FIRST ANNUAL PERCUSSION DAY
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts Department of Music Percussion Studio presents the first annual Percussion Day, a solo and ensemble clinic featuring selections from the WSMA percussion contest lists. Percussion Day is scheduled for Saturday, October 22, 2005 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm in the Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, 2419 East Kenwood Boulevard on the UWM campus.

Percussion students (middle and high school level), educators and ensemble directors will gain insight into percussion selections on the WSMA contest list, from learning to choose an appropriate piece to producing an accurate and musical performance. Clinics will focus on style, technical considerations, set-up suggestions, and mallet and stick selection.
Percussion Day faculty presenters include Dean Borghesani, Anthony DiSanza, Carl Storniolo and Tom Wetzel. Activities include clinics and ensemble presentations by UW and UWM students, guest performances by the UWM Youth Percussion Ensembles, and opportunities to visit exhibitor booths.

For further information, contact:
Carl Storniolo
(414) 229-4393
storniol@uwm.edu

Click from the following below:
General Schedule
Clinic Schedule
Participating Artists
Exhibitors
Registration & Fee

GENERAL Schedule - top
8:30 a.m. Box office opens for registration & payment
9 a.m. Solo clinics begin (see clinic schedules)
1:20 p.m. Lunch break
2 p.m. Ensemble clinics begin (see clinic schedules)
4 p.m. Percussion Day ends

CLINIC SCHEDULE - top
Note: Event schedules subject to change.

Concert Snare Drum (event 500)
and Parade Snare Drum (event 502)
Zelazo Center Room 177
9:00 a.m. Class B concert snare solo Etude in 9/8 by Eyler
9:20 a.m. Class B parade snare solo by Wanamaker
9:40 a.m. Class A concert snare solo American Suite by Gauthreaux
10:00 a.m. Class C parade snare solo Southern Special by Schinstine
10:20 a.m. Class A concert snare solo Three Dances by Benson
10:40 a.m. Class C concert snare solo Etude #11 by Black
11:00 a.m. Class A parade snare solo My Friend Norman by Pratt
11:20 a.m. Class C concert snare solo Snarey Monsters by Houliff
11:40 a.m. Class B parade snare solo Good Hands by Schinstine
12:00 p.m. Class A concert snare drum solos 1 and 3 from 6 Unaccompanied… by Colgrass
12:20 p.m. Class A parade snare solos from Modern Rudimental Swing Solos by Wilcoxon
12:40 p.m. Class A parade snare solo Speed Trap by Spede
1:00 p.m. Class B parade solo Drum Corps on the March by Wanamaker
1:20 p.m. Class B concert snare solo 7/8 Stomp by Eyler

Xylophone/Marimba (event 504) and Drum Kit (event 510)
Zelazo Center Room 250
9:00 a.m. Class C marimba solo Melody by Khatchaturian
9:20 a.m. Class B drum kit solo All Set by Morley
9:40 a.m. Class A marimba solo Mexican Murals by Brown
10:00 a.m. Class B marimba solo Sonata for Violin by Handel
10:20 a.m. Class A marimba solo Suite Mexicana by Larson
10:40 a.m. Class C drum kit solo Etude 2 of Drum Set Etudes, book 1 by Holmquist
11:00 a.m. Class A marimba solo Concertino for Marimba, Mvt. 3 by Creston
11:20 a.m. Class A drum kit solo Chrysoprase IV by Weinberg
11:40 a.m. Class A xylophone solo Jovial Jasper by G.H. Green
12:00 p.m. Class A xylophone solo Sonata by Pitfield
12:20 p.m. Class A drum kit solo Ain’t It Rich and Philly by Houliff
12:40 p.m. Class A marimba solo Rain Dance by Gomez/Rife
1:00 p.m. Class A drum kit solo TBA

Timpani (event 508)
Zelazo Center Room 280
9:40 a.m. Class C timpani solo Grand Teton by Beck
10:00 a.m. Class A timpani solo No. 5 by Peyton
10:20 a.m. Break
10:40 a.m. Class B and class C timpani solos by Whaley
11:00 a.m. Break
11:20 a.m. Class B timpani solos by Whaley
11:40 a.m. Class A timpani solo Four Pieces for Timpani by Bergamo
12:00 p.m. More pieces to be scheduled

Percussion Ensembles [event 561]
Center Bader Concert Hall
2:00 p.m. Class A ensemble Antiphon by Combs
2:15 p.m. Class C ensemble South of the Border by Freytag
2:30 p.m. Class B ensemble Sabre Dance arranged by Moore
2:45 p.m. Class A ensemble Kabe by Roy
3:00 p.m. Class C ensemble The Elmhurst Quintet by Harr
3:20 p.m. Class A ensemble Cross Currents by Glassock
3:40 p.m. Class A ensemble Encore in Jazz by Firth

Participating Artists - top
Dean Borghesani
UWM Percussion Faculty & Principal Timpanist, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Dean Borghesani was awarded the position of principal timpanist of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in June of 2000. Before joining the Milwaukee Symphony, he was the timpanist of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra and the Washington Chamber Symphony. Mr. Borghesani has performed in principal capacity with the National Symphony Orchestra and the Kennedy Center Opera House orchestra. While living in the D.C. area, he performed in touring productions of Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables and Cats. He also is an active clinician and lecturer on Orchestral Audition Practices. Mr. Borghesani’s teachers have included Garwood Whaley, Jonathan Haas, Charles Wilkinson, Fred Begun, Cloyd Duff and Ben Herman.

Anthony DiSanza
Assistant Professor of Percussion, UW-Madison
Anthony Di Sanza, an active international performer and educator, has performed, presented master classes, and held residencies in North America, Europe and Asia. Interested in a wide variety of Western and non-Western percussive areas, Di Sanza can be heard on numerous recording labels. He currently holds the position of principal percussionist with the Madison Symphony Orchestra, and recent solo and chamber performances include appearances in Japan, Lithuania and China.

In addition to his orchestral, solo, and chamber performances, Di Sanza is regularly involved in premiering new works from numerous composers including Akira Nishimura, Maki Ishii, Kaoru Wada, Nebojsa Zivkovic, Keiko Abe, Michael Udow, Jonas Tamulionis and Dennis Wilson. Anthony’s recent composition, Concerto for Darabukka and Percussion Quartet, is published by HoneyRock Publishing and has been recorded for release on a HoneyRock compilation CD. His educational keyboard percussion work, The Last Days of Winter, is to be published by Alfred Publishing in early 2006. DiSanza is currently assistant professor of percussion at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, overseeing all aspects of the percussion program. He is an endorser of Sabian Cymbals, Encore Mallets and is an educational endorser for Pro-Mark Sticks and Mallets.

Carl Storniolo
Carl Storniolo is a percussionist and percussion educator. He earned a Bachelor’s of Music degree from Northern Illinois University in 1989 and a Master’s of Music degree form the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2001. Storniolo is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin.

Storniolo performs and directs the Pangaea Steel Drum Group and is a freelance percussionist with a variety of ensembles including the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Music From Almost Yesterday, and Present Music. He performs as a soloist, an orchestra percussionist for touring artists, and a vibraphonist with jazz and salsa groups.

Storniolo is director of percussion studies and director of youth percussion ensembles at UWM’s Peck School of the Arts. He is performer/educator with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra A.C.E. program. Storniolo has taught percussion and directed percussion ensembles at several Milwaukee area music/percussion schools, including the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music (1994-1998). Storniolo taught with the world renowned Cavalier Drum and Bugle Corps from 1994 to 1996. He was an artist-in-residence with the Wisconsin Arts Board and Very Special Arts Wisconsin from 1993 through 1997.

Storniolo has been commissioned to compose works for a variety of performing ensembles. He composed Swan Song (1996) with dancer/choreographer Betty Salamun and has written eight shows with Milwaukee Public Theatre including Wisconsin Visions/Wisconsin Voices (1998), which commemorated Wisconsin’s sesquicentennial. Storniolo writes for the percussion ensembles he directs and creates works for the groups with which he performs.

Tom Wetzel
UWM Percussion Faculty & Principal Percussionist, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Tom Wetzel was born and grew up in Pittsburgh Pa. Active in music since a child, his life of performing music started early when he joined the boys’ choir at church. This quickly led to studying piano, but it was in high school years that percussion became his main focus. Fortunate enough to participate in a very active band program in high school, music school was the obvious choice for Wetzel following graduation. Wetzel went on to advanced studies at Carnegie-Mellon University and then the Manhattan School of Music. Since then, he has had a very busy professional career. A member of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra since the 70’s, Thomas has also been a member of the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Orchestral Association, and the Cassals Festival Symphony Orchestra.

Exhibitors - top
Cascio Interstate Music will have a booth set-up with solo and ensemble music from the WSMA percussion contest lists. Clinic attendees will have an opportunity to view and purchase solo and ensemble music.

Registration and Fee - top
$15 for individuals; $12 per person for school groups of five or more.

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