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UNT Percussion Area - Fall 2010

Welcome to the UNT Percussion website. Our program is one of the best in the country with outstanding students, faculty and staff. We invite you to come and experience one of our many fine ensemble or student concerts during the coming year. Our mission is to make great music! We hope to see you here.

Auditions for Large and Small Ensembles for Fall 2010

Download audition dates and information.

Orchestra audition repertoire for timpani

Orchestra audition repertoire for percussion

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Percussion Club Clinicians

Clinicians this fall will include Kenny Washington, drumset artist; Brian Del Signore, percussionist for the Houston Symphony Orchestra and Janis Potter, guest marimbist.

More information on these artists is on our Events page calendar. Check back as more clinicians are added for the fall.

Alumni & Student News

CONGRATULATIONS MAY GRADUATES!
Jazz: Andrea Bunton, Nick Diomedes & Hiroki Uehira; Music Education: Frankie Burke, Michael Garcia, Raj Hensley, Roslyn Howard, Jose Mata, Pat McLaughlin, Eric Petrinowitsch & Bill Pospisil; Composition: Ryan Taycher; Percussion Performance: Taylor Ducharme-Jones, Kenneth Roderick Kosterman, and Adam Ezekiel ("EZ") Skousen-Lanser; Master's Jazz Performance: Jonathan Cabot; Master's Percussion Performance: Rich Bono; DMA Percussion Performance: John Roberts.

Kathryn Vorel - Current percussion performance major - was accepted to study marimba in Japan this summer with Keiko Abe.

Michael Huestis (BM, 1998) - Michael completed his Master's in Performance from BYU in 2000 and taught at American Fork HS in Utah for 9 years. Michael recently has accepted the position of Percussion Coordinator at The Colony High School where he begins teaching this fall.

Larry Lawless (BM, 1972) - Larry recently pubished a new solo marimba piece, "Fandango and Fugue in A minor," released by Innovative Percussion.

Jack Rumbley (BM, 1951 & MM, 1952 in Music Education) - died on December 30, 2009 after a brave struggle with cancer. Jack was a supportive alumni and friend to the UNT Percussion area. He will be missed by all who knew him.

Daniel Kirkpatrick (BM Performance, 2008) - Daniel was recently named Principal Timpanist of the Symphony Orchestra Augusta in Augusta, GA.

Joe Perea (MM, 1998) - Joe is Director of Bands at Santa Rosa Junior College in California where he directs the Symphonic Band, Big Band Ensembles and samba batucada ensemble. A big band recording project is in the works and he continues to work as a pan soloist building pans for his college and a local high school. Joe plays with Jim Munzenrider's Panhandlers and will be performing a show with Ray Holman in December. Joe and his wife Elise have two sons, 4 and one month.

Rich Malloy (BM Performance, 2000) - Rich lives in Nashville with his wife and two dogs. Rich has performed with Lorrie Morgan, Kim Richey, Freedy Johnston, Will Kimbrough, Garrison Starr, Rod Picott and many others. Currently Rich holds the drum chair for the legendary Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame, Country Music Hall of Fame and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Recipient, Brenda Lee.

Ryan Hurn (BM Jazz Studies, 2006) - Ryan lives in Branson, MO and has performed with Andy Williams Band (shows and tours), Les Brown Band of Renown (recorded 2 albums), Bob Hope alumnus Jan Daley and the Lettermen and the Missouri Jazz Orchestra directed by Randy Hamm. Ryan has presented educational clinics at area schools and also has a showboat gig on the lake. Ryan will go to London with Andy Williams this Fall and to California and Las Vegas as well.

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