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College Pedagogy Committee Mentoring Day at PASIC 2010 By Steven Hemphill and Jonathan Latta

In September 2009, the PAS Executive Committee approved a proposal for a PAS College Pedagogy Committee (CPC) Mentoring Initiative. The initiative has created a dedicated seminar for collegiate percussion instructors early

in their careers, recently completed doctorates, and percussion graduate students interested in teaching in higher education. The one-day event, bringing together master teachers, academic administrators, and lead-ership consultants, will be launched at PASIC 2010 on November 10 in Indianapolis.

The University Career Today’s university percussion instructors are well educated, talented, and typically engage in an as-sortment of performance genres, teaching respon-sibilities, managerial functions, and often need to be beacons of communication. From two recent research projects (see Resources), evidence shows that many recent hires in higher education held the expectation that percussion instructors possessed the expertise and capabilities to teach not only in specialty percussion areas such as marching, jazz, world, and steel drum, but also could fill instruc-tional needs in more diverse music areas such as band (concert and marching), music theory, jazz, world music, music education, music history, music technology, Ethnomusicology, and a number of other areas. Therefore, it is on this basis that the CPC has developed an event dedicated to aid in the growth of college professors early in their career. This spe-cial all-day event will present open discussions and presentations with leaders in the field of collegiate percussion education.

In the Percussion Studio The range of duties centered within a collegiate percussion studies program normally is the main focus of the collegiate instructor. The day-to-day operations of teaching, prepping, student progress assessment, communication, and facilities manage-ment easily can lead to overload for a typical per-

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claSSIfIEdS 22 Fact Sheet for PAS College Pedagogy CommitteeMentoring Day

What: The PAS College Pedagogy Committee (CPC) will present a day of presentations and discussions to aid the pre-tenure collegiate percussion instruc-tor. Also invited to attend will be graduate percus-sion students with an interest in teaching at the collegiate level. The event will have presenters from different institutions around the country discussing tools to aid in being successful with navigating the pre-tenure period of teaching percussion at the col-lege level.

When: 9 a.m. – 5:45 p.m. on November 10, 2010.

Where: Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, Indiana

Who: Presenters will include Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser, Dr. Dean Gronemeier, Prof. Gary Cook, Prof. Rich Holly, Dr. Anthony DiSanza, Dr. Julia Gaines, Dr. Steven Hemphill and Prof. Jeff Moore.

Participants: This event is free to all participants. To allow for beneficial and active discussions the number of participants will be limited to 40. The CPC will accept applications for participants on a first come, first served basis. To sign up, visit www.pas.org/PASIC/PASIC2010/CPCMentoringDay.aspx

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cussion faculty member. Integrating abilities in curriculum development, instructional technology, student recruitment, budget and program management and advocacy, professional growth activity and following the tenure process can be a challenge even for the most organized and focused. Both management and leadership skills are a must for today’s successful percussion instructor, producing a work environment that serves the students’ needs and champions a team-oriented culture among colleagues and administrators. During the CPC Mentoring Day, current and former administrators with backgrounds in percussion will shed light on successful strategies for using communica-tion and organization to benefit a successful career. Dean Gronemeier, who serves as Di-rector of Percussion Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas as well as the Associate Dean of the College of Fine Arts, will share his expertise in discussing the educational trends and future outlooks in percussion edu-cation. Jeffrey Moore, Professor of Percussion at the University of Central Florida and chair of the UCF Music Department, will share his valuable experience in student recruiting and retention.

Promotion and Tenure Most institutions of higher learning are heavily steeped in a historical structure of promotion and tenure, strictly regulated by the institution’s faculty government and overseen by an administration’s system of cautionary procedures. Critical to a faculty member’s success (perhaps survival) is the awareness and complete understanding of the multiple levels of expectations and qualifications that are related both to the institution as a whole and to the school or department associated with the specific discipline. This somewhat unusual system of work assessment and correlated performance achievements, which may contain any num-ber of unique challenges, pretexts, adversities and political distractions, is a primary focus for most pre-tenured faculty. Rich Holly, Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Northern Illinois University, will give an informative presentation on this topic. He will help to give strategies to navigate pitfalls

Tim Lautzenheiser Dean Gronemeier

Anthony DiSanza Julia Gaines

Steven Hemphill Rich Holly

Jeff Moore Gary Cook

PAS CPC Mentoring Initiative Seminar Schedule9:00–9:55 a.m. CommunicationandEffectiveAdvocacy Presenter:TimLautzenheiser

This session will help frame both a per-sonal and professional attitude to interact with faculty and administrations with a posi-tive and “win-win” outlook.

10:00–10:55 a.m. EducationalTrendsandFutureOutlook Presenter:DeanGronemeier

This session will explore the issues and controversies facing university teaching, specifically in the arts and percussion.

11:10 a.m.–12:05 p.m. ClarifyingPersonalTeachingPhilosophies PanelDiscussion:AnthonyDiSanza, JuliaGainesandStevenHemphill

This session will stimulate the elucidation of teaching values and viewpoints, culminat-ing in a broader understanding and integra-tion of ideas.

12:05–1:30 p.m. Lunch (off site)

1:30–2:25 p.m. Communication:PartII Presenter:TimLautzenheiser

More hands-on, interactive participation regarding this most important application.

2:30–3:25 p.m. TheTenureProcess Presenter:RichHolly

This session will contain discussion of process obstacles and pitfalls; incorporate strategies for system comprehension, means of achievement, and documenting a first-rate professional review file.

3:45–4:40 p.m. RecruitingandStudentRetention Presenter:JeffMoore

This session will concentrate on effective and proven strategies and practices regarding successful student recruiting and retention.

4:45–5:45 p.m. Administration:EffectiveUseofCommunicationandOrganizationalSkills Presenters:RichHolly,TimLautzenheiser,GaryCook,JeffMooreandDeanGronemeier

This session will help refine communication and organizational skills, and budgetary under-standing, including development of creative solutions.

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and be successful during this important time in the college instructor’s career.

Networking and Communication Networking, information sharing, and gen-eral communication often become the foun-dation for success in employment. PAS and its annual PASIC provide unlimited opportu-nities for such interaction and exchange. One of the most essential professional activities can be to share with others similar challenges in the workplace and then work together to identify and communicate solutions to these challenges. Tim Lautzenheiser has agreed to

lead two sessions on the important skill of communication. Dr. Lautzenheiser will bring his own special brand of presenting to lead the participants in the exploration of the skills needed for successful communication.

Panel Discussions The Mentoring Day will have two addition-al presentations. The first will be on clarifying personal teaching philosophies. The panel for this discussion will include members of the College Pedagogy Committee, Steven Hemphill (Northern Arizona University), Julia Gaines (University of Missouri), and

Anthony DiSanza (University of Wisconsin-Madison). These three experienced college professors will discuss their strategies towards developing teaching philosophies. The event will end with a second panel discussion in which many of the presenters from the day will be joined by Gary Cook, retired Director of Percussion and Director of the School of Music at the University of Arizona, to help discuss effective use of communication and organizational skills as they relate to one’s administration. This final discussion will bring together all the areas talked about throughout the day in one valuable and enlightening ses-sion.

Conclusion The mission of the CPC Mentoring Day not only provides support and networking opportunities for participants, the initiative also broadens the Percussive Arts Society’s investment in talent and leadership develop-ment, potentially impacting the state of the percussive arts and the future of percussion pedagogy. The PAS College Pedagogy Com-mittee encourages participation of 40 people (seminar enrollment cap) in what will be a provocative, robust exploration into the world of percussion teaching at the college and university level.

To register for CPC Mentoring Day, visit www.pas.org/PASIC/PASIC2010/CPCMentor-ingDay.aspx

ResourcesDarin Kamstra. Percussion Faculty Positions

at U.S. Institutions of Higher Education Advertised from 1992–2001: Qualifications and Duties; University of Illinois at Ur-bana-Champaign, 2002/revised 2004

James A. Strain. “So You Want to Teach at the University Level?” A survey of advertise-ments for college and university teaching positions in percussion. Percussive Notes, February 2008 (Vol. 26, No.1)

StevenHemphill is Professor of Percussion at Northern Arizona University. He serves on the PAS College Pedagogy Committee and the PAS Collegiate Committee (as Profes-sional Advisor).

JonathanR.Latta is Assistant Professor of Percussion at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. He is a member of the PAS Educa-tion Committee and chair of the PAS College Pedagogy Committee. w


SOCIETY UPDATE BY MICHAEL KENYON

COMMITTEE ChAIRS ANNOUNCEDSeveral chairs have recently been appointed to serve their respective PAS committees. All chairs of the 17 standing PAS committees serve a three-year term and can be reappointed to a maximum of three terms.• Chris Norton has been appointed chair of the Keyboard Committee. Special thanks go to Michael Burritt who has stepped down after serving two terms as chair.

• Michael Schutz has been reappointed for a second term to the Music Technology Com-mittee.• Kenyon Williams has been reappointed for a second term to the World Percussion Com-mittee. • Bob Bloom has been reappointed for a sec-ond term to the Interactive Drumming Com-mittee.• Chris Hanning has been reappointed to a third term of the Contest and Audition Proce-dures Committee. Congratulations to all these outstanding leaders for their service and dedication to

improving these areas of expertise for all of us and for their leadership with PAS. To learn more about the activities of the PAS commit-tees, visit www.pas.org/About/committees.aspx

PASIC 2010 Indianapolis will once again be the center of the percussion universe during PASIC, November 10–13. Programming is coming together for what will surely be another excep-tional event, and early registration discounts are now in effect. For all the latest artists, information and to register visit www.pas.org/PASIC/PASIC2010.aspx

PASIC SChOLARShIP DEADLINE The PASIC scholarship deadline is June 15. There are 14 different scholarships of $500 each available to high school and college students. Application information is available at www.pas.org/Libraries/PASIC_Archives/2010PASICScholarship_1.sflb.ashx. w


people and placesCANADA

On April 29, Nexus gave the Canadian pre-miere of “Mallet Quartet” by Steve Reich.

The concert took place in Toronto as part of the grand opening season of the Royal Conser-vatory’s new Koerner Hall. The entire program was devoted to the music of Reich and was presented by the Soundstreams Canada “Cool Drummings” festival. Steve Reich was not only in attendance, he also performed with Nexus in “Music for Pieces of Wood” and with Nexus member Russell Hartenberger in “Clapping Music.” “Mallet Quartet” was jointly commis-sioned by the Palace of Arts Budapest for the Amadinda Percussion Group, Stanford Lively Arts for So Percussion, Kathleen Holt, Stephen Lurie, the Pearl Corp./Adams Musical Instru-ments and Soundstreams Canada for Nexus, and Synergy Percussion in Australia.

DENMARK

Marimbist Gordon Stout gave a solo re-cital at the Royal Academy of Music in

Aarhus on March 15. Henrik Larsen hosted the event, which also included two days’ worth of marimba master classes.

GERMANY

Ed Saindon gave a clinic on March 11 at the Music Conservatory in Munich, host-

ed by Peter Sadlo and Arnold Reidhammer.

USA Alabama

Dr. Michael Vercelli (West Virginia Uni-versity) was in residency at the University

of South Alabama in Mobile, and appeared as a guest artist with the USA Percussion and World Music Ensembles on April 20. Vercelli

performed several solo works on gyil (African xylophone) and served as a soloist with the group throughout the program. While in resi-dence, Vercelli gave several lectures and lessons on African music and performance.

The University of South Alabama Percus-sion Studio hosted Laura Noah, timpa-

nist with the Mobile Symphony, on March 24. The clinic/master class included student performances of various excerpts and a final performance by Noah. Featured topics included audition performance vs. live performance, tun-ing methods, mallet decisions and developing professions. Earlier in March, percussionists Bryan Dilks (principal percussionist, Mobile Sym-phony) and Debbie Loach (Mobile Sym-phony) held an open forum with the USA Percussion Studio on career paths in percus-sion, outlining their own development as suc-cessful freelance percussionists.

The Southeastern Percussion Festival (SEPF) held its inaugural series of con-

certs and clinics on April 24 at Prattville High School (Dr. Jeff Grant, host) in Prattville. Par-ticipating schools included University of South Alabama (Mike Sammons, director and co-founder of SEPF), Hoover High School (Jeff Fondren, director) and Fairhope High School (Will Duncan, director). Several clinics were given throughout the day including sessions on timpani, snare drum and chamber percussion performance. Special thanks to the University of South Alabama Department of Music, PAS, Remo, Sabian, Vic Firth, Innovative Percus-sion and Yamaha for their support in making this event possible.

The 16th annual Alabama Day of Percus-sion was held on March 6 at Samford

University in Birmingham (Dr. Grant Dalton, host). The day opened with performances by the University of Alabama at Birmingham Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Gene Fambrough, and the University of Alabama Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Beth Gottlieb. The first clinic of the morning was given by Colin McNutt, Percussion Director/Arranger for the Cadets Drum & Bugle Corps. McNutt was assisted by members of the University of Alabama Drumline and was co-sponsored by Yamaha, Zildjian, Remo and Vic Firth. The final event of the morning was a concert by the Samford University Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Dalton. The afternoon began with a short concert by the Oak Mountain High School Percus-sion Ensemble, under the direction of Kevin Ownby, followed by a marimba master class by Janis Potter (co-sponsored by Dynasty). Next up was a frame drum clinic by Jennifer Ca-puto, director of the UA African Drumming Ensemble in Tuscaloosa. The final clinic of the afternoon was by drumset virtuoso Gregg Bissonette. His clinic was co-sponsored by Mapex, Zildjian, Vic Firth, Remo, Shure, LP and DW Pedals. The day was capped off by a special “Southern dinner” for the artists at the home of Chris and Barbi Moore.

Alaska

On April 10, Alaska Chapter President Morris Palter hosted the Alaska Day of

Percussion at the University of Alaska Fair-banks. Special guests included Jeffrey Moore and Kirk Gay from the University of Central Florida, Mariko Kinikin from Wasilla High School, Trevor Saint (UAF graduate student), and Cold Steel (Fairbanks steel pan group). Numerous clinics and concerts were presented throughout the day including Japanese Taiko drumming, Afro-Cuban hand drumming, a glockenspiel and chimes clinic, steel pans, and a drumset history presentation. The showcase concert featured Moore and Gay performing solo and duo works, as well as performances with Cold Steel. The UAF Undergraduate Percussion Studio also performed “Pieces of Wood” by Steve Reich, and Ensemble 64.8 performed works by Louis Andriessen, John Luther Adams and David Lang.

Arizona

The AzPAS 37th Annual Spring Days of Percussion took place March 26–27at

Catalina-Foothills High School and the Uni-versity of Arizona in Tucson. The Friday night opening concert featured the AzPAS 2010 Mass Steel Band including nearly 200 per-formers and nine pan ensembles from around Arizona. The AzPAS Mass Steel Band per-formed five new works for steel band by Ari-Munich Music Conservatory students.


zona composers Cynthia Barlow, Khris Dodge, Joe Goglia, Josh Gottry, and Wes Hawkins under the night sky in the CFHS Football Stadium. Saturday morning featured over 100 per-

formers in nearly 60 different solo and en-semble performances in the areas of percussion ensemble, keyboard ensemble, keyboard, snare drum, multiple percussion, world percussion and timpani solo, and drumset mock audition.

A clinic by Dom Moio and Joe LaBarbera on drumset duets and brush technique opened the afternoon session. Following that, a clinic/per-formance on chamber percussion playing was presented by Todd Meehan and Doug Perkins of the Meehan/Perkins Duo. The AzPAS Spring Days of Percussion festival closed with a showcase concert featuring college and uni-versity percussion ensembles and selected solo and ensemble performances from the morning adjudication. Special thanks to PAS, Aquarian, Mike Balter, Black Swamp Percussion, Brian J. Har-ris Percussion Rentals, Evans, Gretsch, Pearl, Pro-Mark, Regal Tip, Sabian, Trick, Vic Firth, Yamaha and Zildjian for their support of our clinicians and this event.

Arkansas

On March 2, Dr. Scott Herring (University of South Carolina) presented a master

class/clinic at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia. Herring presented techniques for achieving musical cymbal crashes and develop-ing facility using four-mallet keyboard percus-sion grips. The OBU Percussion Ensemble presented a concert that evening that included “Hoo-Daiko” by Robert Damm, “Fanfare for Tambourines” by John Alfieri, and “Identity Crisis” by Michael Aukofer, and Herring and Dr. Ryan Lewis (Ouachita Baptist University) performing the multiple-percussion duet “carpe diem” by Susan Powell. The concert concluded with a performance of Michael Burritt’s “Shad-ow Chasers” for solo marimba and percussion quartet that featured Herring accompanied by members of the OBU Percussion Ensemble. Both events were made possible through the support of Dynasty, Innovative Percussion and Zildjian.

Colorado

Percussionist Valerie Naranjo presented a master class on gyil transcriptions and

a clinic on shekeres and hand drumming for students and community members at Adams State College on March 22 in Alamosa. Valerie worked with ASC junior David Noller on “Lo Ben Doma,” a gyil transcription for marimba, before engaging the audience with a hands-on clinic including shekere, drumming and sing-ing. The event was hosted by James W. Doyle, Director of Percussion at Adams State College and sponsored by the Adams State College Department of Music.

On February 27, Dr. Jonathan Latta and the Fort Lewis College Music Depart-

ment hosted the 2010 Southwest Colorado Day of Percussion. The event featured clini-cians from around the country. Dr. Michael Vercelli, Director of the World Music Center at West Virginia University, gave a master class titled “Hand Drum Essentials.” James Doyle, on faculty at Adams State College, gave a

Doug Perkins, Joe LaBarbera, Dom Moio, Todd Meehan and Josh Gottry at the AzPAS Spring Days of Percussion

Valerie Naranjo, James Doyle, and members of the Adams State College Percussion Studio

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class titled “Winning the Audition: All State to DCI, College to the Real World.” The featured guest artist was She-e Wu, who gave a clinic titled “The Thinking Musician” and then closed the event with a solo recital. The recital also fea-tured performances from the Adams State Col-lege Percussion Ensemble, and students from the Fort Lewis College Percussion Ensemble accompanied Wu on her final piece.

Georgia

On April 14, drummer Mike Clark (Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters, Brand X,

Joe Henderson) presented a clinic at Valdosta State University (Paul Campiglia, host). The clinic centered on blues, jazz and funk. Clark’s clinic was sponsored by Drum Workshop, Vic Firth, Evans and the Jazz Area of VSU.

Hawaii

Dr. Darren Duerden, PAS Hawaii Chapter President, hosted a Day of Percussion on

the BYU Hawaii campus on March 6. The event featured clinics by local steel pan artist Greg MacDonald, a drum circle facilitated by percus-sion educator Michael Wall, and a drumset and vibraphone clinic by Jay Lawrence, a record-ing artist and educator from Utah. A “World’s Fastest Drummer” competition was held, and the winner for Hawaii was Micah Kamoe from Aeia, Oahu. The evening concert featured Lawrence as a guest artist with the BYU Hawaii faculty world improv ensemble Crosscurrent.

Idaho

James Harrison, PAS Idaho Chapter Presi-dent, hosted the 2010 Idaho Day of Percus-

sion at Boise State University in Boise on March 13. One of the featured artists was Paul Wertico, who gave a drumset clinic co-spon-sored by DW, Paiste, Pro-Mark and Remo.

Illinois

The Southern Illinois University Percus-sion Group (SIUCPG) (Ron Coulter,

director) presented concerts at the Outside the Box New Music Festival, Columbia College,

(L-R): Gary Cook, She-e Wu, Jonathan Latta, Michael Vercelli and James Doyle at the Southwest Colorado Day of Percussion

and Illinois State University in April. These concerts consisted of works written especially for the SIUCPG by the Chicago Composer’s Consortium. The SIUCPG also performed in concert with Music from China during the Outside the Box Festival.

In February, the SIU Improvisation Unit (Ron Coulter, facilitator) performed at the

Big Muddy Film Festival, and in March the group performed two concerts with percussion-ist Tatsuya Nakatani. Nakatani also presented a non-idiomatic sound improvisation workshop on the SIUC campus. On April 22, the SIU Improvisation Unit performed a concert with Ico Bukvic and the Virginia Tech Linux Laptop Orchestra (L2Ork). Bukvic and L2Ork also presented a lecture-demonstration while visiting SIUC.

Tunkul Percusiones Mexico performed at the Northern Illinois University 2010

World Music Concert on April 11. They featured NIU Dean Rich Holly on solo, and students Clarice Castilho and Greg Essig as guests in the group. Also, on April 9 they did a master class on pre-Columbian instruments from Mexico.

Indiana

Center Grove High School was a very busy place in March. On March 3, John Parks

(Florida State University) stopped by to do a clinic with the percussion ensemble. Then, on March 8, Kevin Bobo (Indiana University) worked with the ensemble. Finally, Center Grove welcomed drumset artist Ignacio Ber-roa to the stage for their 4th Annual Night of Percussion Concert on March 9. Parks’ clinic was supported by Innovative Percussion, Pearl/Adams, Remo and Zildjian. Berroa’s visit was sponsored by Bosphorus, Vic Firth, Evans, LP and Yamaha.

Kansas

Soloist Seth Fletcher performed “Concerto for Euphonium and Percussion Quintet” by

Daniel Adams with the Emporia State Univer-sity Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Tracy Freeze on March 27 as part of the Great Plains Chapter conference of the College Music Society.

The KSU Percussion Ensemble performed “Diffusion Two” by Daniel Adams for snare

drum quartet on March 27 at the Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI) Region VI conference at Kansas State University, Manhattan.

Kentucky

The Campbellsville University Percussion Ensemble and Steel Band, under the di-

rection of Chad Floyd, featured steel pan artist Andy Narell as a guest soloist on their spring concert. The program featured the music of Narell and was supplemented by the Russell


The Center Grove High School Percussion Ensemble with director Josh Torres and drumset artist Ignacio Berroa.

County High School Percussion Ensemble and Steel Band, under the direction of Brian Eisert. Narell also presented a clinic and sev-eral workshops/rehearsals during his visit.

The Kyene Drum Ensemble, St. X Jungle Drummers and Sabari Bengoma served

as the lead groups for Rhythm on the River, a community drum circle held on the Louisville Waterfront April 11 to benefit Gilda’s Club, an organization that aids people living with cancer.

Minnesota

The 20th annual Minnesota Day of Percus-sion was held at Concordia College in

Moorhead on April 17 (Dr. David P. Eyler, host). The event began with a performance of the North Dakota State University Gold Star Winter Drum Line, followed by a timpani clinic by John Tafoya, chair of the percussion department and professor of percussion at Indiana University. Tafoya’s clinic was co-spon-sored by Grover Pro Percussion, Remo, Yamaha and Zildjian. Next up was PAS Hall of Fame member and Nexus co-founder Bob Becker, who gave two workshops—one on xylophone and the other on West African drumming, where he was assisted by Concordia’s West African Drum and Dance Ensemble, under the direction of Jeff Meyer. Becker’s workshops were co-sponsored by Pearl, Sabian and Mal-letech. The last clinician of the morning was Sammy K (Kestenholtz), a Los Angeles-based, Grammy-nominated drumset artist. His ap-pearance was co-sponsored by Remo, Yamaha and Zildjian. The afternoon included perfor-mances by Viva Marimba and the Concordia Alumni Percussion Ensemble, along with the Concordia College Percussion Ensemble and Marimba Choir, all under the direction of Eyler. Becker and Sammy K also played with the ensembles. Almost 200 students and teach-ers attended the morning clinics, and over 800 people came for the afternoon concerts.

The Minnesota State University Moor-head Percussion Studio, directed by Dr.

Kenyon Williams, hosted guest artists Fode Bangoura (Guinea) and Whitney McClusky (Minneapolis) for a series of workshops in tra-ditional drumming and dancing from Guinea. The workshops attracted community and student participants from around the region and culminated in a grand finale performance featuring the MSUM Percussion Ensemble, Pempamsie West African Drum and Dance Ensemble from Concordia College (Dr. Jeff Meyer, director), and featured performances by Fode and Whitney. The MSUM Percussion Ensemble also hosted the Maraca2 Duo (Tim Palmer and Jason Huxtable) from England for a four-day residency at the end of April. After working and performing with the duo in Moorhead,

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IN MEMORIAM Charles DowD april 8, 1948 – MarCh 24, 2010

Charles Dowd, a stalwart of percussion in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, suc-

cumbed to his struggle with pancreatic cancer on March 24, 2010. He recently retired as Philip H. Knight Professor of Music at the University of Oregon in Eugene where he had served on the faculty since 1975. Many of his former students have pursued careers in music and their respect, affection, and an-ecdotes can be found on the Facebook page “Thanks Charles Dowd.” He is survived by his wife, keyboardist Christine Mirabella, and sons Geoffrey and Jason (of San Francisco). Dowd served as the Principal Timpanist in the Eugene Symphony for the past 35 seasons. Their March 18 concert, which he attended, was dedicated to him and opened with a special performance of Anthony Cirone’s “4/4 for Four” played by Tim Cog-swell, Randal Larson, Brian Scott and Sean Wagoner. Dowd was also the Principal Tim-panist with the Oregon Festival of American Music Symphonia, Cascade Festival of Music, Oregon Coast Music Festival, and Oregon Bach Festival, where he performed on the 2001 Grammy-winning recording of “Credo” by Krzysztof Penderecki. Dowd considered this performance his defining mo-ment as a percussionist and recently told Eu-

gene’s newspaper The Register-Guard, “We won the Grammy not for Bach but for Penderecki. Audiences are ready to hear modern music.” Dowd also served as the Principal Solo Timpanist with the orchestra of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz, which won 18 consecutive ASCAP Awards for adventuresome programming under the batons of Dennis Russell Davies and Marin Alsop. As a performer/conductor, Dowd was nominated for the Laurel Leaf Award of the American Composers Alliance in New York for perform-ing works of American composers. During his 35 years conducting The Oregon Percussion Ensemble, they performed two premieres at PASICs in San Jose (1980) and Los Angeles (1985). Dowd authored six books on percussion performance and pedagogy: The Well-Tempered Timpanist; Velocity Warmups for Jazz Vibra-phone and Marimba; Master Technique Builders for Snare Drum (co-authored with Anthony Cirone); The Jazz, Rock & Latin Source-book: 100 Grooves for Drums and Bass (book with CD); A Thesaurus for the Jazz-Rock Drummer; and A Funky Primer for the Rock Drummer. Born in New York to a jazz trumpeter father and church pianist mother, Dowd grew up in the Midwest before winding up in the San Francisco Bay area where he often played as a rock ’n’ roll drummer. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970 from San Jose State University where he studied with his mentor, Anthony J. Cirone. Dowd received his master’s

degree the following year from Stanford University and did post graduate work at the Juilliard School of Music where he studied with the legendary New York Philharmonic timpanist Saul Goodman. “As we mourn the passing of Charles Dowd, I can share my memories of him as one of those rare students who never had an unprepared lesson,” remembered Cirone. “His work ethic was amazing. Always look-ing for greater challenges, Charles mastered the classical, jazz and solo repertoire with equal enthusiasm. He became an outstand-ing professor as well as performer with tireless dedication to his students and the percussion program at the University of Or-egon. “Charles also was a great personal friend,” Cirone continues. When told his composi-tion was performed by the Eugene Sym-phony during last week’s special concert, Cirone was honored to have been a part of the symphony’s celebration of Charles. “But I am saddened by his early passing. May he rest in peace.” On May 22, 2010, at 3:00 p.m., the Or-egon Percussion Ensemble performed a tribute concert for Professor Charles Dowd. A tribute article, which turned out to be his obituary, can be found online at http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/24571252-35/dowd-music-sym-phony-percussion-eugene.csp

Participants in the Minnesota State University Moorhead African Drum and Dance Workshop and finale performance

the ensemble then traveled to Minneapolis to perform alongside them at the International Marimba Festival hosted by Fernando Meza.

Maraca2’s residency and performance were made possible with support from Marimba One, Innovative Percussion, and Sabian.

Michael Rosen, Professor of Percussion at Oberlin College, presented a cym-

bal clinic and a snare drum master class at the MacPhail Center for Music on Feb. 27. Students presented etudes by Delecluse and Cirone. In addition he worked with the Cen-tennial High School Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Mark Kushe, and the Rimshots! Percussion Ensemble of MacPhail Center under the direction of Paul Babcock.

Missouri

The Jackson High School Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Chris

Crawford, presented a concert at the 72nd Missouri Music Educators Association Annual Conference on Jan. 29. This was the first time a high school percussion ensemble has presented a concert at this conference. Their program included “Limerick Daydreams” by Nathan Daughtrey, “Whispers” by David Skidmore, and Brad Arnold’s arrangement of Shostakov-ich’s “Folk Festival.”

On Feb. 25, Ney Rosauro presented a clinic at Jackson High School for area junior

high and high school students. The Southeast

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The Percussive Arts Society is pleased to announce several scholarships assisting students to attend PASIC 2010. Applicant must be an active PAS member at time of application, and if selected, during PASIC 2010.

Award: 1 year of PAS membership renewal PASIC registrationTicket to Hall of Fame Celebration PASIC souvenir t-shirt$500 toward the cost of transportation/lodging

Scholarships:Avedis Zildjian Co. Ludwig Industries Thomas Siwe Cloyd Duff M & J Lishon/Frank’s Drum Shop Val and Venus Eddy George P. Contreras, Jr. Remo, Inc. William F. Ludwig, Jr. James A. Sewrey Steve Ettleson Yamaha Corporation of America

Sabian Canadian Scholarship: Applicant must be a Canadian full-time university undergraduate percussion major. Apply at www.pas.org/PASIC/PASIC2010/CanadianScholarship.aspx

State chapter PASIC scholarships are currently available in California and Texas. Additional scholarships may be available. Contact your chapter for additional information.

Please submit the following materials:p Include a separate sheet detailing awards, scholarships, etc., and dates received; goals; major instruments (instruments that you have or are seriously studying); and a personal statement (optional).p A four to five minute DVD of your performance with your name printed on the DVD case. p One supporting letter of recommendation verifying age and full-time student status.p Recent copy of grade transcripts or latest grade card.

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Seated: Ney Rosauro, Dr. Shane Mizicko and students from Southeast Missouri State University. Standing: Chris Crawford and students from Jackson High School.

Missouri State University Percussion Ensem-ble, directed by Shane Mizicko, accompanied him as he performed a few of his compositions. That evening he performed a concert at South-east Missouri State University. The clinic was sponsored by Yamaha, Vic Firth and Sabian.

Bob Becker was the guest xylophone so-loist with the University of Missouri

Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Julia Gaines, on April 24. The concert in Columbia was in celebration of the school’s 100-year-old Deagan xylophone, which was recently refurbished.

Nevada

On April 10, the Nevada PAS Chapter presented its 2010 PAS Day of Percus-

sion. Hosted by band director Justin Truitt, it was held at Spring Valley High School in Las Vegas. The event included a clinic and perfor-mance by the Vegas Vanguard Indoor Percus-sion Theater, directed by Brian Howerton; a drumset performance and discussion by Justin Truitt focusing on what parts of an ensemble

to listen for in different live performance situa-tions; a performance by the University of Ne-vada, Las Vegas Marimba Band, directed by Tim Jones; a freestyle snare drum competition judged by Terri Haley and John Speas; and a drumset clinic presented by Mark Schul-man (Pink, Cher, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Nicks,

Foreigner, Destiny’s Child, Simple Minds, Billy Idol and Velvet Revolver). The Day of Percussion was sponsored by Nevada PAS, Gretsch, Gibralter, Innovative Percussion, Pearl, Remo, Sabian, Shure, SIR Las Vegas, Vic Firth, Yamaha and Zildjian.


Percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, composer Eric Ewazen, and conductor JoAnn Falletta at the premiere of “Songs to the Banks of Ayr” by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (photo by Lauren Vogel Weiss)

New York

The NYU Steel Drum Ensemble, under the direction of Josh Quillen and Jonathan

Haas, Director of Percussion Studies, recently took the stage of New York University’s Loewe Theatre to present an evening of new and old music for steelband. In addition to his work with So Percussion, Quillen has performed with numerous steel drum ensembles around the country, and brings his diverse knowledge of the music and instrument to the group. A variety of standard works was presented throughout the evening, but the majority of the performance centered around Quillen’s ar-rangements of Philip Glass’ “Piano Etudes.” The Glass arrangements are part of an ongoing project for the group, which culminated with the recording of all ten etudes in May.

On April 17–18, PAS Hall of Fame member Dame Evelyn Glennie premiered a new

percussion concerto by Eric Ewazen, “Songs to the Banks of Ayr,” with the Buffalo Philhar-monic Orchestra under the direction of JoAnn Falletta. Each of the four movements was pre-ceded by a few lines of poetry by Robert Burns, used to evoke his imagery of Scotland. Glennie played marimba, vibes, xylophone, glockenspiel, crotales, drums and cymbals, as she performed Scottish folksong-inspired melodies and rhythms. The Saturday night program, subtitled “Drums on the Niagara,” also featured early evening concerts by the Buffalo State College West African Drumming Ensemble, under the direction of Tiffany Nicely; the Buffalo State College Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Bradley Fuster; and the Fredonia State Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Kay Stonefelt.

Bernard Purdie and Derek Roddy will headline this year’s Drum Road Trip, which

will be held at Harmony House in the Village of Webster, just outside of Rochester, on August 7 and 8. Saturday, August 7 will be highlighted

by clinics from studio legend Purdie and rising drum star Roddy. Both days will offer on-site lessons from noted L.A. studio drummer and online teacher Tom Coyne, as well as lessons by other skilled drum tutors. Other activities will include contests, giveaways, and vendor exhibits. For more information, visit www.dr-umroadtrip.com.

Pennsylvania

Sam Ruttenberg presented a drumset clinic to over 30 percussion students at Indiana

University of Pennsylvania on March 5. Dr. Michael Kingan, director of percussion studies at IUP, was the host. Remo, Vic Firth, Sabian, Taye and IUP were the sponsors.

South Carolina

On April 16, an augmented version of the Furman Percussion Ensemble gave the

United States Premiere of “Inuksuit” by John Luther Adams with the composer in atten-dance. The work, scored for 9–99 percussionists, was co-commissioned by Furman University and premiered in Banff, Alberta, Canada in June of 2009. The performance took place around the Furman Amphitheatre and was performed by a 55-person ensemble consisting of Furman students and faculty playing alongside special guests such as Steven Schick, the Denkyem Percussion Group, Dr. Thad Anderson (Uni-versity of Central Florida), Dr. Andrew Bliss (University of Tennessee-Martin), Brad Meyer, Brian Nozny (Dickinson State University), stu-dents and faculty from the neighboring North Greenville University and Fine Arts Center, and other local area percussionists. To round out the day, Schick later performed Luther Ad-ams’ solo percussion work “The Mathematics of Resonant Bodies.”

South Dakota

The 2010 South Dakota Day of Percussion took place April 10 in Brookings on the

campus of South Dakota State University (Dr. Aaron Ragsdale, host). The featured clinician was She-e Wu (Northwestern University). The day opened with performances by the Augus-tana College Mallet and Percussion Ensem-bles (Dr. John Pennington, director; Micah Jastram, student conductor). Following those performances, Wu presented a clinic entitled “The Thinking Musician.” The day continued with a recital of solos performed by local col-lege and high school students, and concluded with a performance by the South Dakota State University Percussion Ensemble (Ragsdale, director). Wu’s performance was made possible with support from Dynasty, Innovative Percussion, Zildjian, and Evans/D’Addario. The South Dakota chapter would also like to thank PAS and the South Dakota State University Music Department for providing additional support.


(L–R) Scott Eddlemon, Susan Eddlemon, Katy Wolfe Zahn and Larry Spivak at the world premiere of Spivak’s “Space.” In the center is a Van de Graaff generator used as a lightning effect.

Tennessee

In February the world premiere of Larry Spi-vak’s “Space” took place at the American Mu-

seum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge. The 12-minute work, scored for two percussionists, electric violin and soprano, was commissioned by the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association for its Isotone Chamber Music Series. The perfor-mance featured percussionists Scott Eddlemon and Larry Spivak, violinist Susan Eddlemon and soprano Katy Wolfe Zahn.

Robert Kessling presented a drumset clinic at the University of Tennessee at Martin on

March 11. The clinic demonstrated the evolu-tion of the drumset and focused on tactics to be a more well-rounded and marketable player in today’s music industry. The clinic was hosted by Julie Hill and the UT Martin Percussion Society.

Michael Gould presented drumset and creativity master classes to the University

of Tennessee at Martin percussion studio (Julie Hill, host) on March 22. Gould was assisted by bassist Andrew Kratzat. Additionally, Gould and Kratzat performed a concert with Argentin-ian guitarist Alberto Rojo. The event was spon-sored by the UTM College of Engineering and Natural Sciences and the Department of Eng-lish and Modern Foreign Languages along with Zildjian, Innovative Percussion and Yamaha.

The Caixa Trio was in residency in Chat-tanooga on March 17 for events with

students at the McCallie School. The trio per-formed a concert for the students and presented workshops about performing in a chamber ensemble. The workshops were sponsored by Evans, Innovative Percussion, Zildjian and Pearl/Adams.

Texas

The Texas A&M University-Commerce Percussion Studio, under the direction of

Dr. Brian Zator, had an exciting spring semes-ter. Gene Koshinski from University of Minne-sota-Duluth gave a clinic and duo performance with Charles Fricker on Feb. 25 and Dr. Brett Dietz from Louisiana State University was composer-in-residence and clinician on Feb. 28 and March 1. Dietz worked with the percussion ensembles on his works “Dead City/So Alive” and “Damaged Goods,” and conducted them on the March 1 concert. He also gave a master class/clinic and worked with individual students. Dietz’s visit was sponsored by Dynasty, Innova-tive Percussion and Zildjian. James Campbell visited campus March 28–29 and worked extensively with the percus-sion ensembles, gave private lessons, and gave presentations to the entire music department and the percussion studio. Campbell’s visit was sponsored by Yamaha, Evans, Innovative Percus-sion, Zildjian and Latin Percussion.

The Percussion Ensembles performed two concerts on March 1 and April 8 and the Steel Bands and newly formed Brazilian Ensemble performed the 1st Annual World Percussion Concert on April 27. Student recitals included Eric Flores’ senior recital on April 1 and Sam-uel Vieira’s graduate recital on April 12. Cory Doran, graduate student, performed “Zaraban-

da” by Joseph Turrin with the Wind Ensemble as the TAMU-C 2009–2010 concerto winner on May 4.

On March 6, 2010, drumset artist Joel Rosenblatt was the guest soloist with the

Hebron High School Percussion Ensemble in Carrollton. Scott Baldwin directed the


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Winona State University Percussion Ensemble with Pana Percussion Quartet

ensemble and hosted the event, which was co-sponsored by Tama, Zildjian, Attack and LP.

Utah

Lynn Vartan hosted her 2nd Percussion festival at Southern Utah University April

8–10. Guests for this year were David Johnson

CORRECTIONThe April issue of Percussion News included an article regarding the world premiere of “Gamelan D’Drum” composed by Stewart Copeland and to be performed by D’Drum with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. The article indicated that the concert was per-formed this past February, but it will actu-ally be performed February 3–6, 2011, in Dallas, Texas. For more information, visit www.pureddrum.com.

and Woodbridge High School from Irvine, Ca-lif. Throughout the three days, students partici-pated in master classes, lessons and workshops on everything from improvisation to mallet wrapping. All participants were together on the evening of the April 9 for food, fun, and talks about careers in music. The event culminated

in a concert featuring the guest artists as well as the SUU Percussion Ensemble. Lynn also premiered David Johnson’s newest composition, “Los Osos” for marimba and vibraphone duo, written specifically for the festival. Visit www.lynnvartan.com for more information.

Washington

The University of Puget Sound Percussion Ensemble performed “Camaraderie” in

Tacoma on March 5 as part of the Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI) Region VIII Conference. Amy Putnam conducted the performance.

Wisconsin

On April 9, the Winona State University Percussion Ensemble, under the direc-

tion of Rich MacDonald, presented its an-nual spring concert with guest artists Pana Percussion Quartet: Jeff Strom, Ryun Louie, Alex Stopa and Jeff Crowell. Each of the guest artists presented clinics for the students on a variety of percussion topics. The event was sponsored in part by Sabian.

Geary Larrick’s article “Significant Recent Scholarship” was published in the spring

2010 National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors Journal.

Wyoming

British composer Dr. David Fanshawe spent eight days working with the Casper Col-

lege Percussion Ensemble, Concert Choir, Dance and Theatre Departments in a produc-tion of his magnum opus “African Sanctus.” The show ran March 23–27. The work features a choral setting of the Latin Mass, accompanied by a mixture of African rhythms performed live by the ensemble and mixed with field record-ings from the composer’s travels and a rock band.

On March 13, the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra featured marimba soloist Jo-

seph Gramley in a performance of Eckhard Kopetzki’s “Marimba Concerto.” w

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on the roadDaniel Adams presented a poster entitled

“Vocalization, Body Percussion, and Parody in Selected Compositions for Hand-clapping Ensemble” at the South Central Regional Conference of the College Music Society, held at the University of Texas at San Antonio, March 11–13. His composition “Diffusion One” for marimba quintet has been released on a CD entitled Music for Keyboard Percussions recorded by the McCormick Per-cussion Group, Robert McCormick, director. The recording is available on Ravello Records. Bachovich Music Publications in the Mas-sachusetts PAS Chapter Xylophone Collection released Adams’s “Extremities” for xylophone solo in March. Other recent performances of Adams’ music include “Concerto for Euphoni-um and Percussion Quintet” at Slippery Rock University (Pennsylvania) on Jan. 24 as part of a faculty euphonium recital. The concerto was also performed on Jan. 29 the United States Army Band Tuba-Euphonium Conference in Ft. Myer, Virginia. Dr. Brian Meixner was the euphonium soloist for both performances, accompanied by the Slippery Rock University Percussion Ensemble conducted by Dr. David Glover.

Brett Dietz performed “Five Marimba Miniatures” by Daniel Adams on Feb. 6 at

the Southern Regional Conference of the Col-lege Music Society held at Loyola University in New Orleans. This performance included the premiere of three miniatures composed especially for Dr. Dietz.

Andy Harnsberger was in residence at the University of North Carolina/Pembroke

on Feb. 12. He presented a clinic on “Stretch-ing for Pain-Free Performance.” The event was hosted by Tracy Wiggins and co-sponsored by Pearl/Adams and Innovative Percussion. Harnsberger presented a clinic/performance at George Walton Academy in Monroe, Georgia on Feb. 22. The event was hosted by Wayne Viar and was co-sponsored by Pearl/Adams and Innovative Percussion. He then presented a clinic/performance for the percussion studio at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond on March 11. The event was hosted by Peter Martin and co-sponsored by Pearl/Adams and Innovative Percussion. Two days later he was in residence at Richmond Music Center. After teaching private lessons during the day, he presented a clinic/performance to approximately 150 percussion enthusiasts. The performance included the premiere of his work “April Sun.” The event was hosted by Matt Goves and co-sponsored by Pearl/Adams, In-novative Percussion, Evans, and Sabian.

Harnsberger was in residence at the Univer-sity of Central Florida March 25–26. He pre-sented a master class and a recital that featured the UCF Percussion Ensemble performing his work “Vertigo.” The event was hosted by Dr. Thad Anderson, Jeffrey M. Moore and Kirk Gay and co-sponsored by Pearl/Adams and Innovative Percussion. He was in residence at the University of the Cumberlands on April 12 where he presented a clinic on “Stretching for Pain-Free Performance” and performed his works “April Sun” and “Words Unspoken.” The event was hosted by Jim Corcoran and co-sponsored by Pearl/Adams and Innovative Percussion. Harnsberger was in residence at the University of Kentucky the spring semester of 2010. During his residency, Harnsberger taught private lessons and also presented clinics to the percussion studio on “Stretching for Pain-Free Performance” and “Practical Sight-Reading.” The residency culminated in a performance of his work “Vertigo” at the UK Percussion Ensemble Concert on April 11 with UK stu-dents Michael Hardin, Tyler Cantrell and Matt Geiger. The residency was hosted by Professor James Campbell and supported by Pearl/Ad-ams and Innovative Percussion.

Joshua D. Smith of Bethel University pre-sented clinics and performances from

March 5–11. Smith’s clinic titled “Improving Your Habits” dealt with extended performance techniques in solo literature and featured performances of “Raga No. 2” by Bill Cahn, “Kím” by Askell Másson, and “Dis Qui Etude” by Christopher Deane. Smith presented at the University of Tennessee at Martin, hosted by

Julie Hill; the University of Louisville, hosted by Jeff Luft; the University of the Cumber-lands, hosted by Jim Corcoran; Morehead State University, hosted by Brian Mason; and the University of Kentucky, hosted by James Campbell. Smith’s clinics were sponsored by Black Swamp Percussion and Innovative Per-cussion.

Benjamin Toth, Professor of Percussion at The Hartt School, University of Hartford,

was in residence at five Midwestern schools from March 21–31. Toth presented solo recit-als, frame drum classes, rhythmic indepen-dence clinics, chamber music coachings, and private lessons at: Truman State University, Missouri (Michael Bump, host); Western Il-linois University (Rick Kurasz, host); Wheaton College, Illinois (Kathy Kastner, host); and the University of Akron, Ohio (Larry Snider, host). The tour concluded with a joint residency for Muskingum College and Maysville High School, Ohio, where Toth presented an orches-tral percussion master class, rhythmic indepen-dence clinic, solo recital, and appeared as guest drummer with the Maysville and Muskingum big bands (Pat Murphy and Bill Manchester, hosts).

Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic and Benjamin Toth toured through the Czech Republic,

Serbia and Slovenia from Feb. 15–27. Their ac-tivities included a concert, two marimba clinics (Zivkovic), and a rhythmic independence clinic (Toth) for a percussion festival at the Janácek Academy of Music and Performing Arts, Brno, Czech Republic; a recording session while in Serbia, and also a drumset clinic (Toth) at the Academy of Music, Novi Sad, Serbia; and a frame drum clinic (Toth) and chamber music coaching at the Ljubljana Academy of Music, Ljubljana, Slovenia. w

Benjamin Toth and Michael Bump with the Truman State University Percussion students.


industry newsEVANS Player Profile Campaign U.S. Tour Evans is hitting the road to showcase its Player Profile drumhead selection system, which puts the Evans product line into four basic categories: Sensitive, Versatile, Controlled, and Durable. Each profile is based upon specific musical applications and contains products designed to deliver the optimal performance attributes (attack, sustain, tone, and durability) for that genre, helping players to narrow down the choice of drumheads to those that will best suit their playing style. At Evans’ Player Profile events, Evans staff members and a guest art-ist will be on hand to help consumers find their ideal sound. There will be a 30–45 minute session on tuning and high-performance gear tips by an on-site Evans Product Specialist, as well as a one-hour clinic by Evans artist Tommy Igoe, teaching and demonstrating concepts from his educational DVDs by Hudson Music: Groove Essentials 1.0, Groove Es-sentials 2.0, and his most recent release, Great Hands for a Lifetime. Evans will also hold an on-site raffle for over $1,000 in products. Evans Player Profile events will be held July 14 at Drums2Go, Orlan-do, FL; July 15 at All Pro Percussion, Tampa, FL; July 19 at Ken Stanton Music, Atlanta, GA; July 20 at Bailey Brothers, Birmingham, AL; July 21 at Fork’s Drum Closet, Nashville, TN; and July 22 at Memphis Drum Shop, Memphis, TN. Check the Evans Player Profile page for upcoming tour dates and in-formation at www.evansdrumheads.com/playerprofile.

GRETSChColin Schofield Joins Gretsch Colin Schofield has been named Business Development Manager for the Gretsch Company. In this newly created role, Schofield will be assisting company president Fred Gretsch in the development and ex-ecution of strategies to further build and strengthen the Gretsch brand

worldwide. To this end Schofield will be working out of Gretsch com-pany headquarters in Savannah, Georgia. Schofield has extensive experience in the music products industry, in U.S. and international markets alike. He spent nearly 20 years with the Avedis Zildjian Company, eventually serving as vice president of marketing worldwide. Responsible for global brand management and for the development of worldwide marketing strategies, Schofield was the driving force behind numerous innovative marketing programs as well as new product introductions. More recently he held sales and marketing management positions with Premier Percussion and Aquarian Drum-heads.

hUDSON MUSIC TIP Educators Day On April 11, Hudson Music and Drummers Collective co-sponsored an all-day event aimed at continuing education, sharing of ideas, and motivational concepts for private drum teachers. Held at The Collective in New York City, the event was offered to members of Hudson Music’s TIP (Teacher Integration Program). The event sold out well in advance, with nearly 60 drum educators attending. Attendees enjoyed engaging presentations from Dom Famularo, Jason Gianni, Tommy Igoe, Morris “Arnie” Lang, Peter Retzlaff and Jeff Salem. Hudson Music’s TIP Coor-dinator, Mike Sorrentino, presided over the events, which included the presentation of a lifetime achievement award to Joe Morello (which was accepted by New Jersey educator/retailer Glenn Weber, since Morello was unable to attend). Drummers Collective director John Castellano also spoke, presenting special Collective offerings to attendees. Hudson Music’s Senior Drum Editor, Joe Bergamini, presented similar offerings from Hudson. Drummers Collective associate director Anthony Citrin-ite and marketing director Tony Maggiolino were instrumental in or-ganizing and staging the event. Also in attendance were Hudson Music founders and Co-Presidents/Collective co-owners Paul Siegel and Rob Wallis. Hudson’s TIP, now containing over 1,100 members, is a society of drum educators that can be joined at www.hudsonmusic.com/tip. It of-fers exclusive benefits to members, such as discussion forums, product reviews and feedback, teacher product samples, and first chance at atten-dance in special events such as this first TIP day. Teachers left the event with a goodie bag of Hudson products, as well as materials from sponsors Drum Workshop, Evans Drumheads, Latin Percussion, Mapex Drums, Samson Technologies, Modern Drummer Magazine, Paiste Cymbals, Shure Microphones, Vic Firth Drumsticks, thelessonroom.com and Zildjian Cymbals. LATIN PERCUSSIONOne-handed Triangle Wins MIPA Award Latin Percussion’s One-Handed Triangle received the MIPA award for best percussion product developed in 2009. The MIPA (Music In-dustry Press Association) award is given by a group of 111 of the world’s top music magazines, representing dozens of countries across the globe. It recognizes innovation, quality, and value in newly released products. The award was presented at the Musik Messe in Frankfurt, Germany, in March. The MIPA award voters selected LP’s One-Handed Triangle on the basis of its original design and functionality.

PERCUSSION MARKETING COUNCILRoots of Rhythm Workshops This summer, seven Roots of Rhythm teacher workshops will be conducted in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Austin, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Pittsburgh. Complete information is available at www.ethnomusicinc.com/teacher-workshops/overview.htm. Fall plans are in progress to continue working with the International House of Blues Foundation to present a Roots of Rhythm training ses-sion in Dallas, Texas. Other PMC-Roots of Rhythm cities and dates are developing, pending the approval of a 2010–11 NAMM Foundation

(seated) Dinah Gretsch, CFO. (standing L–R) Lena Gretsch-Thomas, Inven-tory Control Manager; Fred W. Gretsch, President; Colin Schofield, Busi-ness Development Manager

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Grant request. Get more information at www.rootsofrhythm.net/up-comingworkshops.html.

LaRue of Dream Cymbals Appointed to PMC Advisory Board Immediately following the All Member Meeting during the NAMM convention, the PMC Executive Committee met to recap and imple-ment various outcomes from the January meeting. Included in the agenda was accepting the nomination of Brian LaRue to the Advisory Board. In that position, Brian will be working closely with long-time board member Phil Hood to broaden and strengthen the organization’s new membership development initiatives and recruitment process.

Percussion in the Schools The Percussion in the Schools program now carries an addi-tional“20/10” goal designation. The entire PMC program campaign is slated to produce 20 or more in-school educational percussion concerts through the PMC’s official facilitator ranks, and will reach over 10,000 elementary, middle school and junior high school students. Through a generous grant from the NAMM Foundation, the PMC has been able to grow this program consistently since its launch in 2007. The PMC’s utilization of Chad Smith, a multi-Grammy Award-winning, platinum-selling recording artist and all-around drumming industry ambassador, will bring international attention to this PMC program. With a mis-sion to connect music retailers, schools and students seeking a first-time drumming experience, the benefits of this market development initiative will be felt throughout the percussion and music products industry.

UNIVERSAL Vic Firth Distributor of the Year Award Universal is pleased to announce that it has been named North Amer-ican Distributor of the Year for 2009 by Vic Firth, Inc. This accomplish-ment was commemorated by a plaque as well as a personal letter from company chairman Vic Firth and sales and marketing director Mark Dyke. The letter thanked UP for helping Vic Firth to achieve a record sales year, adding that “without such friends and business partners, we couldn’t achieve this kind of success.” Everyone at Universal is grateful for this kind recognition from Vic Firth.

Universal Percussion Salutes Jim Bickley Universal Percussion founder and president Tom Shelley recently honored UP vice president Jim Bickley, celebrating the fact that in June of this year the two will begin their 35th year working together. As part of the celebration, Shelley presented Bickley with a plaque that reads, “Thanks for coming Jim. Our 35th year. Universal Percussion 2010.” Citing Bickley’s contribution to Universal’s history, Shelley says, “Thirty-five years ago I opened a 400 square-foot drum shop with $1,000 that I had accumulated from playing high school gigs. Jim was one of my first customers. Shortly thereafter, he asked me if I’d consider hiring him to teach. I did, and Jim proved his dedication by driving for 40 minutes just to teach one student. He also worked part time in the store for three dollars an hour plus a small commission.” Jim’s been at Tom’s side ever since, providing an invaluable contribution to the growth and success of the nation’s largest exclusively percussion-oriented dis-tributor.

VATER Mike Johnston added to Artist & Education Roster Mike Johnston began studying the drums at the age of 5. He spent the next 15 years studying privately with some of the greatest educa-tor/drummers of our time including Pete Magadini, Steve Ferrone, and Aaron Smith. At the age of 21 Mike received his first major label record deal with his band Simon Says (Hollywood Records) and spent the next five years touring the world. He received a gold record for his contribu-tions to the Varsity Blues soundtrack and has appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman as well as on MTV’s Fashionably Loud. Mike has

also toured with Warner Bros. Recording artists Filter. Mike currently runs the educational website www.mikeslessons.com, where he offers pre-recorded video drum lessons as well as 36 “live” online drum lessons monthly. Additionally, Mike also runs monthly one-week drum camps at his facility and teaches privately.

VIC FIRTh Website Redesign Vic Firth Inc. is pleased to announce the redesign of its commercial website. The new design features a clean, colorful design that highlights the latest educational and entertainment features, plus RSS feeds of new community areas of the site. New features posted to vicfirth.com are highlighted with bold, color-ful photographs. Scrollbars allow for quick access to an ever-expanding library of interviews, performances and educational lesson series. Visitors can sort to easily find features from the drumset, marching or concert libraries. “An exciting new element to vicfirth.com is the areas which have a high level of community interaction,” says Andy Tamulynas, Assistant Web Designer. “In ‘The Exchange’ (Vic Firth’s new educational library), visitors can participate in the dialog, as well as exchange ideas with high profile authors and educators. Users can subscribe to any number of RSS feeds to keep up with the latest news and happenings with our website, artists or educational programs.” To visit Vic Firth’s newly designed website, go to www.vicfirth.com. w

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The PASIC 2010 Mock Audition will be held on Thursday, November 11, 2010. Five contestants will be invited to perform at PASIC 2010 in Indianapolis, Indiana. A winner, first runner-up and second runner-up will be decided near the end of the audition period with a public critique from the judges. The final round will be a screened audition.

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