ARCHIVES:                                                                  


Selected Archived Calendar events:
(archived news below)


2008:

•  Guest artist - steel pan
        Bonneville HS Spring Concert
        May 14th
        Hillcrest HS PAC, Idaho Falls, 7:30 PM

•  ISU Percussion and Steel Ensembles
        April 29th
        Goranson Hall, ISU Campus, 7:30 PM

•  PAS Utah Day of Percussion
        March 29th
        Alpine, UT

• Children's concert with Idaho State Civic Symphony
    Wednesday March 5th
    Jensen Grand Concert Hall, PAC

• Percussion with Idaho State Civic Symphony
    Wednesday, Febrary 20th
    Jensen Grand Concert Hall, PAC

• ISU DAY of PERCUSSION is Saturday, Feb. 2nd, 2008. Featuring Norm Weinberg.
    Sponsored by the ISU Dept of Music, the Us Bank/CSB fund;
    Zildjian, Yamaha, Vic Firth, Remo;
    Sabian and Pro-Mark


2007:

Calendar news:

• Chichester Psalms with Camerata Choir
    Friday, December 7
    Jensen Grand Concert Hall, PAC

• Percussion with Idaho State Civic Symphony
    Wednesday, December 5
    Jensen Grand Concert Hall, PAC

• Percussion and Steel Ensemble Concert
    Thursday, November 15
    Goranson Hall, Fine Arts Bldg.

• Performance of Bicksa at Pasic
    Thursday November 1st
    Columbus OH - Oak Mountain HS (Kevin Ownby, Director)

• Guest Lecture-Visit
    ISU Music Club
    9/27/07, 7:30 PM
    Fine Arts Bldg.

• Peter Cetera Concert -
    somehow I got this gig, but I'm not sure how.
    Stephens PAC - Jensen
    Friday, 9/14 7:00 PM

• Jazz Gig !
    President Vailas Inauguration Gala Concert
    Stephens PAC  - Rotunda
    Thursday, 9/13, 8:00 PM
    Pre-concert Jazz begins at 6:30

• Helena Symphony - Symphony Under the Stars
    July 16th - 21st
   Hosted by Carroll College; Helena, MT

• ISU Percussion Ensemble Concert
    Thu, APR 26th
    Fine Arts Bldg, I.S.U.   

• Northwest Percussion Festival: Performer / Clinician
    Sat, APR 14th
    BSU; Boise, ID
  
• Premiere of Three Private Wars
    Sat, APR 21st
    SPAC, ISU Campus
    Trio Lyrique

• PAS - Utah Day of Percussion: ensemble judge
    Sat,  APR 7th
    BYU; Provo, UT

• clinician for PAS Idaho Day of Percussion; Marimba and orchestral
    SAT March 17th
    Sponsored by Sabian and Percussion Construction

•  ISU Audition Day - Pocatello Campus
     SAT FEB 24th

• clinician for Marsh Valley HS Visit
    THU FEB 22nd

 • hosting ISU Day of Percussion; features Jeff Moore and Julie Hill
    SAT FEB 17th
    Sponsored by: Yamaha, Adams/Pearl, Zildjian, Paiste, Innovative Percussion, LP, Pro-Mark, Remo,  Evans    
     / D'addario, and Percussion Construction

• clinician for Bonneville HS Visit
    WED, FEB 7th





ARCHIVED NEWS:

JANUARY 2008

The IMEA Conference is being held January 24th - 26th here on campus in Pocatello. I am presenting a percussion workshop on Thursday the 24th, and perfoming with the ISU Steel Band that evening for the host night concert. Rumor has it that thanks to John Adams I might show up as a ringer with the wind ensemble on the same gig.  There is also a jazz gig the following night, Friday the 25th. Busy weekend!
AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2007

I am now an endorser of  PROMARK sticks and mallets.  Bruce and his team over at Percussion Construction decided to combine forces with an industry leader, bringing his keyboard mallet expertise down to Houston. Percussion Construction mallets will now carry the Promark name - This should be a great thing for all considered.  Looking forward to being on board.

JUNE 2007

• The Percussion Construction links are not currently working, as Bruce is updating and re-hosting the site in a big way. Rumor has it that there might be some real big news coming along regarding this fine company (Stay tuned for more info.)

MAY 2007

• It's official: Last fall's solo marimba work All Times Identical to Recent Years is now available from Paul over at Go Fish Music.  Don't forget you can also hear the definative recording by picking up Tom Burritt's CD, conveniently titled All Times Identical, from Go Fish as well.

MARCH  / APRIL 2007

• New Date announced for the premiere of Three Private Wars. April 21st, in the Jensen Grand Concert Hall.

• A successful IDAHO PAS DAY OF PERCUSSION in Boise, Idaho, on March 17th, where I enjoyed the position of mallet and symphonic clinician (at this PAS Day, you have to do TWO clinics!) I ran into drumset clinician Dave Mancini (who I had actually studied a bit with over 20 years ago) and met marching phenom / headliner Jeff Queen. Thanks to James Harrison, PAS - Idaho, and BSU for hosting me; and to my sponsors, Sabian and Percussion Construction. Looks like I'll be back over there shortly, for the NW Percussion Festival.

 JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2007 - 

• Rehearsals well underway for Trio Lyrique's February 10th premiere of Three Private Wars, at the Jensen Grand Concert Hall in the Stephens Performing Arts Center. Seems to be coming together nicely. **UPDATE** CONCERT POSTPONED due to performer illness; NEW DATE APRIL 21st.

• Preparations for the Febraury 17th ISU DAY OF PERCUSSION continue. Our guest artists will be Jeffrey Moore and Julie Hill. Having never played Steve Reich's Nagoya Marimbas, I am feverishly practicing my "white key" chops for the February performance with Dr. Moore. Accuracy is a definite issue for me with this work; any of you who have played it know what I'm talking about. Date is Febtraury 17th, Location is Goranson Hall in the Fine Arts Bldg on the ISU campus. All are welcome, and admission is free.

NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2006 - 

A big PASIC for me, thanks in no small part to my good friend, Tom Burritt, who commissioned and performed two new works for 2006: Euonymus Alatus, for large percussion ensemble, and All Times Identical to Recent Years, for solo marimba. For the record, the University of Texas percussion studio rocks big time. I am sure they are not quite human, but rather, monsters, in the classic sense.  In addition, the work Corps-tet was performed at PASIC by J.B. Smith's group on the Thursday Lit session.  Thanks to the ASU studio for their work on behalf of new music and all the represented composers.

Euonymus is being published by C. Alan Publications - I am really thankful to Nathan Daughtrey for his hard work on getting that available by PASIC. I have not yet quite determined what will happen publishing-wise with  All TImes Identical; I currently have it available for sale under the "Hasenworks" label (see the compositions page). Tom Burritt has released a recording of it as the title track to his new CD, All TImes Identical, on the Go Fish Music label.

A new non-percussion (!) work just completed: Three Private Wars for soprano, clarinet, and piano sets the text of Idaho poet Greg Nicholl. This was a joy to write, and we are looking forward to a February premiere by the Idaho State University faculty ensemble, Trio Lyrique.


• This website launched  in November, 2006 - that's kind of news right there!


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