Nicholas Bonaccio [email protected] www.nickbonaccio.com EMPLOYMENT

Percussionist 2015-Present Madison Symphony Orchestra – Madison, WI • Prepare and perform orchestral music at the highest possible level • Act as principal percussionist in the absence of principal Anthony Di Sanza • Create and distribute part assignments to percussion section • Act as a liaison with Music Director John DeMain

Music Director 2016-Present Madison Area Concert Handbells – Madison, WI • Rehearse, conduct and select repertoire for Wisconsin’s premier auditioned handbell choir • Select and book performance venues in the Madison area for two ticketed concerts per year • Conduct auditions for new ringers

Director of Handbell Ensembles 2016-Present Bethany United Methodist Church – Madison, WI • Rehearse, conduct and select repertoire for Bethany’s adult and children’s handbell choirs • Lead handbell choirs in monthly performances at Bethany worship services • Maintain 5 octaves of Schulmerich handbells and 3 octaves of Suzuki hand chimes

Graduate Assistant 2014-2015 DePaul University Percussion Department – Chicago, IL • Schedule private lessons for a studio of 20 students among 7 adjunct faculty members • Email DePaul students, faculty, and staff with information pertaining to the percussion studio • Responsible for the maintenance & inventory of DePaul School of Music’s percussion equipment, including ordering replacement parts and submitting invoices for reimbursement

Shop Assistant 2014-2015 Century Mallet Instrument Service – Chicago, IL • Disassemble and refurbish antique mallet percussion instruments for clients worldwide • Pack and ship restored instruments to their owners

INTERNSHIP

Fall Creek Marimbas – Victor, NY 2013-2014 • Disassemble and refurbish antique mallet percussion instruments for clients worldwide • Pack and ship restored instruments to their owners

EDUCATION

DePaul University School of Music – Chicago, IL 2014-2015 Eastman School of Music – Rochester, NY 2010-2014 Bachelor of Music in Applied Percussion with Performer’s Certificate

DEGREE RECITAL

Bachelor of Music & Performer’s Certificate Recital Dec. 10, 2013 Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music – Rochester, NY Walkin’ Down Coolidge Joseph Tompkins Cheating, Lying, Stealing David Lang Variations on a Balkan Rhythm Nicholas Bonaccio Velocities Joseph Schwantner Pitch Drop David Gerhart Third Construction John Cage

PRINCIPAL TEACHERS

Marc Damoulakis – Percussion 2014-2015 Principal Percussionist, Cleveland Orchestra Eric Millstein – Percussion 2014-2015 Percussionist, Lyric Opera of Chicago David Herbert – Timpani 2014-2015 Principal Timpanist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Charles Ross – Timpani 2012-2014 Principal Timpanist, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Michael Burritt – Percussion & Marimba 2010-2014 Chair of Winds & Brass, Eastman School of Music

ADDITIONAL STUDIES

Ian Ding – Orchestral Percussion 2014-2015 Former Percussionist, Detroit Symphony Orchestra Bill Cahn – Orchestral Repertoire and Improvisation 2013-2014 NEXUS, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (ret.) Rich Thompson – Jazz Drum Set 2014 Associate Professor or Jazz Studies, Eastman School of Music Howard Potter – Jazz Vibraphone 2014 Associate Professor of Jazz Studies, Eastman School of Music Jacob Nissly – Orchestral Percussion 2011-2012 Principal Percussionist, San Francisco Symphony Jeremy Levine – Timpani & Percussion 2008-2010 Principal Timpanist, Vermont Symphony Orchestra Rich Magnuson – Drum Set & Percussion 2006-2010 Drummer and Bandleader, Swingin’ Vermont Big Band

ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE

Madison Symphony Orchestra – Section Percussionist 2015-Present Madison Opera Orchestra – Acting Principal Percussionist 2015-Present Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra – Extra Percussionist 2017-Present Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra – Extra Percussionist 2016-Present Rockford Symphony Orchestra – Extra Percussionist 2016-Present Civic Orchestra of Chicago – Associate Percussionist 2015-2016 DePaul Symphony Orchestra – Principal Percussionist 2014-2015 Vermont Symphony Orchestra – Extra Percussionist 2014-2015 Eastman Philharmonia – Percussionist & Timpanist 2012-2014

ORCHESTRAL AUDITIONS

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Semifinalist 2016 Madison Symphony Orchestra, Winner 2015 Austin Symphony Orchestra, Finalist 2015 Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Finalist 2015

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE EXPERIENCE

Clocks In Motion Percussion Quartet 2016-Present Substitute Member – Madison, WI DePaul University Contemporary Dance Intensive 2015 Percussion Accompanist; Lin Batsheva Kahn, director DePaul University Percussion Ensemble 2014-2015 Michael Kozakis, director DePaul University Wind Ensemble 2014-2015 Erica Neidlinger, conductor Eastman Percussion Ensemble 2012-2014 Michael Burritt, director Eastman Wind Ensemble 2012-2014 Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor

OSSIA New Music Ensemble 2010-2011 Rochester, NY

RECORDING EXPERIENCE

DePaul Symphony Orchestra: Le Chant du Rossignol ed. Boulez 2015 Cliff Colnot, conductor; DePaul University – Chicago, IL

Eastman Wind Ensemble: Trilogy 2014 Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor; Eastman School of Music – Rochester, NY

MUSICAL THEATER EXPERIENCE

WOZ: A Rock Cabaret 2016 Drum Set, Victory Gardens Biograph Theater – Chicago, IL André De Shields as The Wizard Motown The Musical 2016 Percussion, Broadway Across America – Madison, WI La Cage Aux Folles 2010 Drums Set, Lyric Theatre Company – Burlington, VT

SELECTED LARGE ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCES

I Hear A Symphony: Motown’s Greatest Hits 2017 Drum Set, Rockford Symphony Orchestra – Rockford, IL An Evening With Kristin Chenoweth 2017 Percussion, Rockford Symphony Orchestra – Rockford, IL Beyond The Score: Scheherazade 2017 Snare Drum, Madison Symphony Orchestra – Madison, WI Disney’s Fantasia in Concert 2016 Percussion, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra – Milwaukee, WI Beethoven’s Pastorale 2016 Principal Timpani, Madison Symphony Orchestra – Madison, WI Henning Kraggerud, soloist Chicago Festival of Gold 2016 2016 Percussionist; Symphony Center, Chicago, IL Vermont Symphony Orchestra Summer Tour: Spellbound 2015 Percussionist; Anthony Princiotti, conductor – Vermont, USA Concerto for Organ, Timpani, and Strings by Francis Poulenc 2015 In commemoration of the installation of a new Rodgers organ console Timpanist; First Congregational Church – Evanston, IL Brian Schoettler, soloist; Guillermo Muñoz Küster, conductor Paint The Town Red 2015 Percussionist, Chicago Children’s Choir – Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago, IL Josephine Lee, conductor DePaul Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Center 2015 Percussionist; Cliff Colnot, conductor – Symphony Center, Chicago, IL DePaul Wind Ensemble at US Bands Festival 2015 2015 Percussionist; Erica Neidlinger, conductor – Symphony Center, Chicago, IL Tage Larsen, soloist Eastman Philharmonia with Itzhak Perlman, violin 2014 Timpanist; Neil Varon, conductor – Kodak Hall, Rochester, NY

Eastman Wind Ensemble at Canada MusicFest Nationals 2013 2013 NEXUS Percussion, soloists; Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor – Toronto, ON, Canada Concerto for Orchestra by Béla Bartók 2013 Snare Drum, Eastman Philharmonia; Jerry Hou, conductor – Rochester, NY

SELECTED CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCES

Mallet Quartet by Steve Reich 2016 Clocks in Motion Percussion Quartet – Grace Episcopal Church, Madison, WI Postludes for Bowed Vibraphone by Elliot Cole & Music for Pieces of Wood by Steve Reich 2016 Chicago Civic Orchestra Percussion Quartet – Stony Island Arts Bank, Chicago, IL Sonata for Horn and Marimba by Charles Taylor 2015 Parker Nelson, horn – DePaul Recital Hall, Chicago, IL Pegasus by Ben Wahlund 2015 Snare Drum soloist, DePaul Percussion Ensemble – Chicago, IL Ionisation by Edgard Varèse DePaul Wind Ensemble; Cliff Colnot, conductor – Chicago, IL 2015 & Eastman Percussion Ensemble; Michael Burritt, conductor – Rochester, NY 2014 Intégrales by Edgard Varèse 2015 Percussion, DePaul Wind Ensemble; Cliff Colnot, conductor – Chicago, IL La Création du Monde by Darius Milhaud 2014 Percussion, DePaul Wind Ensemble; Erica Neidlinger, conductor – Chicago, IL Third Construction by John Cage 2013 Eastman Percussion Ensemble Showcase Concert 2013 Percussive Arts Society International Convention – Indianapolis, IN Oiseaux Exotiques by Olivier Messiaen 2013 Percussionist, Rest Is Noise; Kevin Fitzgerald, conductor – Rochester, NY Stonewave by Rolf Wallin 2013 Eastman Percussion Ensemble – Rochester, NY Music for Winds by Stanisław Skrowaczewski 2013 Timpani, Eastman Wind Ensemble; H. Robert Reynolds, conductor – Rochester, NY Inuksuit by John Luther Adams 2013 Doug Perkins, coordinator; Greentopia Festival 2013 – High Falls, Rochester, NY On Tap: Original Music With Dance 2012 Jennifer Bellor, composer; Tomasz Arnold & Nick Bonaccio, percussion; Aaron Staebell, drums; Alex Dugdale, tap dancer – Rochester, NY Hamburg Concerto by György Ligeti 2012 Ossia New Music; Lizz Porter, soloist – Rochester, NY Eastman Percussion Ensemble with Bob Becker 2011 Bob Becker, xylophone soloist – Kilbourn Hall, Rochester, NY Folk Songs by Luciano Berio 2011 Sophia Burgos, mezzo-soprano; Ossia New Music – Rochester, NY

Khorovod by Julian Anderson 2011 Ossia New Music – Rochester, NY

COMPOSITION

Variations on a Balkan Rhythm for solo percussion 2011 Premiered by Peter Ferry, percussion – Rochester, NY

COMMISSIONS & PREMIERES

Shock Wave by Jason Krug 2017 Commissioned & premiered by Madison Area Concert Handbells Nick Bonaccio, music director – Madison, WI Charlie Parker’s Yardbird by Daniel Schnyder 2017 Percussionist, Midwest Premiere, Madison Opera – Madison, WI Three Pieces for Orchestra by Thomas Dougherty 2013 Premiered by the Eastman Philharmonia Neil Varon, conductor – Kodak Hall, Rochester, NY Six by Ivan Trevino 2012 Commissioned & premiered by the Eastman Percussion Ensemble Michael Burritt, director – Kodak Hall, Rochester, NY Jugalbandi by Lena Nietfeld & Crónica de una Vuelta by Theocharis Papatrechas 2012 Premiered by the Eastman Composer’s Sinfonietta Daniel Bassin & Jason Thorpe Buchanan, conductors – Rochester, NY

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Director of Children’s Handbells 2016-Present Bethany United Methodist Church – Madison, WI • Instruct children ages 6-10 in the basics of musical notation and handbell ringing techniques • Direct the Children’s Handbell Choir in monthly performances during Sunday worship services Masterclass: “How To Prepare for Your First Professional Audition” 2017 University of Wisconsin, Madison – Madison, WI Substitute Percussion Instructor 2014 Hochstein School of Music & Dance – Rochester, NY

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Percussive Arts Society, member 2012-Present Handbell Musicians of America, member 2017-Present

SEMINARS & CONVENTIONS ATTENDED

Madison Handbell Week Seminar 2017 David Weck, clinician – Madison, WI

Wisconsin Day of Percussion 2017 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) 2011 & 2013 Indianapolis, IN Boston Tanglewood Institute Percussion Seminar 2010 Tim Genis & W. Lee Vinson, directors – Lenox, MA

ONLINE MEDIA

Our Favorite Things by Madison Area Concert Handbells 2017 Nick Bonaccio, music director – Asbury Church, Madison, WI Variations on a Balkan Rhythm performed by Peter Ferry 2015 Nick Bonaccio, composer; Cooper Vacheron, videographer Tucking a Calfskin Head 2015 Tutorial video – Chicago, IL Escape by Drew Worden 2014 Six custom triangles fabricated by Bonaccio Percussion Setup Shots: Nick Bonaccio – Little Threepenny Music 2014 Posted on www.themillermachine.com