Central New
York Day of Percussion
April 20, 2013
Storer Auditorium
Featuring:
John Riley
Andy Harnsberger
Kay Stonefelt
Portal
Iktus
Auburn HS Percussion
Ensemble
Jamesville-Dewitt MS
Percussion Ensemble
Central
New York All-Star Percussion Ensemble – Kay Stonefelt,
conductor
OCC Afro-Cuban Ensemble
On-site Registration
starts at 12:00 and continues throughout the day
(There is a $10.00 fee
to pay for clinicians and expenses. The final concert is free and open to all.)
All are welcome!
Event Schedule
(Tentative!)
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12:00 |
Open
Registration - |
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12:15 |
Iktus - discusses and performs “Kontackte” by Karl Stockhausen |
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1:15 |
Percussion
Ensemble Concert – featuring Portal; Auburn HS; Jamesville-Dewitt MS |
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2:00
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Kay
Stonefelt - Snare Drum Clinic |
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3:00 |
Andy
Harnsberger - Marimba Clinic |
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4:00 |
John
Riley - Drum Set Clinic |
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5:00 |
Final
Concert featuring: |
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CNY
All-Star Percussion Ensemble Onondaga
Community College Percussion Ensemble Andy
Harnsberger |
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6:30 |
The
Show is Over - Go Home : ) |
Program Notes and
Details
Iktus Percussion
Kontakte Karlheinze Stockhausen
According
to the composer, “In the preparatory work for my composition Kontakte, I found, for the first time, ways to bring all
properties [i.e., timbre,
pitch,
intensity,
and duration] under a single control” (Stockhausen
1962, 40), thereby realizing a longstanding goal of total
serialism. On the other hand, as one commentator says, "Kontakte is arguably the last of Stockhausen's tape pieces
in which serial proportions intervene decisively at anything but the broad
formal level" (Toop 1981, 189). The most famous
moment, at the very center of the work, is a potent illustration of these
connections: a high, bright, slowly wavering pitch descends in several waves,
becoming louder as it gradually acquires a snarling timbre, and finally passes
below the point where it can be heard any longer as a pitch. As it crosses this
threshold, it becomes evident that the sound consists of a succession of pulses, which continue to slow until they
become a steady beat. With increasing reverberation,
the individual pulses become transformed into tones once again (Clarke 1998,
225).
Stockhausen
also made advances over his previous electronic composition, Gesang der Jünglinge, in the realm of spatial composition, adding the
parameters of spatial location, group type, register, and speed (Toop 2005, 170). Kontakte is
composed in four channels, with loudspeakers
placed at the corners of a square surrounding the audience. With the aid of a
"rotation table", consisting of a rotatable loudspeaker surrounded by
four microphones,
he was able to send sounds through and around the auditorium
with unprecedented variety (Maconie 2005, 208–209).
[Wikipedia]
Based in New York City, Iktus Percussion is an ambitious, dynamic young ensemble
committed to expanding the boundaries of the percussion genre. Iktus is a collective-based operation, featuring an array
of industrious and multi-talented percussionists with Chris Graham, Justin
Wolf, Steve Sehman, and Cory Bracken at the core. As
a group with strong ties to the local artistic community, Iktus
is dedicated to collaboration with emerging artists, having commissioned over
fifty new works for percussion from such composers as Angélica
Negrón, Aaron Siegel, Lisa R. Coons, Jenny Olivia
Johnson, Stefan Weisman, and Billy Martin (of Medeski,
Martin and Wood), among others.
With an exciting and diverse range of
repertoire, Iktus has performed at such venues and
festivals as the Bang on A Can Marathon, Galapagos Arts Space, Le Poisson
Rouge, Issue Project Room, Symphony Space, and Trinity Church. Iktus has been appointed to several residencies including
SUNY Purchase College (where they performed Laura Kaminsky’s
Terra Terribilis, a concerto for percussion quartet
and orchestra), CUNY Brooklyn College, and the Pre-College Music Program at
Stony Brook University. As performer-educators, Iktus
has also hosted concerts and master classes at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, University of Michigan, Oberlin College, University of
Western Michigan, Grand Valley State University, Michigan State University, and
William Paterson University, as well as various public schools. Community
outreach and public performance is an essential aspect of Iktus’
mission: in September of 2011, Iktus performed an
exciting all-percussion outdoor concert in Fort Greene Park, including works by
Steve Reich, Julia Wolfe, and Iannis Xenakis, as well as Stockhausen’s Musik
im Bauch in Central Park as
part of Make Music New York in 2012.
Iktus was selected as a Time Out New York Critic’s Pick: Top Ten
Concert of the Year in 2010, received critical acclaim from the New York Times
for their performance with the St. Petersburg Chamber Symphony in the “Wall to
Wall” series: Music of the Soviet ERA and a concert of selected works of John
Cage at Le Poisson Rouge, and sold out the final evening of the 2012 Gaudeamus Muziekweek at Issue
Project Room. Iktus is endorsed by Black Swamp
Percussion and Mike Balter Mallets.
“Iktus
Percussion, the pianist Taka Kigawa and the toy-piano
player Phyllis Chen performed nine works with admirable clarity, precision and
focused energy... the playing was uniformly superb.”
- The New York Times
“...the members of Iktus
Percussion...played with a sense of ensemble that is not to be rivaled. The
performance was fearless and flawless, with some of the most exciting playing I
have ever heard.”
- Sequenza
21
“Iktus
Percussion is a locally focused collective of artists you won’t want to miss.”
- Time Out New York
Chris Graham is an international new music musician living and working
in New York City. Chris has consistently worked and performed with
notable groups such as Newband, Ear to Mind, Talujon Percussion, Mantra Percussion, and is a founding
member and director of Iktus Percussion; as well as
co-principal percussionist for Ensemble Moto Perpetuo.
He has commissioned and premiered works by established composers such as
Charles Wuorinen, Martin Bresnick,
Michael Gordon, Philippe Manoury, Franco Donatoni, Philippe Hurel,
Mauricio Kagel, Ron Ford, Michel Vander Aa, Hugo Morales, Gerard Grisey,
Harry Partch, John Luther Adams, Lisa R. Coons,
Daniel Wohl, Jenny Olivia Johnson, Angelica
Negron, Sebastian Armoza, Mathew Welch, Philip Schuessler, Levy Lorenzo, Matt Hough, Joe DiPonio, Brian Jacobs, Aaron Siegel, Ted Herne, Tristan Perich, Inhyun Kim, Jen Wang,
Joseph Waters, Stephan Weisman, and Billy Martin (of Medeski,
Martin, and Wood), among others.
With various professional ensembles,
Chris has performed at Symphony Space, Tank, LPR, Galapagos, Brooklyn Academy
of Music, Roulette, Issue Project Room, Trinity Church, Miller Theater, Merkin Hall, Knitting Factory, Bang
on a Can Marathon, Armory, 92nd Street Y, and Carnegie Hall. He has given
performances and masterclasses at the University of
Michigan, Western Michigan University, Grand Valley State University, Michigan
State University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, William Paterson University,
Oberlin College, Queens College, Cal Arts, Bronx Community College, Chapman
College, SUNY Buffalo, University of Northern Illinois, Bowling Green State
University, Manhattan School of Music, Sara Lawrence College, New York
University, New Music College, Caldwell College, MIT, and the University of
Vermont. And has performed in festivals such as, Make Music
New York, Carlsbad New Music Festival, X Avent
Festival, Elastic Arts Festival, Incubator Arts Festival, Bang on a Can
Festival, Ear to Heart, and PASIC.
In addition to his preforming credits,
Chris organizes and curates concerts in NYC working closely with young
up-and-coming new music ensembles such as, Mivos
String Quartet, Loadbang Ensemble, Yarn Wire,
Either/Or Ensemble, thingNY, Varispeed,
Panapoly Performance Lab, Ensemble Pamplemousse, Elevator Rose, Cadillac Moon Ensemble, Duo Orfeo, and Concert Black. He has co-organized several performances
for Issue Project Room's "Gaudeamus Muzieweek New York" and "Darmstadt Series",
receiving critical acclaim in 2010 from TimeOut New
York as one of the top ten concerts of the year performing Karlheinz
Stockhausen's epic works, Mikrophonie and Kontakte.
As an artist-in-residence he has
taught at Suny Purchase and Cuny
Brooklyn College, working with both student percussion ensembles and student
composers. He is the director of the Stony Brook pre-college percussion
ensemble and is on faculty at Suffolk Community College. He received a Bachelors of Music and Performers Certificate from SUNY
Purchase College, Masters of Music from Stony Brook University, where he is
currently a candidate in the Doctoral of the Musical Arts program.
Previous teachers include Raymond DesRoches,
Dominic Donato, Tom Kolor,
Joseph Pereira, and Eduardo Leandro.
Denise Fillion
Bio:
Originally from Washington State,
Denise Fillion is a frequent soloist and collaborator
in the New York City area. She has a special affinity for new music, and has
worked with several living composers, including Tristan Murail,
Frederic Rzewski, and George Crumb. Additionally, as a runner-up in the
David Lang International Piano Competition, she recently premiered a new work
written for the occasion by Lang at Le Poisson Rouge in New York. Denise has
also been a guest with several ensembles dedicated to new music including
Mantra Percussion, the Argento Chamber Ensemble, and Iktus+. Denise received her Bachelor of Music degree from
Western Washington University where she was a Presser Scholar studying with
Jeffrey Gilliam. After working as a collaborative pianist at Western, Denise
was accepted on full-scholarship as a Master’s student at Stony Brook
University where she is now a Doctoral Candidate studying with Christina Dahl.
Jamesville-Dewitt
MS
Oriental
Mambo Tom
Davis
Oriental
Mambo references the Cuban province of Oriente. It
employs indigenous mambo rhythms and the most famous of oriental melodies. (In
this case, Davis references the Asian orient.)
Ipte Beg
John
Bridge
Brendan
Drotar
Ryan
Drotar
Billy
Lieker
Henry
Middleton
Ben
MacCrindle
Kellen Mulvihill
Andrew
Pan
Auburn
HS
Me
Tarzan Chris
Crockarell
Lids
Ed
Argenziano
Auburn Winter Percussion is comprised
of students from grades 9 through 12 and is in its second year of existence.
Miss Jessica Bogart, who is an OCC alumna, is the director of the
ensemble. They would like to thank the
Auburn Music Boosters and Mr. Edward Meier for all their help in making out
ensemble possible. Now please sit back,
relax, and enjoy the performance!
Amanda Dello
Stritto
Chris Dent
Dan Cosachov
Emily Blume
Jon Westmiller
Kaitlyn
Russell
Katie Moore
Liz Bushnell
Matt Jones
Paul Noga
Raeven Harkness
Sarah Sears
Selena Piña
Shawn Szakaly
Shelina
Overstreet
Teresa Moore
Tyler Francis
Portal
Stubernic Mark
Ford
The
Portal Percussion Group was established in the Fall of
2011 as a subset of the Millersville University Percussion Ensemble. The trio, comprised on Millersville
University percussion students Matt Bracciante, Brian
Doherty, and Rich Klimowicz is an active performing
ensemble presenting several concerts each year on campus, at local schools,
community programs and regional collaborations.
Most recently the group was featured at the Pennsylvania PAS Day of
Percussion, a statewide convention held through the international Percussive
Arts Society. The ensemble’s repertoire
is a wide range of contemporary and traditional works for all styles of
percussion. Portal Percussion Group is
under the musical guidance of Millersville University Instructor of Percussion
James Armstrong.
Kay
Stonefelt – Snare Drum Clinic
Kay joined the
Fredonia School of Music faculty in 1993 while she was concurrently the
recipient of a Fulbright Senior Scholar Research Grant to Ghana, West
Africa. During her year in Ghana, Kay worked with the Ghana Dance
Ensemble at the National Theatre where she studied xylophone styles of the Dagara people with Bernard Woma,
and various indigenous drumming patterns of Ghana with Francis Kofi. In
return, Kay was able to share her knowledge of contemporary music through a
course that she taught at the University of Ghana at Legon
on music of the twentieth century.
Kay completed a Doctor of Music in Percussion Performance degree at Indiana
University (1992), with additional study areas of Ethnomusicology and Jazz
History. During the pursuit of the degree she also held teaching
positions as an Associate Instructor of Percussion at Indiana University, and
as Lecturer in Percussion at the State University of New York at
Fredonia. During this time Kay also performed in Germany, France, and the
former USSR with the Stuttgart (Germany) Opera Orchestra, and presented solo
percussion concerts in Munich and Konstanz, Germany.
Immediately following her undergraduate studies, Kay participated in many
orchestral ensembles throughout the USA and was a member of the Baltimore
Symphony percussion section. After moving to New York City, Kay performed in
over 20 Broadway and off-Broadway shows. As a freelance player in New York
City, she recorded TV and radio commercials and was a founding member of
various chamber, jazz, and percussion ensembles. Kay also participates in many
women's music events, from the First National Congress on Women and Music at
New York University to performances at the Bloomington (IN) Women's Music
Festival and beyond.
As a participant in Renaissance and Medieval ensembles, where many ethnic
percussion instruments are used, Kay developed an interest in performance of
ethnic percussion instruments. This interest led her to study ethnomusicology
at Indiana University, concentrating on various aspects of musics
of the Middle East and Africa, i.e. frame-drumming, amadinda
(log xylophone from Uganda), gyil (xylophone of the Dagara people), and West African drumming styles.
At Fredonia, as a part of our multicultural awareness, and in an attempt to
include world music performance in our program, we offer African xylophone and
drumming styles, and instruction in Mexican Marimba Ensemble through
participation in percussion ensemble and class instruction.
In addition to teaching, Kay is the timpanist with the Western New York Chamber
Orchestra and the percussionist and hammered dulcimer player for Fioretto, an ensemble based in Finland that is dedicated to
the performance of medieval and renaissance music. Kay has several
recordings to her credit, the most recent being the music of Eric Richards for
New World and a forthcoming release with Fioretto.
Andy
Harnsberger – Marimba Clinic
Praised
by Percussive Notes Journal as “A Master of Musical Nuance”, ANDY HARNSBERGER
enjoys a versatile career as a performer and educator. He has performed in a
variety of settings across the United States, Europe, Australia, and Japan and
presents numerous solo recitals and clinics throughout the country each year.
He has been a featured solo artist at the Percussive Arts Society International
Convention (PASIC), Spoleto Festival USA and Piccolo Spoleto Festival. He has
also appeared as a guest clinician at many Percussive Arts Society Days of
Percussion. His compact disc, “Vertigo,” has been recognized by the
Percussive Arts Society as “a must purchase for anyone who collects important
marimba recordings…His performance makes it clear that he is a master player,
not only technically, but musically as well.”
Dr.
Harnsberger has performed as percussionist with the
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Nashville
Symphony Orchestra, Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Charleston Symphony Orchestra,
Richmond Symphony and Richmond Ballet Orchestras, Key West Symphony Orchestra,
Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra, Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra, Lancaster
Symphony Orchestra, Macon Symphony Orchestra, Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra,
Hilton Head Symphony, Long Bay Symphony, Gainesville Symphony, and Carroll
Symphony Orchestra as well as the contemporary music ensemble “Currents”, and
has toured extensively as percussionist and xylophone soloist with The Jack
Daniel’s Silver Cornet Band. He has also made several guest appearances on
National Public Radio, both in interviews, and live performances to bring
public awareness to the marimba as a solo instrument. “Andy Harnsberger is a joy to watch in performance and a feast
for the ears. The sensitivity and strength in his live playing was a
treasure for the audience…simply phenomenal!” – National Public Radio.
Andy
Harnsberger is Assistant Professor of Music and
Percussion Coordinator at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee and is active
throughout the year as a freelance percussionist and recitalist. He is in
demand as a clinician across the country and internationally, presenting
clinics and masterclasses at many universities each
year. His compositions have been performed around the world and he is a
recipient of the ASCAP PLUS award for his contributions to American Concert
Music. Dr. Harnsberger earned his Doctorate of
Musical Arts in Performance and Literature at the Eastman School of Music in
Rochester, New York, where he also received the prestigious Performer's
Certificate. Andy is a performing artist and clinician for Pearl Drums and
Adams Musical Instruments, Innovative Percussion, Inc., Evans Drum Heads, Sabian Cymbals, Ltd., and Grover Pro Percussion.
John
Riley – Drum Set Clinic
John
began playing drums at age eight, after receiving a snare drum as a gift. With
the support, encouragement and patience of his parents, John and Mary Ann, he
played in the school band and began drum lessons with a good local teacher, Tom
Sicola. While under Tom's guidance, he gained control
of the snare drum through work on the rudiments and reading. Eventually, he
acquired a complete drumset and lessons expanded to
include "beats of the day," coordination and reading studies for the drumset. At age twelve, John began playing in rock bands
and heard his first jazz recordings, the soundtrack to The Gene Krupa Story and Max Roach's Conversation. Two years later,
he played his first "professional" gig, which he obtained through an
audition played over the telephone. John began studying with Joe Morello in 1971, after meeting him at a drum symposium.
John went on to attend the University of North Texas, where he was introduced
to a larger world of music and percussion. While at UNT, he played in, toured,
and recorded with the famed One O'clock Lab Band. In 1976, he moved to New York
City and was soon called to join the Woody Herman Band. Following
that great experience, John returned to New York and began freelancing with a
wide spectrum of world class musicians including Stan Getz, Milt Jackson, Miles
Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, John Scofield, Bob Mintzer, Gary Peacock, Mike Stern, Joe Lovano,
the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, John Patitucci, Bob Berg, and many others.
John
has a Bachelor of Music degree in jazz education from the University of North
Texas and a Master of Music in jazz studies from Manhattan School of Music. He
is on the faculty of Manhattan School of Music,
and SUNY Purchase, and is an Artist in
Residence at Amsterdam Conservatory, Holland. John is also the author of The Art of Bop Drumming, Beyond Bop Drumming, The Jazz Drummer's Workshop,
and has taught master classes around the world.
Final
Concert
CNY
All-Star Percussion Ensemble
Kay
Stonefelt, director
The O Zone....................Jack
Stamp
Valley of Nepal................Chris
Brooks
Kpanlogo.........................Ga People
of Ghana
Onondaga
Community College Percussion Ensemble
Threads Paul Lansky
1. Prelude
2. Recitative
3. Chorus
4. Aria
5. Recitative
6. Chorus
7. Aria
8. Recitative
9. Chorus
10.
Chorale Prelude
Andy
Harnsberger
April Sun
Andy
Harnsberger
Phoenix
Andy
Harnsberger
CNY
All-Star Percussion Ensemble
Kay
Stonefelt, director
Michael Abbott, Marcellus
Kevin Bertolero,
Liverpool
Jordan Crasper,
Oswego
Seamus Darrow, Oswego
Matthew Heaton, Baldwinsville
Rick Kearney, Baldwinsville
Ian Lang, Baldwinsville
Anthony LaValle,
Liverpool
Chris Lefancheck,
Baldwinsville
Christina Lewis, Liverpool
Sean Maar, Baldwinsville
AJ Reilly-Vinicombe,
Baldwinsville
Stuart Synakowski,
Marcellus
Shaun Turner, Phoenix
Ericka Ylitalo,
Marcellus
OCC
Percussion Ensemble
Alex
Bick
Nate
Clark
Luke
Dennis
Josh
Ely
Jay
Knosp
Jeff
Murray
Zachary
Perkins
Logan
Turner
Philip
Vona
Chris
Woodruff
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