At both the University of South Florida (Robert McCormick host - March 15th) and Florida State University (John Parks Host - March 18th), I presented, for the first time, a full recital that features only Complimentary Percussion Instruments. The recitals were in more of an
I was fortunate to be asked by Dan Druckman to present a clinic at the Juilliard School on November 6, 2014. I was absolutely honored that Dan asked me to come to speak and play for the Juilliard students. I presented my new class called
I was the featured guest artist at this benefit concert honoring Ron Stabile, the former percussion teacher at the University of Rhode Island. Ron taught percussion at the University for 30 years and was loved and admired by so many students, colleagues and faculty . I
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