This weekend, I’m performing Mendel Lee’s Timpani Forces at the Festival of Contemporary Music in San Fransisco. Mendel composed the piece for Syracuse Symphony Percussionist David Constantine, and it was premiered in New Orleans this Spring.
The piece was composed in honor of my mentor and teacher, Charles Dowd. It is a great honor to be able to perform this piece in the Bay Area, where Charles spent so much of his performing and teaching career.
The Portland Percussion Grouped played a premiere concert on Thursday, April 21st at Lewis and Clark College to a great response. The program featured the music of Daniel Levitan and John Luther Adams.
This summer the group will focus their efforts on rehearsing new concert repertoire, organizing commissions, and planning dates for an upcoming NW tour later this year. Look for more great music making in the near future!
I’m excited to announce the formation of a new percussion group based in Portland, Oregon.
Charter members of the ensemble include:
Brian Gardiner
Aaron Jester
Brett Paschal
Chris Whyte
Our inaugural performance will be at Lewis and Clark College on April 21st, 2011. We will perform the music of Daniel Levitan and John Luther Adams. Stay tuned for more updates about this exciting new project!
This month, I’ll be joining Third Angle Ensemble for their 25th anniversary concert of all Steve Reich music!
Program includes:
Drumming
Violin Phase
New York Counterpoint
This is bound to be a very exciting concert of incredible music! Come see this awesome hallmark of the percussion repertoire!
Oregon Symphony Pops – 3 Broadway Divas
Performances January 21st at George Fox University in Newberg, OR
January 22nd and 23rd at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
January 24th at Willamette University in Salem, OR
Hey Everyone,
My arrangement of Isaac Albeniz’s Sevilla is being released this week by Tapspace Publications. The premiere performance will be by the Union High School Percussion Ensemble at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic this week!
If you will be in Chicago, the concert is Thursday morning at 9AM in the Skyline Ballroom. Come and see the piece performed as well as the rest of this wonderful program!
Thanks to Jim and Murray at Tapspace for publishing this piece!
Last week I performed Nathan Daughtrey’s new piece, Concerto for Vibraphone and Percussion Ensemble, with the Union High School Percussion Ensemble from Camas, Washington. This week, the ensemble performs a concert at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, IL, with the composer as soloist!
Hat’s off to Nathan for this wonderful addition to the scarce Vibraphone Concerto repertoire!
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