“African Market Place” (A. Ibrahim) was one of the highlights, performed by A. Reumers (alto people and places saxophone) and Tim Dirrix (marimba) The au- dience rewarded them with a standing ovation. The event was organized and sponsored by BRAZIL including guitarist Marc Ribot, saxophonist PAS, Beurskens Percussion Music Edition, n June 18, percussionist and composer Ney Marty Ehrlich and bassist Greg Cohen along Adams Drumworld, Slagwerkadviesbureau ORosauro premiered his new orchestral with the National Orchestra de Lyon at Les Nu- Mordant, Clubmet (hotel) and Harmonie St. Da- piece, “Serenata” for vibes/marimba (one its de Fourviere festival in Lyon on July 6. The vid Voerendaal. player) and orchestra, with the Orquestra do performance featured the music of classic film Theatro Sao Pedro em Porto Alegre, Brazil, composer Bernard Herrmann and took place SPAIN under the direction of Antonio Carlos Cunha. outdoors in the city’s ancient 4,000-seat Roman n June 16 at the 2nd Percussion Festival The work received a standing ovation and the Amphitheater. O“Baketes,” OSA Percussion Quartet entire concert was later broadcast nationwide (Juan Ponsoda, Antonio Sola, Enrique Gon- by Educativa TV. Rosauro also performed his THE NETHERLANDS zalez and Juan F. Carrillo) under the direction vibraphone concerto, which was recorded for a he Netherlands PAS Chapter held its Days of Angel Ll. Ferrando, presented a program future CD. Tof Percussion May 5–6 in Voerendaal. titled “VoiceDrum” at Centre Cultural El Molí The event was organized by PAS Netherlands in Benetusser, Valencia with guest soloists CANADA chapter president Michel Mordant in coopera- Pedro Estevan (bodhran) and Pep Sellés (nar- n May, Toronto-based TorQ Percussion tion with Lei Dirrix, Hans Beurskens, Paul rator). The program included “Thiès” by Pere J. IQuartet traveled to Vancouver, BC, to par- Bouten and others. Master classes, private les- Puértolas, “Mantra II” by Ramon Humet, “Let- ticipate as percussion clinicians at MusicFest sons and concerts were held at De Borenburg. ter to the Sun” by Marta Ptaszynska, “Esclats” 2007, a national competition for high school Guest artists were Raymond Herveille by Angel Ll. Ferrando and “Standup Shadow” music students, with close to 7,500 attending (Netherlands) on drumset, Theodore Milkov by Mark Ford. from across the country. Members Richard (Greece) on marimba and Robert Brenner Burrows, Jamie Drake, Christa Mercey (Germany) on snare drum. Brenner and Milkov UK and Daniel Morphy performed a solo concert highlighted the concert on Saturday night, op UK metal drummer Dan Foord has at the Chan Centre on the University of Brit- which opened with a marimba ensemble (20 Tjoined the teaching faculty at UK school ish Columbia campus, and taught five clinics marimbas and approximately 35 players) di- Drumtech. Dan will have regular slots available throughout the week, including a mock audition rected by Mordant. A Deagan Artist Special 262 for private lessons concentrating solely on metal and tips on “How to succeed at your college au- xylophone (made between 1919–21 and totally drumming. Dan plays in UK metal band SiKth, dition.” TorQ also joined the National Concert restored by Paul Bouten) was one of the instru- whose two albums have garnered substantial Band for a performance of the third movement ments used by this ensemble. critical acclaim. The band has headlined around of William Kraft’s “Concerto for Four Percus- Saturday concerts were played by Per- the world as well as providing support for sion and Wind Ensemble.” TorQ’s appearance cussion-ensemble School of Music Weert American Head Charge, Kittie, The Dillinger, was made possible by Yamaha Canada Music (directed by Frank Radermakers) and Per- Escape Plan, Anthrax, Kill Switch Engage and and Innovative Percussion. cussion-ensemble School of Music Kreato, Machine Head. Dan has performed and held Thorn (directed by Mordant). The Sunday con- master classes at Drummer Live, Drumfest and FRANCE cert was a collaboration by Percussiongroup St the Bath Rhythm course. ew York-based percussionist Erik David Voerendaal (directed by Radermakers) NCharlston performed with a jazz group and the Young Voices. Stengaard’s arragement USA ALABAMA n June 20, Todd Sucherman, drummer Ofor Styx, presented a clinic at Art’s Music Shop in Birmingham, Alabama. Special thanks to Art’s Music Shop and Brad Sloan for making the clinic possible. Thanks also to the Alabama PAS chapter, Chris Moore and Todd’s sponsor- ing companies: Pearl, Pro-Mark, Remo and Sabian. ARIZONA he University of Arizona Wind Ensemble Trecorded the wind ensemble version of the Philip Glass “Concerto Fantasy for Two Tim- panists and Orchestra,” arranged by Mark Lortz and conducted by Gregg Hanson, with Gary Cook and Jonathan Haas as soloists. The CD will be released on Albany Records in the fall of 2007. CALIFORNIA alifornia PAS and the Pacific Symphony TorQ members (L–R) Richard Burrows, Daniel Morphy, Jamie Drake and Christa Mercey at Cco-hosted a Day of Percussion on June 2 MusicFest Canada 2007. in the Segerstron Concert Hall in Costa Mesa. SEPTEMBER 2007 6 PERCUSSION NEWS www.pas.org L–R: Gary Cook, Jonathan Haas, Gregg Hanson and Mark Lortz at the recording session for the wind ensemble version of the Philip Glass “Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra.” (L–R) Bill Cahn, California PAS president Kelly Johnson, Robin Engelman and Bob Becker at the California Day of Percussion. Chapter president Kelly Johnson presided over Russell Hartenberger and Garry Kvistad the event. The day opened with four percussion and Pacific Symphony Principal Percussionist ensembles performing for a critique: California Robert Slack. State University-Fullerton (Todd Miller, di- The afternoon featured three percussion rector), River City College (Steven Schmidt, workshops by the remaining Nexus members: director), Huntington Beach High School “Xylophone History and Performance” by Bob (Gregg Gilboe, director), and San Marcos Becker, “Small Percussion Instruments in the High School (Matthew Armstrong, director). Orchestra” by Bill Cahn and “A History of The adjudicators were Nexus percussionists the Snare Drum” by Robin Engelman. These www.pas.org PERCUSSION NEWS 7 SEPTEMBER 2007 workshops were co-sponsored by Pearl, Zild- for the camp were Mike Lynch, Scott Brown sues of sound production, listening, movement jian, Innovative Percussion and Malletech. and Travis Downs. The four-day camp gave the and communication, as well as effective practice That evening (as well as the previous two students an opportunity to attend master classes habits. Following the clinic, students’ perfor- nights), Nexus was featured with the Pacific on a variety of percussion instruments and con- mance included works by Beck, Casella, and Symphony under the direction of Carl St. cluded with a concert for parents and friends. Davila. Pan concluded the concert with pieces Clair. They performed “From me flows what The camp was sponsored by Evans, Vic Firth, by Musser, Stout, Burritt and Bach. you call Time” by Toru Takemitsu, “Music for Remo, Ross, Ken Stanton Music and Zildjian. Pieces of Wood” by Steve Reich, and their own INDIANA arrangement of the traditional “Tongues.” The ILLINOIS ohn Tafoya and Kevin Bobo will join the other soloist was the Pacific Symphony’s Slack, uei-Yuan Pan recently served as guest JIndiana University Jacobs School of Music who played “Concert Piece for Snare Drum and Hclinician and performing artist at the Zion percussion department this fall. Jacobs alumnus Orchestra” by Áskell Másson and was featured Conservatory of Music for Jump Start’s Spring Tafoya, Principal Timpanist for the National in Ravel’s “Bolero.” Concert in Zion. Jump Start provides educa- Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C., since tional and performance venues for local fifth- 1999 and Director of Percussion Studies at the exus performed four diverse programs at through eighth-grade students in Lake Villa, University of Maryland School of Music, will Nthe Ojai (CA) Music Festival, June 8–10. Vernon Hills and Gurnee. In a one-hour master become Professor of Music (percussion), pend- The first concert featured Bartok’s “Sonata class, Pan discussed developing fundamental ing approval by IU trustees. Kevin Bobo, As- for Two Pianos and Percussion,” “Sonata per principles for the young musician, including is- sistant Professor of Percussion at the University sei” by Hungarian composer Peter Eötvös, and Stravinsky’s “Les Noces,” in which percussion- ists Jan Williams and Thomas Morris joined the ensemble. During the second concert the Japanese silent film A Page of Madness (1926) by Tienosuke Kinugasa was presented with live musical accompaniment by Nexus composed by Nexus member Bill Cahn. On June 9, Nexus led a “Creative Music Making Workshop, which was open to the public and focused on freeform improvisation. On June 10, Nexus performed a solo concert featuring “Telisi Odyssey” by Russell Harten- berger, “The Birds” by Bill Cahn and “Blue Sky” by Canadian composer Linda Catlin Smith. The program also included drumming based on 18th-century military music and on West African styles. FLORIDA he first annualNey Rosauro Mallets and TPercussion Summer Camp, hosted by Jeff Moore, took place at University of Central Flor- ida in Orlando June 3–9. In addition to Rosauro and Moore, the faculty included Dr. John Parks IV and Brian Potts. Twenty-five students from all over the U.S. attended the week-long camp, which focused on a wide variety of percussion Participants of the first annual Ney Rosauro Mallets and Percussion Summer Camp. instruments and the harmonic and compositional aspects of Rosauro’s main solo pieces and con- certi. The camp was a huge success and all the par- ticipants gave overwhelming positive feedback about their experience. One attendee stated, “This was one of the best musical experiences I have had. I really enjoyed the amount of in- formation covered on marimba, vibraphone, or- chestral percussion and Latin/Brazilian music.” The event was sponsored by Yamaha, Vic Firth, Pro-Mark, Remo and Sabian.