Percussion Studio Portfolio  

       

Rose Steenstra Summer 2013

DANA Internship Ithaca College    

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cover photo: The Ithaca College Percussion Ensemble; Terry Hulick, director. April 1965 Percussion Ensemble concert (George Andrix, Concert for Percussion premiere), Ford Hall, Ithaca College; Ithaca, NY.

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Table  of  Contents    

Table  of  Contents  ........................................................................................................  iii  

Preface  ........................................................................................................................  iv  

Ithaca  College  Percussion  Faculty  ................................................................................  1  Warren  Benson  ............................................................................................................................................................  2  Terry  Hulick  ..................................................................................................................................................................  3  Paul  Price  .......................................................................................................................................................................  3  John  (Robin)  Engelman  ...........................................................................................................................................  4  Jack  Moore  .....................................................................................................................................................................  4  Douglas  Igelsrud  .........................................................................................................................................................  4  William  Youhass  .........................................................................................................................................................  5  Gary  Rockwell  ..............................................................................................................................................................  6  Gordon  Stout  .................................................................................................................................................................  6  Ted  Rounds  ....................................................................................................................................................................  7  Robert  Bridge  ...............................................................................................................................................................  8  Conrad  Alexander  .......................................................................................................................................................  8  Greg  Evans  .....................................................................................................................................................................  9  

Ithaca  College  Notable  Alumni  ...................................................................................  10  

Ithaca  College  Percussion  Ensemble  Premieres  ..........................................................  12  

Ithaca  College  Percussion  Studio  Guest  Artists  ...........................................................  13  

Ithaca  College  Percussion  Photos  ...............................................................................  14  

Bibliography  ...............................................................................................................  20  

 

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Preface The Ithaca School of Music Percussion Studio Portfolio is a comprehensive

history of Ithaca College’s percussion studio. The majority of the information obtained

came from past concert programs from the Ithaca College School of Music archives,

which date as far back as 1924. Gordon Stout, Kirsten Hampton (Warren Benson’s

daughter), and Robin Engelman were key sources in the collection of data that was used

to create this portfolio.

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Ithaca  College  Percussion  Faculty   1892 – 1953

No percussion program 1953 – 1964 (continued at IC on composition faculty until 1967)

Warren Benson (d. 2005) 1964 – 1966

Terry Hulick 1966 – 1967

Paul Price (d. 1986) 1967 – 1968

John (Robin) Engelman 1968 – 1970

Jack Moore 1970 – 1971

Douglas Igelsrud 1971 – 1979

William Youhass 1979 – 1980

Gary Rockwell 1980 – present

Gordon Stout 1989 – 1995

Ted Rounds* 1995 – 2000

Robert Bridge* 2000 – present

Conrad Alexander* 2011 – present

Greg Evans* *Adjunct faculty

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Warren  Benson  1953 – 1964

The distinguished composer Warren Benson (1924-2005) is best known for his innovative and expressive music for wind ensemble and his finely wrought song cycles. With such striking works as The Leaves Are Falling (1964), The Solitary Dancer (1966), The Passing Bell (1974) and Symphony II-Lost Songs (1983), Benson created compositions for band and wind ensemble that are masterworks in the repertoire and acclaimed as “among the most important of this century” (United States Marine Band, Bicentennial Collection). His fondness for contemporary poetry led him to write a large body of solo vocal music, much of it for voices with instruments. Benson set to music the poetry of many recognized poets including Tennessee Williams, Kenneth Patchen, May Swenson, Earle Birney, Octavio Paz, and perhaps most memorably, Louise Bogan (Five Lyrics of Louise Bogan [1977], for mezzo soprano and flute), along with Shadow Wind (1968; revised 1992/93), also a masterpiece in its revised version for mezzo-soprano and wind ensemble.

From his early days as a percussionist and timpanist for the Detroit Symphony, Benson was captivated by the variety of sounds percussion instruments can produce and used these in compositions for winds ensemble and a wide variety of music for chamber ensembles. His catalog includes over 150 compositions touching on almost all significant genres of music. His music has been performed in more than 50 countries throughout the world and some 30 works have been recorded.

A graduate of the University of Michigan, Benson received four Fulbright grants, and was the author and director of the first pilot project of the Ford Foundation’s Contemporary Music Project, whose aim was to create new music for schools. He was also honored with a John Simon Guggenheim Composer Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts composer commissions and the Diploma de Honor from the Republic of Argentina. He held three residencies at the MacDowell Colony, was elected to the National Band Association Academy of Wind and Percussion Arts in 1988, and the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame in 2003. Benson was also a founding member of the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles.

Warren Benson was Professor of Percussion and Composition for fourteen years at Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York. In 1967 he became Professor of Composition at the Eastman School of Music, and was named Kilbourn Distinguished Professor and University Mentor. From 1986-88, he served as Meadows Distinguished Visiting Professor of Composition at Southern Methodist University. He then returned to Eastman where he taught until his retirement as Professor Emeritus in 1993 (Hampton Consulting & Film).

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Terry  Hulick  1964 – 1966

Terry Hulick came to Ithaca College to study with Warren Benson after meeting him at the Brevard Music Camp in North Carolina. Hulick attended Ithaca alongside percussionists such as Robin Engelman and George Andrix. After teaching percussion at Ithaca College from spring of 1964 to 1966, Hulick went on to play percussion in the Louisville Orchestra. After the Louisville Orchestra, Hulick studied conducting in Austria. Following his travels, he briefly taught percussion in Memphis, Tennessee. He is now currently living in Jacksonville, Florida (Engelman).

Paul  Price  1966 - 1967

Paul Price was a native of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. After his early percussion studies, he attended the New England Conservatory of Music where his exposure to the works of Varese and contact with visiting artist Henry Cowell aroused his interest in percussion ensemble music. Upon receiving his diploma in 1942, he spent four years in the U.S. Army after which he resumed his musical career, taking the position of First Percussionist and xylophone soloist with Frank Simon's Band (1946 to 1949). He earned his B.Mus (1948) and M.Mus (1949) from Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.

Price taught percussion at the University of Illinois from 1949 until 1956, establishing the first accredited college percussion ensemble course. He championed the percussion works of Cowell, Varese, Roldan, Harrison, Cage, Antheil, and others. He created a performing environment that stimulated an extraordinary interest in composition for percussion, both among established composers and among his own students. Price's influential publishing firm, Music for Percussion, was founded during this time.

In 1955 he moved to the Eastern United States, performing, conducting, and publishing while holding teaching positions at Boston University, Ithaca College, Newark State College, and beginning in 1957 and continuing until his death in 1986, the Manhattan School of Music. He had a remarkable ability to attract talented students, and the Manhattan Percussion Ensemble and his own Paul Price Percussion Ensemble received international acclaim. He premiered hundreds of compositions and made numerous recordings both as player and conductor. Composers eagerly sent him new works, hoping for performance or desiring publication by one of his two publishing companies, Music for Percussion and Paul Price Publications.

Paul Price wrote two textbooks, Beginning Snare Drum Method and Techniques for Playing Triangle, Tambourine, and Castagnettes, and numerous percussion compositions, mostly of an educational nature. He was well known as a lecturer, reviewer, and author of journal articles. In 1975 the Percussive Arts Society inducted him into its Hall of Fame, and in 1977, the National Association of American Composers and

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Conductors awarded him a citation for his "outstanding contribution to American music." These two awards describe Paul Price's importance to contemporary percussion. It is doubtful if the percussion ensemble would have achieved its present status and level of attainment without the influence he had on its literature and performance practices (Fairchild).

John  (Robin)  Engelman  1967 - 1968

Robin Engelman studied percussion and composition with Warren Benson at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York. He then taught percussion at Ithaca College, the Eastman School of Music Preparatory Department and York University, Toronto. Robin’s long relationship with Nexus as a founding member led to his induction into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame and to receiving the Toronto Arts Award and the Banff School of Fine Arts Donald Cameron Medal.

Nexus was formed in the early part of the 1970s by six percussionists and remains today a hallmark name in percussion and contemporary music. Nexus toured the world after its career was launched with the help of Professor Warren Benson and was propelled to international recognition by its association with Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu. Takemitsu arranged tours of Japan and wrote a major work for percussion and symphony orchestra, From me flows what you call Time, a work which Nexus performed close to 100 times with major orchestras and conductors world wide.

Nexus has championed the works of American composer Steve Reich, Canadian composer Bruce Mather, Japanese composer Jo Kondo as well has commissioned works by other international composers. Nexus writes a substantial amount of its concert repertoire and gives clinics, workshops and master classes for many of the major universities in North America, Great Britain and Europe. Nexus was the first western percussion ensemble to perform in the People’s Republic of China (Engelman, About).

Jack  Moore  1968 – 1970

In 1965 Jack Moore became the Rochester Philharmonic’s new principal percussionist to replace Norman Fickett, who went to the Detroit Symphony. Jack Moore stayed in Rochester for two seasons before leaving to join the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra (Cahn).

Douglas  Igelsrud  1970 – 1971

Douglas Igelsrud kept Syracuse Symphony audiences on the edge of their seat from September, 1971 to August, 2005 with the thundering sound that emanates from

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those glorious brass colored kettle drums (better known as timpani). Mr. Igelsrud holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the University of Miami and from the University of Iowa. He did advanced study at the Cleveland Institute of Music with his mentor, Cleveland Orchestra Timpanist Cloyd Duff, and performed in the Institute Orchestra under the baton of James Levine. He has also played with the San Antonio Symphony, Colorado Philharmonic, and the Birmingham Symphony (Percussion Music Online).

William  Youhass  1971 – 1979

Bill Youhass is the mallet keyboard tuner behind Fall Creek Marimbas. A native of Teaneck, New Jersey, Youhass first became interested in percussion when some friends of his joined a local drum and bugle corps. He began to study percussion during grade school and soon started taking snare drum lessons at the local music store. His teacher was New York Philharmonic percussionist Buster Bailey.

Youhass received a Bachelor of Music degree in performance from Ithaca College, where he studied with Warren Benson. He continued his education with Jack MacKenzie at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, where he received a master’s degree. In the fall of 1967, Youhass took a job teaching percussion at what was then Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis) and played with the symphony and opera.

Three years later, Youhass left Memphis to study woodworking in the hopes of learning to build his own quality marimbas. He apprenticed with craftsmen in upstate New York. That same year, 1971, Youhass accepted the position of Percussion Instructor at his alma mater in Ithaca, not far from where he was living. He moved to Ithaca and continued to build marimbas. The first one he sold was to his former teacher, Warren Benson. Soon, students began bringing Youhass their keyboards for him to tune. In 1973, he named his fledgling business (Fall Creek Marimbas) after the Fall Creek Gorge, which feeds into the Ithaca Falls.

Following nine years in Ithaca, Youhass, along with Jim Culley, joined Al Otte on the faculty at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music in Ohio and as a member of The Percussion Group Cincinnati, Artists-In-Residence at the school. For the next six years, Youhass and the ensemble taught as well as toured throughout the United Sates and Europe. In 1982, Youhass went to Japan to work for the Custom Music Company, who import and sell Korogi marimbas and xylophones. After six years in Cincinnati, Youhass returned to upstate New York in 1985 to focus his efforts on Fall Creek Marimbas full-time, concentrating on tuning, refinishing, and repairing keyboards. He also began making his K-100 series of glockenspiels. As his business grew, Youhass quit playing for seven years. That changed when he went to a steel drum workshop in California being run by Eugene Novotney, a former student. Youhass now leads his own 15-piece steel band, frequently playing at parties and concerts (Vogel Weiss).

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Gary  Rockwell  1979 – 1980

Gary Rockwell has played percussion instruments since the fifth grade in upstate NY. He began taking lessons with students of Warren Benson of Ithaca College. His earliest teachers include Robin Engelman, then a student at Ithaca College, now of Nexus fame, and Gene Attleson in Cortland, NY. Gary then studied with John Alling, another IC grad and drum corp drummer with the Geneva Appleknockers Drum Corps of Geneva, NY, and Doug Bascom, snare drummer with the Appleknockers. While in high school he played in the Syracuse Bridgadiers Drum and Bugle Corps under legendary rudimental drummer, Bobby Thompson.

Gary was accepted to the School of Music at Ithaca College in 1965. He had the opportunity to study with Terry Hulick, Paul Price, Robin Engelman and timpanist of the Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia, Jack Moore. While a student at IC, Gary performed with the Concert Band, Jazz Band, Orchestra, Percussion Ensemble and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia ensembles. The Concert Band premiered " Music for Prague 1969" by Pulitzer Prize Winner, Karel Husa and he worked closely with Mr. Husa and the percussion section. Gary performed under Karel Husa, Kenneth Snapp, Walter Beeler, Greg Smith, Thomas Mikalak, Steve Brown, and Ed Gobrecht. He attained the positions of principal percussionist in the concert band and orchestra and was the orchestra manager and soloist in his senior year. His drum set experience was expanded performing with Que Pasa under leader Steve Brown and he worked with Joe Bouchard who became the bass player for the Blue Oyster Cult after college.

Career decision time arrived in 1969, graduating with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education (Percussion), he was accepted both at Temple University for a master's degree and The U.S. Army Band, Pershing's Own in Washington, D.C. In the summer of 1969 he studied with Charles Owen, Principal Percussionist of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Jack Moore at the Temple University Ambler Festival, performing in percussion ensembles, chamber music and the student orchestra. Gary decided to accept the position in the Army Band and to study at Catholic University of America while in the service. Gary filled the opening created by the retirement after 30 some years of Vince Battista, a student of Gus Moeller. Initial study with Vince, an absolute master of the Moeller method, provided the understanding and benefits of this unique system of drumming (Rockwell).

Gordon  Stout  1980 – present

Gordon Stout (b.1952) is currently Professor of Percussion at the School of Music, Ithaca College, Ithaca, N.Y., where he has taught percussion since 1980. A composer as well as percussionist who specializes on marimba, he has studied

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composition with Joseph Schwantner, Samuel Adler and Warren Benson, and percussion with James Salmon and John Beck.

As a composer-recitalist he has premiered a number of his original compositions and works by other contemporary composers. Many of his compositions for marimba are published, and have already become standard repertoire for marimbists worldwide. His recordings are devoted not only to his own music, but also that of the general standard repertoire by important American composers.

A frequent lecture-recitalist for the Percussive Arts Society, he has appeared at twelve International PAS Conventions to date, as featured marimbist, as well as throughout the United States and Canada, Europe, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Hungary, Mexico, Denmark, Puerto Rico, and Spain. In May of 1983 he performed clinics and recitals in France, Germany, Holland and Belgium with "transcendental virtuosity,” being described as "the Rubinstein of all aspects of the marimba.”

Gordon was on the jury of the first and second Leigh Howard Stevens International Marimba Competitions during the summers of 1995 and 1998. In the summer of 1998 he was a featured marimbist at the World Marimba Festival in Osaka, Japan and he was a member of the jury for the second and third World Marimba Competitions in Okaya, Japan and Stuttgart, Germany respectively. In the summer of 2006 he was a member of the jury at the International Marimba Competition in Linz, Austria. On New Years Day in 2006 he conducted a 100-person marimba orchestra in the National Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan as part of the Taiwan International Percussion Convention. His composition "New York Triptych" for marimba orchestra, was commissioned by and written for the 50th anniversary celebration of the Percussive Arts Society, premiered at PASIC 2011 in Indianapolis, IN.

Gordon was inducted into the PAS Hall of Fame in November of 2012 at PASIC 2012 in Austin, Texas. Gordon is a clinician/recitalist for Malletech, and performs on and owns their M5.0 Roadster five-octave marimba. Gordon Stout is represented by the Percussion Events Registry Company. Gordon is also an endorser of Dream Cymbals and Gongs (Stout, Bio).

Ted  Rounds  1989 – 1995

Ted Rounds first started giving drum lessons when he was in junior high school. He attended college at the Eastman School of Music. During that time, he took lessons with Leigh Howard Stevens and performed often with Gordon Stout. He went to Ithaca College for his Masters of Music in Percussion Performance. Rounds was a Lecturer in Percussion in 1989 at Ithaca College School of Music, until 1995 when he became an Assistant Professor of Percussion at Kent State University. He is currently an Associate Professor of Percussion at Kent State University (Rounds).

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Robert  Bridge  1995 – 2000

Robert Bridge is an Associate Professor of Music at Onondaga Community College where he was recently honored with the "Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching." He is also a 2005 recipient of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development "Excellence Award." Robert has degrees from the University of North Texas (BME), Southern Methodist University (MM), and the Eastman School of Music (DMA). In 1995 he was awarded the Eastman School’s “Performer’s Certificate”. He has performed concertos with the Eastman Kilbourn Orchestra and the Southern Methodist University Symphony Orchestra. In both 1985 & 1986, Robert won first place at the Percussive Arts Society’s “Marching Percussion Forum” Individual Marimba Competition. Robert has twice been selected to present his research at the Percussive Arts Society's International Convention - "Traditional Performance Practices in the Timpani Parts of Beethoven's Symphonies" (1999) and "An Overview of Steve Reich’s Sextet” (2002). Robert has performed as a solo marimbist in many venues including "Day of Percussion" in Virginia, Long Island, and Kingston, Ontario. Robert also performs regularly in the Syracuse area including performances with the Society for New Music and the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra and can be heard on commercial recordings of both groups. His compositions for percussion are published by Warner Brothers and Kendor. He is an artist endorser for Yamaha Percussion, Sabian Cymbals, and Innovative Percussion mallets and sticks (Innovative Percussion).

Conrad  Alexander  2000 – present

Conrad Alexander is currently on the percussion faculty at Mansfield University, Ithaca College and the Brevard Music Center. His teaching experience includes positions at Interlochen Center for the Arts, James Madison University, The University of Virginia, The Odessa/Midland (TX) school system and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. He is a member of the Binghamton Philharmonic, the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra and the Ensemble X New Music Ensemble. He has performed with the New York City Opera Touring Orchestra, the Albany and Harrisburg (PA) Symphonies, as well as the Dallas, Richmond (VA), Greensboro (NC), Knoxville (TN), Oklahoma, and Anchorage Symphonies. In addition to performing and teaching, he is the owner of DAY Percussion Repair, specializing in all facets of percussion instrument repair and unique wooden percussion products. He has recorded for the Sony, Centaur, AmCam, and ProArtes recording labels. Conrad earned the Masters of Music degree, and Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, and the Bachelor of Music degree from Southern Methodist University. His major teachers include John Beck, Doug Howard, Kalman Cherry, John Bannon, Don Liuzzi and Charles Owen.

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In 2007, Conrad became an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi and received Mansfield University’s Bertram Francis Award from Kappa Kappa Psi for outstanding contributions to the MU Band program. He resides in Ithaca, NY with his wife, Paige Morgan, and their two dogs (Alexander).

Greg  Evans  2011 – present

A native of Liverpool, New York, Evans earned his Masters of Music at Ithaca College (2011) in percussion studies where he studied under the incomparable marimbist and educator Gordon Stout. It was while completing this degree that Evans also served as the Jazz department’s teaching assistant where he held various teaching duties. Evans holds a Bachelors of Music in jazz studies from the Manhattan School of Music (2009) where he studied under Justin DiCioccio. Evans has also has an extensive performing career. He has performed in multiple national tours including those of the bands ISM, Remington, and Turkuaz. He has also recorded multiple records with these bands as well as the Danny Rivera Orchestra. Evans has also performed with many artists including: The Count Basie Orchestra, Jonathan Batiste, Terence Blanchard, Chick Corea, Joey DeFrancesco, Melinda Doolittle, Kurt Elling, Robin Eubanks, Jimmy Heath, Joe Magnarelli, Eric Marienthal, Branford Marsalis, John Pizzarelli, Hank Roberts, Dave Samuels, and Allen Vizzutti. At Ithaca College, Evans plays in the IC Jazz Quartet, conducts the Tuesday Night Lab Band, coaches various combos, teaches Survey of Jazz History and maintains an active private studio. Evans strives in his teachings to help guide students to realize their potential as improvisers and ensemble players. By referencing jazz tradition, Evans helps students assimilate sounds of the past to create the new sounds of the future (Evans).

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Ithaca  College  Notable  Alumni   Students of Warren Benson:

• Terry Hulick o Ithaca College graduate o see page 3

• Robin Engelman o Ithaca College ’61 graduate o see page 4

• Ruth (Komanoff) Underwood o Ithaca College ’64 graduate o Percussionist in Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention (1967 – 1982)

Students of William Youhass:

• Steve Mathiesen (BM 1978), Timpanist, Binghamton Philharmonic Students of Gordon Stout:

• College Professors: o Moses Howden (BM 1980), St. Bonaventure University o Valerie Naranjo (MM 1982), New York University o Charles Peltz (BM 1983), New England Conservatory (W.E. director) o Dane Richeson (MM 1983), Lawrence University o Daniel Fabricius (MM 1983), Binghamton University o Chris White (BM 1987), University of Maine o David Gluck (BM 1989), SUNY Purchase (until 2012) o Ted Rounds (MM 1989), Kent State University o Thom Hasenpflug (BM, MM 1989), University of Idaho o Tony Steve (MM 1990), Jacksonville University o Giff Howarth (BM 1992), Bloomsburg University o Tom Burritt (BM 1993), University of Texas/Austin o Todd Caschetta (MM 1994), Southwestern College, San Diego, CA o Michael Overman (MM 1996), James Madison University o Kevin Bobo (MM 1999), Indiana University o Matthew Richmond (MM 1999), UNC-Ashville o Colleen Clark (BM 2008), Spring 2014 sabbatical replacement, Ithaca

College o Isabell Huang (MM 2008), Bowling Green State University o Michael Burritt, Eastman School of Music

• Professional Musicians:

o Paul Smadbeck (BM 1978, MM 1982) Massey Knakal Realty Services (NYC)

o Donald Skoog (MM 1980), Contemporary Music Project o Valerie Naranjo (MM 1982), Saturday Night Live band, Lion King on

Broadway o Michael Baker (BM 1983), Charms Music Office Assistant, President

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o Dave Hall (BM 1984), Percussionist, Grand Rapids Symphony o Samuel Lunt (BM 1984), Founder/Director, Santa Fe Marimba Festival o Brian McKenna (BM 1987), McKenna Group Productions, LLC o Chip Bubeck (BM 1987), Library of Congress o Vince Pitzuolo (BM 1992), United States Air Force Band of the Golden

West o Brian Czach (BM 1998), Las Vegas drummer for "Pin Up", Manheim

Steamroller, etc o Tim Collins (BM 1999), Composer, vibraphonist, drummer, educator

§ MM Manhattan School of Music § Lives in Munich, Germany

o Naoko Takada (MM 2001), Young Concert Artists, 2006 S&R Foundation Award, Outstanding Young Artist

o Cayenna Ponchione (MM 2003 – conducting; MM 2004 - percussion) § Trustee, Zeltsman Marimba Festival since 2004, Secretary since

2010. § Co-producer of Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba, of ZMF

New Music § Winner, Percussive Arts Society Composition contest 2004 § Commissions from Gilmar Goulart, Pedro Carneiro and Julie Hill

o Heather Thorn/Wosar (BM 2003), freelance musician, Orlando, FL o Tom Kline (BM 2003), Director of Admissions, School of Music, Ithaca

College o Ian Craft (BM 2004), Howling Brothers bluegrass band, Nashville o Larissa Venzie (BM 2004, MM 2007), marimbist o Taryn Lott (BM 2005), Senior Publicity Director, Boston Symphony

Orchestra o Jennie Herreid (BM 2006), Metropolitan Museum of Art o Colleen Clark (BM 2008), freelance musician/drummer, NYC

§ First female to be endorsed by DREAM Cymbals & Gongs § www.colleenclarkmusic.com

o Shay Godwin (BM), freelance musician, Los Angeles, edrumsessions.com

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Ithaca  College  Percussion  Ensemble  Premieres  

Title Composer Debut Concert for Percussion *Andrix, George 1965

Five Perspectives for Percussion *Andrix, George 1963 Trio Suite *Brown, James 1963

Overture in Texture Campfield, Donald 1980 Concerto for Percussion Chenail, AJ 1997

Tun Tun de Pasa y Grifiera de la Torre, Javier J. 1986 Vejigantes, for horn and percussion de la Torre, Javier J. 1988

Alegoria (1989) de la Torre, Javier J. 1990 Perfusion, Number 1 (1992) Dingley, Michael 1993

Concerto for Percussion Dingley, Michael 1994 °Six Slick Stix Click Licks *Goldstaub, Paul 1991

°Leksaker Hasenpflug, Thom 1989 Bitsch Hasenpflug, Thom 1991

°Bicksa Hasenpflug, Thom 1991 The Foundry, for steel band Hasenpflug, Thom 1992

Flat Iron Wolf, for steel band Hasenpflug, Thom 1993 Tower Music (1974) Husa, Karel 2013

Cycles of Fifths in Lines of Self-Similarity (2012) Kornicki, Steve 2013 Symphony for Percussion Kupferman, Meyer 1997

Zonk (1994) LaFleur, Brian 1995 Four Prints Posed Before a Plastic Prism *Lewis, Malcolm 1974

Triphammer Bridge (1988) Macaulay, Janice 1989 Chronomosaic (1993) McIntire, David 1994 Room for Four (2011) Nazziola, Tom 2012

(Five)5 Ostwald, Steve 1991 Skank, for steel band Ostwald, Steve 1991

Refrigerate After Opening (1994) Overman, Michael 1995 Bluebird Samba (1993) Rounds, Theodore 1994

Rhythm Song No. 2 *Smadbeck, Paul 1993 Glacier, Stone, Lake Spangler, Erik 2005

Pastoral and Dance of the Reindeer People Steve, Tony 1990 Outgoing (2011) Stout, Gordon 2012

Echoing Tides for Tape and Marimba Tamul, Jack 1990 Kairos (1985) Wegge, Glen 1986

Sinister Footwear Zappa, Frank; arr. Brian Hibbard 1998 ° = published by Keyboard Percussion Publications * = not IC student

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Ithaca  College  Percussion  Studio  Guest  Artists  

Marimba Adam Blackstock, 2010, 2011 Blake Tyson, 1995 Bob Becker, 1978, 1993 Dana Kimble, 2000 David Hall, 1990 David Samuels, 1983 Doug Walters, 1986 Gifford Howarth, 1998, 2012 Gordon Stout, 1977 J. B. Smith, 1997 Janis Potter, 2009 Julie Spencer, 2008 Katarzyna Mycka, 1999 Keiko Abe, 1981 Kevin Bobo, 2001, 2004 Leigh Howard Stevens, 1976, 1985, 1993, 2005 Linda Maxey, 2003 Michael Burritt, 1994 Michael Waldrop, 2005 Nancy Zeltsman, 1991 Nathaniel Bartlett, 2012 Ney Rosauro, 2000 Robert Van Sice, 1997 Robert Zolnowski, 2013 Ruud Weiner, 2006 Thomas Burritt, 1995 Valerie Naranjo, 1998, 2013 William Moersch, 1988 Drum Set/Latin Anthony Miranda, 1999 Bobby Sinabira, 2000 Chico Hamilton, 2008 Dan D’Imperio, 1992, 1993 David Gluck, 1996, 2003, 2011 David Mancini, 1986 J. B. Smith, 1997 Jim Walker, 1991, 1994 Joe Hunt John Riley, 1997

Keith Copland Michael Waldrop, 2005 Ney Rosauro, 2000 Rick Consadine Ron Riddle, 1994, 1995 Sherrie Maricle, 2009 Steve Houghton, 1996 Jimmie Finnie - Velvet Brown and Mojatuba, 2012 Timpani David Woodhull Frederic Macarez, 2013 Jesse Kreigel John Beck, 1981 Paul Yanchich Vibraphone David Johnson, 1997 David Samuels, 1983 Doug Walters, 1986 John Piper, 1998 Mike Freeman, 1994 Ruud Weiner, 2006 General Percussion Bob Becker Ensemble, 2011, 2012 Coast Guard Band, 2006 Cornell University Percussion Ensemble, 2005 David Cossin (Bang on a Can All-Stars), 2000 Eighth Blackbird, 2011 ESCLATS, 2007 Eugene Koshinski & Mike Correa, percussion duo, 2009 J.C. Combs, 1980 Jim Royle Percussion Studio Ensemble, 2005 Loop2.4.3, percussion duo, 2009 Michael Waldrop, 2005 NJ Youth Symphony

Percussion Ensemble, 2011 Roberts Wesleyan College Percussion Ensemble, 1997 The Oberlin Percussion Group, 1976 Sam Denov, 1996 Sao Paulo State University Percussion Ensemble, 2010 Strike - Jeff Meyer, Paul Vaillancourt, 2009 Talujon Percussion Quartet, 2000 USAF Band of Liberty Concert Band, 2008 USAF Brass Quintet - Michael Correa, 2009 West Point Band, 2006 William Elliott, 1996 Steel Drums Andy Narell, 1989 Cliff Alexis, 1991 Liam Teague, 2004, 2012 Michael Overman, 2011 Pan Ramajay, 1995 Pangaia, 1997 Marching Percussion Cortland H.S. Marching Percussion Section, 1991 West Point Band, 2006 Willie Calohan, 2012 World Percussion Barry Olsen, 1998, 2013 Bob Becker, 1993 Bobby Sanabria, 2000 Gaudencio Tiago de Mello, 2004 Kathy Armstrong, 1997 Nexus, 1998 Valerie Naranjo, 1998, 2013 Women of the Calabash, 2000

 

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Ithaca  College  Percussion  Photos  

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Slingerland Drum Company advertisement, Ithaca College Percussion Ensemble, bottom left

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Ithaca College Percussion Ensemble, 1959

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