PAS KoSA NYU 2013 "WEEKEND OF PERCUSSION"
Saturday 2/16
9am-1pm - Solo Marimba Competition
2 Divisions, open to all ages. For application, email: newyorkpas@gmail.com
Judges: She-e Wu, Eriko Daimo, Greg Giannascoli, Simon Boyar, Mika Stoltzman
10am - Dominick Cuccia (Fife/Drum specialist)
Fife and Drum Corps Clinic/performance
11am – Pablo Rieppi (NYC Ballet)
Snare Drum Clinic/Masterclass
12pm - Youth Percussion Showcase
New York Youth Percussion, Diana Malgrejo-Sgro, director, Mariana Ramirez, coach
Freedom High School (Orlando, FL), Franklin Jennings, director
Juilliard Pre-College Percussion Ensemble, Jonathan Haas, director
1pm - (Lunch)
2pm - Don Knaack (“The Junkman”)
Junk Music™ - Music composed-for and performed on 100% re-purposed materials
3pm – Music Business/Entrepreneurship Clinic
Michael Sgouros (owner of The Players Theater), Kevin Curry (President of Carrol's Music), and Drew Tucker (Artistic Director, Arts Garage Performing Arts Academy) Aldo Mazza, moderator
4pm – Eriko Daimo (International marimba soloist)
Marimba Masterclass
5pm – Teddy Campbell (TONIGHT SHOW drummer)
On And Off The Kit
6pm - (Dinner)
7:30pm - Showcase Concert
HONORING Howard Van Hyning, featuring Frederic Macarez and the NYU Percussion Ensemble, The Great American Fife & Drum Band (featuring Dominick & Therese Cuccia), Jim Royle Drum Studio Percussion Ensemble CT, Gallant Entertainment Drumline, Eriko Daimo, Nacho Arimany, "The Junkman" Don Knaack, Arnie Lang, Jonathan Haas, Aldo Mazza, Greg Landes, Andrew Beall, Evan McCormack, and Marimba competition winners.
Sunday 2/17 - “African Percussion in American Music”
11:30am - Peter Saleh/Mike Ramsey/Grant Braddock (Dance Accompaniment Specialists)
Approaching Percussion in Modern Dance Classes
12:30pm – Nacho Arimany (International Soloist)
Flamenco Percussion
1:30pm - Madeleine Yayodele Nelson (Women of the Calabash)
Shekere Workshop
2:30pm - Aldo Mazza/Michael Markus/M’Bemba Bangoura (Djembe specialists)
Djembe/Drumset Clinic-Workshop
3:30pm - Special Performance: Steve Reich's "Mallet Quartet" with the NYU
Marimba Ensemble
Simon Boyar, director, with special guest Josh Quillen (So Percussion)
3:45pm - (Break)
4:15pm - Junior Wedderburn/Baere Yotere (West African Percussion Soloists)
Clinic/Performance
5pm - Valerie Naranjo (NBC/SNL, Lion King, Director NYU African Percussion Ensemble) and NYU African Ensemble - CONCERT
5:45 - Valerie Naranjo “Drumming Gyil Song and Dance session” - All Audience Invited
6:15 - Finale w/all Artists
(Aldo Mazza, director)
6:30 – Weekend Finished