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cover photo: The Ithaca College Percussion Ensemble; Terry Hulick, director.
April 1965 Percussion Ensemble concert (George Andrix, Concert for
Percussion premiere), Ford Hall, Ithaca College; Ithaca, NY.
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Table
of
Contents
Table
of
Contents
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iii
Preface
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iv
Ithaca
College
Percussion
Faculty
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1
Warren
Benson
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2
Terry
Hulick
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3
Paul
Price
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3
John
(Robin)
Engelman
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4
Jack
Moore
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4
Douglas
Igelsrud
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5
William
Youhass
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5
Gary
Rockwell
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6
Gordon
Stout
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7
Ted
Rounds
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7
Robert
Bridge
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8
Conrad
Alexander
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8
Greg
Evans
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9
Ithaca
College
Notable
Alumni
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10
Ithaca
College
Percussion
Ensemble
Premieres
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12
Ithaca
College
Percussion
Studio
Guest
Artists
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13
Ithaca
College
Percussion
Photos
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14
Bibliography
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20
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Preface
The Ithaca School of Music Percussion Studio Portfolio is a comprehensive
history of Ithaca College’s percussion studio. The majority of the information obtained
came from past concert programs from the Ithaca College School of Music archives,
which date as far back as 1924. Gordon Stout, Kirsten Hampton (Warren Benson’s
daughter), and Robin Engelman were key sources in the collection of data that was used
to create this portfolio.
5. 1
Ithaca
College
Percussion
Faculty
1892 – 1953
No percussion program
1953 – 1964 (continued at IC on composition faculty until 1967)
Warren Benson (d. 2005)
1964 – 1966
Terry Hulick
1966 – 1967
Paul Price (d. 1986)
1967 – 1968
John (Robin) Engelman
1968 – 1970
Jack Moore
1970 – 1971
Douglas Igelsrud
1971 – 1979
William Youhass
1979 – 1980
Gary Rockwell
1980 – present
Gordon Stout
1989 – 1995
Ted Rounds*
1995 – 2000
Robert Bridge*
2000 – present
Conrad Alexander*
2011 – present
Greg Evans
*Adjunct faculty
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Warren
Benson
1953 – 1964
The distinguished composer Warren Benson (1924-2005) is best known for his
innovative and expressive music for wind ensemble and his finely wrought song cycles.
With such striking works as The Leaves Are Falling (1964), The Solitary Dancer (1966),
The Passing Bell (1974) and Symphony II-Lost Songs (1983), Benson created
compositions for band and wind ensemble that are masterworks in the repertoire and
acclaimed as “among the most important of this century” (United States Marine Band,
Bicentennial Collection). His fondness for contemporary poetry led him to write a large
body of solo vocal music, much of it for voices with instruments. Benson set to music the
poetry of many recognized poets including Tennessee Williams, Kenneth Patchen, May
Swenson, Earle Birney, Octavio Paz, and perhaps most memorably, Louise Bogan (Five
Lyrics of Louise Bogan [1977], for mezzo soprano and flute), along with Shadow Wind
(1968; revised 1992/93), also a masterpiece in its revised version for mezzo-soprano and
wind ensemble.
From his early days as a percussionist and timpanist for the Detroit Symphony,
Benson was captivated by the variety of sounds percussion instruments can produce and
used these in compositions for winds ensemble and a wide variety of music for chamber
ensembles. His catalog includes over 150 compositions touching on almost all significant
genres of music. His music has been performed in more than 50 countries throughout the
world and some 30 works have been recorded.
A graduate of the University of Michigan, Benson received four Fulbright grants,
and was the author and director of the first pilot project of the Ford Foundation’s
Contemporary Music Project, whose aim was to create new music for schools. He was
also honored with a John Simon Guggenheim Composer Fellowship, National
Endowment for the Arts composer commissions and the Diploma de Honor from the
Republic of Argentina. He held three residencies at the MacDowell Colony, was elected
to the National Band Association Academy of Wind and Percussion Arts in 1988, and the
Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame in 2003. Benson was also a founding member of
the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles.
Warren Benson was Professor of Percussion and Composition for fourteen years
at Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York. In 1967 he became Professor of Composition at the
Eastman School of Music, and was named Kilbourn Distinguished Professor and
University Mentor. From 1986-88, he served as Meadows Distinguished Visiting
Professor of Composition at Southern Methodist University. He then returned to Eastman
where he taught until his retirement as Professor Emeritus in 1993 (Hampton Consulting
& Film).
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Terry
Hulick
1964 – 1966
Terry Hulick came to Ithaca College to study with Warren Benson after meeting
him at the Brevard Music Camp in North Carolina. Hulick attended Ithaca alongside
percussionists such as Robin Engelman and George Andrix. After teaching percussion at
Ithaca College from spring of 1964 to 1966, Hulick went on to play percussion in the
Louisville Orchestra. After the Louisville Orchestra, Hulick studied conducting in
Austria. Following his travels, he briefly taught percussion in Memphis, Tennessee. He
is now currently living in Jacksonville, Florida (Engelman).
Paul
Price
1966 - 1967
Paul Price was a native of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. After his early percussion
studies, he attended the New England Conservatory of Music where his exposure to the
works of Varese and contact with visiting artist Henry Cowell aroused his interest in
percussion ensemble music. Upon receiving his diploma in 1942, he spent four years in
the U.S. Army after which he resumed his musical career, taking the position of First
Percussionist and xylophone soloist with Frank Simon's Band (1946 to 1949). He earned
his B.Mus (1948) and M.Mus (1949) from Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
Price taught percussion at the University of Illinois from 1949 until 1956,
establishing the first accredited college percussion ensemble course. He championed the
percussion works of Cowell, Varese, Roldan, Harrison, Cage, Antheil, and others. He
created a performing environment that stimulated an extraordinary interest in
composition for percussion, both among established composers and among his own
students. Price's influential publishing firm, Music for Percussion, was founded during
this time.
In 1955 he moved to the Eastern United States, performing, conducting, and
publishing while holding teaching positions at Boston University, Ithaca College, Newark
State College, and beginning in 1957 and continuing until his death in 1986, the
Manhattan School of Music. He had a remarkable ability to attract talented students, and
the Manhattan Percussion Ensemble and his own Paul Price Percussion Ensemble
received international acclaim. He premiered hundreds of compositions and made
numerous recordings both as player and conductor. Composers eagerly sent him new
works, hoping for performance or desiring publication by one of his two publishing
companies, Music for Percussion and Paul Price Publications.
Paul Price wrote two textbooks, Beginning Snare Drum Method and Techniques
for Playing Triangle, Tambourine, and Castagnettes, and numerous percussion
compositions, mostly of an educational nature. He was well known as a lecturer,
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reviewer, and author of journal articles. In 1975 the Percussive Arts Society inducted him
into its Hall of Fame, and in 1977, the National Association of American Composers and
Conductors awarded him a citation for his "outstanding contribution to American music."
These two awards describe Paul Price's importance to contemporary percussion. It is
doubtful if the percussion ensemble would have achieved its present status and level of
attainment without the influence he had on its literature and performance practices
(Fairchild).
John
(Robin)
Engelman
1967 - 1968
Robin Engelman studied percussion and composition with Warren Benson at
Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York. He then taught percussion at Ithaca College, the
Eastman School of Music Preparatory Department and York University, Toronto.
Robin’s long relationship with Nexus as a founding member led to his induction into the
Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame and to receiving the Toronto Arts Award and the
Banff School of Fine Arts Donald Cameron Medal.
Nexus was formed in the early part of the 1970s by six percussionists and remains
today a hallmark name in percussion and contemporary music. Nexus toured the world
after its career was launched with the help of Professor Warren Benson and was propelled
to international recognition by its association with Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu.
Takemitsu arranged tours of Japan and wrote a major work for percussion and symphony
orchestra, From me flows what you call Time, a work which Nexus performed close to
100 times with major orchestras and conductors world wide.
Nexus has championed the works of American composer Steve Reich, Canadian
composer Bruce Mather, Japanese composer Jo Kondo as well has commissioned works
by other international composers. Nexus writes a substantial amount of its concert
repertoire and gives clinics, workshops and master classes for many of the major
universities in North America, Great Britain and Europe. Nexus was the first western
percussion ensemble to perform in the People’s Republic of China (Engelman, About).
Jack
Moore
1968 – 1970
In 1965 Jack Moore became the Rochester Philharmonic’s new principal
percussionist to replace Norman Fickett, who went to the Detroit Symphony. Jack Moore
stayed in Rochester for two seasons before leaving to join the Philadelphia Chamber
Orchestra (Cahn).
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Douglas
Igelsrud
1970 – 1971
Douglas Igelsrud kept Syracuse Symphony audiences on the edge of their seat
from September, 1971 to August, 2005 with the thundering sound that emanates from
those glorious brass colored kettle drums (better known as timpani). Mr. Igelsrud holds
Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the University of Miami and from the University of
Iowa. He did advanced study at the Cleveland Institute of Music with his mentor,
Cleveland Orchestra Timpanist Cloyd Duff, and performed in the Institute Orchestra
under the baton of James Levine. He has also played with the San Antonio Symphony,
Colorado Philharmonic, and the Birmingham Symphony (Percussion Music Online).
William
Youhass
1971 – 1979
Bill Youhass is the mallet keyboard tuner behind Fall Creek Marimbas. A native
of Teaneck, New Jersey, Youhass first became interested in percussion when some
friends of his joined a local drum and bugle corps. He began to study percussion during
grade school and soon started taking snare drum lessons at the local music store. His
teacher was New York Philharmonic percussionist Buster Bailey.
Youhass received a Bachelor of Music degree in performance from Ithaca
College, where he studied with Warren Benson. He continued his education with Jack
MacKenzie at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, where he received a
master’s degree. In the fall of 1967, Youhass took a job teaching percussion at what was
then Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis) and played with the
symphony and opera.
Three years later, Youhass left Memphis to study woodworking in the hopes of
learning to build his own quality marimbas. He apprenticed with craftsmen in upstate
New York. That same year, 1971, Youhass accepted the position of Percussion Instructor
at his alma mater in Ithaca, not far from where he was living. He moved to Ithaca and
continued to build marimbas. The first one he sold was to his former teacher, Warren
Benson. Soon, students began bringing Youhass their keyboards for him to tune. In 1973,
he named his fledgling business (Fall Creek Marimbas) after the Fall Creek Gorge, which
feeds into the Ithaca Falls.
Following nine years in Ithaca, Youhass, along with Jim Culley, joined Al Otte on
the faculty at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music in Ohio and as
a member of The Percussion Group Cincinnati, Artists-In-Residence at the school. For
the next six years, Youhass and the ensemble taught as well as toured throughout the
United Sates and Europe. In 1982, Youhass went to Japan to work for the Custom Music
Company, who import and sell Korogi marimbas and xylophones. After six years in
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Cincinnati, Youhass returned to upstate New York in 1985 to focus his efforts on Fall
Creek Marimbas full-time, concentrating on tuning, refinishing, and repairing keyboards.
He also began making his K-100 series of glockenspiels. As his business grew, Youhass
quit playing for seven years. That changed when he went to a steel drum workshop in
California being run by Eugene Novotney, a former student. Youhass now leads his own
15-piece steel band, frequently playing at parties and concerts (Vogel Weiss).
Gary
Rockwell
1979 – 1980
Gary Rockwell has played percussion instruments since the fifth grade in upstate
NY. He began taking lessons with students of Warren Benson of Ithaca College. His
earliest teachers include Robin Engelman, then a student at Ithaca College, now of Nexus
fame, and Gene Attleson in Cortland, NY. Gary then studied with John Alling, another IC
grad and drum corp drummer with the Geneva Appleknockers Drum Corps of Geneva,
NY, and Doug Bascom, snare drummer with the Appleknockers. While in high school he
played in the Syracuse Bridgadiers Drum and Bugle Corps under legendary rudimental
drummer, Bobby Thompson.
Gary was accepted to the School of Music at Ithaca College in 1965. He had the
opportunity to study with Terry Hulick, Paul Price, Robin Engelman and timpanist of the
Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia, Jack Moore. While a student at IC, Gary performed
with the Concert Band, Jazz Band, Orchestra, Percussion Ensemble and Phi Mu Alpha
Sinfonia ensembles. The Concert Band premiered " Music for Prague 1969" by Pulitzer
Prize Winner, Karel Husa and he worked closely with Mr. Husa and the percussion
section. Gary performed under Karel Husa, Kenneth Snapp, Walter Beeler, Greg Smith,
Thomas Mikalak, Steve Brown, and Ed Gobrecht. He attained the positions of principal
percussionist in the concert band and orchestra and was the orchestra manager and soloist
in his senior year. His drum set experience was expanded performing with Que Pasa
under leader Steve Brown and he worked with Joe Bouchard who became the bass player
for the Blue Oyster Cult after college.
Career decision time arrived in 1969, graduating with a Bachelor of Music in
Music Education (Percussion), he was accepted both at Temple University for a master's
degree and The U.S. Army Band, Pershing's Own in Washington, D.C. In the summer of
1969 he studied with Charles Owen, Principal Percussionist of the Philadelphia Orchestra
and Jack Moore at the Temple University Ambler Festival, performing in percussion
ensembles, chamber music and the student orchestra. Gary decided to accept the position
in the Army Band and to study at Catholic University of America while in the service.
Gary filled the opening created by the retirement after 30 some years of Vince Battista, a
student of Gus Moeller. Initial study with Vince, an absolute master of the Moeller
method, provided the understanding and benefits of this unique system of drumming
(Rockwell).
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Gordon
Stout
1980 – present
Gordon Stout (b.1952) is currently Professor of Percussion at the School of
Music, Ithaca College, Ithaca, N.Y., where he has taught percussion since 1980. A
composer as well as percussionist who specializes on marimba, he has studied
composition with Joseph Schwantner, Samuel Adler and Warren Benson, and percussion
with James Salmon and John Beck.
As a composer-recitalist he has premiered a number of his original compositions
and works by other contemporary composers. Many of his compositions for marimba are
published, and have already become standard repertoire for marimbists worldwide.
His recordings are devoted not only to his own music, but also that of the general
standard repertoire by important American composers.
A frequent lecture-recitalist for the Percussive Arts Society, he has appeared at
twelve International PAS Conventions to date, as featured marimbist, as well as
throughout the United States and Canada, Europe, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore,
Hungary, Mexico, Denmark, Puerto Rico, and Spain. In May of 1983 he performed
clinics and recitals in France, Germany, Holland and Belgium with "transcendental
virtuosity,” being described as "the Rubinstein of all aspects of the marimba.”
Gordon was on the jury of the first and second Leigh Howard Stevens
International Marimba Competitions during the summers of 1995 and 1998. In the
summer of 1998 he was a featured marimbist at the World Marimba Festival in Osaka,
Japan and he was a member of the jury for the second and third World Marimba
Competitions in Okaya, Japan and Stuttgart, Germany respectively. In the summer of
2006 he was a member of the jury at the International Marimba Competition in Linz,
Austria. On New Years Day in 2006 he conducted a 100-person marimba orchestra in the
National Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan as part of the Taiwan International Percussion
Convention. His composition "New York Triptych" for marimba orchestra, was
commissioned by and written for the 50th anniversary celebration of the Percussive Arts
Society, premiered at PASIC 2011 in Indianapolis, IN.
Gordon was inducted into the PAS Hall of Fame in November of 2012 at PASIC
2012 in Austin, Texas. Gordon is a clinician/recitalist for Malletech, and performs on and
owns their M5.0 Roadster five-octave marimba. Gordon Stout is represented by the
Percussion Events Registry Company. Gordon is also an endorser of Dream Cymbals and
Gongs (Stout, Bio).
Ted
Rounds
1989 – 1995
Ted Rounds first started giving drum lessons when he was in junior high school.
He attended college at the Eastman School of Music. During that time, he took lessons
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with Leigh Howard Stevens and performed often with Gordon Stout. He went to Ithaca
College for his Masters of Music in Percussion Performance. Rounds was a Lecturer in
Percussion in 1989 at Ithaca College School of Music, until 1995 when he became an
Assistant Professor of Percussion at Kent State University. He is currently an Associate
Professor of Percussion at Kent State University (Rounds).
Robert
Bridge
1995 – 2000
Robert Bridge is an Associate Professor of Music at Onondaga Community
College where he was recently honored with the "Trustees Award for Excellence in
Teaching." He is also a 2005 recipient of the National Institute for Staff and
Organizational Development "Excellence Award." Robert has degrees from the
University of North Texas (BME), Southern Methodist University (MM), and the
Eastman School of Music (DMA). In 1995 he was awarded the Eastman School’s
“Performer’s Certificate”. He has performed concertos with the Eastman Kilbourn
Orchestra and the Southern Methodist University Symphony Orchestra. In both 1985 &
1986, Robert won first place at the Percussive Arts Society’s “Marching Percussion
Forum” Individual Marimba Competition. Robert has twice been selected to present his
research at the Percussive Arts Society's International Convention - "Traditional
Performance Practices in the Timpani Parts of Beethoven's Symphonies" (1999) and "An
Overview of Steve Reich’s Sextet” (2002). Robert has performed as a solo marimbist in
many venues including "Day of Percussion" in Virginia, Long Island, and Kingston,
Ontario. Robert also performs regularly in the Syracuse area including performances with
the Society for New Music and the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra and can be heard on
commercial recordings of both groups. His compositions for percussion are published by
Warner Brothers and Kendor. He is an artist endorser for Yamaha Percussion, Sabian
Cymbals, and Innovative Percussion mallets and sticks (Innovative Percussion).
Conrad
Alexander
2000 – present
Conrad Alexander is currently on the percussion faculty at Mansfield University,
Ithaca College and the Brevard Music Center. His teaching experience includes positions
at Interlochen Center for the Arts, James Madison University, The University of Virginia,
The Odessa/Midland (TX) school system and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. He is a
member of the Binghamton Philharmonic, the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra and the
Ensemble X New Music Ensemble. He has performed with the New York City Opera
Touring Orchestra, the Albany and Harrisburg (PA) Symphonies, as well as the Dallas,
Richmond (VA), Greensboro (NC), Knoxville (TN), Oklahoma, and Anchorage
Symphonies. In addition to performing and teaching, he is the owner of DAY Percussion
Repair, specializing in all facets of percussion instrument repair and unique wooden
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percussion products. He has recorded for the Sony, Centaur, AmCam, and ProArtes
recording labels. Conrad earned the Masters of Music degree, and Performer’s Certificate
from the Eastman School of Music, and the Bachelor of Music degree from Southern
Methodist University. His major teachers include John Beck, Doug Howard, Kalman
Cherry, John Bannon, Don Liuzzi and Charles Owen.
In 2007, Conrad became an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi and received
Mansfield University’s Bertram Francis Award from Kappa Kappa Psi for outstanding
contributions to the MU Band program. He resides in Ithaca, NY with his wife, Paige
Morgan, and their two dogs (Alexander).
Greg
Evans
2011 – present
A native of Liverpool, New York, Evans earned his Masters of Music at Ithaca
College (2011) in percussion studies where he studied under the incomparable marimbist
and educator Gordon Stout. It was while completing this degree that Evans also served
as the Jazz department’s teaching assistant where he held various teaching duties. Evans
holds a Bachelors of Music in jazz studies from the Manhattan School of Music (2009)
where he studied under Justin DiCioccio.
Evans has also has an extensive performing career. He has performed in multiple
national tours including those of the bands ISM, Remington, and Turkuaz. He has also
recorded multiple records with these bands as well as the Danny Rivera Orchestra. Evans
has also performed with many artists including: The Count Basie Orchestra,
Jonathan Batiste, Terence Blanchard, Chick Corea, Joey DeFrancesco, Melinda Doolittle,
Kurt Elling, Robin Eubanks, Jimmy Heath, Joe Magnarelli, Eric Marienthal, Branford
Marsalis, John Pizzarelli, Hank Roberts, Dave Samuels, and Allen Vizzutti.
At Ithaca College, Evans plays in the IC Jazz Quartet, conducts the Tuesday
Night Lab Band, coaches various combos, teaches Survey of Jazz History and maintains
an active private studio. Evans strives in his teachings to help guide students to realize
their potential as improvisers and ensemble players. By referencing jazz tradition, Evans
helps students assimilate sounds of the past to create the new sounds of the future
(Evans).
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Ithaca
College
Notable
Alumni
Students of Warren Benson:
• Terry Hulick
o Ithaca College graduate
o see page 3
• Robin Engelman
o Ithaca College ’61 graduate
o see page 4
• Ruth (Komanoff) Underwood
o Ithaca College ’64 graduate
o Percussionist in Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention (1967 – 1982)
Students of William Youhass:
• Steve Mathiesen (BM 1978), Timpanist, Binghamton Philharmonic
Students of Gordon Stout:
• College Professors:
o Moses Howden (BM 1980), St. Bonaventure University
o Valerie Naranjo (MM 1982), New York University
o Charles Peltz (BM 1983), New England Conservatory (W.E. director)
o Dane Richeson (MM 1983), Lawrence University
o Daniel Fabricius (MM 1983), Binghamton University
o Chris White (BM 1987), University of Maine
o David Gluck (BM 1989), SUNY Purchase (until 2012)
o Ted Rounds (MM 1989), Kent State University
o Thom Hasenpflug (BM, MM 1989), University of Idaho
o Tony Steve (MM 1990), Jacksonville University
o Giff Howarth (BM 1992), Bloomsburg University
o Tom Burritt (BM 1993), University of Texas/Austin
o Todd Caschetta (MM 1994), Southwestern College, San Diego, CA
o Michael Overman (MM 1996), James Madison University
o Kevin Bobo (MM 1999), Indiana University
o Matthew Richmond, (MM 1999), UNC-Ashville
o Isabell Huang, (MM 2008) , Bowling Green State University
o Michael Burritt, Eastman School of Music
• Professional Musicians:
o Donald Skoog (MM 1980), Contemporary Music Project
o Valerie Naranjo (MM 1982), Saturday Night Live band, Lion King on
Broadway
o Paul Smadbeck (BM 1978, MM 1982) Massey Knakal Realty Services
(NYC)
o Michael Baker (BM 1983), Charms Music Office Assistant, President
o Dave Hall (BM 1984), Percussionist, Grand Rapids Symphony
o Samuel Lunt (BM 1984), Founder/Director, Santa Fe Marimba Festival
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o Brian McKenna (BM 1987), McKenna Group Productions, LLC
o Chip Bubeck (BM 1987), Library of Congress
o Vince Pitzuolo (BM 1992), United States Air Force Band of the Golden
West
o Brian Czach, (BM 1998), Las Vegas drummer for "Pin Up", Manheim
Steamroller, etc
o Tom Collins (BM 1999), Composer, vibraphonist, drummer, educator
§ MMus Manhattan School of Music
§ Lives in Munich, Germany
o Naoko Takada (MM 2001), Young Concert Artists, 2006 S&R Foundation
Award, Outstanding Young Artist
o Heather Thorn/Wosar (BM 2003), freelance musician, Orlando, FL
o Tom Kline (BM 2003), Director of Admissions, School of Music, Ithaca
College
o Ian Craft (BM 2004), Howling Brothers bluegrass band, Nashville
o Taryn Lott (BM 2005), Senior Publicity Director, Boston Symphony
Orchestra
o Jennie Herreid (BM 2006), Metropolitan Museum of Art
o Larissa Venzie (BM 2004, MM 2007), marimbist
o Cayenna Ponchione (MM 2003 – conducting; MM 2004 - percussion)
§ Trustee, Zeltsman Marimba Festival since 2004, Secretary since
2010.
§ Co-producer of Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba, of ZMF
New Music
§ Winner, Percussive Arts Society Composition contest 2004
§ Commissions from Gilmar Goulart, Pedro Carneiro and Julie Hill
o Shay Godwin (BM), freelance musician, Los Angeles, edrumsessions.com
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Ithaca
College
Percussion
Ensemble
Premieres
Title Composer Debut
Concert for Percussion *Andrix, George 1965
Five Perspectives for Percussion *Andrix, George 1963
Trio Suite *Brown, James 1963
Overture in Texture Campfield, Donald 1980
Concerto for Percussion Chenail, AJ 1997
Tun Tun de Pasa y Grifiera de la Torre, Javier J. 1986
Vejigantes, for horn and percussion de la Torre, Javier J. 1988
Alegoria (1989) de la Torre, Javier J. 1990
Perfusion, Number 1 (1992) Dingley, Michael 1993
Concerto for Percussion Dingley, Michael 1994
°Six Slick Stix Click Licks *Goldstaub, Paul 1991
°Leksaker Hasenpflug, Thom 1989
Bitsch Hasenpflug, Thom 1991
°Bicksa Hasenpflug, Thom 1991
The Foundry, for steel band Hasenpflug, Thom 1992
Flat Iron Wolf, for steel band Hasenpflug, Thom 1993
Tower Music (1974) Husa, Karel 2013
Cycles of Fifths in Lines of Self-Similarity (2012) Kornicki, Steve 2013
Symphony for Percussion Kupferman, Meyer 1997
Zonk (1994) LaFleur, Brian 1995
Four Prints Posed Before a Plastic Prism *Lewis, Malcolm 1974
Triphammer Bridge (1988) Macaulay, Janice 1989
Chronomosaic (1993) McIntire, David 1994
Room for Four (2011) Nazziola, Tom 2012
(Five)5 Ostwald, Steve 1991
Skank, for steel band Ostwald, Steve 1991
Refrigerate After Opening (1994) Overman, Michael 1995
Bluebird Samba (1993) Rounds, Theodore 1994
Rhythm Song No. 2 *Smadbeck, Paul 1993
Glacier, Stone, Lake Spangler, Erik 2005
Pastoral and Dance of the Reindeer People Steve, Tony 1990
Outgoing (2011) Stout, Gordon 2012
Echoing Tides for Tape and Marimba Tamul, Jack 1990
Kairos (1985) Wegge, Glen 1986
Sinister Footwear Zappa, Frank; arr. Brian Hibbard 1998
° = published by Keyboard Percussion Publications
* = not IC student
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Ithaca
College
Percussion
Studio
Guest
Artists
Marimba
Adam Blackstock, 2010,
2011
Blake Tyson, 1995
Bob Becker, 1978, 1993
Dana Kimble, 2000
David Hall, 1990
David Samuels, 1983
Doug Walters, 1986
Gifford Howarth, 1998,
2012
Gordon Stout, 1977
J. B. Smith, 1997
Janis Potter, 2009
Julie Spencer, 2008
Katarzyna Mycka, 1999
Keiko Abe, 1981
Kevin Bobo, 2001, 2004
Leigh Howard Stevens,
1976, 1985, 1993, 2005
Linda Maxey, 2003
Michael Burritt, 1994
Michael Waldrop, 2005
Nancy Zeltsman, 1991
Nathaniel Bartlett, 2012
Ney Rosauro, 2000
Robert Van Sice, 1997
Robert Zolnowski, 2013
Ruud Weiner, 2006
Thomas Burritt, 1995
Valerie Naranjo, 1998, 2013
William Moersch, 1988
Drum Set/Latin
Anthony Miranda, 1999
Bobby Sinabira, 2000
Chico Hamilton, 2008
Dan D’Imperio, 1992, 1993
David Gluck, 1996, 2003,
2011
David Mancini, 1986
J. B. Smith, 1997
Jim Walker, 1991, 1994
Joe Hunt
John Riley, 1997
Keith Copland
Michael Waldrop, 2005
Ney Rosauro, 2000
Rick Consadine
Ron Riddle, 1994, 1995
Sherrie Maricle, 2009
Steve Houghton, 1996
Jimmie Finnie - Velvet
Brown and Mojatuba (2012)
Timpani
David Woodhull
Frederic Macarez, 2013
Jesse Kreigel
John Beck, 1981
Paul Yanchich
Vibraphone
David Johnson, 1997
David Samuels, 1983
Doug Walters, 1986
John Piper, 1998
Mike Freeman, 1994
Ruud Weiner, 2006
General Percussion
Bob Becker Ensemble,
2011, 2012
Coast Guard Band, 2006
Cornell University
Percussion Ensemble, 2005
David Cossin (Bang on a
Can All-Stars), 2000
Eighth Blackbird, 2011
ESCLATS, 2007
Eugene Koshinski & Mike
Correa, percussion duo,
2009
J.C. Combs, 1980
Jim Royle Percussion
Studio Ensemble, 2005
Loop2.4.3, percussion duo,
2009
Michael Waldrop, 2005
NJ Youth Symphony
Percussion Ensemble, 2011
Roberts Wesleyan College
Percussion Ensemble, 1997
The Oberlin Percussion
Group, 1976
Sam Denov, 1996
Sao Paulo State University
Percussion Ensemble, 2010
Strike - Jeff Meyer, Paul
Vaillancourt, 2009
Talujon Percussion Quartet,
2000
USAF Band of Liberty
Concert Band, 2008
USAF Brass Quintet -
Michael Correa, 2009
West Point Band, 2006
William Elliott, 1996
Steel Drums
Andy Narell, 1989
Cliff Alexis, 1991
Liam Teague, 2004, 2012
Michael Overman, 2011
Pan Ramajay, 1995
Pangaia, 1997
Marching Percussion
Cortland H.S. Marching
Percussion Section, 1991
West Point Band, 2006
Willie Calohan, 2012
World Percussion
Barry Olsen, 1998, 2013
Bob Becker, 1993
Bobby Sanabria, 2000
Gaudencio Tiago de Mello,
2004
Kathy Armstrong, 1997
Nexus, 1998
Valerie Naranjo, 1998, 2013
Women of the Calabash,
2000
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Ithaca
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Percussion
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