Products, Inc........ 1240
POWER Wrist Builders . ..................................... 848
ProLogix Percussion........................................... 849
Pro-Mark Corporation . .................................... 1040
Randall May International . ............................... 841
Regal Tip/Calato................................................. 1041
Remo, Inc. ............................................................ 900
Roland Corporation U.S...................................... 740
Roll Productions S.L. ........................................ 1206
Row-Loff Productions ........................................ 215
Sabian Ltd. ..............................1100 / Literature Bin
Saied Music Company—Digimet.................... 1238
Sam Ash Music.................................................... 647
Samson Technologies ........................................ 332
Singing Steel, LLC.............................................. 1212
Slapstik................................................................ 1246
SmartMusic and Finale....................................... 314
Smith Publications . .......................................... 1200
Stern Tanning Co., Inc......................................... 224
Steve Weiss Music . ........................................... 743
Sticks ‘n’ Skins..................................................... 846
Superdrum.......................................................... 1248
Swan Percussion................................................. 942
Tapspace Publications . ..................................... 338
The Virginia Arts Festival.................................. 1210
Tycoon Percussion ............................................. 520
U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps.... 1232
Vater Percussion, Inc.......................................... 642
Vic Firth. Inc.......................................................... 730
VocalBooth.com, Inc......................................... 1241
Wernick Musical Instruments .......................... 233
WGI Sport of the Arts . ....................................... 318
Woodwind and Brasswind............................... 1120
Yamaha Corporation of America ....600 / 117 / 228
PASIC 2010
Artist Applications
Now Available
The Percussive Arts Society is
currently accepting online
artist applications for PASIC 2010.
The process takes approximately
twenty minutes and is a requirement for any group or individual
who wishes to be considered.
Applications will be accepted
through December 15, 2009.
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Exhibit Hall Map
Hours
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Thursday–Saturday
13
Exhibitors by Category
Accessories
Beall Percussion Specialties.................................. 234
Cappello Music Co. Inc............................................ 748
Dynasty (DEG Music Products, Inc).................... 1020
Equilibrium................................................................. 219
Evans Manufacturing............................................... 720
Gator Cases............................................................... 221
General Washington Drum Shop.......................... 1236
Humes & Berg Mfg Company, Inc........................ 1043
Koenig, Inc. /King Kong Kases......................... 1252
Ludwig/Musser....................................................... 1030
Mike Balter Mallets.................................................. 920
On Board Research Corporation............................ 741
Pearl Corporation.................................................... 1140
Percussion Source......................................1141 / 1143
Peterson Electro-Musical Products Inc............. 1240
Tycoon Percussion................................................... 520
Regal Tip / Calato.................................................... 1041
Sam Ash Music Stores............................................ 647
Vic Firth, Inc............................................................... 730
Wernick Musical Instruments................................ 233
Yamaha Corporation of America..........600 / 117 / 228
Audio & Video Publishers
Alfred Publishing Company Inc.............................. 105
Bachovich Music Publications LLC....................... 236
Dynasty (DEG Music Products, Inc.)................... 1020
Equilibrium................................................................. 219
Global Percussion Trio............................................. 224
Hudson Music........................................................... 200
Musictime Inc............................................................ 208
Percussion Source......................................1141 / 1143
Tapspace Publications............................................. 338
Band & Orchestral Percussion
Avedis Zildjian Company.................................700 / 943
Beall Percussion Specialties.................................. 234
Black Swamp Percussion LLC................................ 843
Cooperman................................................................. 641
Dynasty (DEG Music Products Inc)..................... 1020
Equilibrium................................................................. 219
Evans Drumheads .................................................... 720
Gator Cases............................................................... 221
Grover Pro Percussion Inc...................................... 643
Majestic Concert Percussion................................. 630
Malletech/Marimba Productions..................115 / 216
Pearl Corporation.................................................... 1140
Peterson Electro-Musical Products, Inc............ 1240
Randall May International, Inc............................... 841
Sabian, Ltd .............................................................. 1100
Wernick Musical Instruments................................ 233
Yamaha Corporation of America..........600 / 117 / 228
Cases
Dynasty (DEG Music Products, Inc.)................... 1020
Equilibrium................................................................. 219
Gator Cases............................................................... 221
Humes & Berg Mfg Company, Inc........................ 1043
Koenig, Inc. /King Kong Kases......................... 1252
Matt Nolan Custom................................................... 648
Mike Balter Mallets.................................................. 920
Pan USA................................................................... 1204
Pearl Corporation.................................................... 1140
Yamaha Corporation of America..........600 / 117 / 228
Custom Drums
Black Swamp Percussion LLC................................ 843
Cooperman................................................................. 641
Dynasty (DEG Music Products, Inc.)................... 1020
General Washington Drum Shop.......................... 1236
Generation Custom Drums.................................... 1234
Koenig, Inc. /King Kong Kases......................... 1252
Ludwig/Musser....................................................... 1030
Pearl Corporation.................................................... 1140
Percussion Source......................................1141 / 1143
Prologix Percussion................................................. 849
Superdrum............................................................... 1248
Yamaha Corporation of America..........600 / 117 / 228
Cymbals and gongs
Alesis LLC................................................................. 1046
Avedis Zildjian Company.................. 700 / 943 / Lit Bin
Beall Percussion Specialties.................................. 234
Dream Cymbals and Gongs..............................1042-44
Ibrahim Diril Cymbals USA, LLC.......................1142-44
Matt Nolan Custom................................................... 648
Meinl USA LC........................................................... 1130
Paiste America, Inc.................................................. 820
Tycoon Percussion................................................... 520
Sabian, Ltd.................................................1100 / Lit Bin
Yamaha Corporation of America..........600 / 117 / 228
Drum Heads
Evans Drumheads .................................................... 720
Ludwig/Musser....................................................... 1030
Pearl Corporation.................................................... 1140
Percussion Source......................................1141 / 1143
Remo, Inc................................................................... 900
Sam Ash Music Stores............................................ 647
Stern Tanning Co., Inc.............................................. 224
Yamaha Corporation of America..........600 / 117 / 228
Drum Pads
Alesis LLC................................................................. 1046
Dynasty (DEG Music Products, Inc.)................... 1020
Prologix Percussion................................................. 849
Vater Percussion, Inc............................................... 642
Yamaha Corporation of America..........600 / 117 / 228
Drumsets
Cappello Music Co., Inc........................................... 748
Drum Craft.................................................................. 530
Generation Custom Drums.................................... 1234
Ludwig/Musser....................................................... 1030
Mapex USA................................................................ 630
Pearl Corporation.................................................... 1140
Remo, Inc. ................................................................. 900
Yamaha Corporation of America..........600 / 117 / 228
Electronic Percussion
Alesis LLC................................................................. 1046
Alternate Mode, Inc. ............................................... 241
Cappello Music Co. Inc............................................ 748
Roland Corporation US ........................................... 740
Sam Ash Music Stores ........................................... 647
Wernick Musical Instruments................................ 233
Yamaha Corporation of America..........600 / 117 / 228
Hardware
Beall Percussion Specialties.................................. 234
Drum Craft.................................................................. 530
Dynasty (DEG Music Products, Inc.)................... 1020
Equilibrium................................................................. 219
Gator Cases............................................................... 221
Koenig, Inc. /King Kong Kases......................... 1252
Legacy Percussion Gear......................................... 844
MalletJack............................................................... 1230
Mapex USA................................................................ 630
Tycoon Percussion................................................... 520
Randall May International, Inc............................... 841
Yamaha Corporation of America..........600 / 117 / 228
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Keyboard Percussion
Alesis LLC................................................................. 1046
Bergerault-USA Division PeripoleBergerault Inc....................................................... 324
Coe Percussion......................................................... 207
Kori Percussion......................................................... 101
Dynasty (DEG Music Products Inc)..................... 1020
Equilibrium................................................................. 219
Fall Creek Marimbas................................................ 225
Ludwig/Musser....................................................... 1030
Majestic Concert Percussion................................. 630
Malletech/Marimba Productions..................115 / 216
Marimba One............................................................. 300
Pearl Corporation.................................................... 1140
Percussion Source......................................1141 / 1143
Wernick Musical Instruments................................ 233
Yamaha Corporation of America..........600 / 117 / 228
literature bins
Avedis Zildjian Company
DownBeat Magazine
Drum! Magazine / Enter Music Publishing
Modern Drummer Publications
Sabian, Ltd.
Marching Percussion
Cooperman................................................................. 641
Dynasty (DEG Music Products, Inc.)................... 1020
Evans Drumheads .................................................... 720
Ludwig/Musser....................................................... 1030
Majestic Concert Percussion................................. 630
Mapex USA................................................................ 630
Pearl Corporation.................................................... 1140
Randall May International, Inc............................... 841
Wernick Musical Instruments................................ 233
Yamaha Corporation of America..........600 / 117 / 228
Microphones/Sound Equipment
Dynasty (DEG Music Products Inc)..................... 1020
Randall May International Inc................................ 841
Samson Technologies.............................................. 332
Yamaha Corporation of America........600 / 117 / 228
Music Notation Software
Hal Leonard Corporation......................................... 200
Smartmusic & Finale................................................ 314
Tapspace Publications............................................. 338
Other
Auralex Acoustics.................................................. 1241
Acoustical Treatment
Benko Enterprises.................................................... 226
Hearing Protection
Best Soles................................................................ 1250
Massaging Insoles
Drummer From Another Mother............................. 847
T-Shirts
Neil Peart: Anatomy Of A Drumset Exhibit......... 1254
Exhibit
Vocalbooth.Com...................................................... 1241
Rehearsal and Recording Booths
Percussion Repair, Tuning & Rental
Fall Creek Marimbas................................................ 225
Kyle Dunleavy Steel Drums..................................... 744
Lone Star Percussion............................................... 640
Pan USA................................................................... 1204
Peterson Electro-Musical Products Inc............. 1240
Percussion Retail
Chops Percussion..................................................... 944
Columbus Percussion.....................................941 / 842
Fork’s Drum Closet.................................................. 1045
Guitar Center............................................................. 620
Japan Percussion Center (Komaki Music, Inc.) 742
JC’s Drummin Music Center.................................. 1242
Korg USA.................................................................. 1146
Lone Star Percussion............................................... 640
Saied Music Company - Digimet.......................... 1238
Steve Weiss Music................................................... 743
Woodwind and Brasswind.................................... 1120
Print Publishers
Alfonce Production................................................. 1208
Alfred Publishing Company Inc.............................. 105
Bachovich Music Publications LLC....................... 236
C. Alan Publications................................................. 131
Colla Voce Music, Inc.............................................. 235
Drop6 Media, Inc. .................................................... 209
Dynasty (DEG Music Products, Inc.)................... 1020
Edition Svitzer............................................................ 227
Equilibrium................................................................. 219
General Washington Drum Shop.......................... 1236
Hal Leonard Corporation......................................... 200
HoneyRock Publishing............................................. 240
Innovative Percussion............................................. 201
Malletech/Marimba Productions..................115 / 216
Media Press, Inc....................................................... 237
Meredith Music Publications................................. 200
Modern Drummer Publications.............................. 129
Musictime, Inc. . ....................................................... 208
Pan Press, Inc. ......................................................... 239
Pan USA................................................................... 1204
Percussion Source......................................1141 / 1143
Roll Productions...................................................... 1206
Row-Loff Productions.............................................. 215
Singing Steel L.L.C.................................................. 1212
Smith Publications.................................................. 1200
Steve Weiss Music................................................... 743
Sticks N Skins............................................................ 846
Tapspace Publications............................................. 338
Schools, Organizations, & Festivals
Berklee College of Music........................................ 229
Drum Corps International........................................ 320
Drummers Collective Inc......................................... 746
Drumsense............................................................... 1228
Interlochen Center for the Arts............................ 1244
Music for All, Inc. . ................................................... 322
Pan USA................................................................... 1204
U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps......... 1232
Virginia Arts Festival............................................... 1210
Winter Guard International..................................... 318
Steel Drums
Kyle Dunleavy Steel Drums..................................... 744
Pan USA................................................................... 1204
Sticks & Mallets
Avedis Zildjian Company.................................700 / 943
Beall Percussion Specialties.................................. 234
Black Swamp Percussion LLC................................ 843
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Cooperman................................................................. 641
Encore Mallets.......................................................... 137
Equilibrium................................................................. 219
Grover Pro Percussion, Inc..................................... 643
Innovative Percussion............................................. 201
Ludwig/Musser....................................................... 1030
Malletech/Marimba Productions..................115 / 216
Marimba One............................................................. 300
Matt Nolan Custom................................................... 648
MB Mallets.............................................................. 1202
Mike Balter Mallets.................................................. 920
Pan USA................................................................... 1204
Percussion Source......................................1141 / 1143
Power Wrist Builders............................................... 848
Pro-Mark Corporation............................................ 1040
Sam Ash Music Stores............................................ 647
Slapstik..................................................................... 1246
Vater Percussion Inc................................................ 642
Vic Firth, Inc............................................................... 730
Yamaha Corporation of America..........600 / 117 / 228
Vintage Drums & Percussion
General Washington Drum Shop.......................... 1236
World Percussion
Beall Percussion Specialties.................................. 234
Bergerault-USA Division /
Peripole- Bergerault Inc. . .................................. 324
Evans Drumheads .................................................... 720
Generation Custom Drums.................................... 1234
Meinl USA LC........................................................... 1130
Pan USA................................................................... 1204
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Pearl Corporation.................................................... 1140
Tycoon Percussion................................................... 520
Regal Tip / Calato.................................................... 1041
Remo, Inc. ................................................................. 900
Swan Percussion...................................................... 942
PASIC 2010 Focus Day Proposal – The Ecology of Percussion
The PAS New Music/Research Committee is pleased to announce a call for proposals for presentation/performance
at the 2010 PASIC Focus Day, Wednesday November 10, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The theme for the day is “The Ecology of Percussion.” The relationship between a work’s compositional aesthetic
and its situation within a natural, urban, or cultural environment has provided both the inspiration and the resource
for so many composers. Be it the chatter of birds painstakingly noted and found in Messaien’s “Oiseaux Exotiques,”
or the sounds of clashing parades in Charles Ives “Three Places in New England,” works founded on a connection to
their ecological surroundings have proven to be some of the most groundbreaking and forward-thinking compositions.
In the world of percussion-based music, well-known composers have also sought to infuse elements of ecology into
their compositional approach. Edgard Varèse’s seminal work “Ionisation” is one of the earliest and best examples
of a piece that is representative of urban ecology while John Luther Adams’ “Strange and Sacred Noise” is more
representative of natural ecology. Other composers of ecology-based works with percussion include John Cage,
Matthew Burtner, Toru Takemitsu, Toshi Ichyanagi, Stuart Saunders Smith, and George Crumb.
The 2010 Focus Day seeks to present the best of ecology-driven works for percussion. While all pieces that express
ecological sentiments are considered suitable for submission, the committee is specifically interested in works that
derive their strength from dynamic internal forces that connect them intimately to their immediate surroundings, be
they natural, urban, cultural or otherwise. As always, the committee is interested in the participation of both emerging and established composers, scholars, and artists.
All proposals that qualify for inclusion on the 2010 PASIC Focus Day will be given complete and careful consideration. Please note: expenses and the securing of instruments and funding sources will be the sole responsibility of
the artist(s). This includes the logistical and financial considerations involved with additional performers. Please
prepare and submit your proposal with this consideration.
Submit proposals online
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Exhibitors
Avedis Zildjian Company Booths 700 / 943
22 Longwater Drive Literature Bin
Norwell, MA 02061
Phone: 781-871-2200 Fax: 781-871-3984
Web: www.zildjian.com
Alesis, LLC Booth 1046 A complete range of cymbals­—plus drumsticks, accessories,
and educational literature.
200 Scenic View Drive
Cumberland, RI 02864
Bachovich Music Publications Booth 236
Phone: 401-658-5760 Fax: 401-658-3640
1151 Bethel Road, #304
E-mail: [email protected]
Columbus, OH 43220
Web: www.alesis.com
Phone: 614-563-0707 Fax: 614-457-6628
Alesis electronic percussion gear.
E-mail: [email protected]
Alfonce Production Booth 1208 Web: www.bachovich.com
BMP connects you to the creativity of the world’s top percus1 Rue Gilbert Norel
sionists and composers! Our literature includes orchestral,
Clermont-Ferrand 63000
ensemble, recital, chamber, and solo works.
France
Phone: 33 4 73 142880 Fax: 33 4 73 917756
Beall Percussion SpecialtiesBooth 234
E-mail: [email protected]
1151 Bethel Road, #304
Web: www.alfonce-production.com
Columbus, OH 43220
French publisher for percussion music including solos,
Phone: 646-234-0506 Fax: 614-457-6628
ensemble, chamber, concerto.
E-mail: [email protected]
Alfred Music Company, Inc. Booth 105 Web: www.beallpercussion.com
BPS is the industry source of original and rare domestic/imP.O. Box 10003
ported
percussion instruments and accessories. BPS moves
Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003
percussion in new directions…join us!
Phone: 818-891-5999 Fax: 818-830-6252
E-mail: [email protected]
Benko Enterprises Booth 226
Web: www.alfred.com
P.O. Box 72475
The world’s music education products leader since 1922, proRoselle, Illinois 60172
ducing educational, reference and performance publications
for teachers, students and performers, spanning every musical Phone: 930-529-4289 Fax: 630-529-4218
E-mail: [email protected]
instrument and style.
Web: www.1419.bigearinc.com
Alternate Mode, Inc. Booth 241 Makers of custom fit hearing protection ear plugs and custom
fit ear phones for noise reduction and maintain hearing quality
53 1st Avenue
for recreational and professional applications.
Chicapee, MA 01020
Phone: 413-594-5190 Fax: 413-592-7987
Bergerault USA Division /Booth 324
E-mail: [email protected]
Peripole- Bergerault
Web: www.AlternateMode.com
P.O. Box 192909
The complete line of KAT midi mallet and percussion controlSalem, OR 97309
lers.
Phone: 503-362-2560 Fax: 503-362-3231
Auralex Acoustics, Inc. Booth 1241 E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.BergeraultUSA.com
6853 Hillsdale Court
Manufacturers and sole source vendor of Bergerault profesIndianapolis, IN 46250
sional mallet keyboard percussion instruments, Peripole
Phone: 317-842-2600 Fax: 317-842-2760
Sienta Series World Drums for group percussion and Peripole
E-mail: [email protected]
Percussion by Toca.
Web: www.auralex.com
Auralex Acoustics was founded in 1977 with a mission to
provide top-performing acoustical treatment products at the
best value. Auralex Acoustics has become the industry leader
in innovative sound control solutions and its products enjoy
widespread use among prominent artist, producers, engineers,
corporations, celebrities and government agencies.
Berklee College of Music Booth 229
1140 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: 617-747-2221 Fax: 617-747-2047
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.berklee.edu
More than a college, Berklee has become the world’s singular
leaning lab for the music of today—and tomorrow. We are
pioneering, open, professional, and passionate.
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Best Soles Booth 1250
1205 West Weber Drive
Muncie, IN 47303
Phone: 765-741-9667
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.massaginginsoles.com
The world’s best massaging insole helps relieve pain from
feet, knees, hips, lower back and fights fatigue. Fits in all
shoes and sizes for both men and women.
Black Swamp Percussion Booth 843
11114 James Street
Zeeland, MI 49464
Phone: 616-879-0066 Fax: 616-879-0068
E-mail: [email protected]
www.blackswamp.com
Manufacturer of professional level concert percussion instruments including snare drums, tambourines, timpani mallets,
castanets, temple blocks, log drums and more.
C. Alan Publications Booth 131
P.O. Box 29323
Greensboro, NC 27429
Phone: 336-272-3920 Fax: 336-272-3988
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.c-alanpublications.com
Publisher.
Cappello Music Company, Inc. Booth 748
96 Rowley Road
Woodbury, CT 06798
Phone: 203-263-6329 Fax: 203-263-6329
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.trapsdums.com
Web: www.bassdrumlift.com
North American Distributor of Traps Drums, Traps Power Pads
www.trapsdrums.com and The Dixson Bass Drum Lift www.
dixsonBassdrumlift.com.
Chops Percussion Booth 944
5282 E. 65th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46220
Phone: 877-900-3786 Fax: 317-570-4011
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.chopspercussion.com
Chops Percussion is an educational percussion retailer run by
educators. We specialize in providing products, information,
and support to all types of percussionists.
Coe Percussion Booth 207
682 McDonnell Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32310
Phone: 850-228-6960
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.coepercussion.com
Custom built marimbas and xylophones.
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Colla Voce Music, Inc. Booth 235
4600 Sunset Avenue, #83
Indianapolis, IN 46208
Phone: 317-466-0624 Fax: 317-466-0638
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.collavoce.com
DownBeat Magazine
Literature Bin
102 N. Haven Road
Elmhurst, IL 60126
Phone: 630-941-2030 Fax: 630-941-3210
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.downbeat.com
Publisher—Music for Percussion.
DownBeat celebrates its 75th anniversary as the bible of jazz,
blues and beyond, delivering the best in improvised music
today and great historical perspectives on everyone from
Armstrong to Zappa.
Columbus Percussion Booths 941 / 842
5052 North High School
Columbus, OH 43214
Phone: 800-775-7372 Fax: 814-885-4761
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.columbuspercussion.com
Pro shop carrying all major brands of combo, concert, marching, world, and electronic percussion. Also offering custom
work, repairs, and lessons. Cooperman Company Booth 641
1007 Route 121
Bellows Falls, VT 05101
Phone: 802-463-9750 Fax: 802-463-4123
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.cooperman.com
Hand crafted drums ands sticks; rope tension snare and
bass, frame drums, jingled drums, bodhrans, persimmon and
rosewood weight and sound matched sticks, parts, repairs.
DRUM! Magazine is the publication for drummers presenting
a streetwise mix of artist interviews, gear tips, recording info
and lessons for drummers and hand percussionists.
DREAM Cymbals and Gongs Booth 1042
616R Street Clarens Avenue
Toronto Ontario M6H 3W9
Canada
Phone: 877-933-7629 Fax: 416-516-6317
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.dreamcymbals.com
Drum Corps International Booth 320
110 W. Washington Street
Suite C
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 317-275-1222
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.dci.org
Every one of our cymbals and gongs are hand-forged with
ancient traditions of mixing fire and hammering bronze with
craftsmanship to create a unique work of art, as individual
and unique as your playing.
Drum Corps International is a world leader in producing and
sanctioning competitive marching music and related stadium
events for the world’s most elite and exclusive marching
music ensembles for students.
drop6 media, Inc. Booth 209
P.O. Box 81
Denton, TX 76202
Phone: 877-773-7676 Fax: 413-638-7564
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.drop6.com
Percussion ensemble publications, compositions, classical,
artists, marching and steel band ensembles, instructional
texts and solos.
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Drum! Magazine / Literature Bin
Enter Publishing Inc.
95 South Market Street #430
San Jose, CA 95113
Phone: 408-971-9794 Fax: 408-971-0382
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.drummagazine.com
Drum Craft Booth Booth 530
Werkstrasse 1
Adorf
D-08626
Germany
49 (0) 3 74 23 / 5760 49 (0) 3 74 23 / 5769580
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.drumcraft.com
German Engineered drums combining German design with
environmentally friendly manufacturing.
Drummer from Another Mother Booth 847
P.O. Box 230
St. Joseph, MI 49085
Web: www.drummerfromanothermother.com
Drummers Collective Booth 746
541 Avenue of Americas
4th Floor
New York, NY10011
Phone: 212-741-0091 x107
Fax: 212-604-0760
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.drummerscollective.com
Founded in 1977, The Drummers Collective is an Accredited
Institution for drum-set players and percussionists of all levels. Programs of study range from weekly or bi-weekly private
lessons to 2 year comprehensive full-time study programs.
Drumsense Drum Tuition Network Booth 1228
68-70 London Road
Croydon Surrey CR0 2TB
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0)20 8288 0863
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.drumsense.com
Encore Mallets, Inc. Booth 137
437 Southfork Drive
Suite 100
Lewisville, TX 75057
Phone: 972-436-6963 Fax: 972-436-6963
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.encoremallets.com
Nancy Zeltsman Series, Nanae Mimura Series, Nanae Takada
concerto mallets, Bryan Carrott vibe mallets, Doug Walter
vibe mallets, Nick Petrella xylophone and suspended cymbal
mallets, Allen Joanis marching sticks and mallets, gong mallets, marching beaters and Los Cabos drumsticks.
Evans Drumheads Booth 720
595 Smith Street
Farmingdale, NY 11735
Phone: 631-439-3300 Fax: 631-439-3333
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.evansdrumheads.com Drumheads for
drumset, Afro-Cuban, marching, and orchestral instruments.
Percussion accessories including ReelFeel Practice Pads,
Sound-Off Drum Silencers, drum keys and sound control
devices. Puresound snare wire series and accessories.
Fall Creek Marimbas Booth 225
P.O. Box 306
Equilibrium Booth 219 235 Gorham Street
P.O. Box 305
Canandaigua, NY 14424
Dexter, MI 48130
Phone: 585-394-8280 Fax: 585-394-8284
Phone: 734-426-5814
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.marimbas.com
Web: www.equilibri.com
Maker of the K-Series and RT-Series Glockenspiels and the
Brass Chimes, Wood & Synthetic Blocks with NEW 3-Way
Adjustable Racks, Brass Mallets; NEW Wooden Xylophone
Mallets, Log Drums, Symphonic Cymbal Cart, NEW ATA Road
Cases, Musical Saws, CDs & Music.
Fall Creek/vanderPlas-Baileo Round Top Parsifal Bells.
Fork’s Drum Closet Booth 1045
2701 12th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37204
Phone: 615-383-8343 Fax: 615-269-0245
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.forksdrumcloset.com
Full line drum shop offering repairs and lessons. Fork’s Drum
Closet has been in business for 27 years.
Drumsense is a drum tuition program based on books and
play-along material by contemporary players and teachers
across the globe.
Dynasty/DEG Music Booth 1020
P.O. Box 968
Lake Geneva, WI 53147
Phone: 262-248-8314; 800-558-9416
Fax: 262-248-7953
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.dynastyband.com
Marching, concert percussion including timpani, keyboards,
practice pads, accessories, amplified speakers, sub woofers,
microphones and mixers.
Edition Svitzer Booth 227
Andreas Bjorns Gade, 2th.
1428 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Phone: 45 25 79 73 71
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.editionsvitzer.com
Edition Svitzer is an innovative music publisher. It is our
wish that the high quality of our sheet music will nurture the
relationship between musician and musical work, and provide
years of continued pleasure.
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Gator Cases, Inc. Booth 221
18922 North Dale Mabry Hwy
Lutz, FL 33548
Phone: 813-221-4191 Fax: 813-221-4181
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.gatorcases.com
Web: www.xispec.com
General Washington Drum ShopBooth 1236
203 N. Fairfax Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-836-7287
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.ropedrum.com
Reproduction period rope-tension drums—accessories &
music pertaining to historic drumming.
Hal Leonard Corporation Booth 200
7777 West Bluemound Road
Milwaukee, WI 53213
Phone: 414-774-3630 Fax: 414-774-3259
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.halleonard.com
Publisher of printed music, including songbooks, instructional
materials, performance works, video and DVD’s.
HoneyRock Publishing Booth 240
396 Raystown Road
Everett, PA 15537
Phone: 814-652-9184 Fax: 814-652-6886
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.honeyrock.net
Percussion Performance Literature, Books & Recordings.
Generation Custom Drums Booth 1234
3628 N. Westnedge Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI 49004
Phone: 269-267-3061
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.generationcustomdrums.com
Hudson Music Booth 200
P.O. Box 270
Briarcliff, NY 10510
Phone: 914-762-5663 Fax: 914-945-0910
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.hudsonmusic.com
Generation Custom Drums builds the highest quality solid
stave drum sets, snares, dununs, and cajons with emphasis
on unique esthetics and creative musical expression.
Publisher.
Global Percussion Trio Booth 224
1932 Mountain Avenue
Parkville, MD 21234
Phone: 410-668-4595 Fax: 410-668-4576
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.globalpercussiontrio.com
Global Percussion Trio is a multi-cultural diverse group with
12 years experience in educational outreach programs, workshops, clinics and residences through world percussion.
Grover Pro Percussion Booth 643
22 Prospect Street
Unit 7
Woburn, MA 01801
Phone: 781-935-6200 Fax: 781-935-5522
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.groverpro.com
World renown tambourines, triangles, snare drums, wood
blocks, snares, timpani mallets, chime mallets, keyboard
mallets, and accessories.
Guitar Center, Inc. Booth 620
5795 Lindero Canyon
Westlake Village, CA 91362
Phone: 818-735-8888 Fax: 818-735-8811
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.guitarcenter.com
Drums, percussion, accessories, electronic percussion and
world percussion from top manufacturers.
Humes & Berg Mfg. Co., Inc. Booth 1043
4801 Railroad Avenue
East Chicago, IL 46312
Phone: 219-397-1980 Fax: 219-391-5890
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.humesandberg.com
Percussion Cases—Bags & Accessories.
Ibrahim Diril Cymbals Booth 1142
204 Rigg Avenue
P.O. Box 3535
Wise, VA 24293
Phone: 276-328-3282 Fax: 276-328-2885
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.dirilcymbalsusa.com
Innovative Percussion, Inc. Booth 201
470 Metroplex Drive
Suite 214
Nashville, TN 37211
Phone: 615-333-9388 Fax: 615-333-9354
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.innovativepercussion.com
Mallets, drumsticks and publications.
Interlochen Center for the Arts Booth 1244
P.O. Box 199
Interlochen, MI 49643
Phone: 800-681-5912 Fax: 231-276-7464
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.interlochen.org
Interlochen Center for the Arts offers unsurpassed learning
and performance opportunities for young percussionists
from grades 3–12. Percussionists benefit from performance
experience in full orchestras and wind ensembles. Private
lessons, master classes and clinics are taught by a faculty of
leading percussionists.
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Japan Percussion Center Booth 742
(Komaki Music, Inc.)
1-7-1 Nishi-Asakusa Taito-Ku
Tokyo 111-8567
Japan
Phone: 03 3845 3043 Fax: 03 3845 3066
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.komakimusic.co.jp
We are the only professional percussion shop in Japan
specializing in unique and high-quality products.
JC’s Drummin’ Music Center Booth 1242
119 Main Street
Rochester, MI 48307
Phone: 248-601-3786 Fax: 248-601-2128
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.jcdrums.com
JC’s is a full service percussion center known for their
outstanding custom work vintage drums and unique website
offering hundreds of drum and percussion products.
Koenig, Inc./King Kong Kases Booth 1252
11040 Patterson Park, Unit 10
P.O. Box 6302
Ashland, VA 23005
Phone: 804-798-2828 Fax: 804-798-8585
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.kingkongkases.com
Manufacturer of ATA style transit cases; distributor of King
Drum Products, Drum Dial Tuners and percussion accessories.
Korg USA Booth 1146
316 South Service Road
Melville, NY 11747
Phone: 631-390-6872 Fax: 631-390-6873
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.korg.com
Founded in 1963 Korg rapidly earned a reputation for technological leadership and innovation through category-defining
products: the Music Workstation, KAOSS products, and the
all-new Wavedrum.
Kori Percussion Booth 101
1930 Hilton
Ferndale, MI 48220
Phone: 800-521-6380 Fax: 248-546-8296
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.custommusiccorp.com
Precise tuning and a warm, resonate sound features that
make Kori marimbas and xylophones stand out among other
brands. Experience great craftsmanship and quality for
yourself.
Kyle Dunleavey Steel Drums Booth 744
2013 Tulip Street
Philadelphia, PA 19125
Phone: 215-300-9849
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.kdsteeldrums.com
Handcrafted steel pans, tuning services and accessories.
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Legacy Percussion Gear Booth 844
5012 Maywood Drive
Nashville, TN 37211
Phone: 615-300-5189
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.billbachman.net
MalletJack Booth 1230
6205 Davenport Drive
Madison, WI 53711
Phone: 608-277-9518 Fax: 608-277-9612
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.MalletJack.com
Legacy Percussion Gear manufactures and sells the patent
pending “Remote Fast Hat” hi hat stand invented by Bill
Bachman.
MalletJack 2—Newly redesigned to raise fixed height mallet
instruments to optimum performance height. New model
holds more weight, easier to raise, and can go up ramps.
Perfect for universities, schools, and studios.
Lone Star Percussion
Booth 640
10611 Control Place
Dallas, TX 75238
Phone: 214-340-0835 Fax: 214-340-0861
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.lonestarpercussion.com
Total percussion supplies at discount prices.
Ludwig/Musser Percussion Booth 1030
P.O. Box 310
Elkhart, IN 46515
Phone: 574-522-1675 Fax: 574-295-5405
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.ludwig-drums.com
Manufacturer of percussion instruments and accessories.
M. B. Mallets, Inc. 3368 Devonshire Avenue
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3K 3M2
Canada
Phone: 902-466-6075
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.mbmallets.com
Booth 1202
Original Designs of Timpani mallets in Bamboo and Ash. Peter
Kogan models. George Brown specialty models. European
Timpani sticks. MB-Kogan Baroque Timpani sticks. MB Black
Magic and Specialty sticks. Bass Drum Sticks in Bamboo and
Ash. Complete Customizing available including cores/coverings/weight.
Majestic Percussion Booth 630
P.O. Box 90249
Austin, TX 78709
Phone: 512-288-7400 Fax: 512-288-6445
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.majesticpercussion.com
Majestic percussion brings a long tradition of European
craftsmanship and innovation to the manufacture of quality
concert percussion instruments.
Malletech LLC/ Booths 115 / 216
Marimba Productions, Inc.
P.O. Box 467
Asbury Park, NJ 07712
Phone: 732-774-0011 Fax: 732-774-0033
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.mostlymarimba.com
Exclusive manufacturer of Malletech mallets, marimbas, xylophones, vibraphones and glockenspiels. Exclusive distributor
of Jiaxun marimbas and xylophones, Keyboard Percussion
Publications, Studio 4 Music and Resonator Records.
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Mapex USA, Inc. Booth 630
P.O. Box 1360
118 Wheeler Street
LaVergne, TN 37086
Phone: 615-793-2050 Fax: 615-793-2070
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.mapexdrums.com
Featuring Mapex drum sets and Black Panther Snare drums
as well as a selection of Mapex Quantum Series marching
drums and concert drums. Marimba One Booth 300
P.O. Box 786
Arcata, CA 95518
Phone: 707-822-9570 707-822-6256
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.marimba1.com
Meredith Music Publications Booth 200
P.O. Box 344
Galesville, MD 20765
Phone: 410-867-0074 Fax: 410-867-0074
Web: www.meredithmusic.com
Meredith Music Publications is exclusively distributed by the
Hal Leonard Corporation. Their publications are used around
the world by today’s most prominent performers and music
educators.
Mike Balter Mallets, LLC Booth 920
15 E. Palatine Road
Suite 116
Prospect Heights, IL 60070
Phone: 847-541-5777 Fax: 847-541-5785
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.mikebalter.com
Custom and semi-custom percussion mallets for keyboard
percussion, concert percussion, marching percussion and
more.
Modern Drummer Publications
Booth 129
Literature Bin
12 Old Bridge Road
Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
Phone: 973-239-4140 Fax: 973-239-7139
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.moderndrummer.com
Marimbas and mallets.
Publisher.
Matt Nolan Custom Booth 648
The Studio
34 Belvedere, Lansdown
Bath, Somerset BA1 5HR
England
Phone: 44 7796 406797 Fax: 44 1225 482892
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.mattnolancustom.com
Music for All, Inc. Booth 322
39 W. Jackson Place, Suite 150
Indianapolis, IN 46225
Phone: 317-636-2263 Fax: 317-524-6200
Web: www.musicforall.org
Hand-made cymbals, gongs and other metal sound sculptures. Made in England exclusively by Matt Nolan.
Media Press, Inc. Booth 237
1341 W. Fullerton Avenue
#355
Chicago, IL 60614
Phone: 773-296-0836 Fax: 773-296-0185
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.mediapressinc.com
Publishers of contemporary music since 1969.
Meinl USA L.C. Booth 1130
3300 Ambrose Avenue
Nashville, TN 37207
Phone: 615-227-5090 Fax: 615-227-0290
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.meinlusa.com
Celebrating three decades of percussion innovation and over
50 years of fine cymbal making; featuring Meinl Cymbals,
Meinl Percussion and Nino Children’s Percussion.
Bands of America and Orchestra America are programs of
Music for All, Inc. Music for All’s mission is to create, provide
and expand positively life-changing experiences through
music for all.
MusicTime, Inc. Booth 208
P.O. Box 405
Haddonfield, NJ 08033
Phone: 800-932-0824 Fax: 856-346-4264
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.musictime.com
Printed music distributor for all publishers in all categories.
Neil Peart: Anatomy Of A Booth 1254
Drumset Exhibit
Experience “The Professor’s” historic refurbished drumset as
seen and heard from the rock band RUSH’s first five concert
tours and four albums including Fly By Night, Caress Of Steel,
2112, and All The World’s A Stage.
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OnBoard Research CorporationBooth 741
1321 Valwood Parkway
Suite 440
Carrollton, TX 75006
Phone: 214-239-4005 Fax: 214-239-4006
E-mail: [email protected]
www.tuners.com
Paiste America Booth 820
460 Atlas Street
Brea, CA 92821
Phone: 800-472-4783 Fax: 714-529-6360
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.paiste.com
Pearl Corporation
Booth 1140
549 Metroplex Drive
Nashville, TN 37211
Phone: 615-833-4477 Fax: 615-833-6242
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.pearldrum.com
ProLogix Percussion Booth 849
7993 Amberly Circle, NW
North Canton, OH 44720
Phone: 330-966-9989
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.prologixpercussion.com
All areas of percussion equipment.
Our full line of revolutionary practice tools features 360
degree rims, interchangeable playing surfaces, signature
brush maps, snare drum templates and add-on practice
accessories.
Traditionals, New Signature, Signature, Signature Reflector,
Twenty, 2002, Giant Beat, Rude, Alpha, Black Alpha, PST 5,
PST 3, 201 Bronze, Sound Creation, Planet, Symphonic Gongs
and Tuned Percussion.
Percussion instruments and accessories from all major manufacturers. Exclusive source for Korogi Mallet Instruments,
Buddy Thein Triangles and A. Stubbs Percussion.
Pan Press, Inc. Booth 239
1548 Banbury Avenue
St. Charles, IL 60174
Phone: 630-587-3473 Fax: 847-574-7621
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.panpress.com
Publications of original music for steel band and steel pan
solos. Select steel band recordings.
Pan USA Booth 1204
1108 1/2 Woodburn Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47404
Phone: 812-345-7700 Fax: 801-382-2403
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.panusa.us
PanUSA provides steel drum arrangements, mallets, and
steeldrum instruments. They also offer educational programs,
and provide entertainment all over the country.
Percussion Source Booths 1141 / 1143
1212 5th Street
Coralville, IA 52241
Phone: 866-849-4387 Fax: 888-470-3942
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.percussionsource.com
Peterson Electro Musical Booth 1240
Product, Inc.
11601 S. Mayfield Avenue
Alsip, IL 60803
Phone: 708-388-3311 Fax: 708-388-3341
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.PetersonTuners.com
Makers of highly precise strobe tuners for the tuning of all
instruments including tuned percussion since 1948. Makers
of the BodyBeat series of pulsing metronomes, including the
new wireless BodyBeat Sync Metornome.
POWER Wrist Builders Booth 848
1434 Corte De Rosa
San Jose, CA 95120
Phone: 800-645-6673
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.powerwristbuilders.com
POWER Wrist Builders, “The World’s Ultimate Practice
Sticks”, SOLID Aluminum and SOLID Brass practice drum
sticks.
Pro-Mark Corporation Booth 1040
11550 Old Main Street Loop Road
Houston, TX 77025
Phone: 877-PRO-MARK or 713-314-1100
Fax: 713-669-8000
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.promark.com
World’s largest manufacturer dedicated exclusively to the
design, production, and distribution of drumsticks, mallets,
and percussion accessories.
Randall May International Booth 841
1402 McGaw Avenue
Irvine, CA 92614
Phone: 949-757-1717 Fax: 949-757-0717
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.randallmay.com
Randall May International is a leading designer and manufacturer of innovative products such as tubular marching
carriers, Stadium Hardware, Acoustic EQ, & MAY Miking
Systems.
Regal Tip/Calato Booth 1041
4501 Hyde Park Boulevard
Niagara Falls, NY 14305
Phone: 716-285-3546 Fax: 716-285-2710
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.regaltip.com
Celebrating 50 years of manufacturing innovation, featuring
Regal Tip sticks, brushes, and percussion products.
Remo, Inc. Booth 900
28101 Industry Drive
Valencia, CA 91355
Phone: 661-294-5600 Fax: 661-294-5200
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.remo.com
Drumheads, world percussion heads, timpani heads, marching heads, powermax, powersonic, world percussion, kids
percussion, sound shapes, tunable sound shapes, drumsets.
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Roland Corporation U.S. Booth 740
5100 S. Eastern Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90040
Phone: 323-890-3700 Fax: 323-890-3701
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.rolandus.com
Samson Technologies Booth 332
45 Gilpin Ave
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Phone: 631-784-2200 Fax: 631-784-2201
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.sansontech.com
Steve Weiss Music Booth 743
2324 Wyandotte Road
Willow Grove, PA 19090
Phone: 215-659-0100 Fax: 215-659-1170
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.steveweissmusic.com
Roland Corporation U.S. is the world leader in electronic
percussion products. With an award winning lineup of VDrums, percussion, controllers, rhythm trainers, triggers and
more, Roland consistently demonstrates its commitment to
excellence, innovation and time honored durability.
Samson Technologies designs, manufactures and distributes
audio world wide. Samson is also the exclusive distributor of
Zoom Recording and Signal Processing Electronics.
Percussion instrument and music specialists handling all
major lines and imports from around the world. Of particular
interest: wind gongs, tam tams, Chinese cymbals mallets and
a new line of bags.
Roll Productions S.L. Booth 1206
Catalina de Erauso, 15 Bajo A
San Sebastian Guipuzcoa 20010
Spain
Phone: 943471067 Fax: 943471067
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.rollproductions.com
Roll Productions is a company which publishes scores.
Row-Loff Productions Booth 215
203 Gann Drive
Nashville, TN 37210
Phone: 800-624-8001 Fax: 615-885-0370
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.rowloff.com
Row-Loff Productions has been providing concert & marching literature to the percussion community for 20 years.
Sabian, Ltd. Booth 1100
219 Main Street Literature Bin
Meductic NB E6H 2L5
Canada
Phone: 506-272-2019 Fax: 506-272-1265
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.sabian.com
The SABIAN portfolio includes award-winning cymbals and
sounds ranging from the vintage HH and AA series, to the innovative and modern HHX, AAX & APX and mid-prired XS20
as well as the Vault Collections and percussion pieces.
Saied Music Company— Booth 1238
Digimet
3259 South Yale
Tulsa, OK 74135
Phone: 800-777-5541 Fax: 918-744-9573
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.saiedmusic.com
A full-line music company with locations in Oklahoma and
Arkansas. Listed as one of “America’s Top 50...” Music
Trades Magazine. Your Digimet headquarters! Sam Ash Music Booth 647
P.O. Box 9047
Hicksville, NY 11802
Phone: 516-932-6400
E-mail: [email protected] or
[email protected]
Web: www.samashmusic.com
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Singing Steel, LLC Booth 1212
P.O. Box 30082
Cleveland, OH 44130
Phone: 216-672-2467
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.singingsteel.com
Steel band music arrangements.
Slapstik®Booth 1246
13636 Ventura Blvd., #183
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
Phone: 818-392-8682
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.theslapstik.com
The Slapstik® is a new innovative drumstick with a flexible
tip. It opens up a wide range of drumming methods that are
simply impossible to execute with a regular stick.
SmartMusic and Finale Booth 314
7615 Golden Triangle Drive
Suite M
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
Phone: 952-937-9611 Fax: 952-937-9760
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.smartmusic.com or
www.finalemusic.com
SmartMusic learning software enables music educators
to easily and objectively guide student development and
document each student’s progress. Finale is the world’s best
selling notation software.
Smith Publications Booth 1200
2617 Gwynndale Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21207
Phone: 410-298-6509 Fax: 410-944-5113
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.smith-publications.com
Contemporary music for percussion, including solos,
ensembles, and percussion in a chamber music setting.
Publisher of The Noble Snare, Marimba Concert, and The
Links Series of Vibraphone Solos.
Stern Tanning Co, Inc. Booth 224
4010 W Douglas Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53209
Phone: 414-578-8615 Fax: 414-578-8640
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.sterntanning.com
Premium quality calfskin drum heads for batter, snare, bass,
and timpani drums. Also available: steer, goat, kip, for all
types of drums.
Sticks ‘n’ Skins Booth 846
1060 Pinellas Bayway South #101
Tierra Verde, FL 33751
Phone: 269-806-2523 Fax: 727-867-7778
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.sticksnskins.com
Discover the heartbeat of music in this extraordinary book
featuring photos and stories of legendary artists from the
eclectic world of the drumming community.
Superdrum Booth 1248
171 Center Street
Irwin, ID 83428
Phone: 626-590-5967
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.Superdrum12.com
16 years in the making, announcing the new 12-Lug Snare
Drum. Available in maple, brass and chrome.
Swan Percussion Booth 942
7004 Rufus Drive
Austin, TX 78752
Phone: 678-294-0860
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.theblackswandrum.com
We create handcrafted drums and percussion instruments
that are innovative, versatile and of the highest quality.
Tapspace Publications Booth 338
P.O. Box 55753
Portland, OR 97238
Phone: 503-288-6080 Fax: 503-288-6085
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.tapspace.com
Publisher of creative percussion music and books, and
creators of “Virtual Drumline” software.
The Virginia Arts Festival Booth 1210
PANorama Caribbean Music Fest
220 Boush Street
Norfolk, VA 23510
Phone: 757-282-2800 Fax: 757-282-2787
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.vafest.org
The Virginia Arts Festival brings internationally acclaimed
artists from around the world to present a dazzling lineup of
music, theatre, and dance to Southeastern Virginia each year.
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Tycoon Percussion Booth 520
4560 Eucalyptus Avenue
Suite B
Chino, CA 91710
Phone: 909-393-5555 Fax: 909-393-5500
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.tycoonpercussion.com
Tycoon Percussion is known throughout the world as a
leading manufacturer of hand percussion products. The
only hand percussion company that wholly owns our own
factory in Bangkok, Thailand, Tycoon Percussion strives to
continually develop the best and most innovative instruments
in the world.
U.S. Army Old Guard Fife Booth 1232
and Drum Corps
Building 231
201 Jackson Avenue
Fort Myers, VA 22211
Phone: 703-696-8521 Fax: 703-696-1210
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.army.mil/fifeanddrum
The U.S. Army’s Official Ceremonial Unit and Escort to the
President of the United States. The drumline is the Army’s
premier rudimental drumline.
Vater Percussion, Inc.Booth 642
270 Center Street
Holbrook, MA 02343
Phone: 781-767-1877 Fax: 781-767-0010
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.vater.com
VocalBooth.com, Inc. Booth 1241
P.O. Box 6569
Bend, OR 97708
Phone: 541-330-6045 Fax: 801-659-2479
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.vocalbooth.com
Drumsticks, mallets, brushes, player design specialty, marching sticks & mallets, concert ensemble marimba, vibraphone,
xylophone & orchestra bell mallets—sticks holder drumstick
bag, Everything you hit with!
VocalBooth.com, founded in 1997, is an industry-leading
manufacturer specializing in state-of-the-art portable sound
rooms for professional and project applications including
recording, production, drum isolation and rehearsal.
Vic Firth, Inc.Booth 730
65 Sprague Street
Boston-Dedham Commerce Park
Boston, MA 02136
Phone: 617-364-6869 Fax: 617-364-2571
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.vicfirth.com
Wernick Musical InstrumentsBooth 233
2A Twycross Street
Leicester, Leicestershire LE2 ODU
England
Phone: 44-116-255-6225
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.wernick.net
Complete line of drumsticks and mallets for every percussive
need.
Xylosynth Midi Mallet Keyboard. Real wood keys for a natural
feel and incredible response. Used by Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra Jazz Group, Safri Duo, and David Friedman.
WGI Sport of the Arts Booth 318
2405 Crosspointe Drive
Dayton, OH 45342
Phone: 937-247-5919 Fax: 937-247-9212
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.wgi.org
The 2010 WGI Percussion World Championships will be held
in Dayton, OH, April 15–17, 2010.
Woodwind and Brasswind Booth 1120
4004 Technology Drive
South Bend, IN 46628
Phone: 800-348-5003 Fax: 574-251-3501
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.wwbw.com
Yamaha Corporation Booths 600 / 117 / 228
of America
6600 Orangethorpe Avenue
Buena Park, CA 90620
Phone: 714-522-9251 Fax: 714-522-9475
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.yamahapercussion.com or
www.yamahadrums.com
Yamaha Academic and Institutional Resources group will
display several configurations of instruments that can be
used in a “Silent Music Education Lab”.
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Artist Sponsors
PAS Benefactors
Jeff Ausdemore
Sergio Bellotti
John Best
Marc Damoulakis
Julie Davila
Lalo and Julie Davila and the Middle Tennessee State
University Drumline
Lalo Davila and Friends
Salsa Band
Steve Fidyk
Skip Hadden
Hamiruge
Tommy Igoe and the Birdland
Big Band
Indiana Symphony Orchestra Percussion Section
Akira Jimbo
Christopher McLaurin
Valerie Naranjo
Sandi Rennick and the
Phantom Regiment D&BC Front Ensemble
Eric Sammut
Joel Stevenett
University of North Texas
Percussion Ensemble
Lee Vinson
Cynthia Yeh
Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic
John Best
Andrew Bliss
George Brown
Dean Butterworth
James Campbell
Julie Davila
Lalo Davila and Friends
Salsa Band
Diane Downs and The Louisville Leopard Percussionists
Electric Kulintang with Susie Ibarra and Roberto Rodriguez
Skip Hadden
Indiana Symphony Orchestra Percussion Section
Lalo and Julie Davila and the
Middle Tennessee State
University Drumline
Northern Illinois University
Percussion Ensemble
Tobias Ralph
Patrick Schleker
University of North Texas
Percussion Ensemble
Tommy Igoe and the Birdland
Big Band
Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic
Zoro
Dick Sisto End of Time Quartet
Steve Fidyk
Jay Hoggard
Indiana Symphony Orchestra Percussion Section
Ed Shaughnessy
Thad Anderson
Jeff Ausdemore
Bob Bloom
Bisquera Brothers
Bob Breithaupt
Anthony DiSanza and The
University of Wisconsin–
Madison Graduate Percussion Group
Virgil Donati
Steve Fidyk
Lori Fithian
Benny Greb
Jonathan Haas
Akira Jimbo
Maria Martinez
Danny Raymond
Layne Redmond
Sandi Rennick and the
Phantom Regiment D&BC
Front Ensemble
Joel Stevenett
Lee Vinson
John Wooton
John Best
Andrew Bliss
George Brown
James Campbell
Pius Cheung
Dick Sisto End of Time Quartet
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Electric Kulintang with Susie Ibarra and Roberto Rodriguez
Jonathan Haas
Skip Hadden
Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba from the ZMF New Music Commissioning Project
Indiana Symphony Orchestra Percussion Section
Akira Jimbo
Northern Illinois University
Percussion Ensemble
Nick Petrella
Felix Pollard
Spectrum Trio
Symphonic Emeritus Percussion Ensemble
Michael Truesdell
Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic
Artist Sponsors
PAS Patrons
Daniel Glass
Zoro
Mark Shelton
Anthony DiSanza and The
University of Wisconsin–
Madison Graduate Percussion Group
Virgil Donati
Diane Downs and The Louisville Leopard Percussionists
Indiana Symphony Orchestra Percussion Section
Maraca2 Percussion Duo
Nicholas Ormrod
Chris Pennie
Nick Petrella
Victor Rendon
Fernando Rocha
Michael Schutz
Ed Shaughnessy
John Wooton
Zoro
Virgil Donati
Joel Stevenett
Badaboum Quartet
Christopher Deane
Jack DeJohnette
Christopher Deviney
PASIC 2009
SOUND POLICY
Please be considerate
of others!
Please limit testing of instruments to no louder than
a moderate dynamic level (up to mf) and for a brief
period only (up to 30 seconds). Failure to adhere to
this policy will result in the following:
1st Offense: Warning (Badge will be punched)
2nd Offense: Expulsion from Exhibit Hall (24 hours)
(Badge will be punched 2nd time)
3rd Offense: Permanent expulsion from Exhibit Hall
(Badge will be taken)
No refunds will be given and decisions of the
security guards are final.
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Artist Sponsors
PAS Sponsors
Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba from the ZMF New Music Commissioning Project
Maraca2 Percussion Duo
Sandi Rennick and the
Phantom Regiment D&BC
Front Ensemble
Michael Schutz
Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic
Northern Illinois University
Percussion Ensemble
Anthony DiSanza and The
University of Wisconsin–
Madison Graduate Percussion Group
Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba from the ZMF New Music Commissioning Project
Ohio University Percussion Ensemble
Julie Davila
Indiana Symphony Orchestra Percussion Section
Amores Grup De Percussio’
Bisquera Brothers
Andrew Bliss
James Campbell
Julie Davila
Lalo and Julie Davila and the
Middle Tennessee State
University Drumline
Lalo Davila and Friends
Salsa Band
Christopher Deane
Dick Sisto End of Time Quartet
Hamiruge
John Lane
Northern Illinois University Berimbau Group
Northern Illinois University
Percussion Ensemble
The University of North Texas Percussion Ensemble
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Diane Downs and The Louisville Leopard Percussionists
Steve Fidyk
Skip Hadden
Tommy Igoe and the Birdland
Big Band
Maria Martinez
Victor Rendon
Spectrum Trio
University of North Texas
Percussion Ensemble
Zoro
Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba from the ZMF New Music Commissioning Project
Maraca2 Percussion Duo
George Brown
Benny Greb
Felix Pollard
Jay Hoggard
Bisquera Brothers
Dean Butterworth
Electric Kulintang with Susie Ibarra and Roberto Rodriguez
Maria Martinez
Tobias Ralph
Bisquera Brothers
Maria Martinez
Pius Cheung
Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba from the ZMF New Music Commissioning Project
Symphonic Emeritus Percussion Ensemble
Dancing Drum: Steve Campbell and Lindsay Rust
Mark Shelton
Virgil Donati
Electric Kulintang with Susie Ibarra and Roberto Rodriguez
Steve Fidyk
Chris Pennie
Felix Pollard
Sergio Bellotti
John Best
Pius Cheung
Jack DeJohnette
Electric Kulintang with Susie Ibarra and Roberto Rodriguez
Daniel Glass
Skip Hadden
Tommy Igoe and the Birdland
Big Band
Indiana Symphony Orchestra Percussion Section
Akira Jimbo
Nicholas Ormrod
Victor Rendon
Joel Stevenett
Lee Vinson
John Wooton
Yale Percussion Group
Zoro
Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba from the ZMF New Music Commissioning Project
Artist Sponsors
PAS Corporate Friends
Tobias Ralph
Joel Stevenett
Zoro
Ju Percussion Group
Badaboum Quartet
Brazoswood High School
Percussion Ensemble
Christopher Deane
Hamiruge
Sandi Rennick and the
Phantom Regiment D&BC
Front Ensemble
University of North Texas
Percussion Ensemble
Northern Illinois University
Berimbau Group
Northern Illinois University
Percussion Ensemble
Danny Raymond
Patrick Schleker
Symphonic Emeritus Percussion Ensemble
John Wooton
Yale Percussion Group
Cynthia Yeh
Nathaniel Bartlett
Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba from the ZMF New Music Commissioning Project
Eric Sammut
The Fujii Trio (Mutsuko Fujii,
Haruka Fujii, Rika Fujii)
Sergio Bellotti
Skip Hadden
Valerie Naranjo
Andrew Bliss
Christopher Deane
Anthony DiSanza and The
University of Wisconsin–
Madison Graduate Percussion Group
Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba from the ZMF New Music Commissioning Project
Patrick Graham
David Lindberg
Nick Petrella
Bisquera Brothers
Steve Fidyk
Daniel Glass
Tommy Igoe and the Birdland
Big Band
Maria Martinez
Ju Percussion Group
Chris Pennie
Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic
Mark Shelton
Dick Sisto End of Time Quartet
Benny Greb
Skip Hadden
Tommy Igoe and the Birdland
Big Band
Mark Shelton
Julie Spencer, Gernot Blume,
and Lawrence University Percussion Quartet
Jeff Ausdemore
Julie Davila
Lalo and Julie Davila and the
Middle Tennessee State
University Drumline
Lalo Davila and Friends
Salsa Band
Christopher Deviney
Virgil Donati
Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba from the ZMF New Music Commissioning Project
Christopher McLaurin
Valerie Naranjo
Jeff Ausdemore
Bob Bloom
Dean Butterworth
Anthony DiSanza and The
University of Wisconsin–
Madison Graduate Percussion Group
Dick Sisto End of Time Quartet
Diane Downs and The Louisville Leopard Percussionists
Benny Greb
Jonathan Haas
Payton MacDonald
Christopher McLaurin
Ohio University Percussion Ensemble
Tobias Ralph
Ed Shaughnessy
Julie Davila
Lalo and Julie Davila and the
Middle Tennessee State
University Drumline
Lalo Davila and Friends
Salsa Band
John Wooton
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Artist Sponsors
Additional Companies
Sponsoring Artists
Badaboum Quartet
danish arts
counsel
Alan Abel
Triangles
Symphonic Emeritus Percussion Ensemble
mark shelton
productions
crr de
paris
Henrik Larsen
Nicholas Ormrod
Mark Shelton
jupiter
band
instruments
Brazoswood High School
Percussion Ensemble
Nick Petrella
Lori Fithian
Jonathan Haas
Stuart Gerber
Fujii Trio (Mutsuko Fujii, Haruka
Fujii, Rika Fujii)
Sergio Bellotti
Jack DeJohnette
Daniel Glass
Felix Pollard
Ed Shaughnessy
Julie Spencer, Gernot Blume,
and Lawrence University Percussion Quartet
Northern Illinois University
Berimbau Group
Northern Illinois University
Percussion Ensemble
Bisquera Brothers
griffith
university, arts
queensland
Zoro
Dane Richeson
Julie Spencer, Gernot Blume, and Lawrence University
Percussion Quartet
Uzbeksado Percussion Ensemble
Clocked Out Duo with
Ba Da Boom
Vanessa Tomlinson
Stuart Gerber
Daniel Glass
capital
university
Bob Breithaupt
inaem, ivm
np
Ohio University Percussion Ensemble
Amores Grup De Percussio’
jamey
aebersold
jazz
Dick Sisto End of Time Quartet
Andrew Spencer and Trio Central
Hamiruge
jhvm
recordings
Michael Schutz
Maria Martinez
mairie
de paris
Badaboum Quartet
Mark Shelton
Jay Hoggard
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the philadephia
orchestra
Symphonic Emeritus Percussion Ensemble
robert e. brown
center for
world music
I Ketut Gede Asnawa and
The University of Illinois
Balinese Gamelan Eka
Sruti Illini
sibelius
Sandi Rennick and the
Phantom Regiment D&BC
Front Ensemble
Badaboum Quartet
Thad Anderson
Percussion Group Cincinnati
Andrew Bliss
Benny Greb
Jack DeJohnette
Tobias Ralph
Yale Percussion Group
I Ketut Gede Asnawa and
The University of Illinois
Balinese Gamelan Eka
Sruti Illini
spedidam
Maria Martinez
Alex Harmon
Badaboum Quartet
Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba from the ZMF New Music Commissioning Project
Daniel Glass
Rajna Swaminathan
Valerie Naranjo
Mark Shelton
Stuart Gerber
The University of North Texas Gamelan, Bwana Kumala
University of North Texas
Percussion Ensemble
Sergio Bellotti
John Wooton
Todd Mueller
Thad Anderson
Dean Butterworth
Anthony DiSanza and The
University of Wisconsin–
Madison Graduate Percussion Group
SESSION
DEFINITIONS
Clinic: Performer(s) instructs/
speaks about and demonstrates
techniques/ideas.
Clinic/Performance: Same as the
clinic, but containing a greater
amount of structured performance (i.e., performance with
group, tape, etc.).
Concert: Features artist(s) in a
formal/ semiformal concert performance.
Lab: Hands-on, interactive, instructional session.
Lecture/Paper Presentation: A formal, academic presentation of a
research paper or topic.
Master Class: Attendees are called
to the stage to receive personal
instruction in front of the audience.
Focus Day: Concert, clinics/
performances, and presentations
on Wednesday.
FUNdamentals: Hands on workshop
that is geared towards student
percussionists and their teachers, including private instructors
and band directors.
Panel Discussion: A panel of experts on any given subject. Does
not constitute featuring any particular artist in a clinic or feature
setting.
Presentation: Academic presentation of a specific topic, i.e., industry seminar, posters.
Professional Development: Workshop or lecture that is geared
towards individuals aspiring to
enhance their career paths.
Workshop: All attendees are invited
to bring instruments and participate in this instructional session.
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7:30 a.m.
Registration opens
FOCUS DAY 2009
the global economy
Hosted by Gregory Beyer
Presented by the PAS New Music/Research Committee
9:30 a.m.
wabash ballroom
Fernando Rocha
“Duo for Pandeiro and Laptop“ by Fernando Rocha and Joseph Malloch
“Improvisation for Hyper-kalimba“ by Fernando Rocha
Sponsor: Sabian, Ltd.
Ryan Nestor
“Those That I Fight I Do Not Hate“ by Jordan Munson
Michael Schutz
“Groundloops: Interconnection through the Internet“ by Peter Traub
Sponsors: Sabian, Ltd., Innovative Percussion, Inc., McMaster Institute for Music & the Mind
Bev Johnston
“Fertility Rites“ by Christos Hatzis
Dane Richeson
“A La Par“ by Tania Leon
Sponsor: Lawrence University Conservatory of Music
11:00 a.m.
ballroom 500
Don Nichols
“Another Border Crossing“ by Don Nichols
Proper Glue Duo
“Five Illusionist Paraphrases (for Two Percussionists)“ by Martin Scherzinger
Andrew Spencer and Trio Central
“Jose/BeFORe John5“ by Aurel Hollo Sponsor: Central Michigan University
Anthony Di Sanza and The University of Wisconsin–Madison Graduate Percussion Group
“Concerto for Darrabukka and Percussion Quartet “ by Anthony Di Sanza
Sponsors: Sabian Ltd., Black Swamp Percussion, Encore Mallets, Inc., Pro-Mark Corporation, Remo, Inc., University of Wisconsin School of Music
Focus Day
The Global Economy
Wednesday
November 11
1:00 P.M.
wabash ballroom
Ohio University Percussion Ensemble, Roger Braun, Director
“Contrast“ by Dong Wook Park Sponsors: Ohio University, Encore Mallets, Inc., Pro-Mark Corporation
Stuart Gerber with Sarah Kruser Ambrose and Steve Everett
“Ladrang Kampung for flute, Javanese drums, Javanese gamelan, live audio and video“
by Steve Everett
Sponsors: Bosphorus Cymbals, Georgia State University School of Music,
Stockhausen Verlag
Li Lin
“Gong Fu (Kung Fu)“ by Wen DeQing
Percussion Group Cincinnati
“Drama“ by Guo WenJing
Sponsor: University of Cincinnati
2:30 p.m.
ballroom 500
DivaDi
“Mad Cow“ by David Carlisle
Alex Harmon
“Prime Ordinals“ by Jim Casella
Sponsor: University of Kentucky
Michael Truesdell
“Hard-Boiled Capitalism and the Day Mr. Friedman Noticed Google is a Verb”
by Ben Wahlund
Sponsor: Yamaha Corporation of America
Heather Sloan
“The Ice Box Tarantella“ by Roland Kniese
John Lane
“Nana and Victorio“ by Peter Garland
Sponsor: Innovative Percussion, Inc.
Northern Illinois University Berimbau Group, Gregory Beyer, Director
“Repercussio“ by Alexandre Lunsqui
Sponsors: Northern Illinois University, Innovative Percussion, Inc., Pearl Corporation and Adams Musical Instruments
4:00 P.M.
wabash ballroom
Payton MacDonald
“Super Marimba“ by Payton MacDonald Sponsor: Pro-Mark Corporation
Dan Weiss
“Tintal Drumset Solo“ by Weiss/traditional
Clocked Out Duo with Ba Da Boom
“Concerto for Prepared Piano & Percussion” by Erik Griswold Sponsor: Griffith University, Arts Queensland
8:00 p.m.
ballroom 500
evening concert
Welcome by John R. Beck
Electric Kulintang with Susie Ibarra and Roberto Rodriguez
Music from Dialects & Film excerpt from Song of the Bird King Sponsors: Yamaha Corporation of America, Evans Drumheads, Paiste America, Vater Percussion, Vic Firth, Inc.
Julie Spencer, Gernot Blume, and Lawrence University Percussion Quartet (Alexv Rolfe, Abby Fisher, Tristan Renfrow,
Andrew Green)
“Choirs of Angels“
“Ecstatic Sunlight on the Mountain Snow for marimba soloist and percussion quartet“
“Almost 5 A.M.“
“WaterFalls for solo marimba“
“New Music for Trios“
“Soulhouse Speak for marimba soloist and percussion quartet“
Sponsors: Norsk Musikforlag, Kori Marimbas/Custom Music, Lawrence University Conservatory of Music
Vanessa Tomlinson
“Spill” by Erik Griswold Sponsor: Griffith University, Arts Queensland
7:30 a.m.
rEGISTRATION OPENS
8:00 a.m.
LISTENING ROOM OPENS
Room 112
Marching Percussion Committee Meeting Neal Flum, chair
Westin Cabinet Room
health & wellness Committee Meeting John McKinney, chair
Westin Caucus Room
MUSIC TECHNOLOGY Committee Meeting Michael Schutz, chair
Westin Chamber Room
9:00 a.m.
The University of North Texas Gamelan, Bwana Kumala, Ed Smith, director
World Showcase Concert
Sponsors: The University of North Texas
Wabash Ballroom dancing drum: Steve Campbell and Lindsay Rust Interactive Lab
Community Ensemble: Drumming Outreach for All
Sponsor: Tycoon Percussion
Room 109
John Best Electronic/Technology Lab
Technology in the Practice Room
Sponsors: Vic Firth, Inc., Avedis Zildjian Company, Evans Drumheads,
Yamaha Corporation of America
Room 105
Solo Multiple Percussion Coordinator: Chris Hanning. Judges: Brett Dietz,
Dwayne Corbin, Joseph Gramley, Eugene Koshinski, Morris Palter, Susan Powell
Room 205
10:00 a.m.
Maria Martinez Drumset Master Class
Drumset Rudimental Warm-ups
Presider: Juels Thomas, Drum Workshop
Sponsors: Drum Workshop, Latin Percussion, Inc., Pacific Drums and Percussion,
Paiste America, Protection Racket, Regal Tip/Calato, Remo, Inc.
Room 120 Northern Illinois University Percussion Ensemble, Gregory Beyer and
Robert Chappell, Directors Showcase Concert Ensemble
Sponsors: Northern Illinois University, Bachovich Music Publications,
Evans Drumheads, Innovative Percussion, Inc., Pearl Corporation and Adams
Musical Instruments, Yamaha Corporation of America
Sagamore Ballroom
PAS Symphonic Committee Panel Discussion Moderator: Keith Aleo
Panelists: JoAnn Falletta, Rene Keller, Christopher McLaurin, Glenn Paulson, Joseph Petrasek
“What Are They Thinking!?”
Room 201 10:30 a.m.
board of directors meeting
Westin Capitol Ballroom
Schedule
of Events
Thursday
November 12
11:00 a.m.
Christopher McLaurin Symphonic Accessories Lab
Presider: Keith Aleo, Avedis Zildjian Company
Sponsors: Avedis Zildjian Company, Pearl Corporation and Adams Musical Instruments,
Pro-Mark Corporation
Room 105 Henrik Larsen Health & Wellness Lecture Presentation
The body stops where the mind is, Ki-aikido techniques used in percussion teaching
Sponsor: Danish Arts Counsel
Room 109
Spectrum Trio World Clinic Performance
A Contemporary Approach To the Music of the African Diaspora
Presider: Anthony DiSanza, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Sponsors: Latin Percussion, Inc., Yamaha Corporation of America
Wabash Ballroom 12:00 p.m.
Symphonic Emeritus Percussion Ensemble featuring Alan Abel, Tom Akins, John Beck, Anthony Cirone, Arnie Lang,
Stan Leonard, Sal Rabbio, Jerry Unger, John Soroka Emeritus Concert
Presider: John Tafoya, Indiana University
Sponsors: The Philadelphia Orchestra, Alan Abel Triangles, Pearl Corporation and Adams Musical Instruments, Steve Weiss Music,
Yamaha Corporation of America
Sagamore Ballroom Maraca2 Percussion Duo Ensemble Clinic Performance
Presider: John Wooton, University of Southern Missisippi
Sponsors: Innovative Percussion, Inc., Marimba One, Sabian, Ltd.
Room 120 PAS Marching Committee Panel Discussion Moderator: Paul Buyer. Panelists: Matt Henley, Gary Hodges, Paul Rennick, Jon Weber
Secrets of Success from Top College Drumlines
Room 201
Scholarly Research Committee Meeting Tom Nevill, chair
Westin Cabinet Room
drumset Committee Meeting Mike Sekelsky, chair
Westin Caucus Room
new music/research committee meeting Eugene Novotney, chair
Westin Chamber Room
1:00 p.m.
Chris Pennie Drumset Clinic
Sponsors: Sabian, Ltd., Mapex USA, Inc., Vater Percussion
Ballroom 500
Bob Breithaupt Professional Development
EducationTransitions—Leveraging Skills for New Opportunities Sponsors: Capital University, Remo, Inc.
Room 109 Glenn Paulson Symphonic Keyboard Lab
Presider: John Tafoya, Indiana University
Room 105 Emil Richards Up Close and Personal at Rhythm! Discovery Center
Percussion in Film—the history and the beginnings
Rhythm! Discovery Center
2:00 p.m.
I Ketut Gede Asnawa and The University of Illinois Balinese Gamelan Eka Sruti Illini World Showcase Concert
Balinese Gamelan Music from Indonesia
Presider: Philip Yampolsky, Robert E. Brown Center for World Music
Sponsors: Robert E. Brown Center for World Music, University of Illinois School of Music
Sagamore Ballroom
Lalo and Julie Davila and the Middle Tennessee State University Drumline Marching Clinic
MTSU—Applying World Percussion Rhythms to the Contemporary Marching Ensemble
Presider: Rudy Gowern, Pearl Corporation
Sponsors: Pearl Corporation and Adams Musical Instruments, Avedis Zildjian Company, Evans Drumheads, Innovative Percussion, Inc.,
Row-Loff Productions
Room 120
PAS Collegiate Committee Panel Discussion Moderator: Justin Alexander. Panelists: Steve Fidyk, Mike Mixtacki, Paul Rennick,
Michael Spiro, Jesse Willis
Making the Most Out of the Summer Months Part Two: Drumset, Marching, and World Music Events
Room 201
symphonic MOCK AUDITION Coordinator: John Tafoya. Judges: Alan Abel, Chris Deviney, Glenn Paulson, James Ross, Lee Vinson
Room 205
3:00 p.m.
Sergio Bellotti Drumset Clinic
Back to Basics: a practical approach to apply the rudiments to everyday’s playing
Presiders: Neil Larrivee, Vic Firth, Inc.
Sponsors: Vic Firth, Inc., Attack Drumheads, Avedis Zildjian Company, Berklee College of Music, Taye Drums
Ballroom 500
Stuart Gerber Research Lecture
A Lecture-Recital on the Interpretation of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Zyklus
Presider: Michael Vosbein, Bosphorus Cymbals
Sponsors: Bosphorus Cymbals, Georgia State University School of Music, Stockhausen Verlag
Room 109
Jonathan Haas Professional Development
Creating and Establishing a Successful Percussion Rental Business
Sponsors: Yamaha Corporation of America, Kettles and Company, Pro-Mark Corporation, Remo, Inc.
Room 105 college pedagogy committee meeting Alison Shaw, chair
Westin Capitol Ballroom
world Committee meeting Kenyon Williams, chair
Westin Cabinet Room
keyboard Committee meeting Michael Burritt, chair
Westin Caucus Room
international Committee meeting Fernando Hashimoto, chair
Westin Chamber Room
4:00 p.m.
Hamiruge—The LSU Percussion Group, Brett Dietz, director New Percussion Literature Session
Presider: Dr. David Eyler, Concordia College
Sponsors: Innovative Percussion, Inc., Avedis Zildjian Company, Dynasty/DEG Music, Louisiana State University
Sagamore Ballroom
5:00 p.m.
Zoro and Daniel Glass Drumset Clinic
The Commandments of Early Rhythm and Blues Drumming
Presider: Juels Thomas: Drum Workshop
Glass Sponsors: Drum Workshop, Alfred Music Company, Inc., Aquarian Drumheads,
Bosphorus Cymbals, Revolution Drum Accessories, Vic Firth, Inc.
Zoro Sponsors: Drum Workshop, Alfred Music Company, Inc., Audix Microphones,
Evans Drumheads, Latin Percussion, Inc., Sabian, Ltd., Vic Firth, Inc.
Ballroom 500
SMALL ENSEMBLE COMPETITION
Room 120
marching competition—college keyboard
Convention Center Room 109
marching competition—high school keyboard and high school & college
timpani
Convention Center Room 105
marching competition—college snares & tenors
Convention Center Room 204
marching competition—high school snares & tenors
Convention Center Room 205
8:00 p.m.
EVENING CONCERT
Welcome by Gary Cook
Schedule
of Events
Thursday
November 12
Ju Percussion Group
From Heartbeat to Percussion
Sponsors: Mapex, USA, Inc., Majestic Percussion
Sagamore Ballroom 9:30 p.m.
Valerie Naranjo Interactive Drum Circle
Sponsors: Pearl Corporation and Adams Musical Instruments, Avedis Zildjian Company, Fall Creek Marimbas, Rhythm Tech
Room 204
10:00 p.m.
Lalo Davila and Friends Salsa Band Late Night Performance
Sponsors: Pearl Corporation and Adams Musical Instruments, Avedis Zildjian Company, Evans Drumheads, Innovative Percussion, Inc., Row-Loff Productions
Club.PAS, Westin Capitol Ballroom
International PASIC
Scholarship Grant
Download this application: www.pas.org
Materials must be postmarked by: 03/15/2010
The Percussive Arts Society will provide financial assistance to one student living outside the
United States to attend the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) in Indianapolis, Indiana from November 10–13, 2010. The winner will be notified in May, 2010.
Award:
Financial assistance of up to $1,500 (U.S. dollars)*
One year PAS membership renewal
One PASIC registration
One PASIC T-shirt
Eligibility:
Must be an active PAS member at time of application, and if selected, during PASIC 2010.
Student must be 18 years of age or older.
It is not required that the applicant speak and understand English, however it is recommended.
A member of the PAS International Committee will serve as a guide/mentor for the student
during PASIC.
Please submit the following materials to be considered:
p Completed application information (below)
p One-page bio, or resume, stating percussion education, training, experience, and future
objectives.
p Proof of full-time student status, including latest transcript of grades.
p A written statement of 500 words or less in English on “What the PAS International PASIC
Scholarship Grant would mean to me.”
p One letter of recommendation from a percussion teacher, conductor, or colleague.
Name __________________________________________________________________
PAS Member ID __________ Expiration Date __________ Birth Date __________
Address ________________________________________________________________
City/Province ______________________
Country ___________________________
Zip/Postal Code ____________________
E-mail __________________________________________________________________
Phone __________________________________________________________________
*The selected recipient is responsible for obtaining passport, visa or permits from their home country and the United
States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS) that are necessary to allow attendance to PASIC. PAS
shall make reservations and pay for round trip airfare from a city chosen by PAS to the city that is hosting PASIC, and a
hotel room for the time the recipient is in attendance at PASIC, not to exceed the sum of $1,500.00 U.S. dollars. Recipient is required to have a VISA, MasterCard or other credit card accepted at the hotel to be used to guarantee payment
of incidental charges made to the hotel room other than the room charge and applicable taxes to be paid by Percussive
Arts Society. PAS is not responsible for any changes that the airline may make to recipient’s itinerary. Recipient shall be
responsible for all travel to and from the airport at both the departure city and the city hosting the convention. Recipient
is responsible for all meals and incidental expenses incurred in attending the convention. The difference between the
actual costs of the airline ticket and hotel accommodations plus applicable taxes and $1,500.00 will be paid to recipient
at the convention to offset expenses incurred while attending the convention. PAS disclaims any responsibility or
liability to recipient for anything other than what it is agreeing to provide as part of the scholarship grant.
7:30 a.m.
rEGISTRATION OPENS
8:00 a.m.
LISTENING ROOM OPENS
Room 112
todd mueller Poster Presentation
James Oliverio’s Timpani Concerto No. 1: A Look Back After Twenty Years
Sponsor: Collected Editions Room 112
education Committee Meeting Paul Buyer, chair
Westin Cabinet Room
interactive drumming Committee Meeting Bob Bloom, chair
Westin Caucus Room
symphonic Committee Meeting John Tafoya, chair
Westin Chamber Room
9:00 a.m.
marching percussion festival: Interactive Clinic
Exhibit Hall F
Badaboum Quartet—crr de paris percussion ensemble, frederic macarez,
director Ensemble Showcase Concert
Sponsors: SPEDIDAM, Mairie de Paris, CRR de Paris, Peripole-Bergerault, Inc.,
Premier Percussion, Sabian, Ltd., Wabash Room
Andrew Bliss Research Lecture
The Percussion Music of David Lang: Deconstructing a Constructivist Composer
Presider: Tim Church, Black Swamp
Sponsors: Black Swamp Percussion, Evans Drumheads, Innovative Percussion, Inc., Sibelius, Yamaha Corporation of America
Room 109
Layne Redmond World Workshop
Fusing Brazilian and Mediterranean Rhythmic Traditions for Tambourine
Presider: John Fitzgerald, Remo, Inc.
Sponsor: Remo, Inc.
Room 105
PAS Health & Wellness Committee Free Hearing Tests
Room 212
10:00 a.m.
University of North Texas Percussion Ensemble, Mark Ford, Director Ensemble Showcase Concert
Sponsors: The University of North Texas, Avedis Zildjian Company, Dynasty/DEG Music, Evans Drumheads, Innovative Percussion, Inc., Latin Percussion, Inc.
Sagamore Ballroom
Steve Fidyk Drumset Master Class
Drumset Transcription Lab
Sponsors: Ludwig/Musser Percussion, Avedis Zildjian Company, Drum Workshop,
Latin Percussion, Inc., Remo, Inc., Vater Percusion Inc.
Room 120
PAS World Percussion Committee Panel Discussion. Moderator: Valerie Naranjo. Panelist: Glen Caruba
The Influence of World Percussion on Popular Music
Room 201
Schedule
of Events
Friday
November 13
10:30 a.m.
board of directors meeting
Westin Capitol Ballroom
11:00 a.m.
Felix Pollard Drumset Clinic Performance
Presider: Chris Brewer, Meinl USA
Sponsors: Meinl USA L.C., Aquarian Drumheads, Vater Percusion Inc.,
Yamaha Corporation of America
Ballroom 500
Christopher Deviney Symphonic Clinic
The Mahler Hammer, The Glass Harmonica, and Other Peculiar Percussion Instruments I’ve Played in the Orchestra
Presider: Nick Petrella: Sabian, Ltd.
Sponsors: Pearl Corporation and Adams Musical Instruments, Sabian, Ltd.
Wabash Ballroom
Nicholas Ormrod Symphonic Snare Lab
Presider: Curt Waltrip, Joyful Noise Drum Company
Sponsors: Joyful Noise Drum Company, Sabian, Ltd., Vic Firth, Inc.
Room 109
12:00 p.m.
MARCHING PERCUSSION FESTIVAL: OPENING CEREMONY, COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING and STANDSTILL COMPETITION AND AWARDS
Exhibit Hall F
Uzbeksado Percussion Ensemble, abbos kosimov, director World Clinic/Performance
Uzbeksado—Rhythms of Central Asia
Presiders: Alby Roblejo and Chris Sampson, Om Radio
Sponsor: Om Radio
Sagamore Ballroom
Diane Downs and The Louisville Leopard Percussionists Education Clinic/Performance
Alternative ways to teach young percussionists Presider: Staci Stokes, Pro-Mark Corporation
Sponsors: Latin Percussion, Inc., Evans Drumheads, Pro-Mark Corporation, Sabian, Ltd.
Room 120
Technology Panel Discussion Moderator: Bill Sallak. Panelists: Amy Knoles, Ted Rounds, J.B. Smith, Norm Weinberg
Learning Curves: Getting Started With Percussion Technology
Presider: Michael Schutz, McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind Room 201
Contest and Audition Procedures Committee meeting Chris Hanning, chair
Westin Cabinet Room
collegiate committee meeting Justin Alexander, Chair
Westin Chamber Room
1:00 p.m.
Tobias Ralph Drumset Clinic
Groove & Solo Applications on a Three Piece Drumset
Presider: Andrew Shreve, Paiste America
Sponsors: Paiste America, Drum Workshop, Evans Drumheads, Pro-Mark Corporation, Sonor
Ballroom 500
Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic Keyboard Clinic/Performance
“Old” And New Works From Europe
Presider: John Wittmann, Yamaha Corporation of America
Sponsors: Yamaha Corporation of America, Avedis Zildjian Company, Evans Drumheads, Innovative Percussion, Inc., Mapex USA
Wabash Ballroom
Marc Damoulakis Symphonic Cymbals Lab
Presider: Keith Aleo, Avedis Zildjian Company
Sponsor: Avedis Zildjian Company
Room 109
Patrick Graham World Clinic
Beyond the Jig: A Cross-Cultural Approach for Irish Bodhran
Presider: Patrick Cooperman, Cooperman Drums
Sponsor: Cooperman Drums Room 105
chapter presidents meeting
Westin Capitol Ballroom
2:00 p.m.
Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba from the ZMF New Music Commissioning Project featuing Ivana Bilic, Thomas Burritt,
Jean Geoffroy, Beverley Johnston, William Moersch, Gordon Stout, Jack Van Geem and Nancy Zeltsman Keyboard Clinic/Performance
Presider: Gene Caprioglio, C.F. Peters Corporation
Sponsors: Zeltsman Marimba Festival, Inc., C.F. Peters Corporation, Encore Mallets, Inc., Innovative Percussion, Inc.,
Malletech LLC / Marimba Productions, Inc., Marimba One, Pearl Corporation and Adams Musical Instruments Resta Mallets,
Steve Weiss Music, Yamaha Corporation of America
Sagamore Ballroom
Rajna Swaminathan World Clinic/Performance
Women in Percussion—Power and Grace
Presider: Lalitha Swaminathan, Rhythm Fantasies
Sponsor: Rhythm Fantasies
Room 120
Interactive Drumming Committee Panel Discussion Moderator: Bob Bloom. Panelists: Julie French, Dave Lawrence, Paul Norman,
Jim Nulty, Jo Ellen Rossebo
Selling Yourself
Room 201
3:00 p.m.
Benny Greb Drumset Clinic
The Language of Drumming
Presider: Thomas Barth: Sonor Drums
Sponsors: Sonor Drums, Hudson Music, Meinl USA LC, Pro-Mark Corporation,
Remo, Inc.
Ballroom 500
Jay Hoggard Keyboard Clinic/Performance
Vibraphone and Composer Jay Hoggard with special guest Yoron Israel on Drums
Sponsors: JHVM Recordings, Ludwig/Musser Vibraphone, Mike Balter Mallets
Wabash Ballroom
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Percussion Section
Symphonic Clinic/Performance
How to Advance in an Audition
Presider: Jon Crabiel, Butler University
Sponsors: Vic Firth, Inc., Avedis Zildjian Company, Evans Drumheads,
Grover Pro Percussion, Ludwig/Musser, Sabian, Ltd., Yamaha Corporation of America
Room 109
composition contest committee meeting Mark Dorr, chair
Westin Cabinet Room
percussion ensemble committee meeting Andrew Spencer, chair
Westin Chamber Room
4:00 p.m.
Eric Sammut Keyboard Showcase Concert
Baby Come Bach
Presider: Leigh Howard Stevens, Malletech LLC / Marimba Productions, Inc.
Sponsors: Malletech LLC / Marimba Productions, Inc., Avedis Zildjian Company
Sagamore Ballroom
John Wooton World Clinic Performance
Solo Steel Pan Performing
Sponsors: University of Southern Mississippi, Pearl Corporation and Adams Musical Instruments, Vic Firth, Inc., Remo, Inc., Row-Loff Productions, Sabian, Ltd.
Room 120
Education Committee Panel Discussion Moderator: Jonathan Latta.
Panelists: Gary Cook, Julia Gaines, Kennan Wylie
Teaching the Teachers: The Percussion Methods Class
Room 201
5:00 p.m.
Akira Jimbo Drumset Clinic
Hybrid Drumming
Presider: John Wittmann, Yamaha Corporation of America
Sponsors: Yamaha Corporation of America, Avedis Zildjian Company, Remo, Inc.,
Vic Firth, Inc.
Ballroom 500
6:00 p.m.
hall of fame celebration honoring jacques delécluse and mickey hart
Westin Capitol Ballroom
8:00 p.m.
Evening Concert
Welcome by Lisa Rogers
Schedule
of Events
Friday
November 13
Amores Grup De Percussio’
Tinajas
Sponsors: INAEM, IVM, NP, Innovative Percussion, Inc.
Sagamore Ballroom
9:30 p.m.
Mark Shelton Interactive Drum Circle
Presider: Rusty Membreno, Beatnik Rhythmic Analyzer
Sponsors: Roland Corporation US, HoneyRock Publishing, Mark Shelton Productions, OnBoard Research Corporation, Pantheon Steel/Halo, Rhythm Tech, Tycoon Percussion
Room 204
10:00 p.m.
Dick Sisto End of Time Quartet with Ed Soph on drums Late Night Performance
Presider: Staci Stokes, Pro-Mark Corporation
Sponsors: Pro Mark Corporation, Innovative Percussion, Inc., Jamey Aebersold Jazz, Ludwig/Musser, Meredith Music Publications, Yamaha Corporation of America
Club.PAS, Westin Capitol Ballroom
7:30 a.m.
rEGISTRATION OPENS
8:00 a.m.
LISTENING ROOM OPENS
Room 112
Thad Anderson Poster Presentation
John Cage’s Fourth Construction: An Imaginary Landscape
Sponsors: University of Central Florida, University of Texas at Austin, Remo, Inc.
Room 112
9:00 a.m.
The Brazoswood High School Percussion Ensemble Ensemble Showcase Concert
Sponsors: Peripole-Bergerault, Inc. / Bergerault USA Division, Jupiter Music
Wabash Ballroom
David Lindberg Marching Clinic/Performance
Traditional fielddrumming of Sweden
Presider: Patsy Ellis: Cooperman Fife & Drum
Sponsor: Cooperman Fife & Drum
Room 109
Allana Radecki Health & Wellness Clinic
Yoga for Percussionists
Room 105 Ed Shaughnessy Drumset FUNdamentals Presider: Jim Catalano, Ludwig/Musser
Sponsors: Ludwig/Musser, Aquarian Drumheads, Pro-Mark Corporation, Sabian, Ltd.
Room 204 10:00 a.m.
Yale Percussion Group, Robert van Sice, director Ensemble Showcase Concert
Sponsors: Yale University School of Music, Pearl Corporation and Adams Musical Instruments, Vic Firth, Inc.
Sagamore Ballroom
Nathaniel Bartlett Technology Clinic Performance
Solo Marimba + Three-dimensional, High-definition Computer-Generated
Sound Projection
Presider: Leigh Howard Stevens, Malletech LLC / Marimba Productions, Inc.
Sponsor: Malletech LLC / Marimba Productions, Inc.
Room 120 College Pedagogy Committee Panel Discussion Moderator: Alison Shaw.
Panelists: Brian Mason, Dr. Ben Miller, Dr. Jonathan Weber
Bringing Technique Inside
Room 201 10:30 a.m.
board of directors meeting
Westin Grand Room 2
Schedule
of Events
Saturday
November 14
11:00 a.m.
Joel Stevenett Drumset Clinic
Joel Stevenett—Rocking The Video Game Industry: Tips, Tricks and Techniques
Presider: Juels Thomas, Drum Workshop
Sponsors: Drum Workshop, Avedis Zildjian Company, Remo, Inc., Shure Microphones, Vic Firth, Inc., Ballroom 500
Christopher Deane Keyboard Clinic
The Expanding Vocabulary of the Concert Vibraphone
Presider: Erik Johnson, Innovative Percussion, Inc.
Sponsors: Dynasty/DEG Music,Black Swamp Percussion, Innovative Percussion, Inc., Sabian, Ltd.
Wabash Ballroom George Brown Symphonic Timpani Lab
Presider: John Tafoya, Indiana University
Sponsors: MB Mallets, Inc., Evans Drumheads, Yamaha Corporation of America
Room 109
Nick Petrella Accessories FUNdamentals
Presider: Stacey Montgomery-Clark, Sabian Ltd.
Sponsors: Sabian, Ltd., Cooperman Company, The Musician’s Toolbox,
Yamaha Corporation of America
Room 204
12:00 p.m.
Victor Rendon with guests: Guillermo “Memo” Acevedo & Henry Brun World Clinic/Performance
Afro-Caribbean Styles
Presider: Marco Soccoli, Vic Firth, Inc.
Sponsors: Latin Percussion, Inc., Sabian, Ltd., Vic Firth, Inc.
Room 120
Keyboard Committee Panel Discussion Moderator: Michael Burritt. Panelists: Thomas Burritt, Ivana Bilic, Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic
Keyboard Percussion Concertos
Room 201 1:00 p.m.
Dean Butterworth Drumset Clinic/Performance
Presider: Andrew Shreve, Paiste America
Sponsors: Paiste, Evans Drumheads, Pro-Mark Corporation, Tama
Ballroom 500
Sandi Rennick and the Phantom Regiment D&BC Front Ensemble Marching Clinic
Addressing the Expanding Demands of the Present Day Front Ensemble
Presider: George Barrett: Innovative Percussion, Inc.
Sponsors: Dynasty/DEG Music, Avedis Zildjian Company, Innovative Percussion, Inc., Planet Waves, Remo, Inc. Wabash Ballroom Patrick Schleker Symphonic Clinic
Timpani: Looking and Listening Ahead
Presider: Rich Holly, Northern Illinois University
Sponsors: Pearl Corporation and Adams Musical Instruments, Evans Drumheads
Room 109
James Campbell Snare Drum FUNdamentals
Presider: Chris Dolson, Yamaha Corporation of America
Sponsors: Yamaha Corporation of Amerca, Evans Drumheads, Innovative Percussion, Inc.
Room 204
Committee chairs Meeting
Westin Grand Room 3
2:00 p.m.
Skip Hadden Drumset Master Class
A Glance at Fusion Tradition
Presider: Michael Robinson: Evans Drumheads
Sponsors: Avedis Zildjian Company, Berklee College of Music, Evans Drumheads, Hudson Music, Latin Percussion, Inc., Vic Firth, Inc.,
Yamaha Corporation of America
Room 120 3:00 p.m.
Jack DeJohnette Drumset Clinic
Presider: Bobby Boos, Sabian, Ltd.
Sponsors: Sabian, Aquarian Drumheads, Sonor Drums, Vic Firth, Inc.
Ballroom 500
Pius Cheung Keyboard Clinic
Marimba Romanticism
Sponsors: Vic Firth, Inc., Steve Weiss Music, Yamaha Corporation of America
Wabash Ballroom Jeff Ausdemore Professional Development
How to Start, Build and Maintain a District-Wide Percussion Club
Sponsors: Pro-Mark Corporation, Avedis Zildjian Company, Pearl Corporation and Adams Musical Instruments, Remo, Inc. Room 109 Lee Vinson Symphonic Clinic
Stop Practicing the Excerpts!
Presider: Vic Firth, Vic Firth, Inc.
Sponsors: Vic Firth, Inc., Avedis Zildjian Company, Remo, Inc.
Room 105 Julie Davila Keyboard FUNdamentals
Presider: Pete DeSalvo, PAS Education Committee
Sponsors: Innovative Percussion, Inc., Avedis Zildjian Company, Evans Drumheads, Grover Pro Percussion, Pearl Corporation and Adams Musical Instruments, Row-Loff Productions
Room 204 4:00 p.m.
Fujii Trio: Mutsuko Fujii, Haruka Fujii, Rika Fujii Keyboard Showcase Concert
Japanese Marimba Retrospective
Sponsors: The Percussion Source, Korogi Mallet Instruments, Korogi (Japan)
Sagamore Ballroom Danny Raymond Marching Clinic
Beyond The Field… The Creative Artistry of Rudiments Presider: Jeff Moore, University of Central Florida
Sponsor: Pearl Corporation and Adams Musical Instruments, Remo, Inc.
Room 120
Drumset Committee Panel Discussion Moderator: Joe Bergamini
Panelists: Dom Famularo, John Favicchia, Benny Greb, Donny Gruendler, Tommy Igoe,
Mike Sorrentino
The Use of New Media/Technology in Drum Set Teaching and Practice
Presider: Michael Sekelsky, PAS Drumset Committee
Room 201 5:00 p.m.
Virgil Donati Drumset Clinic
Foot Technique Presider: Mike Farriss, Pearl Corporation and Adams Musical Instruments
Sponsors: Pearl Corporation and Adams Musical Instruments, Remo Inc., Sabian, Ltd., Shure Microphones, Vater Percussion
Ballroom 500
Cynthia Yeh Symphonic Clinic/Performance
Musician First, Percussionist Second
Sponsors: Avedis Zildjian Company, Pearl Corporation and Adams Musical Instruments
Wabash Ballroom Lori Fithian Closing Drum Circle
Presider: Jonathan Murray, Drum Circle Facilitators Guild
Sponsors: Drum Circle Facilitators Guild, Remo, Inc.
Serpentine Lobby 8:00 p.m.
EVENING CONCERT
Welcome by Steve Houghton
Tommy Igoe and the Birdland Big Band featuring Guest Percussion Virtuoso: Rolando Morales-Matos
Presider: John DeChristen, Avedis Zildjian Company
Sponsors: Percussive Arts Society, Avedis Zildjian Company, Drum Workshop,
Evans Drumheads, Hudson Music, Latin Percussion, Inc., Vic Firth, Inc.
Sagamore Ballroom 10:00 p.m.
Bisquera Brothers featuring Curt Bisquera on drums and Rich Mangicaro on percussion with Albert Wing, Jimmy Haslip, James Harrah and Leon Bisquera Late Night Performance
Presider: Juels Thomas, Drum Workshop
Sponsors: Drum Workshop, Gon Bops, Innovative Percussion, Inc., Paiste America, Regal Tip/Calato, Remo, Inc.
Club.PAS, Westin Capitol Ballroom
Schedule
of Events
Saturday
November 14
Courtesy of Japan Percussion Center
Alan Abel
Thursday, 12:00 p.m.
Alan Abel, former Associate Principal Percussionist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, retired in
1997 after thirty-eight years of service. He continues to perform as a substitute or as an extra
percussionist with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Abel attended the Eastman School of Music,
where he was also a part-time member of the
Rochester Philharmonic. After two years in the
Empire Band of the United States Air Force,
he joined the Oklahoma City Symphony, where
he served as Principal Percussionist for six years until 1959. Abel has been
a faculty member at Temple University since 1973 and at Rutgers University
since 2002. Fifty-nine of his former students currently perform or have performed with over fifty symphony and opera orchestras throughout the world.
Twenty-five of his former students are teaching or have taught at universities,
colleges, and conservatories in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. He
has compiled two books of orchestral studies for timpani and percussion. He
has designed and continues to produce symphonic triangles and bass drum
stands, which are used throughout the world. Abel is the recipient of outstanding service awards from the Philadelphia Orchestra and Temple University.
He served on the PAS Board of Directors and as the first Chair of the PAS
Symphonic Committee. Abel was inducted into the PAS Hall of Fame in 1998.
Thomas Akins
Thursday, 12:00 p.m.
Thomas Akins was principal timpanist of the
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (ISO) for 26
years, a post that is now endowed and titled in
his honor. In 1984, he gave the premiere performance of William Kraft’s “Timpani Concerto No.
1,” a work which is dedicated to him. Akins later
recorded the work with the Alabama Symphony
Orchestra on the Troy label. Additionally, he has
given premiere performances of major works for
timpani including those by Donald White, Scott
Huston and James McVoy. Akins earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s
degree from the College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati.
His major teachers included Fred Begun, Edward B. Wuebold, Jr., and Fred D.
Hinger. He has held faculty positions at DePauw University and Indiana University. Currently, Akins serves as music director of Carmel Brass and has guest
conducted several orchestras in pops concerts. He is a member of the announcing staff for marching and concert events for Music For All and is heard
regularly on classical radio broadcasts in the Indianapolis area. Following his
on-stage career with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Akins became the
ISO’s Director of Public Relations and Director of Archives for another 16 years
before his retirement.
Amores Grup dé Percussio
Friday, 8:00 p.m.
Amores Grup dé Percussio is composed of Pau Ballester, Ángel García, and
Jesús Salvador “Chapi”. Founded in 1989, the group’s name references and is
influenced by composer John
Cage. In their expanded trajectory, they have developed a
decisive role in the evolution
of percussion music in Spain,
showing for the first time a
great part of the works written
for percussion and compositions dedicated to the group.
The group has collaborated
with important soloists of international renown and has performed in numerous European,
Asian, and American cities. Currently, Amores is also a resident group of the
Palau de la Musica de Valencia (The Valencia Music Hall) where they perform
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a cycle of percussion concerts every year. During 2009, Amores will celebrate
their twentieth-year anniversary. Compact disc recordings of the group include Vivencias (1998), Amores/Cage (2000), and Fenix (2004).
Thad Anderson
Saturday, 8:00 a.m.
Thad Anderson is a member of the percussion
faculty at the University of Central Florida. In
addition to the percussion area, he also teaches
courses in music composition and technology.
Furthermore, Anderson currently serves as
artistic director of the Cage Percussion Players;
an ensemble dedicated to the performance of
historic American percussion ensemble repertoire.
I Ketut Gede Asnawa
Thursday, 2:00 p.m.
I Ketut Gede Asnawa is a composer, performer, and scholar from Bali, Indonesia. He has taught at the government-sponsored secondary- and tertiary-level
conservatories of Balinese music since 1980.
His compositions have been featured at the
Festival of Young Composers in Jakarta and
the annual Bali Arts Festival. Recently, his
importance as a composer and innovator in
Balinese music was recognized in Grove Music
Online. An accomplished gamelan musician,
Asnawa has toured Europe, the United States,
and Asia. A demanding but charismatic teacher,
he has taught gamelan groups at the University
of Maryland Baltimore County, Université de
Montréal, Eastman School of Music, University
of Missouri Kansas City, as well as private
gamelan groups in New York, California, and the Netherlands. Since 2006, he
has been a long-term visiting artist at the Robert E. Brown Center for World
Music of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Jeff Ausdemore
Saturday, 3:00 p.m.
Jeff Ausdemore is currently beginning his fifth year as Associate Director of
Bands at Colleyville Heritage High School (CHHS) in Texas. In this role, Ausdemore serves as the percussion coordinator,
head of jazz studies, and co-director/composer/
arranger of the CHHS marching band. Under
Ausdemore’s direction, the CHHS percussion program has flourished, gaining national
notoriety through chamber music, guest artist
concerts of all genres, recitals, and ensemble
competitions. Ausdemore’s professional affiliations include the Percussive Arts Society, the
Texas Music Educators Association, the Texas
Bandmasters Association, and the American
Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. He holds a Master of Music degree with
distinction from New Mexico State University (2002) and a Bachelor of Music
degree with high honors from Belmont University (1999).
Badaboum Quartet
Friday, 9:00 a.m.
Created by four students of
the Conservatoire National de
Région de Paris, the Badaboum
Quartet is directed by Frederic
Macarez, Director of Percussion Studies at the Conservatoire National de Région de
Paris and Principal Timpanist
of the Orchestre de Paris. The
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group received excellent reviews after their first concert performance in 2008
at the Musee d’art Moderne de la ville de Paris (Museum of Modern Art). After
many more successful performances featuring traditional European and American repertoire for percussion quartet, the quartet has now been commissioning
new works by young composers. The Badaboum Quartet is already scheduled
for tours and performances in France and Europe over the next two years.
Nathaniel Bartlett
Saturday, 10:00 a.m.
Nathaniel Bartlett’s performances seamlessly
meld his five-octave acoustic marimba with
electronics, a powerful computer, and an eightchannel cube of loudspeakers. With the audience
positioned in the center of the cuboid loudspeaker array, a three-dimensional soundfield can be
projected into the audience space, totally immersing the audience. In his music the positioning and movement of sounds in physical space,
resulting in kinetic audio sculptures, is a central musical parameter. In Bartlett’s
performance set-up, a dual-display computer monitor has replaced the music
stand. The score, now free from the physical realm, can be totally integrated in
real time with the audio parameters of the music. Nathaniel Bartlett was born in
1978 in Madison, Wisconsin. He is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music,
the Royal Academy of Music (London), and studied privately with marimbist
Leigh Howard Stevens.
JOHN H. BECK
Thursday, 12:00 p.m.
John H. Beck received his bachelor of music
and master of music degrees from the Eastman
School of Music, where he has also served
on the faculty since 1959. Beck¹s career as a
performer and teacher includes posts as percussionist, timpanist, and marimba soloist with the
United States Marine Band, principal percussionist with the Rochester Philharmonic, and
timpanist with the Rochester Philharmonic. He
has made numerous solo appearances, including performances with the Eastman Wind Ensemble, Syracuse Wind Ensemble,
Chautauqua Band, Rochester Chamber Orchestra, Corning Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Memphis State Wind Ensemble, Pennsylvania Festival Band,
and Filharmonia Pomorska, Poland. As a conductor, Beck has appeared with
the Eastman Percussion Ensemble and the Aeolian Consort. His compositions
have been published by Carl Fischer, Boston Music, Kendor Music, Meredith
Music, MCA, Wimbledon Music, Inc., Studio 4 Productions, and CPP/Belwin.
He has served as PAS New York Chapter President (1976–82), PAS Second
Vice-President (1982–84), PAS First Vice-President (1984–86), and PAS President (1987–90). He was inducted into the PAS Hall of Fame in 1999. John retired
from the Eastman School of Music in 2008 and is now a Professor Emeritus of
Percussion.
Sergio Bellotti
Thursday, 3:00 p.m.
Sergio Bellotti moved from the south of Italy
to the United States in 1995. Very active in the
music scene of Boston and worldwide as a
clinician/performer, Bellotti has recorded and/or
shared the stage with such artists as Mike Stern,
Wayne Krantz, Tom Scott, Bob James, Robben
Ford, Nathan East, and Dan Siegel. He currently
plays with fusion ensemble Spajazzy and coleads a duo with percussion artist Alessandra
Belloni. Bellotti has taught drumset at Berklee
College of Music since 2002, and writes for Drum Club magazine in Italy. He has
performed at various conferences and festivals including the Montreal Drum
Fest (2003), Cape Breton International Drum Fest (2004, 2005 and 2006), Berklee
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John Best
Thursday, 9:00 a.m.
Los Angeles-based performer, educator, and arranger John Best is currently the music arranger
for the University of Houston Cougar Marching
Band as well as pit instructor and arranger at
The Woodlands High School in Texas. He travels
the globe as a musician and educator and has
performed as a soloist and clinician in the United
States, Austria, Germany, Sweden, and Australia. Best’s fourteen years of experience as an
educator extend across both secondary schools
and universities and include wind, jazz, percussion and marching ensembles,
private lessons, and university courses. Previous positions held include Instrumental Music Director at Royal High School, Percussion Area Coordinator at
Sam Houston State University, and Affiliate Artist at the University of Houston
Moores School of Music. Best is member of the PAS Music Technology Committee.
Bisquera Brothers
Saturday, 10:00 p.m.
The Bisquera Brothers
group is a unique ensemble that has performed
worldwide to devoted
fans. Members of the
group are: Curt Bisquera/
drumset (Bonnie Raitt,
Elton John, Mick Jagger,
Tom Petty), Rich Mangicaro/percussion (Jackson
Browne, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh), Leon Bisquera/keyboard (Randy Crawford,
Chaka Khan, Brothers Johnson), Reggie Hamilton/bass (Stanley Clarke, Christina Aguilera, Seal, Bette Midler), James Harrah/guitar (Jewel, Herbie Hancock,
Ray Charles, Madonna, Vonda Shepard), and Albert Wing/saxophone (Zappa,
Michael McDonald, Diana Ross, Bette Midler).
Andrew Bliss
Friday, 9:00 a.m.
Active as a performer, scholar, and pedagogue,
Dr. Andrew M. Bliss is currently on the music
faculty at the University of Tennessee at Martin. For almost a decade, he was a founding
member of the Base4 Percussion Quartet, and
is currently the artistic director of the nief-norf
project and a member of Nothing in Common, a
piano/percussion duo with pianist Mabel Kwan.
Bliss has been a featured artist at the Seamus
National Conference, the Banff Centre for the
Arts (Canada), the College Music Society’s International Conference (Croatia),
and at several PASICs. Equally interested in scholarship and pedagogy, Bliss
has presented at the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy (NCPP)
and at the Association for Technology in Music Instruction’s (ATMI) National
Conference.
Brazoswood High
School Percussion
Ensemble directed by
Eric Harper
Saturday, 9:00 a.m.
The Brazoswood High
School Percussion Ensemble directed by Eric
Harper includes all of the
percussion students of
Brazoswood High School
in Clute and Lake Jackson, Texas. Students audition for this ensemble in the
fifth grade and work on their musicianship through middle school until they
are finally members of this elite high school group. The percussion students
are also members of the marching band, concert bands, and jazz bands at
Brazoswood High School. The Brazoswood High School Marching Band is
consistently a Bands of America Regional Finalist as well as a Texas U.I.L.
State Marching Bands Finalist. The concert band program is consistently a
Texas Music Educators Association 5A Honor Band Finalist. The Brazoswood
High School Percussion Ensemble has won the PAS International Percussion
Ensemble Competition three times and performed at PASIC in 2003 and 2006. In
2008, the Brazoswood High School Drumline competed and received second
place overall in the PASIC 2008 Marching Festival-Standstill Division. Director
of Percussion Studies Eric Harper has been at Brazoswood High School since
1999. He also teaches within the feeder programs to Brazoswood High School
(i.e. Lake Jackson Intermediate School, Clute Intermediate School, and Rasco
Middle School). Harper received his Bachelor of Music degree with teaching
certification from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.
James Campbell
Saturday, 1:00 p.m.
James Campbell has received worldwide recognition as a performer, pedagogue, composer,
author, and is a respected figure in the development of the contemporary percussion ensemble.
He has toured extensively throughout North and
Central America, Europe, and Asia. Currently
Provost’s Distinguished Service Professor of
Music and Director of Percussion Studies at the
University of Kentucky in Lexington, he also holds
the positions of Principal Percussionist with the
Lexington Philharmonic, drummer with the Kentucky Jazz Repertory Orchestra,
and Past-President of the Percussive Arts Society. Campbell is proud to have
been named to the Drum Corps International Hall of Fame in 2008.
Robert Breithaupt
Thursday, 1:00 p.m.
Robert Breithaupt is Professor of Music and
Department Chair of Performance Studies at
Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. Breithaupt
has developed an outstanding undergraduate
percussion program, producing students that
are successful in performing, teaching, and
the music industry. He is a co-founder of the
Summer Drum Set Workshops, the author of the
textbook The Complete Percussionist, the DVD
entitled Snare Drum Basics, presents clinics and seminars worldwide, and is a
past-president of the Percussive Arts Society. Since 2001, he has led the Jazz
Arts Group (JAG), one of America’s leading non-for-profit jazz organizations, as
Executive Director. Breithaupt has also served as the drummer of JAG’s Columbus Jazz Orchestra since 1980. He regularly performs with many of the nation’s
finest orchestras along with trumpet virtuoso Byron Stripling and Broadway
star Sandy Duncan. The recipient of numerous honors and awards, Breithaupt
received Bowling Green State University’s Outstanding Graduate Award, was a
fellow in the Jefferson Academy for Leadership and Governance, participated
in the prestigious Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders in the Arts, a joint
program of National Arts Strategies and the Stanford Graduate School of Business, was the founding chair of the Columbus Cultural Leadership Consortium,
and is on the board of Experience Columbus.
Pius Cheung
Saturday, 3:00 p.m.
Chinese-Canadian marimbist Pius Cheung won first prize in the 2008 Young
Concert Artists International Auditions. At the Auditions, he was also awarded
the Miriam Brody Aronson Award, the Brownville
Concert Series Prize (NE), the Swiss Global
Artistic Foundation Award for an engagement in
Europe, the Embassy Series Prize (DC), the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center Prize,
and the Usedom (Germany) Music Festival Prize.
Recent and scheduled performances include
concerts at the 8th International Marimba Festival in Mexico, Percussive Arts Society International Convention 2009, Usedomer Music Festival
in Germany, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Terrace
Theater at Kennedy Center, and Zankel Recital
Hall at Carnegie Hall. Cheung’s performances
include compositions by contemporary composers, his own compositions, and
arrangements of the classics, most notably J. S. Bach’s “Goldberg Variations.”
His debut recording of the “Goldberg Variations” is the first and only recording
of the work on marimba. The recording has aired on CBC Radio in Canada and
National Public Radio in the United States. As a composer, Cheung won first
prize in the Classical Marimba League’s 2007 Composition Competition for his
work “Three Etudes.”
George Brown
Saturday, 11:00 a.m.
George Brown has served as Principal Timpanist
of the Utah Symphony Orchestra since 1987.
Brown currently teaches timpani at the University of Utah. He was the former Principal Timpanist
with the Colorado Springs Symphony, Orquesta
Sinfonica de Mineria (Mexico City), U.S. Armed
Forces Bicentennial Band, and U.S. Coast Guard
Band. Brown has also performed with the Indianapolis Symphony, Denver Symphony, Mexico
City Philharmonic, Louisville Orchestra, and
Lexington Philharmonic.
Anthony J. Cirone
Thursday, 12:00 p.m.
Anthony J. Cirone received a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree from The Juilliard School where he studied with Saul Goodman.
Upon graduation, he was offered a percussion position with the San Francisco
Symphony under Josef Krips. During his ensuing
tenure at the Symphony, he performed under
the baton of Seiji Ozawa, Edo DeWaart, Herbert
Blomstedt, and Michael Tilson Thomas as music
directors and noted guest conductors such
as Leonard Bernstein, Igor Stravinsky, Aaron
Copland, and James Levine. Additionally, he
served as Professor of Music at San José State
University from 1965 to 2001, where he directed
the percussion program and taught music technology courses. Cirone has also been on the faculty of San Francisco State University, Stanford
University, and Indiana University (IU). At IU, he
served as the Director of Percussion Studies from 2001 to 2007. In addition to
a distinguished performing and teaching career, Cirone is a prolific composer,
publishing over 100 titles including textbooks (Cirone’s Pocket Dictionary of Foreign Musical Terms), 3 symphonies for percussion, 4 sonatas, a string quartet,
and 7 works for orchestra. He is the Percussion Consultant/Editor for Meredith
Music Publications, and is the author of “Portraits in Rhythm,” a collection of 50
studies for snare drum, used worldwide as a standard text for training percussionists in colleges and universities.
Dean Butterworth
Saturday, 1:00 p.m.
Since March 2005, Dean Butterworth has been
touring and recording with the rock band Good
Charlotte. Other groups and/or artists that Butterworth has performed extensively with include
Morrissey and Ben Harper. Additionally, he has
recorded with such artists as Jack Johnson, Hillary Duff, Ashlee Simpson, Nancy Sinatra, Patty
Smyth, Goldfinger, IV Xample, and Kelly Price.
He is currently involved with television projects
including the following series “Old Christine,”
“Rita Rocks,” and “Hank.”
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Clock Out Duo with Ba Da Boom
Wednesday, 4:00 p.m.
Clocked Out Productions is the creative outlet
of musicians’ composer/pianist Erik Griswold
and percussionist Vanessa Tomlinson. Originally
based in Melbourne, Australia, they moved to
Brisbane in 2002. Since its inception, Clocked
Out has developed and produced innovative
concert series, interarts performance series,
cross-cultural music, and dance productions.
Through its many and varied collaborations, the
duo have sought to bring together musicians,
performers, and artists from diverse backgrounds. The duo’s work has often
explored the boundaries between musical styles and artistic disciplines.
The limitless creativity of Vanessa Tomlinson has spawned significant contributions in the fields of solo percussion, contemporary chamber music,
improvisation and performance art. As a soloist, she has worked closely with
influential European composers Vinko Globokar and Brian Ferneyhough, prominent Australian/American composers Erik Griswold, Liza Lim, and Anthony
Pateras as well as instrument builder Rosemary Joy. She performs frequently
with a wide array of contemporary chamber and improvisation ensembles,
including Australian Art Orchestra, Elision Ensemble, Twitch, and Clocked Out
Duo.
Eclectic composer/pianist Erik Griswold
fuses experimental, jazz, and world music traditions to create original compositions. Specializing in percussion, prepared piano, and toy
instruments, he has created a unique musical
universe. His compositions for percussion have
been performed internationally by ensembles
such as Speak Percussion (Melbourne), Ba
Da Boom & Isorhythmos (Brisbane), Defying
Gravity (Perth), Red Fish Blue Fish (San Diego),
Los Angeles Percussion Collective, Tambuco
(Mexico City), Schlagwerkensemble Derndorfer
(Linz, Austria), and by many university percussion ensembles.
Ba Da Boom Percussion is the resident percussion ensemble at
Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University under the direction of Dr.
Vanessa Tomlinson. Ba Da Boom has commissioned and premiered works by
numerous composers including Gerardo Dirie and Erik Griswold. They have
developed large-scale site specific works, most notably submerged in water
as part of William Duckworth and Nora Farell’s I’Orpheus. They have also
performed the Australian premiere of classic works such as Reich’s Music for
18 Musicians. At PASIC Ba Da Boom is represented by Rebecca Lloyd Jones,
Stephanie Mudford and Cameron Kennedy.
Marc Damoulakis
Friday, 1:00 p.m.
Marc Damoulakis, born in Massachusetts, is currently a member of the percussion section of the Cleveland Orchestra and faculty member of DePaul University. Prior to joining the Cleveland Orchestra in 2006, Damoulakis performed
regularly with the New York Philharmonic for three seasons. He has held tenure positions as Principal Timpanist of the Long
Island Philharmonic, Assistant Principal Percussionist of the Harrisburg Symphony and Percussionist in the Sun Valley Summer Symphony;
Damoulakis has also played with the Atlanta
Symphony, Houston Symphony, Kirov Orchestra,
Canadian Brass, and Florida West Coast Symphony. As a chamber musician, he performed a
joint recital of piano and percussion music with
Emanuel Ax at Lincoln Center. He was also a
founding member of the Time Table Percussion
Quartet based in New York City. He has taught
master classes and clinics nationally, traveling
to the Manhattan School of Music, Boston Conservatory, Cleveland Institute
of Music, University of Miami, and DePaul University. As a student, he participated in the Tanglewood Music Center, Spoleto Festival in Italy, and the Pacific
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Music Festival. He is an alumni of the New World Symphony, were he studied
with music director Michael Tilson Thomas. Damoulakis received a bachelor’s
degree in music from Manhattan School of Music.
Dancing Drum
Thursday, 9:00 a.m.
Dancing Drum’s mission is to
educate, entertain, and inspire
people of all ages through
interactive, percussion-based
programs. Steve Campbell and
Lindsay Rust are the founders
and directors of Dancing Drum,
based in Santa Barbara, California. Their extensive travels
around the world have provided them with a culturally diverse foundation in drumming that has influenced
and informed their approach to playing, teaching, and developing educational
publications for elementary through high school and adult age learners. Since
2002, Campbell and Rust have been presenting cross-curricular educational
programs from the West Coast to the East Coast, including teacher trainings,
artist-in-residencies, interactive performances, workshops in drumming and
dance, and multi-cultural mask-making.
Steve Campbell graduated from University of California at Santa Barbara.
He received a Bachelor of Arts degree and earned his California multiple subject teaching credentials in 2002.
Lindsay Rust is a multi-talented artist who has been working professionally since her teenage years. Rust received dual degrees in anthropology and
art from Northwestern University and served two years in the Peace Corps
in Niger, West Africa. Campbell and Rust have traveled to many countries to
study drumming, percussion, and dance, including Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger,
Thailand, and Belize.
Julie Davila
Thursday, 2:00 p.m. | Saturday, 3:00 p.m.
Julie Davila is a member of the chamber percussion ensemble the Caixa Trio. In addition to
the trio, she is currently the arranger and instructor for the Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) Band of Blue Drumline. Davila also
is Adjunct Professor of Percussion at MTSU.
She has published numerous marching and
concert percussion features through Row-Loff
Productions and drop6 media, Inc. She is the
author of “Modern Multi-Tenor Techniques and
Solos” and “Impressions on Wood” and is a co-author of “Aptitude” a solo
snare book. Davila also serves on the PAS Board of Directors and was Chair of
the PAS Marching Percussion Committee from 1998 to 2007.
The Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) Drumline is under the
direction of Julie Davila and Lalo Davila. Lalo Davila is Professor of Music and
Director of Percussion Studies
at MTSU. The MTSU Drumline
is known for their high-energy
performances and a strong
funk/Latin appeal. The drumline has competed in three
PASIC Marching Percussion
Festivals. They were the recipients of a first place title in 2001
and again in 2004. The MTSU
Marching Percussion section
is 57 strong, and supports the
over 300 piece nationally recognized MTSU Band of Blue.
Lalo Davila
Thursday, 2:00 p.m. | Thursday, 10:00 p.m.
Lalo Davila is currently Professor of Music and Director of Percussion Studies
at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). Davila received his Bachelor
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of Music degree from Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi and a Master of
Music degree from the University of North Texas. Originally from Corpus Christi, Texas, he has extensive experience both as an educator and performer. Additionally, Davila spent three years (1984-1986) performing and instructing with
the University of North Texas Percussive Arts Society Championship Drum Line
and served as an instructor for the Phantom Regiment and the Star of Indiana
Drum and Bugle Corps. Under his as well as Julie Davila’s direction, the MTSU
Drumline has won two PAS Marching Festival championships over the past
few years. He has served as a clinician and/or an adjudicator throughout the
United States, France, Australia, Sweden, Mexico, Cuba, and Japan. As a performer, Davila received Nashvilleˆs 1998 Percussionist of the Year Award. He
has toured and performed with many artists and groups such as the Nashville
Symphony, Six Pence and None The Richer, Clay Walker, Vickie Carr, Sherry
Lewis, The Panhandlers Steel Band, and Max Carl and the Big Dance. Davila
recently played percussion and sang lead vocals for the American Bible Society CD project. He can also be heard on Kirk Whalum’s Grammy-nominated
CD Hymns in the Garden. Currently, Davila performs with several Latin groups
including Orkesta Eme Pe.
Christopher Deane
Saturday, 11:00 a.m.
Christopher Deane is currently Associate Professor of Percussion Studies at the University
of North Texas. He teaches applied lessons
in orchestral timpani and percussion, mallet
percussion, and conducts the UNT 12:00 Percussion Ensemble. Deane is a member of the
Pulsus Percussion Group and an active freelance percussionist is the Dallas-Ft. Worth area.
He has performed with such major symphony
orchestras as the Boston Pops, Cincinnati,
Dallas, Detroit, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Utah symphonies. Deane has
also performed with such chamber music ensembles as the Percussion Group
Cincinnati, Philidor Percussion Group, Mallarme Chamber Players, and the
Aeolian Chamber Players. Additionally, he has many composition credits to his
name with his works performed regularly worldwide.
Jack DeJohnette
Saturday, 3:00 p.m.
Born in Chicago in 1942, Jack DeJohnette studied classical piano from age
four until fourteen before beginning to play drums with his high school concert
band. In his early years on the Chicago scene, he led his own groups and
was equally in demand as a pianist and as a drummer. He played R&B, hard
bop, and avant-garde music, and worked with such artists as Muhal Richard
Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell, and Joseph Jarman. In 1966, he drummed alongside
Rashied Ali in the John Coltrane Quintet. International recognition came with
his tenure in the Charles Lloyd Quartet. DeJohnette has collaborated with most of major
figures in jazz history. Some of the great talents
he has worked with are John Coltrane, Miles
Davis, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins, Sun Ra,
Jackie McLean, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans,
Stan Getz, Keith Jarrett, Chet Baker, George
Benson, Stanley Turrentine, Ron Carter, Lee
Morgan, Charles Lloyd, Herbie Hancock, Dave
Holland, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Abbey Lincoln, Betty Carter, and Eddie Harris. In
1968, he joined Miles Davis’s group in time to
record Bitches Brew. Working with Davis also
brought about collaborations with John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, and Dave
Holland. In 1968, DeJohnette recorded his first album as a leader on the Milestone label, called The DeJohnette Complex, where he played melodica along
with his mentor Roy Haynes on drums. In the early 1970s he recorded Have
You Heard in Japan and two albums for Prestige, called Sorcery and Cosmic
Chicken. These early sessions united DeJohnette with Gary Peacock, Bennie
Maupin, Stanley Cowell, Miroslav Vitous, Eddie Gomez, Alex Foster, and Peter
Warren. While continuing to lead his own projects and bands, DeJohnette has
also been a member of the Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack DeJohnette
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Trio for twenty-five years. He has appeared on more ECM albums than any
other musician, and is also known for his cutting edge collaborations. His Parallel Realities CD featuring Herbie Hancock and Pat Metheny received much
acclaim. Most recently, he has performed and recorded with Bobby McFerrin,
Don Byron, Danilo Perez, Gonzalo Rubalcalba, and Meshell Ndegeocello. In
1991, DeJohnette was awarded an honorary doctoral degree from Berklee
College of Music in Boston. There is an extensive list of awards for drumming,
including at least fifteen years of the Downbeat magazine polls, the NY Jazz
awards, and the Jazz Central awards.
Christopher Deviney
Friday, 11:00 a.m.
Chris Deviney currently serves as Principal Percussionist of the Philadelphia
Orchestra. Prior to assuming this position in 2003, he was section percussionist in the Houston Symphony Orchestra. He has
also previously performed and recorded with
the New Orleans Symphony, Toronto Symphony,
New York Philharmonic, and Philadelphia Orchestra. Deviney has performed professionally
at the Bard Music Festival and as a featured
soloist with the Brevard (FL) Symphony. He was
a student at the Aspen Music Festival, where
he was the recipient of the first Charles Owen
Memorial Fellowship. Deviney received his
Bachelor of Music degree from Florida State
University and his Master of Music degree from
Temple University. In 2008, he joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music,
where he also serves as the Coordinator of Percussion Studies.
DivaDi
Wednesday, 2:30 p.m.
Pianist Adrienne Park and percussionist David Carlisle co-founded DivaDi, a
duo performing original compositions and new works created on a collaborative basis with composers. The duo performs a
wide spectrum of eclectic repertoire, which often draws from multiple styles of music. DivaDi
recently performed at the University of Mississippi and the University of Memphis.
In addition to her work in the duo DivaDi,
Adrienne Park has performed with Edgar
Meyer, Joshua Bell, Shauna Rolston, and
Nexus. She was on faculty at the Banff Centre’s
music programs as a collaborative pianist. Park
is Principal Pianist for the Memphis Symphony
Orchestra and on faculty at the University of
Mississippi.
Percussionist David Carlisle of the duo DivaDi has also performed with
Steve Reich, Nexus, Percussion Group Cincinnati, the American Festival of
New Music, the San Francisco and Berkeley Contemporary Music Players,
Earplay, Empyrean Ensemble and Henze’s opera “El Cimarron” at the Banff
Centre. He has freelanced with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the
Memphis Symphony Orchestra as well as recorded at Skywalker Sound.
Anthony Di Sanza and the University of Wisconsin at Madison
Graduate Percussion Group
Wednesday, 11:00 a.m.
Anthony Di Sanza has performed and presented master classes in North
America, Europe, and Asia. He has appeared as a visiting artist at over 35
colleges, universities and conservatories, and has performed
in some of the world’s most
important concert halls. He
can be heard on numerous CD
recordings with various artists
and ensembles and serves as Associate Professor of Percussion
at the University of Wisconsin at
Madison. The University of Wisconsin (UW) at Madison Graduate Percussion Group
is dedicated to the performance of works from diverse compositional trends of
the 20th and 21st centuries, and compliments the Western and world percussion ensembles in the UW percussion curriculum. The chamber ensembles
perform, on average, six campus concerts each year and appear regularly
throughout the region. The Western Percussion Ensemble appears on the
Equilibrium CD Footprints featuring the music of Michael Udow. The ensemble
members are Todd Hammes, Joseph Murfin, Thomas Ross, and Megan Shieh.
Virgil Donati
Saturday, 5:00 p.m.
Drumset artist Virgil Donati was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia.
From the time he could barely utter a word, he keenly observed the regular
band rehearsals his father held in their home.
Therefore, it was not a surprise when he began
playing drumset at a very young age. He joined
his first rock band and signed with his first
major label by age fifteen. At age nineteen, he
traveled to the United States to further his drum
studies, and also took classes in composition
and arranging. Returning to Australia at age
twenty-one, Donati worked steadily performing
in many styles including jazz, rock, and pop as
well as with varied ensembles through theatre
and studio work. He also worked with many
visiting artists including George Cables, Mark
Murphy, Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland, and Melissa Etheridge. In the mid
1980s and 1990s, Donati’s interest in progressive music was exploited with
several bands he initiated, most notably Loose Change, and later, On The Virg.
In 1996, he relocated to the United States, recording and touring with such
groups and artists as Planet X, Steve Vai, CAB, Scott Henderson, Steve Walsh,
Tribal Tech, Frank Gambale, Derek Sherinian, Mark Boals, Dave Stewart, Mick
Jagger, and Josh Stone.
diane downs with The Louisville Leopard Percussionists
Friday, 12:00 p.m.
The Louisville Leopard Percussionists ensemble consists of more than fifty
musicians ages seven to twelve from Louisville, Kentucky. They perform a
broad repertoire of classical, ragtime, jazz, Latin, and
pop tunes while learning to
improvise, compose, and arrange music. As performers,
the students rotate among
the instruments and become
proficient on several of them.
Students also study percussion techniques and perform
with professional artists. The
Leopards have performed
throughout Kentucky as well
as in such other American cities as Tampa, Chicago, Columbus, New York City,
Atlanta, New Orleans, Dayton, Orlando, and Washington, D. C. The Leopards
have performed with numerous professional musicians including Dave Samuels, Victor Mendoza, Joe Morello, Louie Bellson, Emil Richards, Ruben Alvarez,
Jerry Steinholtz, Ndugu Chancler, Brad Dutz, and Zoro. The Leopards were
featured in an HBO documentary, “The Leopards Take Manhattan: The Little
Band That Roared” filmed in New York City at the International Association of
Jazz Educators Annual Convention, where the Leopards performed in January
2006.
Electric Kulintang
Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.
Percussionist, composer, and improviser Susie Ibarra resides in New York
City. An international artist, she has performed and collaborated with such
noted artists as Pauline Oliveros, John Zorn, Dave Douglas, Yusef Komunyakaa, Trisha Brown, Tania Leon, Derek Bailey, Ikue Mori, Sylvie Courvoisier,
William Parker, Dr. L Subramaniam, Kavita Krishnamurti, Wadada Leo Smith,
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Mark Dresser, Arto Lindsay,
Thurston Moore, Prefuse 73,
and Yo La Tengo. She received
her music diploma from the
Mannes College of Music and
a Bachelor of Arts degree from
Goddard College. Her teachers include Milford Graves,
Vernel Fournier, Buster Smith,
and Philippine Kulintang with
Danongan Kalanduyan and the
Kalanduyan family. Ibarra was
a 2008 recipient of the Asian Cultural Council Philippine Fellowship. Several of
her recent performances include “Pintados Dream” (“The Painted’s Dream”)
commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra and premiered at Zankel
Carnegie Hall, “Drum Sketches” commissioned and premiered by The Brecht
Forum and Innova Records, “These Trees That Speak” commissioned for Ethos
Percussion, “Kit: Music for 4 Pianists” commissioned and world premiere by
Ars Nova Workshop, and “War Horses” composed by Electric Kulintang and
poetry by Yusef Komunyakaa and commissioned by The Isamu Noguchi Museum.
Born in East Havana, Cuba, percussionist and composer Roberto Rodriguez
draws upon world influences as well as pop, rock, jazz, electronic, avantgarde, and classical music in order to present virtuosic and varied performances. Rodriguez, a Grammy nominee and American Music Award Recipient,
has performed with notable artists such as Rufus Wainwright, Joe Jackson,
John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Celia Cruz, Israel “CACHAO” Lopez, Paquito D’Rivera,
Julio Iglesias, Miami Sound Machine, Paul Simon, Lloyd Cole, Dr. L Subramaniam, Kavita Krishnamurti, Lester Bowie, and Wadada Leo Smith. He can be
heard on such recordings as Electric Kulintang: Dialects with Susie Ibarra and
Into the Light with Miami Sound Machine. Rodriguez has produced several of
his own recordings including Baila! Gitano Baila! and El Danzon de Moises.
Steve Fidyk
Friday, 10:00 a.m.
Jazz drummer, author, and educator Steve Fidyk
has toured and recorded with Maureen McGovern, New York Voices, Cathy Fink and Marcy
Marxer, The Capitol Bones, The Taylor/Fidyk Big
Band, an ensemble he co-leads with Stan Kenton arranger Mark Taylor, and is currently the
drummer with the Army Blues Jazz Ensemble
from Washington D.C. As an educator, he has
authored: “The Drum Set SMART Book,” “Inside the Big Band Drum Chart,” “Jazz Drum Set
Independence 3/4, 4/4, and 5/4 Time Signatures,” and an instructional DVD entitled Set Up and Play! Fidyk is presently a member of the jazz faculty at Temple
University. He holds a master’s degree in jazz studies from the University of
Maryland and a bachelor’s degree in music education from Wilkes University.
Lori Fithian
Saturday, 5:00 p.m.
Lori Fithian is a full-time drum circle facilitator
from Ann Arbor, Michigan. A life-long “folk”
percussionist, she offers her “Drummunity!”
programs throughout the Great Lakes region,
sharing her joy of rhythm with everyone from
toddlers to elders, in schools, camps, churches,
conference rooms, libraries and beyond. A
member of the Drum Circle Facilitators Guild
Board of Directors, she and fellow guild members are happy to host the closing circle at
PASIC 2009.
The Fujii trio
Saturday, 4:00 p.m.
Mustuko Fujii is widely recognized in Japan as one the leading proponents
of the marimba. She has performed and held master classes in Japan, China,
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Indonesia, Germany, the United
States, and the Netherlands.
Mutsuko teaches at the Senzoku Gakuen in Tokyo and serves
as Vice-Chairman of Japan Total Music Institute. Haruka Fujii
uses New York City as the base
for her international multi-percussion career. She frequently
collaborates with Tan Dun by
performing his percussion
concerti and operas across the
world. She has appeared as soloist with major orchestras including Munich,
Sydney, Lyon, Hong Kong, and the Metropolitan Opera. Rika Fujii is an active
percussionist in Tokyo. She performs frequently in theatrical and orchestral
settings as well as being heavily involved in Taiko drumming. Rika is a graduate of Toho Gakuen where she was a student of Keiko Abe.
Stuart Gerber
Wednesday, 1:00 p.m. | Thursday, 3:00 p.m.
Stuart Gerber has performed extensively
throughout North America, Europe, and Australia. He teaches at Georgia State University in
Atlanta, and is the faculty/solo percussionist for
the Stockhausen Courses. Gerber is the percussionist for Bent Frequency, Ensemble Sirius,
and often performs with the Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra. He has worked with Karlheinz Stockhausen, Kaija Saariaho, Steve Reich, George
Crumb, and John Luther Adams. He can be
heard on Code Blue, Mode, and Albany records.
Daniel Glass
Thursday, 5:00 p.m.
Drumset artist Daniel Glass received a bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University in Boston and, in 1991 moved to Los Angeles to continue his musical
training at the Dick Grove School of Music. Upon graduation, Glass worked as
a freelance musician in Los Angeles, recording for a variety of independent
labels and touring with jazz singer Barbara
Morrison and veteran blues guitarist Debbie
Davies. He has been a student of Freddie Gruber since 1992. In 1994, Glass joined the “retroSwing” group Royal Crown Revue. The group
has released several recordings including
Mugzy’s Move (1996), Caught in the Act (1997),
The Contender (1998), Walk on Fire (1999), and
Passport to Australia (2001). Glass produced
Royal Crown Revue’s 2004 release, Greetings
from Hollywood. Currently, Royal Crown Revue
tours the festival circuit in Europe, Australia,
and Japan. In addition to Royal Crown Revue,
Glass has performed and recorded with a variety of artists including Gene
Simmons, Bette Midler, Freddy Cole, Al Viola, Page Cavanaugh, Mike Ness,
Johnny Boyd, and rockabilly performer Robert Gordon. In 2002, Glass released
his debut CD Something Colorful as the leader of The Daniel Glass Trio. In addition to his work as musician and producer, he is an author, clinician, and music
historian. Glass has published three books: The Ultimate History of Rock’n’Roll
Drumming: 1948–2000 (2005), The RCR Drum Transcription Book (2002), and
Commandments of Early Rhythm and Blues Drumming (2008) with Zoro.
Patrick Graham
Friday, 1:00 p.m.
Over a fifteen-year career based in Montreal, eclectic percussionist Patrick
Graham has become well known for his work with groups such as Autorickshaw, GaPa, La Nef, On Ensemble, and Small World Project. His highly personal, cross-cultural approach to percussion is reflective of his extensive and
diverse training, which includes a Bachelor of Music degree from McGill University as well as private studies with Glen Velez, Carlo Rizzo, Trichy Sankaran,
37th Annual Percussion
Composition Contest
Download an application: www.pas.org
Materials must be postmarked by: 04/15/2010
Purpose:
To encourage and reward composers who write music for percussion instruments and to increase the number
of quality compositions written for percussion.
Competition Categories:
Category I: Timpani Solo (4 standard sizes i.e. 23”, 26”, 29”, 32”)
Category II: Marimba and Cello Duet
Awards:
Up to three winners will be selected from each composition category.
First Place: $1,500
Second Place: $500
Third Place: $250
First, second and third place winners in each category are allowed to encourage presenters to perform their
winning work at a future Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) or other PAS sponsored
event. PAS reserves the right to not designate a winner if the judges determine that no composition is worthy
of the award(s).
Eligibility:
• Previously commissioned or published (printed, audio or video) works may not be entered.
• Time limit for each category is 6–12 minutes. Total duration of piece should be stated on manuscript.
• Compositions must be original (no transcriptions or arrangements).
• The difficulty of the composition is left to the discretion of the composer; however, high artistic goals should
be coupled with realistic demands to allow for performance at the university level.
• Instrument demands should also be limited to those commonly found at the university level.
Procedures:
1. Submit six complete copies of the score. If scores are not computer generated, neat manuscript is required.
Composer’s name should not appear on any of the score pages.
2. Six unmarked and individually protected CD recordings may be submitted, but are not required.
3. Submitted scores and recordings will be numbered at the PAS offices to ensure anonymity.
4. All complete applications will be evaluated by a panel of judges.
5. Contest results will be announced in June, 2010.
6. All entry materials become property of PAS.
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and Taichi Ozaki. In addition, he has attended
workshops and master classes at the Banff
Center for the Arts, Simon Fraser University, and
participated in the Taiko Koh-Kan workshops
conducted by the group Kodo on Sado Island in
Japan. A sampling of recent concerts includes
performances at the Montreal Jazz Festival,
Yoshi’s in San Francisco, Harbourfront Centre in
Toronto, the Stockholm Jazz Festival, the Shanghai Fringe Festival, and the Jaipur Heritage
festival in Rajasthan, India. Graham has collaborated with such musicians as Peter Herbert,
Carlo Rizzo, Pierre Hamon, David Greenberg, Kudsi Erguner, Michel Baklouk
Merhej, and Bob Brozman as well as with dance and inter-disciplinary projects
such as ‘aXes’ with dancer Hideo Arai and photographer Shinya Ochida. Along
with a busy performing and recording schedule, Graham is also active as an instructor. He has presented percussion and rhythm workshops in Canada, India,
China, Japan, and the United States.
Benny Greb
Friday, 3:00 p.m.
Drumset artist Benny Greb studied at the Bfs für Musik Dinkelsbühl and the
Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg, Germany. He has recorded and
performs regularly with his band, Otterpost.
In more recent years, he has also performed
and/or recorded with such artists as Jerobeam,
Strom and Wasser, Bobby McFerrin, and Ron
Spielman. Greb teaches at the Hamburg School
of Music and at the Popakademie in Mannheim.
Additionally, he is the director of the Bandcamp
der Bayerischen Musikakademie Hammelburg.
Greb has also performed at the World Drum
Festival, the NAMM show in Los Angeles, the
DrummerLive-Event at the Wembley Arena, the
Meinl Drum Fest, and the Montreal Drum Fest.
He released is first solo recording in 2005 entitled Grebfruit. Greb not only performs on the recording as the drummer, singer,
bassist, and guitarist, but also produced and composed the project.
Jonathan Haas
Thursday, 3:00 p.m.
Jonathan Haas, owner and operator of Kettles
and Company for the past 30 years, is best
known for his work as a virtuoso timpanist.
From classical concertos to jazz and rock and
roll, from symphonic masterpieces to the most
experimental compositions, he has championed
and commissioned music for timpani. Haas
is Principal Timpanist of the Aspen Chamber
Orchestra, Principal Percussionist of the American Symphony Orchestra, and a member of the
American Composers Orchestra. A graduate of Washington University in St.
Louis and the Juilliard School, Haas is the director of the New York University
Percussion Departments, and he is a faculty/artist at Aspen Music Festival and
the Juilliard Pre-College Division.
Skip Hadden
Saturday, 2:00 p.m.
Drumset artist Skip Hadden is originally from
Port Chester, New York. He studied as a youngster with Ralph Pace and later in Cleveland with
Bob McKee, Eddie Bobick, and Ramnad Raghavan. Since 1968, he has been performing and
recording with various artists from A to Z such
as John Abercrombie to Josef Zawinul. He has
a master’s degree in education, and is Professor
of Music at Berklee College of Music, where
he has taught since 1982. At Berklee College he
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has developed and teaches thirteen different classes. Hadden also has written
four books, “World Fusion Drumming,” “Rhythmic Concepts: Broken Eighth
Note Feel,” “Profiles in Jazz Drumming,” and “The Beat The Body & The Brain
II.”
Hamiruge,
BRETT DIETZ, DIRECTOR
Thursday, 4:00 p.m.
Hamiruge (hammerrouge), the Louisiana
State University Percussion Group is dedicated
to the performance of
quality literature written for the percussion
ensemble. The group
has been at the forefront
of commissioning, performing, and premiering new works for this medium. The
group, under the direction of Brett William Dietz, has commissioned and/or
premiered the works of Michael Burritt, Stanley Leonard, Christopher Deane,
Daniel Adams, Anders Astrand, Mark Ford, and Brett William Dietz. Hamiruge
is featured on Stanley Leonard’s new compact disc Collage.
Alex Harmon
Wednesday, 2:30 p.m.
Alex Harmon is currently a senior music performance major at the University of Kentucky (UK)
studying under James B. Campbell. While at
UK, he has performed with the UK Percussion
Ensemble including as a marimba soloist during
the ensemble’s 2007 PASIC Showcase Concert.
In 2008, he traveled to China for a ten-day concert tour with the university’s wind ensemble
as principal timpanist. Outside of the university
setting, he traveled to Fairbanks, Alaska to
participate in the University of Alaska Fairbanks New Music Festival where he
performed as a soloist and as a guest artist with Ensemble 64.8 under director
Morris Palter. He has also been a member of the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle
Corps for five seasons. Four of those seasons were spent as a member of the
front ensemble, and in 2009, he was appointed drum major for the corps.
Jay Hoggard
Friday, 3:00 p.m.
Vibraphonist and composer Jay Hoggard has
recorded twenty-one compact discs as a leader,
including Solo from Two Sides, Soular Power,
Swing’em Gates, The Right Place, and Songs of
Spiritual Love. His work has been featured internationally on radio, television, and film. He has
performed in many of the world’s finest music
venues with such jazz greats as Lionel Hampton, Milt Jackson, Tito Puente, Kenny Burrell,
Billy Taylor, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Bobby
Hutcherson, and Hilton Ruiz. Hoggard is also a Professor of Music at Wesleyan
University, where he directs the jazz orchestra and has taught and mentored
hundreds of students.
Tommy Igoe and the
Birdland Big Band
Saturday, 8:00 p.m.
For the last 20 years, New York
City drumset artist, Tommy
Igoe, has been busily working in the music industry as a
sideman, producer, educator,
and author. He has now added
bandleader to his resume with
his Birdland Big Band (BBB),
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which performs a weekly jazz event in New York. The band explores jazz, funk,
and global rhythms blending a unique mix of deep grooves with rhythmic precision. Igoe and the BBB recently released a CD entitled Live From New York.
Percussion virtuoso, Rolando Morales-Matos, will be joining the band for their
PASIC 2009 performance. Igoe lives and works in New York, but has recorded
and toured internationally with artists such as Stanley Jordan, Art Garfunkel,
Lauryn Hill, Dave Grusin, New York Voices, Patti Austin, Mark Mancina, Blood,
Sweat and Tears, and David Wilcox. Recently, he wrote the drum book for Disney’s legendary Broadway musical, “The Lion King,” integrating the modern
day drumset into a heavily percussive African score. His instructional videos
are top-sellers and have gained worldwide acclaim. His latest, “Groove Essentials 2.0”is now available. Both “Groove Essentials” and “Groove Essentials
2.0” include DVD and play-along versions.
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Percussion Section:
Paul Berns, Jack Brennan, Braham Dembar, and Craig Hetrick
Friday, 3:00 p.m.
Paul Berns joined the percussion section of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (ISO) in 1969 and was named Principal Percussionist in 1981, a role he
filled until 2007 when he chose
to return to the percussion section. He also served in the dual
role of ISO Personnel Manager
from 1986 to 2002. Berns earned
a Bachelor of Music Education
degree from Baldwin-Wallace
College and a Master of Music
degree from the New England
Conservatory of Music. His
major teachers have included
Cloyd Duff, Joseph Adato, and Vic Firth. Before coming to Indianapolis, he performed regularly as an extra with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and played
with many other orchestras in the Boston area. Berns was the founder of the
Indianapolis Jazz/Rock Ensemble, and his musical groups have appeared at
numerous major civic and social functions. He served on the PAS Board of Directors for eight years and was on the faculty of Butler University. He currently
teaches at the University of Indianapolis. Berns is a member of the Executive
Committee of the New World Youth Orchestra.
Jack Brennan is a native of Westport, Connecticut, attended Oberlin
College, and holds degrees from the College-Conservatory of Music of the
University of Cincinnati. He has studied with Paul Yancich, Alan Otte, and Bill
Youhass. Before joining the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in 1998, Brennan served as Principal Timpanist of the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra,
Principal Percussionist and Associate Principal Timpanist of the Buffalo Philharmonic, and a member of the chamber music trio, The Percussion Group.
Braham Dembar joined the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (ISO) as Principal Percussionist in 2007. Before joining the ISO, Dembar was Principal Percussionist of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. He received a Bachelor of Music
degree in performance from Boston University and a Master of Music degree
in performance from the New England Conservatory. His primary teachers
include Charles Smith, Thomas Gauger, Vic Firth, and Alan Abel.
Craig Hetrick has been Assistant Principal Timpanist/Percussionist with the
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra since 1992. He has also performed with the
Baltimore Symphony, Delaware Symphony, and Evansville Symphony. He holds
a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Delaware and a Master of
Music degree from Indiana University. His teachers have included Gerald Carlyss, Jim Chapin, Chris Williams, Harvey Price, and Alan Abel. Hetrick currently
teaches at Butler University.
Akira Jimbo
Friday, 5:00 p.m.
Drumset artist Akira Jimbo is a well-known and
respected force internationally. Making full
use of his MIDI Drum Trigger System, Jimbo’s
unique playing style is what can be called
a “one-man orchestra”. Jimbo continues to
impress his listeners with his performance by
fusing technique with modern technology.
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Beverley Johnston
Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.
Beverley Johnston is internationally recognized
for her virtuosic and dynamic performances on
a wide range of percussion instruments, and
her dedication to commissioning new works.
Her exciting performances effectively combine
classical transcriptions, contemporary music,
and a touch of theatre. Johnston has released
four solo CDs: Impact and Alternate Currents
(Centrediscs), Marimbach (CBC Records
Musica Viva), and Garden Of Delights (www.
beverleyjohnston.com). She received her training at Vanier College in her native Montreal and at the University of Toronto, where she studied with Russell
Hartenberger. She currently lives in rural Ontario, Canada with her husband,
composer Christos Hatzis and teaches at the University of Toronto
Ju Percussion Group (JPG)
Thursday, 8:00 p.m.
The Ju Percussion Group (JPG), founded by percussionist Tzong-Ching Ju in
January 1986, was and is the first percussion ensemble established in Taiwan.
The ensemble consists of thirteen talented percussionists and one composer
in residence. All members
easily play Western percussion instruments as well as
Chinese gong-drum music, and
other forms of Asian traditional
music. Under the direction of
Tzong-Ching Ju, the JPG is
often invited to perform in festivals and concert series all over
the world. The JPG actively
cultivated the percussion music by regularly commissioning
and premiering the compositions. It has accumulated 110 national and international commissioned works.
The ensemble pioneered the development of the percussive arts in Taiwan.
Through the classical, popular, and children concerts that JPG arranges annually, it has contributed to the steadily growing popularity of percussion music
in Taiwan.
John Lane
Wednesday, 2:30 p.m.
John Lane is the Assistant Professor of Percussion Studies at Sam Houston State University
in Huntsville, Texas. He has performed nationally and internationally as a solo recitalist and
chamber musician. As a composer/performer,
Lane’s work has been recently featured at the
Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center, the Loeffler
New Music Symposium at Chico State University, and at the Hokuto International Music Festival in Japan. His work was recently published
in the book, Notations 21 (New York: Mark Batty Publishers, 2008). In addition,
his ongoing interdisciplinary work with writer, Ann McCutchan, was featured
at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. Lane has recorded for the
Klavier and GIA record labels, and his writings appear in 21st-Century Music
and Percussive Notes. Lane is completing his Doctor of Musical Arts degree
at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and holds degrees from the
University of North Texas and Stephen F. Austin State University.
Henrik Larsen
Thursday 11:00 a.m.
Henrik Larsen is Director of Percussion at the Royal Academy of Music Aarhus
Denmark. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music Aarhus with Professor
Einar Nielsen and at Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Freiburg with Professor
Bernhard Wulff. He has performed as a soloist, orchestral percussionist, and
chamber musician all over Scandinavia, Europe, and the United States. Sev-
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eral martial art forms and especially Ki-Aikido
have been inspirational in both his artistic and
pedagogical work. Larsen has presented master
classes and lectures at Oslo Conservatory of
Music, Cracow Conservatory, Hochschule für
Musik Detmold, Hanoi Conservatory, and Lugano Conservatory.
Stanley Leonard
Thursday, 12:00 p.m.
Stanley Leonard achieved prominence in the
music world during his thirty-eight year tenure
as principal timpanist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. He performed internationally with
the PSO in concerts, television productions,
and recordings. Additionally, as a solo artist, he
premiered several major, new works for solo
timpani and orchestra with the PSO. Leonard’s
extensive compositions for percussion and other musical mediums are published in the United
States and Europe and performed around the
world. He is author of the method book Pedal
Technique for the Timpani. Leonard can be
heard performing and directing his compositions for percussion on the CDs Canticle and Collage. He has also presented
master classes at leading conservatories and universities in the United States
and abroad. Currently, Leonard serves on the PAS Symphonic Committee and
has served on the PAS Board of Directors. He taught for many years as an adjunct professor at Duquesne University and Carnegie-Mellon University.
David Lindberg
Saturday, 9:00 a.m.
David Lindberg is considered by many as one of
Sweden’s top field drummers. His interest and
knowledge includes the traditions of Sweden,
Switzerland, and Scotland. Since his military
service as a conscript drummer in the Swedish
Army Band, Lindberg has been connected to the
military music organization. His great interest
in leadership has given him the opportunity to
serve as the drum major of the professional military bands of the Swedish Navy and Air Force.
Lindberg has been employed as a full-time drumming instructor and drum
major of the Swedish Army Band since 2005.
Li Lin
Wednesday, 1:00 p.m.
Li Lin is Associate Professor of Percussion
Studies at Fujian Normal University. At the
University, he leads the Gong-Fu Percussion
Ensemble; a group closely associated with
Chinese composer Wen DeQing and his compositions for percussion. With the ensemble,
Lin has performed at the Fuzhou Contemporary
Chamber Music Festival, the Shanghai Conservatory Concert Series 80th Anniversary Celebration, and the Beijing Modern Music Festival. In
addition to training in Western percussion instruments, Lin is also an expert
performer of the Yangqin, the Chinese classical music instrument similar to the
hammered dulcimer.
Payton MacDonald
Wednesday, 4:00 p.m.
Payton MacDonald is a composer and performer. As a composer, he has
received grants and awards from ASCAP, Meet the Composer, American
Music Center, American Institute of Indian Studies, as well as fellowships
from Yaddo and Ragdale. Numerous ensembles have performed his music in
the United States, Japan, Canada, and Europe, including Alarm Will Sound,
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So Percussion, Quintet Mont Royal, and tabla
soloist Shawn Mativetsky. MacDonald recently
performed his percussion concerto in Carnegie
Hall. The New York Times described him as an
“energetic soloist.” His music has also been described as “. . . engaging and utterly beautiful.”
(Sequenza 21) MacDonald has been a featured
performer of his own music on festivals in Montreal (Voyages) and Minneapolis (Electric Eyes).
MacDonald earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts
degree from the University of Michigan, where
he studied percussion with Michael Udow. He
earned his Master of Music degree, Doctor of Musical Arts degree, and the
Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied
percussion with John Beck and composition with Sydney Hodkinson, Robert
Morris, and Augusta Read Thomas. Further studies include tabla with Bob
Becker and Pandit Sharda Sahai.
Maraca2
Thursday, 12:00 p.m.
Exciting and dynamic young British duo Maraca2 has performed at some of
the United Kingdom’s top venues, including Symphony Hall, Royal Northern
College of Music, and the National Indoor Arena, where they opened the 29th
International European Indoor
Athletics Championships.
Duo members Tim Palmer
and Jason Huxtable recently
performed at the International
Percussion Festival in Patagonia, Argentina receiving a
standing ovation. Maraca2
met while studying at the
Birmingham Conservatory,
where they achieved 1st class
honors degrees. Both now hold
teaching posts at the Conservatory, and their educational workshops are highly sought after in the area.
The ensemble’s forthcoming United States tour runs from September through
November 2009, and includes two-day residencies stretching from Minnesota
to Mississippi.
Maria Martinez
Thursday, 10:00 a.m.
Maria Martinez is a respected drummer and educator. Her critically praised Hal Leonard book/
CD and DVD packages include ten educational
publications. Martinez has conducted clinics,
master classes, concerts, and workshops at
such events as PASIC, NAMM, Berklee World
Percussion Festival, and Institute of the Arts.
Christopher McLaurin
Thursday, 11:00 a.m.
Christopher McLaurin is Principal Percussionist of the Kansas City Symphony
(KCS), and a faculty member at the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
Before his appointment with KCS, he was a member of the New World Symphony. His solo engagements have included performing Olivier Messiaen’s
“Des Canyons Aux Etoiles” with Esa-Pekka
Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic
New Music Group and Russel Peck’s “The Glory
and the Grandeur” with the National Repertory
Orchestra. McLaurin has been a member of
the percussion sections of the Oklahoma City
Philharmonic and the Napa Valley Symphony.
He has performed as an extra percussionist
with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Diego
Symphony, and Honolulu Symphony. He is a
graduate of The Juilliard School and San Jose
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State University, and completed additional studies with Tom Freer at Cleveland
State University.
Todd Mueller
Friday, 8:00 a.m.
Todd Mueller is the Principal Timpanist of the
Asheville Symphony in North Carolina. Currently, he is teaching percussion at Jacksonville
State University. Mueller earned his Bachelor
of Music degree in percussion performance
from Florida State University. He earned both
his master’s and doctoral degrees from the
University of Georgia. His doctoral document
was entitled “A Performance Guide to James
Oliverio’s Timpani Concerto No. 1: With an Annotated List of Selected Timpani Concertos and Other Works That Prominently
Feature Timpani.” Mueller has performed with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Opera, and the Atlanta Ballet along with other regional orchestras
and ensembles.
Valerie Naranjo
Thursday, 9:30 p.m.
Known for her pioneering efforts in West African keyboard percussion, Valerie Naranjo has
been percussionist in the Saturday Night Live
Band for 14 years and has performed with such
artists as Airto, Glen Velez, David Byrne, Zakir
Hussein, Philip Glass, The Paul Winter Consort,
and the quintet “Mandara. In 1988 the Ghanaian
Chief Karbo determined the centuries-long ban
on women gyil players be lifted; so that, Naranjo
could participate in the Kobine Festival of Traditional Arts, for which she and Barry Olsen received a first place award. Naranjo was Drum! magazine’s “World Music Percussionist of the Year” for 2005
and 2008, and is currently a member of the Carnegie Hall Percussion Quartet.
She has performed for many festivals and events on at least 6 continents
including at the Pyramids in Egypt, the Grahamstown Festival in South Africa,
and the Vancouver Jazz Festival in Canada. Along with Kakraba Lobi, Naranjo
produced and published the recording and transcriptions series “West African
Music for the Marimba Soloist.”
Ryan Nestor
Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.
An ardent advocate of the contemporary arts,
Ryan Nestor actively performs, commissions,
and studies modern music. Ryan earned a
Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from
the University of Kentucky, where he studied
under Professor James Campbell. In 2008, Ryan
served as a founding member of the Sound /
Vision Ensemble, a mixed instrumentation collective that specializes in 20th and 21st century
music. In July of 2009, Ryan held a fellowship
at the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at the Massachusetts Museum
of Contemporary Art, where he collaborated with adventurous musicians from
around the world. Ryan currently pursues a Masters degree in Percussion
Performance at Stony Brook University under the tutelage of Professor Eduardo Leandro. Don Nichols
Wednesday, 11:00 a.m.
Dr. Don Nichols is a percussionist, composer
and improviser dedicated to artistic innovation
and interdisciplinary collaboration. Nichols
was the first percussion Fulbright Scholar to
Sweden, and he has performed at numerous
festivals and venues around the world including
Disney Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Melbourne Festi-
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val and the Agora Festival in Paris. A frequent collaborator with dance, Nichols
has created music for over thirty new dance works in the past three years, and
was formerly the musician for the dance program at Missouri State University.
In addition, he co-founded PMPD, a dance/sound duo with choreographer
Rebecca Bryant. Nichols received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the
University of California, San Diego, where he worked with percussionist Steven Schick and played in the ensemble Redfish Bluefish.
The Northern Illinois University Berimbau GROUP, gregory beyer,
Director
Wednesday, 2:30 p.m.
The Northern Illinois University (NIU) Berimbau Group is an extension of the
NIU Percussion Ensemble that is dedicated to the advancement of newly
commissioned sextets for
berimbau. Founded by Dr.
Gregory Beyer in 2005, the
ensemble has commissioned
and performed one new work
yearly. As part of Beyer’s
larger project, Arcomusical,
this ensemble’s work places
the berimbau in the forefront of
contemporary musical idioms,
aesthetics, and ideas. The ensemble experience provides a
unique vehicle for students to
learn about Afro-Brazilian culture and simultaneously perform contemporary
chamber music at a high level of execution and virtuosity.
The Northern Illinois University (NIU) Percussion Ensemble ,
gregory beyer and robert chappell, directors
Thursday, 10:00 a.m.
The Northern Illinois University (NIU) Percussion Ensemble is the principal
vehicle through which NIU percussion majors are afforded the experience
of chamber music. Directed
by Dr. Gregory Beyer and
Robert Chappell, the ensemble
provides one concert each semester in the School of Music
for the NIU community. Other
performances have included
appearances at the 1st International Festival of Percussion
Ensembles in San José, Costa
Rica, the Percussive Arts Society Illinois Chapter/IMEA Day
of Percussion (2005 and 2009),
NIU fundraisers, and community events. The ensemble covers an immense
variety of repertoire within a three-semester rotation: world music, keyboard
percussion, and classical and/or contemporary literature.
The Ohio University Percussion Ensemble, roger braun director
Wednesday, 1:00 p.m.
The Ohio University Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Roger Braun,
has performed at national conferences, including the 2003 Ohio Music Educators Association Conference and the 1999 Percussive Arts Society International Convention, as well as schools and colleges throughout the Midwest. The
ensemble’s performances have
featured many internationally
recognized artists including
Dave Samuels, Ethos Percussion, and Roland Vazquez.
Recently, the Ohio University
Percussion Ensemble has received excellent international
reviews for its performances
of Tan Dun’s “Elegy: Snow
in June” and Lou Harrison’s
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“Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra” recorded on the CD Sticks and
Stones: Music for Percussion and Strings released on Equilibrium Records.
Nicholas Ormrod
Friday, 11:00 a.m.
Nicholas Ormrod was a pupil of James Blades,
and is a graduate of Surrey University. Prior to
his appointment to the Orchestra of the Royal
Opera House in 2004, he performed with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Chamber
Orchestra of Europe, the National Theatre, the
Royal Shakespeare Company, and in London’s
West End theatres. Ormrod has taught at the
Royal College of Music and is currently serving
as PAS United Kingdom and Ireland Chapter
President.
Glenn Paulson
Thursday, 1:00 p.m.
Glenn Paulson received his bachelor’s degree
from the Eastman School of Music and his
master’s degree from the Juilliard School of
Music. He is currently a percussionist with “The
President’s Own” United States Marine Band.
Paulson was a former timpanist for the Barcelona Symphony, and has also performed with
such orchestras as the New York Philharmonic
and the New Jersey Symphony. He has also
performed in many Broadway shows including
“The King and I,” “As the World Goes ‘Round,” “Falsettoland,” and “The Music
of Andrew Lloyd Webber.”
Chris Pennie
Thursday, 1:00 p.m.
Chris Pennie started playing drumset at the
age of thirteen. He studied at the Berklee College of Music, where he received a degree in
music synthesis focusing on electronic music
composition and manipulation. He has recorded
and performed as a member of such groups
as Prozak, Boxer, All Else Failed, The Dillinger
Escape Plan, and Coheed and Cambria. Pennie
is currently touring with Coheed and Cambria as
well as lending his performance skills to other
groups including Idiot Pilot and Return to Earth. His recordings include The
Hurt Process, This Never Happened, Wolves, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Under
the Running Board, Split with Nora, We Reach the Music of the Melvins, and
Neverender: Children of the Fence.
Percussion Group Cincinnati
Wednesday, 1:00 p.m.
Percussion Group Cincinnati was founded in 1979 and consists of members
Allen Otte, James Culley, and Russell Burge, all of whom are faculty members
and ensemble-in-residence at the College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati. Their daily rehearsal schedule is supplemented with the
teaching and coaching of young musicians, many of whom have gone on to
professional careers in creative music, in teaching, and with major symphony
orchestras. Appearances in
their national and international
touring schedule have included the major cities, festivals,
concert halls and schools of
America, Europe, and Asia. In
addition to community concerts, workshops, and master
classes, the Group regularly
appears as concerto soloists
with symphony orchestras, and
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has presented their program “Music From Scratch” to hundreds of thousands
of children across North America. Percussion Group Cincinnati is particularly
respected for its knowledge of and experience with the entire range of the music of John Cage, having made tours and festival appearances with him on a
number of occasions in Europe and in America, and having had pieces created
by Cage especially for the Group. More recently, the Group has developed similar special relationships with John Luther Adams, Qu Xiao-Song, Mark Saya,
Russell Peck, and with Larry Austin on the Charles Ives Universe Symphony
project. Recent trips have included the Shanghai International Spring Music
Festival and premieres of three new concertos written for them. The group’s
work appears on various CDs, including their own Ars Moderno label. The
Group is currently at work on its contribution to the series of Mode Records’
integrated set of the complete music of John Cage and on a 30-year retrospective multi-disc set including performances from the group’s entire history.
Nick Petrella
Saturday, 11:00 a.m.
Dr. Nick Petrella is the Director of Education for
SABIAN Ltd. and Adjunct Assistant Professor of
Percussion at the University of Missouri Kansas
City Conservatory (UMKC). He has many solo,
chamber, and large ensemble performances
to his credit and performs regularly with the
Kansas City Symphony. In 2002, Nick and Diane
Petrella formed the Petrella Ensemble, which
commissions/performs works for piano and
percussion. He was on the faculty of Oakland
University from 2002 to 2006 and at TCU from 1996 to 2001. In 1997 and 1998,
he was the percussion coach for the World Youth Orchestra, and in 1992 he
developed the percussion pedagogy course at the RNCM in Manchester,
England. Petrella authored “The Ultimate Guide to Cymbals,” “The MultiplePercussion Book,” and with Diane Petrella, “The Musician’s Toolbox, Thoughts
on Teaching and Learning Music.” He holds twelve designs for sticks, mallets,
and percussion accessories and has appeared throughout North and South
America, Europe, and Asia.
Felix Pollard
Friday, 11:00 a.m.
Drumset artist Felix Pollard has played and
toured with some of the greatest musicians
in the world such as Lionel Richie, Anastacia,
Shelia E., George Duke, Chaka Kahn, The Staple
Singers, Jessica Simpson, Brian Culbertson,
Phil Upchurch, American Idol winners Clay
Aiken and Taylor Hicks, and Everclear. His versatility allows him to play everything from pop to
jazz to gospel and rock.
Proper Glue Duo
Wednesday, 11:00 a.m.
The Proper Glue Duo is a dynamic ensemble
consisting of percussionists Melanie S.T. Sehman and Steve Sehman. Formed in 2004 at the
Eastman School of Music, the Proper Glue Duo
is dedicated to the creation and performance
of modern music for percussion. The Brooklynbased duo seeks to promote widespread appreciation for percussion music by presenting
energetic performances of repertoire with depth
and substance, and by collaborating in the creation of new works with both emerging and established composers, including
Carlos Sánchez-Gutiérrez, Stuart Saunders Smith, Robert Morris, Aaron Travers, David Plylar, and Jacob Bancks. The group has performed throughout the
United States, Canada, and Mexico at institutions such as the Eastman School
of Music, the Hartt School, Cornell University, Arizona State University, and the
University of Maryland.
World Music Percussion Ensemble Competition
Download an application: www.pas.org
Materials must be postmarked by: 04/15/2010
Purpose:
To encourage, promote and reward the highest level of percussion education and musical excellence among high school and collegiate nonWestern percussion-based performing ensembles from around the world.
Competition Categories:
High school and college/university non-Western percussion-based performing ensembles.
Award:
One high school or college/university ensemble will be invited to perform at PASIC 2010 (November 10–13th) in Indianapolis, IN. The winning
ensemble will be featured in a Showcase Concert (50 minute maximum program length).
The selected ensemble is expected to assume all financial commitments (room, board and travel), organizational responsibilities, and to furnish
their own performance equipment. PAS will provide one piano (if needed), music stands, chairs and one announcement microphone.
Eligibility:
Non-Western percussion-based ensembles are encouraged to apply under the following guidelines:
• All ensembles that apply must be affiliated with a high school, college/university.
• Students must be enrolled in the school of the ensemble in which they are performing.
• Students may not participate in a percussion ensemble from more than one school.
• All ensemble members who are either percussion majors (collegiate) or members of the percussion section of their high school music programs must be members of PAS.
• The director of the ensemble must be a PAS member and may perform as a member of the ensemble.
• Professional guest artists are not allowed to participate as performers on the submitted application recordings.
• Mixed ensembles (e.g., ensembles that comprise performers other than percussionists, such as dancers, vocalists or wind players), as well as
ensembles that perform more than one type or genre of non-Western music are encouraged to apply; however, in these cases a majority of the
ensemble members must be percussionists.
• Ensembles selected to perform at PASIC 2010 may apply again in 2013.
• Ensembles whose repertoire consists primarily of published works for concert percussion ensemble that are intended to reflect specific nonwestern musical traditions (aka, Mantle Hood’s Implosion, Christopher Rouse’s Ogoun Badagris, Robert J. Damm’s Hoo Daiko, etc.) would best
be served by applying for the International Percussion Ensemble Competition rather than the World Music Percussion Ensemble Competition.
Examples of genres/ensembles for whom this competition exists includes, but are not limited to: West African drum ensembles, Indonesian
gamelans, folkloric Afro-Cuban ensembles, Trinidadian steelbands, etc.
High school and collegiate/university based ensembles who participate in this competition are encouraged to also submit separate applications
for other PASIC appearances, which will be evaluated independently of this competition. Community and professional ensembles are encouraged to submit applications for PASIC clinics and performances, but will not be considered for the purposes of this competition.
Procedures:
1. Submit six identical unmarked and individually protected DVD recordings with a non-identifying menu selection screen. The DVD must be
of a single live concert recorded from a single camera angle and should not exceed more than 30 minutes in length and should demonstrate
a variety of styles and genres relevant to the ensemble. Only DVD recordings made since January 2009 are eligible for the competition. All
compositions and/or movements must be performed in their entirety. Include official programs from concerts of the performances from which
the recording was taken for verification of above requirements. DVD recordings become property of PAS and will not be returned.
2. Submitted DVD’s will be numbered at the PAS offices to ensure anonymity.
3. DVDs will be evaluated by a panel of judges. The panel will be directed to give preference to the musical aspects of the performance over
the extensive use of props, costumes, and choreography. While performance may include culturally appropriate dances, judges will be advised
to focus upon the dancers’ interaction within the overall musical esthetic of the ensemble. Judges will be directed to lower the score of any
ensemble that predominantly features the skills of a performing director over the skills of the student members of the ensemble.
4. Ensembles will be notified of the results in June, 2010.
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Salvatore Rabbio
Thursday, 12:00 p.m.
A native Bostonian, Salvatore Rabbio began his
musical studies at age 13. He then went on to
study at the Boston University School of Music
with Charles Smith a member of the Boston
Symphony Orchestra. As a student, Rabbio
performed in the American premiere of Igor
Stravinsky’s “The Rake’s Progress” conducted
by the composer. He was also a member of
the Boston Percussion Ensemble conducted
by its founder Harold Faberman. After winning
the Boston University Concerto Competition, he was chosen as Principal
Timpanist with the Boston Pops Orchestra. He later toured with that orchestra
under the direction of Arthur Fiedler. In 1958, Rabbio accepted the position of
Principal Timpanist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra until his retirement
in 1998. During his forty-year tenure, he performed under the world’s greatest
conductors including Paray, Erling, Dorati, Jarvi, Jochum, Ozawa, Dutoit, and
Ormandy. While a member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, he toured
extensively and has recorded on the Mercury, London, Chandos, Columbia,
and RCA labels. Additionally, Rabbio served as Director of Percussion Studies
at Wayne State University from 1962 to 1986.
T. Bruce Wittet
Tobias Ralph
Friday, 1:00 p.m.
At the age of four, Tobias Ralph began playing
drums. He graduated from La Guardia High
School for Music and the Performing Arts,
and later attended Berklee College of Music.
He was the first recipient of the Buddy Rich
Memorial Scholarship as well as the Yamaha
Young Performing Artist recognition award.
He has developed his own creative and innovative style by combining the influences of
many music genres. He is a faculty member
at the Collective. He has recorded and toured with such artists and groups
as Defunkt, Janita, Nena, Screaming Headless Torsos, and Duncan Sheik. He
was a member of the Broadway musical “Movin’ Out.” He composed “Ritmo y
Ruido,” (with Phillip Hamilton) for Ballet Hispanico.
Danny Raymond
Saturday, 4:00 p.m.
Danny Raymond is active as a performer, instructor, adjudicator, and author.
He is a twenty-year performing veteran musician at Walt Disney World, and is
currently a member of the popular group “Jammitors” at EPCOT. He is the 1989
and 1990 Drum Corps International Individual Snare Drum Champion. Most
recently, he has completed a DVD of snare drum solo material for Tapspace
Publications (i. e. “Let It Rip,” “Solos For Snare Drum). Raymond was the
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Layne Redmond
Friday, 9:00 a.m.
Layne Redmond is an acclaimed composer,
percussionist, author, and clinician who has
performed at the Touch Festival in Berlin,
Seattle Bumbershoot Festival, Institute for Contemporary Art in London, Tambores do Mundo
in Brazil, the PercPan Festival in Brazil, Vienna
International Percussion Festival, Marranzano
World Festival in Sicily, and with the Ma’Gaia
ensemble in Cyprus. She is the author of the
book When The Drummers Were Women and
has a signature series of world percussion instruments with Remo, Inc. Two of
her recordings “Invoking the Muse” and “Trance Union” have received critical acclaim. Redmond has taught and/or performed at such universities and
colleges as Stanford University, University of Florida, Vassar College, William’s
College, Bucknell College, Hartford Seminary, Andover Newton Theological
Institute, Berklee School of Music, University of North Florida, and Penn State
University. Additionally, Redmond founded a percussion study program in Salvador, Brazil that attracts students from around the world.
Victor Rendón
Saturday, 12:00 p.m.
Victor Rendón is a sought after New York City
musician who has released two compact disc
recordings as co-leader of The Latin Jazz
Orchestra and has worked with Mongo Santamaria, Chico O’Farrill, Carlos “Patato” Valdés,
Ray Santos, Grupo Caribe, The Latin Jazz
Coalition, The “New” Xavier Cugat Orchestra,
Los Más Valientes, Grupo Latin Vibe, Rudy
Calzado’s Cubarama, and Henry Brun and the
Latin Playerz. He currently performs with the
much-acclaimed Salsa group, Grupo Latin Vibe as well as his own group, Blue
Mambo. Rendón is also author of “The Art of Playing Timbales” published by
Music in Motion films, and currently teaches at Lehman College in the Bronx,
where he co-leads the Lehman College Latin Jazz Ensemble with his long-time
colleague, Armando Rodriguez.
Sandi Rennick and the Phantom Regiment D&BC Front Ensemble
Saturday, 1:00 p.m.
Winning the DCI Fred Sanford
Award for High Percussion in
2006 and 2008, the Phantom
Regiment Drumline has consistently performed among the
best in the activity. Under the
direction of Sandi Rennick, the
Phantom Regiment Front Ensemble is comprised mostly of
college music majors. The front
ensemble members not only
achieve success as players,
but also as future educators.
Martin Cohen
Allana Radecki
Saturday 9:00 a.m.
Allana Radecki has taught Hatha yoga, rhythm
tap, dance, and fitness classes in the Bloomington community and at Indiana University
(IU) since 1986. Informed by extensive study of
anatomy, applied kinesiology, developmental
movement, and body mind centering, her teaching offers useful tools to empower awareness,
balance, and creativity. Initiating yoga classes
for credit at IU in 1992, she has taught thousands of classes to thousands of students. Still
an active performer, Radecki was faculty company member and choreographer with the Windfall Dancers from 1986-1997, and now focuses on jazz tap,
body percussion, contact improvisation, and movement theatre. She explores
West African, Afro-Cuban, and Afro-Brazilian percussion, performing with the
Samba ensemble Women of Mass Percussion since 2004. A painter, Radecki
earned a bachelor’s degree in fine arts and a master’s degree in African studies from IU.
percussion arranger and caption head for 2005
and 2006 DCA finalist Carolina Gold Drum and
Bugle Corps, and is currently on staff with the
DCI World Class Santa Clara Vanguard Drum
and Bugle Corps. In addition to providing private
instruction at Drums2, he adjudicates in various
circuits around the country for marching band
and indoor percussion competitions. Raymond
has presented clinics throughout the United
States, Canada, Japan, and Europe.
International
Percussion Ensemble Competition
Download an application: www.pas.org
Materials must be postmarked by: 04/15/2010
Purpose:
To encourage, promote and reward the highest level of percussion education and musical excellence among
high school and collegiate percussion ensembles from around the world.
Competition Categories:
High school percussion ensemble and college/university percussion ensemble
Awards:
Two high school and three collegiate percussion ensembles will be invited to perform at PASIC 2010
(November 10–13) in Indianapolis, IN. Each ensemble will be featured in a Showcase Concert (50 minute
maximum program length).
Selected ensembles are expected to assume all financial commitments (room, board, travel), organizational
responsibilities, and furnish their own performance equipment. PAS will provide one piano (if needed), music
stands, chairs and one announcement microphone. Additional audio requirements are the responsibility of the
performing ensemble.
Eligibility:
• All ensemble members (excluding non-percussionists) must be current PAS members.
• Ensemble directors and/or professional soloists are not allowed to participate as performers on the recording.
• Students must be enrolled in the school of the ensemble in which they are performing.
• Students may not participate in a percussion ensemble from more than one school.
• Ensembles selected to perform at PASIC 2010 may apply again in 2013.
Procedures:
1. Submit six identical unmarked and individually protected recorded CDs with this application form.
Recordings must be of formal live performances in front of an audience. Studio recordings, session
recordings, or edited recordings of any kind will be disqualified. Include a track listing of titles and composers
for every work on every CD. CDs may not exceed 30 minutes in length. Only recordings made since January
2009 are eligible. Include official programs from concerts of the performances from which the recording was
taken for verification of above requirements. All compositions and/or movements must be performed in their
entirety. Recordings become property of PAS and will not be returned.
2. Submitted recordings will be numbered at the PAS offices to ensure anonymity.
3. All complete applications will be evaluated by a panel of five judges.
4. Ensembles will be notified of the results in June, 2010.
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EMIL RICHARDS
Thursday, 1:00 p.m.
Emil Richards is a graduate of Julius Hart
School of Music (now known as University of
Connecticut) and Hillard College. He joined the
Hartford Symphony Orchestra while in tenth
grade, working under Arthur Fiedler and Fritz
Mahler. In 1954 Emil moved to New York where
he played jazz gigs and did studio recordings.
In 1959 he moved to Los Angeles, where he
started recording for Frank Sinatra, Nelson
Riddle, Judy Garland, Sarah Vaughan and Doris
Day. In 1962, Emil and a jazz combo joined Frank Sinatra on a world tour for the
benefit of under-privileged children. This was the beginning of Emil’s interest in
and collection of world percussion instruments. Emil returned to L.A. to begin
recording with a wide variety of pop artists, and he also played on numerous
film scores. In 1963 he met American composer Harry Partch, and sponsored
his move along with all his instruments to L.A. In the 1980s he concentrated
on soundtrack recording and became Hollywood’s most sought-after percussionist. He won the National Academy of Recording Arts and Science’s Most
Valuable Player Award for six consecutive years. In 1993 and ‘94, Emil donated
his entire library of percussion books, along with a substantial portion of his
instrument collection, to the PAS Museum. In 1994, Emil was inducted into the
PAS Hall of Fame. In 1996 Emil was appointed head of the percussion department at the Los Angeles Music Academy in Pasadena, California. Emil has
recorded over 1,875 film scores and with over 750 artists. He now has close to
800 different percussion instruments in his collection.
Dane Richeson
Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.
A versatile percussionist and educator, Dane Richeson has been featured in
such diverse roles as solo marimbist, chamber music percussionist, world
percussion specialist, and jazz drummer. He has performed with such diverse
artists as Bobby McFerrin, Gordon Stout, Gunther Schuller, Joe Lovano, NDR Big Band, Lionel
Hampton, Roscoe Mitchell, Medeski-MartinWoods, Jackie Allen, Kenny Wheeler, and Uri
Caine. Richeson regularly performs with the
chamber ensembles CUBE (Chicago) and The
Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society (Madison,
WI). He has performed at festivals such as
Ravinia, North Sea Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz
Festival, and Beijing Music Festival. He has performed on more than one hundred recordings
including works on Blue Note Records, Origin
Records, Klavier, Accurate, Mark, Naxos, A-Records, CRI, Albany, Innova, and A-440.
Richeson is Professor of Music at Lawrence University Conservatory of Music in Appleton, Wisconsin, where he is Director of Percussion Studies. Under
the direction of Richeson, LUPÉ (Lawrence University Percussion Ensemble)
has released two critically acclaimed compact disc recordings along with
being awarded honors by the Wisconsin Music Educators Association and
nationally by the Percussive Arts Society.
Fernando Rocha
Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.
Fernando Rocha is Professor of Percussion at Minas Gerais Federal University
(UFMG) in Brazil. He holds a doctoral degree in
music from McGill University, where he studied
works featuring percussion with electronics.
As a performer, Fernando Rocha has premiered
percussion works by composers such as Lewis
Nielson, Jacob Sudol (USA), Almeida Prado,
Sérgio Freire, Maurício Dottori, Roberto Victorio (Brazil), Nicolas Gilbert, Brian Cherney, D.
Andrew Stewart, and Geof Holbrook (Canada).
He has appeared in music festivals in Brazil as
both a soloist and a chamber musician, and he
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has also played in Argentina, Portugal, France, Canada, and the United States.
Rocha has also presented workshops and clinics in Brazil, Canada, and the
United States.
Eric Sammut
Friday, 4:00 p.m.
Eric Sammut began his musical education by
studying the piano, and later attended percussion classes with Michel Ventula at the National
Regional Conservatory (NRC) in Toulouse. In
1989, the same year that he received a unanimous first prize as a student of François Dupin
and Georges Van Gucht, Sammut, became
Principal Percussionist with the Orchestre de
l’Opéra National de Lyon. In 1995, he won the
Leigh Howard Stevens International Marimba
Competition and then toured the United States, Europe, and Asia performing
concerts and conducting master classes. In 1996, he began teaching marimba
in Toulouse as well as at the NRC in Paris and the Royal Academy of London,
in addition to being Principal Percussionist with the Orchestre de Paris. As a
composer, Sammut has composed solo works for marimba as well as ensembles, which are published in France, Norway, Japan, and the United States.
After participating in numerous CD and video productions with the Orchestre
du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine, Orchestre
National de l’Opera de Lyon, and Orchestre de Paris, he produced his first solo
recording for marimba entitled Four-Mallet Ballet (2005). A new CD recording Mirages was released in 2008 with such artists as Philippe Berrod, Eric
Echampard and David Patrois, and the Quintet of the Orchestre de Paris. Patrick Schleker
Saturday, 1:00 p.m.
Patrick Schleker was appointed to the position of Principal Timpanist with the Cincinnati
Symphony and Cincinnati Pops Orchestras in
August 2006. In this position, he enjoys a busy
and varied performance schedule, working
with acclaimed classical artists as well as
popular music stars. To date, he has recorded
ten albums for Telarc Records with these two
orchestras, and has toured Europe and Asia,
including a performance at the 2008 Olympics in
Beijing. Prior to his engagement in Cincinnati, Schleker earned a Bachelor of
Music degree from Northern Illinois University and a Master of Music degree
from Cleveland State University. He also served as Principal Timpanist of the
Civic Orchestra of Chicago for two seasons while attending school in Illinois.
Schleker also performs with the chamber ensemble Concert: Nova, and was
a co-founder of the Base4 Percussion Quartet. When not performing, he composes and arranges music for jazz, chamber, and percussion ensembles. For
more information, please visit his website at www.michaelschutz.net.
Michael Schutz
Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.
Michael Schutz was recently appointed Assistant Professor of Music Cognition/Percussion
at McMaster University in Ontario, where in
addition to directing the percussion ensemble
he runs a music cognition laboratory in conjunction with the McMaster Institute for Music
and the Mind. He previously spent five years
as Director of Percussion Studies at Longwood
University in Virginia, where he performed
frequently with the Roanoke and Lynchburg
Symphonies, served as Principal Percussionist with Opera On The James, and
taught at the Virginia Commonwealth University. He holds degrees in percussion performance from Penn State University and Northwestern University.
Schutz currently serves as Chair of the PAS Music Technology Committee.
Drumset Competition
Download an application: www.pas.org
Materials must be postmarked by: 04/15/2010
Purpose:
To recognize the most musical young drumset artists, with emphasis on the performer’s ability to support and guide a small
band.
Competition Categories:
Two age divisions will include 14–17 years of age at time of entry deadline (April 15, 2010), and 18–22 years of age at
time of entry deadline (April 15, 2010). All contestants must be Percussive Arts Society members.
Awards:
Two finalists will be selected from each age category in each style category for a total of 12 finalists. All finalists will compete at the 2010 Percussive Arts Society International Convention (November 10-13) in Indianapolis, IN. Winners from each
style category and age division will receive $1,000 and will be featured on a PASIC 2010 performance. Selected finalists
will have their PASIC registration fee waived and are responsible for covering all other financial commitments (room, board,
travel).
Procedures:
1. Submit a video no longer than 6 minutes that follows the performance guidelines below. Video submission instructions
will be available online at www.pas.org.
2. Submit your application to the Percussive Arts Society by 4/15/2010.
3. All completed applications will be evaluated and all contestants will receive comments by a panel of judges via email.
Video Requirements:
1. Chose only one style category from the following:
1. R&B, Funk, Gospel
2. Jazz
3. Brazilian/Afro-Cuban/African
2. Video must include live musicians with a maximum of eight players including contestant and must not exceed 6 minutes
in length.
3. Video must include a drumset solo with the following guidelines:
a. Jazz category: soloing must be trading 4’s or 8’s with band members (maximum two choruses).
b. Other style categories: must solo over an ensemble vamp (maximum of 64 measures).
Disqualification will occur if the video exceeds 6 minutes, the contestant does not stay within the style category of their
choice, the number of musicians exceeds 8 players, the drum solo does not fit the prescribed guidelines, the video has been
edited in any way, and if any of the music on the video is not “live” (i.e. no computer sequenced music). PAS reserves the
right to cancel any style category if the quality of performances or number of entries does not meet our standards.
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Ed Shaughnessy
Saturday, 9:00 a.m.
Drumset artist Ed Shaughnessy has performed
with every major symphony orchestra in the
United States, countless big bands, and many
ensembles of various “shapes and sizes” in the
recording studio. After 29 years with the NBC
“Tonight Show” orchestra, he still performs
with the Doc Severinsen Orchestra. An advocate of music education, Shaughnessy has
been associated with New York University as
an artist and teacher in jazz and rock drumming.
Additionally, he has presented over 600 clinics throughout the world and even
teaches for two weeks each summer at Skidmore College in Saratoga, New
York. Shaughnessy began playing drums at the age of fourteen in his native
state of New Jersey. At nineteen years of age, he was already performing with
George Shearing in New York City. He is the author of two instructional books
along with Clem DeRosa entitled “Time, Taste, Technique & Timbre/Big Band
Drumming” and “Show Drumming: The Essential Guide to Playing Drumset for
Live Shows and Musicals.”
An unusual facet of the Shaughnessy versatility is his mastery of the
Indian rhythmic system and the tabla, which he studied with Allarakha, Ravi
Shankar’s virtuoso tabla player. Shaughnessy was inducted into the PAS Hall
of Fame in 2004.
Mark Shelton
Friday, 9:30 p.m.
From the early days of his career as an artist in
residence at Coastal Carolina Community College to his present day work as a percussion
soloist, entrepreneur, and bandleader, Mark
Shelton has developed arts in education programs for a variety of ages. Shelton is founder
and leader of the Dallas-based world music
ensemble, Tin Roof Tango. A member of the
Texas Commission on the Arts touring roster for
over fifteen years, Shelton and Tin Roof Tango
recently received a designation as American Masterpieces Touring Artists
with the National Endowment for the Arts. A current member of the PAS Interactive Drumming Committee, he has used the drum circle as a means to teach
creativity and improvisation. Shelton’s experience in contemporary praise and
worship percussion is highlighted in the recent release of the Gateway Create
DVD, Worship Team Director.
Dick Sisto
Friday, 10:00 p.m.
Jazz vibraphonist Dick Sisto has performed
in festivals and clubs throughout the United
States and Great Britain with such artists as
Fred Hersch, David “Fathead” Newman, Bobby
Broom, Barry Ries, Kenny Werner, Drew Gress,
and Pat and Joe Labarbera. He has given clinics and performances at colleges and universities throughout the United States including the
University of North Texas, Queens College NYC,
Arizona State University, DePaul University,
University of Iowa, University of Kentucky, and Purdue University. Sisto’s book,
“The Jazz Vibraphone Book” has received critical acclaim. Sisto has been teaching jazz vibes
at the Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshop for
the last twelve years.
Heather Sloan
Wednesday, 2:30 p.m.
Percussionist and educator Dr. Heather Sloan’s
performance and scholarly work are focused
on intersections among world, new, and popular musics. In 2000, she spent a Fulbright year
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in the Dominican Republic studying folkloric drumming. Currently, her interests
include music of the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, contemporary works for
solo and ensemble percussion, and percussion in 20th-century lounge music.
She currently resides and teaches in Greencastle, Indiana.
Spectrum Trio
Thursday, 11:00 a.m.
The Spectrum Trio is a percussion ensemble dedicated to
performing a broad base of
musical styles and creating
new music utilizing percussion
instruments, voice, and electronic sounds. With original
compositions utilizing traditional Cuban batá toques and song
to Brazilian batucada, Peruvian
cajon, African mbira, and more, the trios mission is to showcase the flexibility
of these traditional musics to audiences by melding them with the influences
of contemporary classical music, as well as jazz, rock, and funk. By combining
the folkloric percussion instruments with traditional sacred and secular song
with keyboards and synthesizers, the result is always an energized and danceable show that one will hopefully not soon forget. Spectrum Trio members are
Dane Crozier, John Doing, and Mike Truesdell.
Andrew Spencer and trio central
Wednesday, 11:00 a.m.
Andrew Spencer has been Professor of Percussion at Central Michigan University (CMU) since
2001. Prior to that, he held the similar position at
Central Washington University (CWU) for thirteen years. Spencer has maintained an active
performance calendar throughout his career.
He currently is timpanist with the West Shore
Symphony Orchestra as well as Acting Principal
Percussionist with the Midland
and Saginaw Bay Symphony
Orchestras. Spencer has appeared as soloist in Poland, Japan, Canada, Costa Rica, and
throughout the United States,
including as clinician for Days
of Percussion in California,
Idaho, Kentucky, Michigan, and
Washington. He is featured
on the CD Slender Beams,
which is devoted to the music
of Dave Hollinden. He can also
be heard performing drumset on the recent release Caught In The Act. The
percussion ensembles of CMU and CWU have both won the PAS International
Percussion Ensemble Competition under Spencer’s direction.
Trio Central is comprised of faculty and graduate students of Central
Michigan University (CMU). Timothy Mocny is currently an adjunct instructor
in music history and theory, and writes for the CMU Marching Band Drumline.
Michael List is Percussion Instructor of the CMU Summer Music Camp. Von
Hansen is a graduate assistant in percussion at CMU. As individuals, these
performers have appeared in India, across the United States, with various
orchestras in Michigan, and at previous PASIC
events.
Julie Spencer and Gernot Blume
Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.
American composer and marimba virtuoso Julie
Spencer and German composer, pianist, and
multi-instrumentalist Gernot Blume have been a
“composition team” since 1988, when they met
at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
exploring jazz, world music traditions, improvi-
sation, and composition. Since 2007, their entire
catalog of works has been published by Norsk
Musikforlag in Oslo, Norway. Apart from their
shared training at CalArts, Spencer graduated
from the Eastman School of Music and Blume
holds a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from the
University of Michigan. Spencer received a
jazz composition fellowship from the National
Endowment for the Arts while Blume received
numerous grants and prizes in the United States
and Germany. Together they premiered commissioned works on a tour to Japan as guests
of the Japan Percussion Society in 2004. Spencer and Blume have performed
together at several PASICs and co-produced ten compact discs of their works.
They reside in Germany.
Joel Stevenett
Saturday, 11:00 a.m.
Joel Stevenett was born in Alberta, Canada
to parents who were crazy enough to encourage his drumming. At just three years of age,
they discovered him tapping his fingers on
the car dashboard in sync to the radio. From a
Ford dashboard to a pawnshop starter kit, the
artistry began. Before long, he found himself
on the road with such acts as JoDee Messina,
The Wilkinsons, and SHeDAISY. With scores of
touring and recording credits spanning just two
decades, Stevenett can be heard on numerous television theme songs and
movie soundtracks. His recording credits also include Sony Playstation, XBOX, and Nintendo Wii video game soundtracks such as “Twisted Metal Head
On,” “Dance Dance Revolution,” and Disney’s “Ultimate Band.”
Rajna Swaminathan
Friday, 2:00 p.m.
Rajna Swaminathan is an accomplished artist
in the field of South Indian Carnatic classical
percussion, and in particular the mrudangam
(an ancient double-headed barrel shaped hand
drum). She is a disciple of Mrudangam Maestro
Padmabhushan Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman.
Swaminathan is one of the youngest among
only a handful of female mrudangam artists
in the world. She has accompanied many renowned musicians from India and has provided
mrudangam accompaniment for several dance performances. Swaminathan
has presented clinics and given performances in the United States and India
and at prominent percussion events such as the KOSA International Percussion Camp. She is currently a freshman at the University of Maryland at College Park.
Vanessa Tomlinson
Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.
The limitless creativity of Vanessa Tomlinson
has spawned significant contributions in the
fields of solo percussion, contemporary chamber music, improvisation and performance
art. As a soloist, she has worked closely with
influential European composers Vinko Globokar
and Brian Ferneyhough, prominent Australian/
American composers Erik Griswold, Liza Lim,
and Anthony Pateras as well as instrument
builder Rosemary Joy. She performs frequently
with a wide array of contemporary chamber and improvisation ensembles,
including Australian Art Orchestra, Elision Ensemble, Twitch, and Clocked Out
Duo.
Mike Truesdell
Wednesday, 2:30 p.m.
Mike Truesdell, a native of Wisconsin, is a
versatile freelance performer, teacher, and clinician. Truesdell received a bachelor’s degree in
percussion performance from Lawrence University in June 2007. At Lawrence, he was awarded
the distinguished Trustee’s Scholarship, as well
as the Fred Schroeder Prize in Wind Performance. Selected from a worldwide audition, he
had the opportunity to rehearse, perform, and
travel with the Lucerne Festival Academy Ensemble, under the baton of Pierre Boulez and Jean Deroyer in the summer of
2007. At PASIC 2007, he was awarded 3rd prize in the Percussive Arts Society’s
International Marimba Competition. Active in non-Western styles of music,
Truesdell feels equally comfortable performing the traditional music of Ghana,
Guinea, Brazil, and Cuba. Recently he co-founded the Spectrum Trio, a percussion trio dedicated to creating new works for percussion, based on music of
the African Diaspora. As a teacher, he served as percussion specialist and
percussion ensemble director in the Verona and Whitnall School Districts (WI)
as well as a private percussion teacher and clinician around the Midwest. He
attends the Juilliard School as a student of Daniel Druckman.
Gerald Unger
Thursday, 12:00 p.m.
Gerald Unger recently retired as Associate
Principal Percussionist with the Pittsburgh
Symphony Orchestra, a position he held since
1975. A native of Perrysburg, Ohio, he received
a Bachelor of Music degree in performance and
Bachelor of Music Education degree from Ohio
State University, a Master of Music degree in
music education from the University of Northern Colorado, and did post graduate work at
Indiana University and the University of North
Texas. Prior to joining the Pittsburgh Symphony,
Unger was Principal Percussionist with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Upon
graduating from Ohio State University, Unger taught public school music in the
Ontario, Ohio school system. Additional teaching experience includes posts at
Northeast Louisiana State University, Texas Christian University, Carnegie Mellon University, and Duquesne University. The University of North
Texas Gamelan “Bwana
Kumala” directed by Ed
Smith
Thursday, 9:00 a.m.
The University of North Texas
Gamelan “Bwana Kumala”
offers students a unique experience in the art of Balinese
gamelan. “Bwana Kumala”,
was formed in the spring of
2005 when the University of
North Texas (UNT) purchased a thirty-five year old gamelan from a small village in Bali, Indonesia. The ensemble was honored to perform their first concert with Gamelan specialist I Nyoman Wenten and his wife Nanik. As part of
UNT’s world music offerings, the gamelan performs regularly on campus and
their repertoire is a mixture of traditional Gong Kebyar and new cross- cultural
compositions influenced by other traditions.
University of North Texas Percussion Ensemble directed
by Mark Ford
Friday, 10:00 a.m.
As part of the University of North Texas (UNT) percussion program, the UNT
Percussion Ensemble directed by Mark Ford is a diverse and innovative ensemble that has set high standards in percussion education and performance
for decades. This select percussion ensemble has performed at music festi-
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vals and conventions including
the Percussive Arts Society
International Convention, the
Texas Music Educators Association Convention, and the
PerKumania Festival in Paris,
France. The ensemble has
performed with such artists
as Keiko Abe, Bob Becker, Bill
Cahn, and Gregg Bissonette.
The ensemble’s new CD,
Vespertine Formations, is now
available on the AUR label. To further enhance their educational offerings,
UNT provides opportunities for percussion students to also study and perform
in a variety of ethnic percussion ensembles including steel band, Afro-Cuban,
Brazilian, African, Gamelan and South Indian ensembles.
uzbeksado percussion ensemble led by abbos kosimov
Friday, 12:00 p.m.
Uzbeksado presents traditional
and new music from the Central Asian regions of Tajikistan
and Uzbekistan. Led by master
musician Abbos Kosimov of
Uzbekistan, Uzbeksado has
toured the United States,
Europe, Hong Kong, Taiwan,
and Korea (formerly as Abbos
Group). Through an emphasis
on the national percussion
instrument of Uzbekistan, the
doyra, Uzbeksado’s virtuosic
talent and dynamic sensibility delivers a treat for all world music lovers.
Lee Vinson
Saturday, 3:00 p.m.
W. Lee Vinson was named section percussionist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in
March of 2007. He holds a bachelor’s degree
from the Eastman School of Music and has
done graduate study at Boston University.
While at Eastman, Vinson performed with the
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. From 2000
to 2004, he served as a member of the United
States Navy Band in Washington, D.C. As a
student; he attended summer music festivals at
Interlochen, Tanglewood, and the Brevard Music Center. His teachers have included John H. Beck and Tim Genis. Vinson is originally from Auburn, Alabama.
Dan Weiss
Wednesday, 4:00 p.m.
Dan Weiss started playing the drums at the
age of six. He went on to study percussion and
composition at the Manhattan School of Music.
Weiss also studied frame drums with Jamey Hadaad. He has performed and or recorded with
such artists as David Binney, Lee Konitz, Dave
Liebman, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Vijay Iyer,
Miguel Zenon, Wayne Krantz, Kenny Werner,
Ritchie Beirach, Ben Monder, Uri Caine, Village
Vanguard Orchestra, and Ravi Coltrane. He has
been touring Europe and North America extensively for the past seven years
with many different groups and artists. He has also played in South America
and Asia and has recorded for Omnitone, Fresh Sound/New Talent, Arabesque,
Pi, Criss cross, Between The Lines, Act, Hat Hut, and Auand record labels.
Weiss has been studying tabla for the last nine years exclusively under the
guidance of his guru Pandit Samir Chatterjee. He has performed classical
Indian music in India and the United States with Ramesh Mishra, Mandira La-
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hiri, Subra Guha, Anoushka Shankar, Joyas Biswas, K.V. Mahabala, and Steve
Gorn.
John Wooton
Friday, 4:00 p.m.
John Wooton is the Director of Percussion
Studies at University of Southern Mississippi.
An accomplished percussionist, his instrument of choice is the steel pan. Wooton has
performed on steel pan throughout the Southeastern United States, Puerto Rico, Brazil,
Argentina, and in Trinidad with the Pan Knights
for Panorama. Additionally, he leads his own
band, KAISO!, specializing in Caribbean jazz and
popular Calypso music. The band has released
two compact discs entitled, John Wooton & KAISO! and Kaiso Kristmas.
Marching percussion, concert percussion, drumset, and Brazilian percussion
are also instrumental areas in which Wooton regularly performs and teaches.
He is a former percussion instructor for the Phantom Regiment Drum & Bugle
Corps. Additionally, he has won several rudimental snare drum competitions
including one sponsored by PAS at PASIC 1983. His marching percussion publications are played at high schools and universities all over the world. Wooton
currently is a member of the PAS Marching Percussion Committee.
Yale Percussion Group directed by Robert van Sice
Saturday, 10:00 a.m.
Founded in 1997 by Robert van Sice, the Yale Percussion Group is comprised
of young artists who have come from around the world for graduate study with
Mr. van Sice at the Yale School of Music. Members of the Yale Percussion Group have gone
on to form the acclaimed quartet So Percussion
and to perform with the Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Two, the Carnegie Hall Academy Ensemble, the Pittsburg New Music Ensemble, the
Oslo Philharmonic, the Auckland Philharmonic
and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Yale percussion students and graduates have recently
won the Linz (Austria) International Marimba
Competition and the Concert Artist Guild Competition. Recent alumni teach at institutions
such as the University of Miami, University
of Kansas, Cornell, Dartmouth, Peabody, Michigan State, SUNY Stonybrook,
University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Baylor, Conservatoire de Genève (Switzerland), and Bilbao Conservatory (Spain).
Cynthia Yeh
Saturday, 5:00 p.m.
Cynthia Yeh joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as Principal Percussionist in June 2007.
She previously served as Principal Percussionist for the San Diego Symphony Orchestra from
2004 to 2007. Yeh has performed regularly as a
substitute with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra,
Delaware Symphony Orchestra, and Harrisburg
Symphony Orchestra. Born in Taipei, Taiwan,
Yeh received a Bachelor of Music degree in percussion performance from the
University of British Columbia and a master of music degree in percussion performance from Temple University, where she studied with Alan Abel. She has
received grants and awards from the Canada Council Grant for the Arts in 2000
and 2001, the British Columbia Arts Council in 1999 and 2000, and the Charles
Owen Memorial Scholarship in 1998. An active chamber musician, Yeh was a
member of the Battery Four Percussion Group, known for its stylistic diversity
and dedication to new music. In addition, she has performed throughout the
United States and Canada, including concerts at Lincoln Center in New York
City and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
cisco Conservatory, and teaches percussion at The Colburn School in Los
Angeles, California. He has taught at every Zeltsman Marimba Festival except
one since 2001. Van Geem is the author/composer of three books: “Symphonic
Repertoire for Keyboard Percussion,” “Four Mallet Democracy,” and “Rags and
Hot Choruses.” Before deciding on a career in music, Van Geem thought he
would be a doctor and spent many hours studying anatomy and physiology. An
avid cyclist, he typically rides over 5000 miles a year.
Nancy Zeltsman is Chair of the Percussion Department at The Boston Conservatory, an Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music, and Artistic
Director of Zeltsman Marimba Festival, Inc. The latter spearheaded the Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba collection (through ZMF New Music). Zeltsman has premiered more than 125 pieces for marimba, many of which were
composed for the celebrated marimba/violin duo Marimolin (1985-1996). She
has recorded three CDs with Marimolin, three solo marimba CDs, and a duo
marimba CD with Jack Van Geem. She has also authored a marimba method
entitled, “Four Mallet Marimba Playing: A Musical Approach for All Levels.”
Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic
Friday, 1:00 p.m. Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic is a recognized
composer and solo percussion artist. Zivkovic
completed master’s degrees in composition,
music theory, and percussion in Mannheim and
Stuttgart, Germany. He has toured extensively
throughout Europe, and performs frequently in
the United States, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Latin
America, Russia, and other Scandinavian countries. As a soloist, mostly with his own marimba
concertos, Zivkovic has performed with such
orchestras as the Stuttgart Philharmonic, Munich Symphonic, Bochum Philharmonic, Austrian Chamber Symphony, Hannover Radio Symphony, Bielefeld
Philharmonic, Belgrade Philharmonic, National Orchestra of Costa Rica, Turku
Philharmonic Orchestra (Finland), and Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra.
He has performed in such prestigious venues as “Wiener Konzerthaus”, Munich ‘s Herkulessaal, Taipei’s National Recital Hall, Stockholm’s Nybrokajen,
and many others. His creative output is captured on six compact discs including marimba and percussion concertos, solo works and chamber music. At the
present time, he has about 300 performances of his compositions annually, in
over 50 countries worldwide.
The Jovan Percussion Projekt, Nebojsa’s group that will accompany him for
the last piece of the program, was originally formed in 1995 (for the recording
of Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic’s Uneven Souls CD). It became a multi-national
ensemble in 1998. JPP consists of a six-person roster, with members native to
Costa Rica, Serbia, Germany, Lithuania, and the United States. The ensemble
has several international tours to its credit, including festival appearances,
concerts, radio and television broadcasts, and two recordings: Zivkovic’s The
Castle of the Mad King; and Composers Portrait. Ensemble members for PASIC
2009 include: Craig Bitterman, percussionist with the United States Military
Academy Band at West Point, Gene Koshinski, director of percussion at the
University of Minnesota Duluth and Benjamin Toth, Professor of Percussion at
The Hartt School, University of Hartford.
Photo By Matthias Ketz
Zeltsman Marimba
Festival New Music
Commissioning Project
Friday, 2:00 p.m. Ivana Bilic is Principal
Timpanist of the Croatian Radio
Symphony Orchestra, on the
faculty at the Zagreb Music
Academy, and regularly records for radio and television.
In 1998 Bilic received the Best
Young Croatian Artist Award
and was awarded with Milka Trnina for best concert performance in 2003.
She also has received the prestigious Croatian Discographic Award for best
performance in the classical field. Bilic regularly gives marimba and percussion
clinics and master classes in Europe, the United States, Mexico, and South
America. In addition to solo concerts, she performs with several chamber music groups. Bilic also arranges and co-edits new works for percussion, and has
composed several marimba solos and a duo.
Thomas Burritt is Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Texas
at Austin. He is a highly regarded chamber musician, percussion soloist, and
concert marimbist active in the creation and performance of new music for percussion. In April 2004, Burritt performed with the Hammers and Sticks Ensemble
in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. He received degrees from Ithaca College
School of Music (BM, education and performance), Kent State University (MM),
and Northwestern University (DMA).
Jean Geoffroy is a Professor at the Conservatoire National Supèrieur de Musique de Lyon and teaches educational methods at the Conservatoire National
Supèrieur of Music of Paris. Geoffroy was solo timpanist with the Ensemble
Orchestral de Paris from 1985 to 2000, soloist with the contemporary music
ensemble Court-Circuit, and advisor for composition students at IRCAM. Many
composers have written percussion pieces for him. He has made numerous
recordings of contemporary works as well as J. S. Bach’s complete works for
solo violin and solo cello performed on the marimba. He is author of several
percussion methods books, and advisor to both Lemoine Editions and Alfonce
regarding percussion publications.
Beverley Johnston is internationally recognized for her virtuosic and
dynamic performances on a wide range of percussion instruments, and her
dedication to commissioning new works. Her exciting performances effectively
combine classical transcriptions, contemporary music, and a touch of theatre.
Johnston has released four solo CDs: Impact and Alternate Currents (Centrediscs), Marimbach (CBC Records Musica Viva), and Garden Of Delights (www.
beverleyjohnston.com). She received her training at Vanier College in her native Montreal and at the University of Toronto, where she studied with Russell
Hartenberger. She currently lives in rural Ontario, Canada with her husband,
composer Christos Hatzis and teaches at the University of Toronto.
William Moersch is Associate Professor and Director of Percussion Studies
at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and is internationally renowned
as a marimba artist, chamber and symphonic percussionist, and recording artist. Over three decades, he has commissioned much of the prominent modern
repertoire for solo marimba. He was the first marimbist to receive a National
Endowment for the Arts Solo Recitalist Fellowship. Moersch created graduate
degree programs in marimba performance at the Peabody Conservatory and
Rutgers University. He is Principal Timpanist of Sinfonia da Camera, Artistic
Director of New Music Marimba, and serves on the Board of Directors of the
Percussive Arts Society.
Gordon Stout is Professor of Percussion at the Ithaca College School of
Music in Ithaca, New York, where he has taught percussion since 1980. A
composer as well as percussionist who specializes on marimba, he studied
composition with Joseph Schwantner, Samuel Adler, and Warren Benson, and
percussion with James Salmon and John Beck. He has recorded a number of
his marimba compositions, many of which have become standard repertoire.
Stout has served on the juries of five international marimba competitions, and
was a featured marimbist at the World Marimba Festival in Osaka, Japan in
1998. On New Year’s Day 2006, he conducted a 100-person marimba orchestra
in the National Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan.
Jack Van Geem has been Principal Percussionist with the San Francisco
Symphony since 1980. He is Chairman of Percussion Studies at the San Fran-
Zoro
Thursday, 5:00 p.m. Drumset artist, educator, and author Zoro has
toured and recorded with such groups and artists as Lenny Kravitz, Bobby Brown, Frankie Valli
and the Four Seasons, The New Edition, Jody
Watley, Sean Lennon, Philip Bailey of Earth Wind
& Fire, Lisa Marie Presley, and Vanessa Paradis.
Throughout his career, he has consistently been
voted the “Number 1 R&B Drummer” by such
publications as Modern Drummer. Often called
the “Minister of Groove,” Zoro’s book and DVD
package, “The Commandments of R&B Drumming” has received critical acclaim. His latest publication with Daniel Glass is entitled “The Commandments
of Early Rhythm & Blues Drumming.”
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History of the Percussive Arts Society
N
ow in its 48th year, the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) is a nonevolved into the Percussive Arts Society International Convention that
profit, music-service organization whose mission is to promote
we know today as PASIC. The first PASIC was held in 1976 at the Eastpercussion education, research, performance and appreciation
man School of Music in Rochester, New York, and was hosted by John
throughout the world. Today, the society is 8,500 members strong, with
Beck, the Eastman School, and the New York State PAS Chapter.
50 chapters located across the United States and an additional 24 chap In 1972, PAS established its Hall of Fame to recognize the contributers outside the U.S.
tions of the most highly regarded professional leaders in percussion performance, education, research, scholarship, administration, composition,
PAS publishes two bi-monthly publications, Percussive Notes and Percussion News, and maintains a comprehensive Website of percussion
and the industry. The awards are presented every year at PASIC.
education resources. The society maintains a percussion museum and
Since 1974, the PAS Composition Contest has encouraged the creation
archive library and presents percussion-based programming in the local
of hundreds of new works, many of which have become part of the stancommunity. Each year PAS hosts the largest percussion convention in
dard percussion repertoire.
the world, the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC),
In 1979, the PAS Marching Percussion Committee appointed the PAS
featuring the top names in drumming and percussion. In addition, doInternational Drum Rudiment Committee to act as the governing body in
mestic and international PAS chapters host Days of Percussion and other
the revision and standardization of the 26 rudiments. A new listing of 40
clinics in their regions throughout the year.
International Drum Rudiments was adopted by PAS in 1984 and included
drum corps, orchestral, European, and contemporary drum rudiments.
The fourteen percussionists and educators who met for dinner at the
1960 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago could scarcely have
For its first two decades, the PAS office was located primarily in Terre
imagined what the PAS would ultimately grow into. Their goal was simHaute, Indiana. In 1981, the society’s success and growth brought about
ply to discuss the possibility of establishing a national organization that
the need to hire a staff to handle the society’s day-to-day operations. So
would “bring up to date the present standards in solo and ensemble
PAS rented office space in Urbana, Illinois, where then vice-president
contests, stimulate a greater interest in percussion performance and
Tom Siwe was a teacher at the University of Illinois. In 1989, the society
teaching, and promote better
was informed that its office would
teaching of percussion instruno longer be available and a move
ments.”
was required. Through PAS board
member Dr. James Lambert, the
In January, 1961 during the SWMENC convention in Albuquerque,
McMahon Foundation in Lawton,
New Mexico, a meeting was held
Oklahoma was solicited for posat which Jim Sewrey suggested
sible support for the construction
the name Percussive Arts Society
of a headquarters and museum fato Remo Belli. Following this meetcility in Lawton. Upon approval of
ing, Robert Winslow, a professionthe PAS Board of Directors and apal percussionist and North
proval of a 2-for-1 matching grant
Hollywood band director who
for construction, PAS relocated
served as an educational advisor
and the Percussive Arts Society Into Belli, sent a letter proclaiming:
ternational Headquarters and Per“The Percussive Arts Society is
cussive Arts Museum were
Pictured above are several of the fourteen founding members of the Society. (left
open for business,” and in Sepofficially opened August 8, 1992.
to right, near side of table) Remo Belli, Jack McKenzie, Don Canedy, Mervin Brittember, 1961, the society sent its
Instrument donations to the mufirst publication, Percussive Arts
seum quickly used up all available
ton, (left to right, far side of table) Hugh Soebbing, Vern Reamer and Sid Lutz, and
Society Bulletin, printed on a mimdisplay space, so an addition was
Kenneth Leisen.
eograph machine donated by Belli,
constructed, adding another 4,000
to the membership. The fourteen
square feet to the museum. The
originating members listed in the first Percussive Arts Society Bulletin
expanded museum reopened in August, 1995. Another addition to the
were Remo Belli, Warren Benson, Mervin Britton, Robert Buggert, Don
building was completed in 2001.
Canedy, Rey Longyear, Charles Lutz, Jack McKenzie, James L. Moore,
During the early 1990s, in the early stages of the Internet, PAS was at
Verne Reimer, Jim Salmon, Hugh W. Soebbing, Charles Spohn, and Robthe forefront of the emerging technology with the development of the
ert Winslow.
World Percussion Network (WPN), a bulletin board system that allowed
PAS members to share information via computer modems. With the de After three Bulletins, the administrative and publication duties of the
society were transferred to Donald Canedy, percussion instructor and
velopment of the World Wide Web, PAS developed a Website (www.pas.
band director at Southern Illinois University. In April of 1963, Canedy,
org) that contains publication archives, research databases, a conference
with the advice of a distinguished editorial board and an able group of
center, museum tour, and other features.
contributing editors, published the new PAS journal, Percussionist (later
In 2005, after a nationwide search and formal proposal process, the
called Percussive Notes Research Edition). In 1967, James L. Moore’s alPAS Board of Directors elected to relocate the headquarters, museum,
ready successful magazine, Percussive Notes, became an official PAS
and library to Indianapolis where, for the first time, PAS would be able to
publication.
operate its headquarters, house its museum and library, and present its
annual convention in the same city. PAS moved its operations in 2007,
Canedy served as de facto president through 1964, when, at the December Percussive Arts Society meeting in Chicago, a constitution was
and the new museum with its now extensive collection of instruments
adopted and officers were elected. Gordon Peters became the first Presifrom around the world and library of archives, scores, and recordings
dent of PAS, Jack McKenzie took the position of First Vice-President, and
will be open for PASIC 2009 in Indianapolis.
Canedy was named Executive Secretary. Also elected were a board of
In addition to the Hall of Fame award, each year at PASIC the society
directors and an editorial board. With this structure, the society became
presents four awards to recognize individuals who have made significant
increasingly influential, expanding its committee activities to address imcontributions in service to PAS or the field of percussion: Outstanding
portant percussion issues and making policy decisions that would result
Service Award, Outstanding Supporter Award, Outstanding Chapter
in important contributions to all areas of percussion.
President Award, and the President’s Industry Award. PAS also recognizes outstanding educators through the Lifetime Achievement in Educa Beginning in 1971, performances and clinics called Days of Percussion
were held in conjunction with the yearly business meetings. In 1974, the
tion Award, which is the society’s most prestigious award next to the
first Percussive Arts Society National Conference (PASNC) was held in
Hall of Fame.
Anaheim and at California State University at Northridge. The PASNC
Today, The Percussive Arts Society has seventeen standing commit-
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tees that address specific areas of percussion performance, research, education, pedagogy, and the percussion community. PAS committees play
an essential role in advancing percussion through the development and
dissemination of the latest information, research, and initiatives. In addition, PAS continues to support percussion education through a variety of
chapter activities as well as through a number of scholarships. In addition to the annual Composition Contest, PAS has added Solo, Ensemble,
and Marching Percussion contests that are held each year at PASIC.
Year
City
The society maintains strategic partnerships with Drum Corps Associates (DCA), Drum Corps International (DCI), Winter Guard International
(WGI), Music for All, the Percussion Marketing Council (PMC), Music Educators National Conference (MENC), and the National Association of
Music Merchants (NAMM). PAS is the world’s largest percussion organization and is the central source for information and networking for percussionists and drummers of all ages.
Host
Location
Percussive Arts Society Percussion Day
1971 Chicago, Illinois Bob Tilles
Percussive Arts Society Day of Percussion
1972 Chicago, Illinois National PAS, Inc. and Illinois State Chapter College Inn and Sherman House Hotel
Lloyd McCausland/ Joel Leach
Thomas Siwe Royal Inn Hotel/
CSU/Northridge
Roosevelt University
John Beck
Michael Combs
Merv Britton
Morris Lang
Tony Cirone
Paul Berns
Robert Schietroma
Michael Combs
Michael Udow
Jay Wanamaker
Randall Eyles
Norm Goldberg/Thomas Siwe
Genaro Gonzalez
Bill Wiggins
Dean Witten
Dave Black
Jim Atwood
Robert Breithaupt
Tony McCutchen
J.B. Smith
Bill Wiggins
Theresa Dimond
Beth Radock Gottlieb
Jim Rupp
Michael Varner
George Barrett
Susan Powell
Rick Mattingly
George Barrett
Eastman School of Music
University of Tennessee
Arizona State University
Taft Hotel
San Jose Cultural and Convention Center
Indianapolis Convention Center
Loews Anatole Hotel
Knoxville Convention Center
University of Michigan
Sheraton Hotel
Wahington Convention Center and
John F. Kennedy Center
Adam’s Mark Hotel
Henry Gonzalez Convention Center
Stouffer Hotel/Convention Center
Adams Hotel
Disneyland Hotel
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Greater Columbus Convention Center
Peachtree Plaza Hotel
Phoenix Civic Plaza
Renaissance Hotel/Convention Center
Disneyland Hotel
Orange County Convention Center
Greater Columbus Convention Center
Hyatt Regency Dallas
Nashville Convention Center & Renaissance Nashville Hotel
Greater Columbus Convention Center
Kentucky International Convention Center
Nashville Convention Center & Renaissance Nashville Hotel
Greater Columbus Convention Center
Austin Convention Center
Greater Columbus Convention Center
Austin Convention Center
Percussive Arts Society National Conference (PASNC)
1974 Anaheim, California/
Northridge, California 1975 Chicago, Illinois Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC)
1976
Rochester, New York
1977
Knoxville, Tennessee
1978
Tempe, Arizona
1979
New York, New York
1980
San Jose, California
1981
Indianapolis, Indiana
1982
Dallas, Texas
1983
Knoxville, Tennessee
1984
Ann Arbor, Michigan
1985
Los Angeles, California
1986
Washington, D.C.
1987
St. Louis, Missouri
1988
San Antonio, Texas
1989
Nashville, Tennessee
1990 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1991
Anaheim, California
1992
New Orleans, Louisiana
1993
Columbus, Ohio
1994
Atlanta, Georgia
1995
Phoenix, Arizona
1996
Nashville, Tennessee
1997
Anaheim, California
1998
Orlando, Florida
1999
Columbus, Ohio
2000
Dallas, Texas
2001
Nashville, Tennessee
2002
Columbus, Ohio
2003
Louisville, Kentucky
2004
Nashville, Tennessee
2005
Columbus, Ohio
2006
Austin, Texas
2007
Columbus, Ohio
2008
Austin, Texas
DePaul University
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Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame
(year specifies date of induction)
84
Keiko Abe, 1993
Steve Gadd, 2005
Al Payson, 2001
Alan Abel, 1998
Terry Gibbs, 2000
Gordon B. Peters, 2004
Henry Adler, 1988
Billy Gladstone, 1978
John S. Pratt, 2002
Frank Arsenault, 1975
Dame Evelyn Glennie, 2008
Paul Price, 1975
Elden C. “Buster” Bailey, 1996
Morris Goldenberg, 1974
Tito Puente, 2001
John Beck, 1999
Saul Goodman, 1972
Steve Reich, 2007
Bob Becker/NEXUS, 1999
George Hamilton Green, 1983
Buddy Rich, 1986
Remo Belli, 1986
Lionel Hampton, 1984
Emil Richards, 1994
Louis Bellson, 1978
Haskell Harr, 1972
Max Roach, 1982
Warren Benson, 2003
Lou Harrison, 1985
James Salmon, 1974
James Blades, 1975
Mickey Hart, 2009
Fred Sanford, 2000
Michael Bookspan, 2003
Russell Hartenberger/NEXUS, 1999
Ed Shaughnessy, 2004
Carroll Bratman, 1984
Roy Haynes, 1998
Murray Spivack, 1991
Harry Breuer, 1980
Sammy Herman, 1994
Ringo Starr, 2002
Roy Burns, 2008
Fred D. Hinger, 1986
Leigh Howard Stevens, 2006
Gary Burton, 1988
Richard Hochrainer, 1979
George L. Stone, 1997
John Cage, 1982
Milt Jackson, 1996
William Street, 1976
William Cahn/NEXUS, 1999
Elvin Jones, 1991
Ed Thigpen, 2002
Joe Calato, 2001
Jo Jones, 1990
Edgar Varèse, 1980
Jim Chapin, 1995
Roy Knapp, 1972
William “Chick” Webb, 1985
Vida Chenoweth, 1994
William Kraft, 1990
Charley Wilcoxon, 1981
Bobby Christian, 1989
Gene Krupa, 1974
Tony Williams, 1997
Anthony Cirone, 2007
Morris “Arnie” Lang, 2000
John Wyre/NEXUS, 1999
Billy Cobham, 2006
Alexander Lepak, 1997
Armand Zildjian, 1994
Martin Cohen, 2006
Mel Lewis, 2001
Avedis Zildjian, 1979
Michael Colgrass, 1987
Maurice Lishon, 1989
Robert Zildjian, 2000
Alan Dawson, 1996
William F. Ludwig II, 1993
Jacques Delécluse, 2009
William F. Ludwig, Sr., 1972
Warren “Baby” Dodds, 2007
Shelly Manne, 1997
John Calhoun (J.C.) Deagan, 1999
Ellie Mannette, 2003
Cloyd Duff, 1977
Joe Morello, 1993
Robin Engelman/NEXUS, 1999
Clair Musser, 1975
Sandy Feldstein, 2005
John Noonan, 1972
Siegfried Fink, 2003
Red Norvo, 1992
Vic Firth, 1995
Babatunde Olatunji, 2001
Alfred Friese, 1978
Charles Owen, 1981
George Gaber, 1995
Harry Partch, 1974
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throughout the year by contributing to the success of our chapters and
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pas 2009 Awards
The Outstanding PAS Service Award was established
to recognize an individual each year that has provided service to the organization through a significant
project, cause, or cumulative service that has made
a significant contribution to the Society as a whole.
This year there are two such individuals receiving
the 2009 Outstanding PAS Service Award, Mr. Rob
Birenbaum and Mr. Ray Fransen. Birenbaum and
Fransen have been tireless volunteers and supporters
of PAS serving as the managers of the drumset clinic
room at PASICs since 1999. Their countless hours and
superb organizational skills have kept the drumset
clinics one of the highlights of PASICs for audiences
and artists alike.
R
ob Birenbaum
opened Drum
Headquarters
in St. Louis in 1981
and operated the
retail store until 2005
when he sold it to a
longtime employee.
In 1988, he started HQ
Percussion Products
(manufacturer of
RealFeel practice
pads and SoundOff drumset silencers) and sold it to
D’Addario & Company in 2004. He is a co-founder of
the Five-Star Drum Shops group and currently serving
as the organization’s manager. He also works as a
consultant to Brady Drums of Australia. Additionally,
Birenbaum owns a number of retail buildings in an
area just outside of the St. Louis city limits, where he
serves on several community boards and commissions. He stays active musically by playing about 50
gigs a year on doumbek.
R
ay Fransen
has owned
Ray Fransen’s
Drum Center for 25
years. As a musician,
he received his
Bachelor of Music
degree from Loyola
University in 1970.
Following graduation
he pursued four years
of touring with such
artists as Buddy Greco and appeared on all the major
talk shows and the Grand Ole Opry. He has performed
with other diverse artists such as Paul Anka, Frankie
Laine, Cannonball Adderly, Paul Desmond, Zoot Sims,
Doc Sevrinsen, Brenda Lee, Johnny Mathis, Roger
Williams, John Gary, Jack Jones, Allen Jones, Richard
Davis, Emily Remler, Ron Eschete, and Clark Terry.
Fransen taught percussion privately for 35 years as
well as classes at Loyola University. He chaired the
percussion department at Tulane University from 1999
to 2007. In 2009, Fransen was appointed to the board of
the Five-Star Drum Shops organization. 86
The Outstanding PAS Supporter Award was established to recognize an individual each year that has
significantly promoted the Society through their
professional and educational activities to increase
visibility and awareness of the Society. The 2009
recipient of the Outstanding PAS Supporter Award is
Mr. Neil Grover. Grover has not only provided support
to hundreds of PAS-sponsored Days of Percussion and
PASICs, but continually promotes the Society through
his clinics and other activities as well.
N
eil Grover is
a percussionist, instrument designer, and
entrepreneur. He has
played with the Opera
Company of Boston,
the Royal Ballet of
England, Boston
Musica Viva, Boston
Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Bolshoi
Ballet, Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Boston
Symphony, and for over 27 years as a percussionist
with the Boston Pops. He has recorded and/or toured
with the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, Philip Glass
Ensemble, Aerosmith, Empire Brass, Old South Brass,
and Music from Marlboro. Grover is also a prolific
clinician having appeared at PASIC six times, as well
as in Europe, Asia, and at top universities across the
United States. He is the Founder and President of
Grover Pro Percussion. In addition to his work on the
PAS Board of Directors, Grover has served on the PAS
Symphonic Committee and was Chair of the Sustaining
Members Advisory Council.
The PAS President’s Industry Award was established
to recognize those individuals in the Percussion Industry that have demonstrated outstanding
achievement in their field and outstanding support
of the Society. The 2009 PAS President’s Industry
Award recipient is Mr. Joe Lamond, President and
CEO of NAMM. Lamond’s visionary concepts such as
Recreational Music Making (RMM) have provided
outstanding promotion and support of music and in
particular percussion education and PAS.
A
fter college
graduation,
Joe Lamond
worked in music
retail stores by day
and pursued his rock
star dreams at night.
Starting in 1982 as
a bookkeeper for a
small, independent
retailer in California,
he then moved to
Skip’s Music in 1989. Armed with passion, drive, and a
natural ability for marketing, he ultimately rose to the
position of executive vice president. In 1998 Lamond
joined NAMM, the trade association of the interna-
tional music products industry, as its director of market
development. By 2001 as President and CEO of NAMM,
Lamond closely worked with a coalition of key industry
partners to introduce the concept of Recreational
Music Making (RMM), generating a growing category
of people who make music just for fun or as a hobby.
He also created the NAMM Foundation, which serves
as the focal point for the industry’s research and giving. Lamond serves on the boards of numerous music
advocacy organizations. In 2007, he was inducted into
the Boys and Girls Club of America’s Hall of Fame.
Under Lamond’s leadership, NAMM has also been
recognized by Americans for the Arts and Vh1 Save
the Music Foundation with national merit awards.
The Outstanding PAS Chapter President Award
recognizes individuals who have increased chapter
membership and provided percussion events, newsletters, and experiences that are beneficial for the
continued music education of chapter members. The
2009 recipient of the Outstanding PAS Chapter President Award is Dr. Frank Shaffer, outgoing President of
the Tennessee Chapter. Dr. Shaffer and the Tennessee
Chapter Executive Committee have provided their
membership with wonderful statewide and regional
events. Additionally, they have promoted the PAS
Health and Wellness Initiative and communicated effectively with a growing membership through chapter
e-mails and website.
rank Shaffer is
Principal Timpanist with the
Memphis Symphony
Orchestra and Associate Professor of
Percussion Studies
at the University of Memphis. He
received a Bachelor
of Science degree
in music education
from Duquesne University. He earned a Master of
Music degree and Doctor of Musical Arts degree from
Yale University. In 2007, he presented a recital and
master classes at the East China Normal University
and the Shanghai Conservatory in China. Shaffer has
performed and taught at the Sewanee Summer Music
Festival since 1979, and served as Associate Director
of the festival from 2001-2006. He was also percussion
consultant and English translation editor for “Chilpachole de Arpa,” a bilingual harp method based on the
traditional music of Veracruz, Mexico. Since 1999, he
has served on the PAS Health and Wellness Committee. Elected as PAS Tennessee Chapter President in
2004, Shaffer was re-elected in 2006.
F
The Percussive Arts Society Lifetime Achievement
Award in Education was established in 2002 and
recognizes the contributions of the most highly regarded leaders in percussion education The 2009 PAS
Lifetime Achievement Award in Education recipient is
Mr. Tzong-Ching Ju. Ju has played a significant role
in enhancing the wide interest in percussion music in
Taiwan over the last two decades. The popularity of
percussion music in Taiwan is due in great part to the
pioneering efforts of Tzong-Ching Ju.
U
pon graduation from
the National
Taiwan Academy of
the Arts, Tzong-Ching Ju continued his
percussion studies at
Hochschule für Musik
und Darstellende
Kunst in Vienna with
Walter Veigl and
Richard Hochrainer.
After returning to Taiwan, Ju served as the Principal
Percussionist of the Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. He
founded Taiwan’s first percussion ensemble, the Ju
Percussion Group (JPG), in January 1986. Three years
later, the Ju Percussion Group Foundation was formed
to handle JPG’s administrative affairs. In 1992, Ju
established the Ju Percussion Music School, the first
domestically developed percussion education system
in Taiwan. In 1994, he initiated the Traditional Percussion Center, whose mission was to preserve traditional
percussion music. In 1998, he launched Arts Circle, a
magazine to further promote percussion music and
the arts. Ju served on the PAS Board of Directors from
1998 to 1999 as well as the Dean of the School of Music at the Taipei National University of the Arts (TNUA)
from 1997 to 2000. He was the Director of the National
Taiwan Symphony Orchestra and the Artistic Director
of the National Chiang Kai-shek Cultural Center R.O.C.
- National Theatre and National Concert Hall from 2001
until 2004. Ju currently serves as the President TNUA
and Artistic Director of JPG.
Outstanding
PAS Service Award
1993
1994
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Ed Soph
Norman Weinberg
Barry Zimmerman
Jerry Steinholtz
James Lambert
Karen Hunt
Doug Wolf
Rebecca Kite
Larry Snider
Ian Turnbull
John H. Beck
Jim Rupp
Lynn Glassock
Wilber England
Darin Workman
Fernando Hashimoto
Dennis DeLucia
PAS
President’s Industry Award
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Sandy Feldstein
Lloyd McCausland
Robert Zildjian
Lennie DiMuzio
Jim Catalano
Jim Coffin
Steve Ettleson
Paul Siegel
Rob Wallis
Bill Crowden
Martin Cohen
Carol Calato
Pat Brown
Gilberto Serna
John Wittmann
John DeChristopher
Outstanding
PAS Supporter Award
Fred Sanford Award
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
University of North Texas
Morehead State University
Marcus High School
East Tennessee State
University
Georgetown High School
Flower Mound High School
The University of North Texas
1997 1998
1999 2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007 2008
Steve Houghton
Ed Shaughnessy
Tzong-Ching Ju
Gregg Bissonette
Peter Erskine
Zoro
James Sewrey
Ludwig Albert
Jim Coffin
David Eyler
Ruben Alvarez
Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser
Lifetime Achievement
in Education Award
2002
2002
2002
2002
2003
2003
2004
2004
2005
2005
2006
2007
2007
2007
2008
2008
Gary Chaffee
Siegfried Fink
William Schinstine
Tom Siwe
Harold Jones
James Petercsak
Gary Olmstead
Larry Vanlandingham
James Moore
Dong-Wook Park
Robert Schietroma
J.C. Combs
Johnny Lee Lane
Erwin Mueller
Ed Soph
Vicki P. Jenks
PAS Outstanding
Chapter President Award
1991
1992
1993
1994 1995
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
2001
2002
2002
2003
2004
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Ian Turnbull (Ontario)
Lauren Vogel (Texas)
Kristen Shiner McGuire
(New York)
Keith Aleo (Florida)
Mark Dorr (Iowa)
Nigel Shipway (UK)
Marshall Maley (Virginia)
Peter O’Gorman (Minnesota)
Eric Hollenbeck (Alabama)
Jim Royle (Connecticut)
Frederic Macarez (France)
Fernando Hashimoto (Brazil)
Lauren Vogel Weiss (Texas)
Blair Helsing (California)
Anders Astrand (Sweden)
Christopher Moore (Alabama)
Nicholas Ormrod (UK)
Cary Dachytl (Ohio)
Antonio Santangelo (Italy)
Larry Lawless (Texas)
PAS Distinguished
Leadership Award
2007
Michael Balter
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university school of music during the academic year.
PAS/Remo, Inc. Fred Hoey Memorial Scholarship
$1,000 scholarship awarded to an incoming college freshman percussionist enrolled in the
School of Music at an accredited college or university.
PAS/Sabian, Ltd. Larrie Londin Memorial Scholarship
Created to support promising young drummers with their drumset studies, a total of $3,000
is awarded annually.
PAS/Yamaha Terry Gibbs Vibraphone Scholarship
$1,000 scholarship awarded to a full-time student registered in an accredited college or
university school of music for the following academic year.
PAS/Meredith Music Publications Percussive Arts Society International
Convention (PASIC) Grant for a Non-Percussionist Band Director
Provides financial assistance to a band director to attend PASIC in order to further the band
director’s knowledge of percussion instruments and their use in school ensembles.
Apply by March 15, 2010
www.pas.org