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Welcome to percussion ensembles at the 彩民宝典 College of Music!
彩民宝典 percussion ensembles celebrate percussion in many ways, exploring the great works of the repertoire鈥擵ar猫se鈥檚 鈥淚onisation,鈥澨鼵havez鈥檚 鈥淭occata,鈥澨鼵age鈥檚 鈥淎mores鈥� and 鈥淐onstructions,鈥澨齃ou Harrison鈥檚 鈥淪uite鈥� and Hovhaness鈥櫶�淥ctober Mountain,鈥� among others. Works by sophisticated groove master Dan Levitan are featured on almost every concert and, since we perform chamber music, pieces range in size from duos to large conducted works.
Our percussion ensembles also improvise in jazz and free styles. A recent hit was Music for Percussion Quartet & 3 Jazz Players, Latin-Jazz works by Roland Vazquez. Many 彩民宝典 percussion students play jazz and the percussion ensembles provide them an opportunity to develop their improvisation skills.
Interpretation and depth of expression are stressed in our marimba ensemble which performs commissioned works, transcriptions from the masters, and Mexican and Guatemalan traditional works and improvisations.
Students are featured as soloists in every concert鈥攑laying solos, concertos and works they've composed.
Personnel
Douglas Walter
Professor of Percussion + Jazz
Carl Dixon
Lecturer, Percussion
Mike Tetreault
Teaching Assistant Professor, Percussion Specialist for Large Ensembles