Recent Percussion Ensemble Programs:

 

Percussion Ensemble: 2020-2021

• Group Improvisation/Composition
• Meditation for Metal Pipes - Emma O'Halloran
• Noyo - Harold Budd
• Super Heavy - Susanna Hancock
• Jaltarang - Alex Lubet
• Anamnesis - Michael Udow (World Premiere)

Percussion Ensemble: November 2, 2019

• Six - Ivan Trevino
• Dining Room Music - Rupert Kettle
• Music of Every Night - Michael Byron
• Two Poems of Samsara - Michael Barnhart
• Breathing Drum - Michael Barnhart
• Shunt - Charles Boone
• Divertimento, mvmt. 1: March - Takayoshi Yoshioka
• Collect - Rob Funkhouser (World Premiere)

Percussion Ensemble Concert with Corey Harvin, electric guitar; Gabe Oliveira, drumset; Vinny Svoboda, electric bass; Ciro Scotto, composer; Mark Tollefsen, synthesizer: April 26, 2019

• Thunderstruck - AC/DC (arr. Anderson)
• Drumkit Quartet #3, I. & II. - Glenn Kotche
• Drum and Grain - Paul Hogan
• Between Rock and a Hard Place - Ciro Scotto

A Celebration of the Percussion Music of David Macbride: February 20, 2019

• Quiet - David Macbride
• As Before - David Macbride
• But What About the Noise of Crumpling Paper.... - John Cage
• Light Waves - David Macbride
• Bumming in the Park - David Macbride
• Marimba DelCiampo - David Macbride
• For David - Gene Koshinski
• Prayer for Peace - David Macbride

Percussion Ensemble: October 26, 2018

• Power Walking Music - Olivia Kieffer
• Changing Tensions - Franziska Boas
• Dance Rhythms - Doris Humphrey
• Shui - Juri Seo
• Waltz for percussion - Johanna Beyer
• Percussion Opus 14 - Johanna Beyer
• March - Johanna Beyer
• Blackearth Music - Katherine Warne
• The Gilded Cage - Susan Powell
• Mallet Mania - Simone Canute (World Premiere)

Percussion Ensemble with Allen Otte: April 29, 2018

• (the sunflowers and wine) - Jennifer Bernard Merkowitz / Janée Baugher (World Premiere)
• Infraudibles with quintet - Herbert Brün
• Slow Piece 'n Modules - Allen Otte
• Harvest Crunch - Allen Otte
• Sweet Angels Come Nearer - Trad. Shaker (arr. Otte)
• Writing is All But - Allen Otte / Lorna Uher
• Round - Lou Harrison
• from Cursive - Qu Xiao-Song
• "on stilts among ducks" - Herbert Brün (arr. Otte)

Percussion Ensemble with Elliot Cole and Peter Ferry: February 2, 2018

• Postludes 6, 5, 8 - Elliot Cole
• Fugue - Lou Harrison
• Juniper - Elliot Cole
• The Future is Bright - Elliot Cole
• Flowerpot Music No. 1 - Elliot Cole
• Hanuman's Leap - Elliot Cole

Percussion Ensemble: November 18, 2017

• Downfall - John R. Beck
• Oriental - Lou Harrison
• Chapel - David Macbride (World Premiere)
• Orfacape - Larry Stein
• Canticle No. 3 - Lou Harrison
• Jack and Gylie - David Macbride
• Crescendo - Alexander Lepak
• Jovial Jasper - George Hamilton Green

Percussion Ensemble with Dan VanHassel, Josh Busman, and Timothy Altman: April 22, 2017

• UNIFY - Dan VanHassel (World Premiere)
• Resonare Fibris - Joshua Busman (World Premiere)
• Ritmica Nos. 5 and 6 - Amadeo Roldan
• Bacchanale - Alan Hovhaness
• Trumpet Concerto - William Russell
• Repercussions - James Snyder
• C Note - David Macbride

Percussion Ensemble Festival with James Culley and Jonathan Maisonpierre: March 25, 2017

• The Fauna of Mirrors - Mark Saya
• Credo in US - John Cage
• Rrrrrrr... - Mauricio Kagel
• The Lamed Wufniks - Mark Saya
• Ostinato Pianissimo - Henry Cowell
• Log Cabin Blues - George Hamilton Green

Percussion Ensemble: October 29, 2016

• Third Construction - John Cage
• 180 - Michael Burritt
• Suite for Percussion - Franziska Boas
• Bucky's View - Martin Sweidel
• The Grand Ambulation of the B-flat Zombies - John Bergamo
• Drama, mvmt. 6 - Guo Wenjing

Percussion Ensemble with Dr. Michael Barnhart and Sarah Busman: April 23, 2016

• In the End - Gene Koshinski (World Premiere)
• First Concerto for Flute and Percussion - Lou Harrison
• Breathing Drum - Michael Barnhart
• 88" - Michael Barnhart
• Enchanted Dances - Michael Barnhart (World Premiere)

Percussion Ensemble: February 27, 2016

• Drifting Music - Michael Byron
• Ionisation - Edgard Varese
• Living Room Music - John Cage
• Intentions, mvmts. I-III - Eugene Novotney
• Railroad Drama (from Rrrrrrrr...) - Mauricio Kagel
• The Cryptic Blue Planet Lake - Joseph Van Hassel (World Premiere)

Percussion Ensemble: PASIC Performance, San Antonio, TX, November 12, 2015

• Flam - David Macbride (World Premiere)

Percussion Ensemble with Dr. Joanna Hersey and Dr. Daniel McCloud: NCMEA Performance, Winston-Salem, NC, November 8, 2015

• Excursion - Larry Arnold
• Omónoia - Jeremy Muller (World Premiere)
• Concerto for Tuba and Percussion, mvmts. 1 and 4 - Walter Hartley
• Salticidae - Lindsey Jacob (World Premiere)
• Crush - Daniel McCloud

Percussion Ensemble with Dr. Joanna Hersey and Dr. Daniel McCloud: October 25, 2015

• Excursion - Larry Arnold
• Omónoia - Jeremy Muller (World Premiere)
• Lost Souls - Nathan Daughtrey
• Flam - David Macbride (World Premiere)
• a whispering... - William Duckworth
• Concerto for Tuba and Percussion - Walter Hartley
• Salticidae - Lindsey Jacob (World Premiere)
• Crush - Daniel McCloud

Percussion Ensemble: April 25, 2015

• Trio - John Cage

• Bomba - Lou Harrison
• Noise Peal Extravagant - Dan VanHassel

• Hit the Deck - David Noon

• Apple Blossom - Peter Garland

• Headlong - Dan Moore

Percussion Ensemble Festival with Roger Braun: March 14, 2015

• Fan Fare - Roger Braun

• Suite for Solo Drumset and Percussion Ensemble - David Mancini
• Children's Songs Nos. 3, 4, 6 - Chick Corea (arr. Braun)
• In the Pulse - Roger Braun
• Gentle Piece / Mark Time - Kenny Wheeler (arr. Braun)
• Capivara - Hermeto Pascoal (arr. Braun)
• Imaginary Folklore - Roger Braun
• N'Traned - Roger Braun
• Sabor - Joao Donato (arr. Braun)

Percussion Ensemble: November 15, 2014

• Four Movements - Michael Udow

• Toccata - Carlos Chavez
• Percussion Music - Gerald Strang

• Music for Botany - Jeremy Muller

• Pattern Study No. 2 - Stacey Bowers

• Inside Out, Outside Out - Edward Miller

Percussion Ensemble and Percussion Group: April 24, 2014

• Metavita - Casey Cangelosi
• An Idyll for the Misbegotten - George Crumb
• Kittyhawk - Aaron Siegel
• Omphalo Centric Lecture - Nigel Westlake
• Pieces of Eight - David Reeves
• World Premiere - Gene Malone

Percussion Ensemble and Percussion Group: March 1, 2014

• Constellations - Jared Nobles
• Amores - John Cage
• Catfish - Mark Applebaum
• A Ceiling Full of Stars - Blake Tyson
• Catching Shadows - Ivan Trevino

Percussion Ensemble: November 18, 2013

• Angels of the Apocolypse - David Gillingham
• Quiet - David Macbride
• Minuano - Pat Matheny
• Crash Course - James Campbell
• Gymel - William Duckworth

Percussion Group: November 25, 2013

• Coyote Builds North America - John Luther Adams
• Preparing the Past - Aaron Siegel
• Postludes - Elliot Cole

Percussion Ensemble: November 29, 2013

• Bonham - Christopher Rouse
• Spun - Nathan Daughtrey
• Whirlwind - David Gillingham

Percussion Ensemble: April 23, 2013

• Gainsborough - Thomas Gauger
• Mas Fuerte - Stephen Rush
• Ionisation - Edgard Varese

Percussion Group: April 25, 2013

• Trio Per Uno - Zivkovic
• Rancho Jubilee - Andrew Beall 

Percussion Ensemble: March 26, 2012

• Manes Scroll - Christopher Deane 
• Ionisation - Edgard Varese
• Amores - John Cage 
• Signals Intelligence - Christopher Adler
• Pilgrim's Chorus - Wagner arr. Musser
• Concerto for Vibraphone and Percussion Ensemble - Nathan Daughtrey
• With Guest Artist Nathan Daughtrey

Percussion Group: March 27, 2012

• Threads - Paul Lansky
• Jose Before John 5 - Aurel Hollo
• Third Construction - John Cage
• John Cage Musicircus: April 26, 2012

Percussion Ensemble: November 28, 2011

• Crown of Thorns - David Maslanka
• Strange Loops - Patrick Long
• October Mountain - Alan Hovhaness
• Knocktet - Daniel Kessner
• Intentions - Eugene Novotney

Percussion Group: November 29, 2011

• Quilyan - John Luther Adams
• Okho - Ianniz Xenakis
• Threads - Paul Lansky
• Composition for Three Voices - John Cage

Drumming by Steve Reich: April 19, 2011

Percussion Ensemble: March 16, 2011

• Crystal Canon - James Tenney
• Living Room Music - John Cage
• Marubatoo - John Wyre 
• Interlock - Richard Levan 
• Head Talk - Mark Ford

Percussion Group Featuring Andy Harnsberger - March 3, 2011

• Drumming Part I - Steve Reich
• Musique de Tables - Thierry de May 
• Third Construction - John Cage
• Palmetto Moon - Andy Harnsberger
• Vertigo - Andy Harnsberger

Percussion Ensemble Old and New : December 3, 2010

• Toccata - Carlos Chavez
• IV - Johanna Beyer
• Third Construction - John Cage
• Percussion Symphony - Daniel Kessner
• Southeastern Premiere

The Percussion Music of William Cahn: October 13, 2010

• Ancient Military Aires
• Time Traveler
• Tides
• Night Ride
• Rosewood Dreaming
• UNCP Fantasia - a freeform improvisation

Percussion Park by David Macbride: April 16, 2010

The Music of Andrew Beall: March 4, 2010

• Trio Per Uno - Nebojsa Zivkovic
• A Ceiling Full of Stars - Blake Tyson
• Seduction - Andrew Beall
• Rancho Jubilee - Andrew Beall
• Song of Almah - Andrew Beall

Percussion Ensemble Classics: December 3, 2009 

• Second Construction - John Cage
• Ionisation - Edgard Varese
• Pulse - Henry Cowell
• Lift-off - Russell Peck 
• Double Music - Lou Harrison, John Cage
• Appleblossom - Peter Garland

Mallet Mania: October 13, 2009

• Omphalo Centric Lecture - Nigel Westlake 
• Daybreak - Jack Stamp 
• Minuano - Pat Metheny
• Metric Lips - Bela Fleck

Threads: April 9, 2009

• Threads - Paul Lansky
• Three European FolkSongs - Kit Mills
• Normandy Beach - David Gillingham 
• Suite for Solo Drumset - David Mancini

The Art of the Minimal : December 5, 2008

• In C - Terry Riley 
• Drumming Part I - Steve Reich
• 1 + 1 For Percussion - Phillip Glass 
• 15 years (After Reich) - David Macbride, World Premiere

Japanese Music for Percussion Ensemble: April 10, 2008

• Padma in Meditation - Akira Nishimura 
• Wind Across Mountains - Keiko Abe 
• Cross Hatch - Toru Takemitsu 
• Marimba Spiritual - Minoru Miki
• Kinocho Daiko - Minoru Miki 

The Nexus Project: November 29, 2007

• New-Thaan - Bob Becker
• Beat Ballet - Richard Levan
• La Negra - William Cahn 
• Marubatoo - John Wyre 
• Improvisation - Percussion Studio

Drumming: April 12, 2007

• Drumming - Steve Reich

Hands On: November 30, 2006

• Warthog no. 9 - Austin Wrinkle 
• Piru Bole - John Bergamo
• Rumba Clave - Robert Vizcaino 
• Musique de Table - Thierry de May
• Improvisation - Percussion Studio

Chamber Contemporain: April 20, 2006

• Trio Per Uno - Nebojsa Zivkovic
• Adriadne - Lou Harrison
• Idyll for the Misbegotten - George Crumb
• Composition for Three Voices - John Cage
• Crystal Cannon - James Tenney
• Clashmusik - Nicholas Huber

Against the Silence: December 1, 2005

• Strange Loops - Patrick Long
• Against the Silence - Thomas DeLio
• Five Islands - Ken Shorely (US Premiere)

Mallet Mania: April 29, 2005

• Marimba Spiritual - Minoru Miki
• Marimba Quartet Mvt. II - Matthew Briggs
• Omphalo Centric Lecture - Nigel Westlake
• Oh Beautiful - Gary Gackstatter
• Millett Music - Matthew Davidson
• Swedish Folk Song - arr. Cort McClaren
• Impetus - David J. Long

Accessories and Things: November 23, 2004

• Intentions - Eugene Novotney
• Crash Course - James Campbell
• Piru Bole - John Bergamo
• Steel Band Selections TBA

Lift-Off: April 29, 2004

• Lift-off - Russell Peck
• Appleblossom - Peter Garland
• Normandy Beach: 1944 – David Gillingham
• Amores - John Cage
• Autumn Scenes - Tom Morgan
• Story - John Cage

Global Influences: November 18, 2003

• Akadinda Trio - Emmanuel Sejourne
• Hoo – Daiko - Robert J. Damm
• Warthog no. 3 – Austin Wrinkle
• Mexican Marimba Tunes – arr. Steve Chavez
• Music for Pieces of Wood - Steve Reich