It was a pleasure performing my first concert as Principal Timpanist of the Salem Symphony Orchestra!
Our season-ending event with Joshua Bell as soloist and Anthony Parnther as guest conductor was a wonderful way to cap off the inaugural season. Looking forward to season 2!
It was a real pleasure to save as a clinician at the 2nd Annual University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Percussion Festival! We had a fantastic time hearing performances by area high school percussionists and workshopping their music with them.
We also had a great time giving a concert at the beautiful UTRGV Performing Arts Center. What a great place for the Portland Percussion Group to give our Texas debut!
Thanks to Dr. Mark Ramirez and the UTRGV Percussion Studio for organizing the festival and hosting us. We had a blast!
Our first “Percussion in the Park” concert with the Western Oregon University Percussion Ensemble was a big success! Looking forward to making this an annual event in the community of Monmouth!
It was a great pleasure to perform at the Third Angle New Music Soiree gala. Michael Gordon’s Timber and John Luther Adams’ In a Treeless Place, Only Snow were featured on the program. How wonderful to share the stage with such esteemed musicians!
DMA Recital performance of Reginald Smith Brindle’s “Orion M.42”
I had an excellent time presenting a snare drum clinic this week at Central Washington University. It was based on the book I’ve been developing entitled “Independence for Snare Drum,” which centers on exercises meant to develop better facility in snare drum playing. Thanks to Professor Mark Goodenberger for having me!
I recently finished composing a piece for percussion ensemble entitled “Embellished.” This performance is by the Union High School Percussion Ensemble from Camas, WA. They had a fantastic performance of it at the Washington State Music Festival where they finished in first place. I couldn’t have been happier with how this piece turned out. The whole process of brainstorming, sketching, and eventually seeing it come together was thoroughly enjoyable, and I can’t wait to do it again!
Special thanks to Lewis Norfleet, band director at Union, who commissioned me to write this work!
The Union High School Percussion Ensemble performs “Embellished,” my new piece for large percussion ensemble at the Washington State Solo and Ensemble Festival on 4/26/13. This performance was awarded 1st place in the Large Ensemble category.
Had an excellent day meeting and working with students at Grants Pass High School. Keep up the great work!
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