It was a great concert and we played a program of the following: Crescendo by Alexander Lepak, Moonrise by Blake Tyson, Two Pieces from Three Pieces for Drum Quartet by James Tenney, Damn by John Mackey (with Samuel Beckwith, Clarinet), Mudra by Bob Becker, Vertical
I’ll be co-directing the BoCo Percussion Ensemble Concert with Samuel Solomon on Oct. 2nd, 2014 at 8PM. The concert will feature a new work by Lei Liang, composed for The Boston Conservatory Percussion Ensemble. Also featuring works by Toru Takemitsu, John Cage, James Tenny and
The Boston Conservatory Percussion Ensemble presented a concert that included the music of Udow, Cage, Takemitsu, Diez and Wallin. Also, percussionist Javier Diaz was the featured guest artist at the concert. Javier was a soloist in his piece “Sakpata” for large percussion ensemble and hand
The University of Connecticut will be getting some old Dresden drums totally refurbished! The transformation is amazing...we can’t wait to get them!
I presented a clinic at the MA Chapter Day of Percussion - this was the first time I did my “Finding Your Musical Voice” clinic and performance. It was a great time for all! Wonderful clinics all day. The photo above is special to me
On Saturday, September 13th, Keith Aleo (UCONN Percussion Faculty) and Louis Hanzlik will be hosting a Brass and Percussion Day for High School Students and Teachers from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM at UCONN-Storrs. All Brass and Percussion Students (and Teachers) that attend will be able to participate with
On behalf of Zildjian, Aaron Jackson and I presented a cymbal testing day at the University of Miami. Hosted by Svet Stoyanov, the event was a huge success. We brought upwards of 40 cymbals The day featured the premiere of Jim Campbell’s new piece Montague’s
As the summer comes to a close, it’s great to look back at Interlochen and all the fantastic musical happenings - main photo is of the percussion section at the Interlochen Adult Band Camp. Guests included the below as well as many more. Faculty was
In memory of Steve Weiss 1943 - 2014 A great friend...we’ll miss you Steve. Photo above with Steve at PASIC 2011
Boston Conservatory’s Spring Percussion Ensemble Concert was a great success! Check out the program below.