Vol. 2, No. 2, April 2015 VALERIE NARANJO WORLD PERCUSSION GROUP HOTLICKS: JAZZ VIBES TMEA 2015 • Creating a Percussion Seminar • Summer Workshops People in Percussion: Oral History Project • Product Showcase • R!SoloRHYTHM! SCENE 1 APRIL 2015 APRIL 2015 2 RHYTHM! SCENE TM RHYTHM! SCENE THE NEWSLETTER OF THE PAS The Percussive Arts Society (PAS) Mission Statement: To inspire, educate, and support percussionists and drummers throughout the world. Rhythm! Scene is published six times a year: February, April, June, August, October and December by the Percussive Arts Society. IN THIS ISSUE Valerie Naranjo: Breaking Boundaries R!S STAFF by Megan Arns Megan Arns, Rhythm! Scene Editor HotLicks: Snare Drum Warm-up Routine Rick Mattingly, Senior Editor by William James Hillary Henry, Publications Production Manager TMEA 2015 by Lauren Vogel Weiss Marianella Moreno, Publishing and Digital Media Operations HotLicks: Beginning Steps to Jazz Vibraphone: Triad Exercises in the Circle R!S ADVERTISING of 5ths Staci Stokes-Waites [email protected] by Tyler Tolles WAVES: Third Coast Percussion Explores PAS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE the Science Behind Sound Dr. Julie Hill, President by Robert Dillon Dr. Brian Zator, President-Elect A Worldwide Day of “In C” George Barrett, First Vice President by Amy Garapic Dr. Paul Buyer, Second Vice President People in Percussion: Oral History Project Dr. Chris Hanning, Secretary by Lauren Vogel Weiss John R. Beck, Immediate Past President In Memoriam: Lennie DiMuzio Jeff Hartsough, Executive Director R!Solo: Mountain Climbing for Xylophone or Marimba CONTACT PAS by Josh Gottry 110 W. Washington Street, Suite A, Indianapolis, IN 46204 Going Global: Maraca2 and the World Telephone: (317) 974-4488 • Fax (317) 974-4499 Percussion Group E-mail: [email protected] • Web: www.pas.org by Jeff Hewitt Creating a Percussion Seminar: An Interview with Ted Atkatz BECOME A PAS SUBSCRIBER by Danielle Squyres Heartland Marimba Festival and Academy: A Marimba Festival with a COPYRIGHT © 2015 by the Percussive Arts Society. Reproduction of any part Multi-faceted Mission of this publication without permission from PAS is prohibited by law. by Matthew Coley NEW OUTLOOK. NEW MISSION. NEW VISION. BY JEFFREY HARTSOUGH, PAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR eeting monthly, the new Board of Directors has Outreach Mbeen busy at work re-evaluating PAS’s current state Inspiring current and future generations by providing of affairs and outlook for future plans of the PAS and the opportunity to experience music making and music Rhythm! Discovery Center. appreciation. As a very important first step in this process, we drilled down to the very core of the organization. It was Relationships decided it would be crucial to update the Mission, Vision, Promoting friendships and camaraderie amongst percus- and Value Statements before we could clearly establish a sionists, drummers, and the music industry, while building new path. bonds with our local and global communities. At the March meeting, PAS’s new Mission, Vision, and Value Statements were approved and adopted. These Preservation will serve as our guide in making all future decisions for Ensuring the historical integrity of our art form and our the direction of PAS. It’s my privilege to share them with organization. you. YOU’RE INVITED TO PASIC 2015 PAS: A COMMUNITY IN RHYTHM! Join PAS in San Antonio, Texas, November 11–14, for MISSION the largest drum and percussion event in the world: the To inspire, educate, and support percussionists and drum- Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC)! mers throughout the world. Featuring over 120 concerts, clinics, master classes, labs, workshops, panels, and presentations, alongside the VISION International Drum & Percussion Expo, which features To be the global leader in percussion and drumming by providing unparalleled and interactive resources and experiences in percussion education, performance, and research. VALUES Innovation Cultivating, encouraging, and embracing opportunities that foster the advancement and diversification of music and people. VIP All Access Education Exemplifying high standards and sharing resources for PASS percussion teaching, performing, pedagogy, and research. PASS APRIL 2015 4 RHYTHM! 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There’s limited space available in every category, so apply Hotels soon! Make your PASIC hotel reservations NOW to get the • Individual Competition best deals and your preferred location! You no longer • Small Ensemble Competition need to preregister or have a code to reserve your room; • Interactive Clinic simply visit http://www.wynjade.com/pasic15 or call the • Marching Drumlines and Standstill Competition PASIC Housing Bureau at (877) 557-5332 (U.S. and Cana- • 2015 DrumLine Battle da) or (972) 349-5856 (international). PASIC Scholarships On behalf of the PAS Board of Directors and Board If you want to attend PASIC ’15, but need financial of Advisors, we sincerely appreciate your ongoing work assistance, apply for one of our several PASIC Scholar- in the percussive arts around the world. We encourage ships! Recipients will be awarded PASIC registration, a you to be more involved in your local chapters as well as PASIC souvenir T-shirt, and $500 toward the cost of trans- the many committees within the PAS at the national level. portation/lodging! An applicant must be an active PAS Please join us in San Antonio this November! subscriber at the Backstage Pass, VIP Pass, or All Access Pass level at time of application, and if selected, during PASIC ’15. The deadline to apply is June 12, so start your application today! Contests/Competitions Enter one of the Percussive Arts Society’s contests Jeffrey Hartsough and competitions for a chance to perform at PASIC ’15! PAS Executive Director • 2015 All-Star International Percussion Ensemble. Dead- line: April 15 • International Percussion Ensemble Competition. Dead- line, April 15 • International Middle School/Junior High School Percus- sion Ensemble. Deadline: April 15 • World Percussion Ensemble Competition. Deadline: April 15 • PAS International Percussion Solo Competition 2015. Deadline: May 15 • Concert Chamber Percussion Ensemble Competi- tion. Deadline: September 18 RHYTHM! SCENE 5 APRIL 2015 VALERIE NARANJO: Breaking Boundaries BY MEGAN ARNS midst the hype surrounding the later, I received a phone mes- make changes that could bring A40-year anniversary of NBC’s sage from Lenny saying, “We the show back onto its feet. Saturday Night Live, an individual really hope that you’re in town One of the changes that the was also celebrating her 20-year an- because we’ve been consid- music department wanted to niversary as a member of the famed ering you for SNL all summer.” make was to add a percussion- SNL Band. Valerie Naranjo has been At this time, NBC was about to ist to the band. The produc- the percussionist and mallet spe- drop the show, but they were tion department said, “Oh no, cialist in the SNL Band for 20 years, giving the producers a year to we don’t have money to add and is in fact the sole person to have held this position. Rhythm! Scene: Playing on SNL’s 40-year anniversary show must have been a milestone perfor- mance for you. How did you first land this gig? Valerie: This is my twentieth season at SNL, and it truly has been an honor. I met Lenny Pickett, one of the musical directors and tenor saxophonist for the band, through a mutual comrade in the Phillip Glass En- semble, which I played in from 1988–2000. I ran into Lenny in Drummer’s World, a drum shop in New York City. He said, “It’s interesting that you and I are meeting right now, because we were looking for your name in the union book and we real- photo ized you weren’t a member of by the union!” Lenny was looking Salvino for two percussionists to ac- company his band, the Borneo Horns, to Frankfurt, Germany. Campos Needless to say, I joined the union shortly thereafter! In August 1995, years Valerie in her percussion studio APRIL 2015 6 RHYTHM! SCENE another person. We’re cutting the budget. How can you add a “Valerie Naranjo will be there every week, jamming musician at this point?” in the usual whirl of energy and passion that While they were going back and forth, I coinciden- makes her one of the most accomplished tally was also going back and percussionists in New York.” forth internally in a crisis of —Jared Cobb, DRUM! Magazine identity all summer. I was thinking, “Maybe I shouldn’t be a professional percussionist that’s when I got the call to join the world. One of the things because I’ve been trying this SNL. It was a real metaphysical Lenny wanted from a percus- for a long time and I wonder proof for me that we need to sionist was unusual sights and if my failures are outweighing believe in ourselves. timbres. I have Native Ameri- my successes.” This makes me can instruments from friends laugh now because I was so R!S: What does your percussion and family, three congas, two young.