CALENDAR OF EVENTS (performances, clinics, masterclass and scholarly presentations)
Eastern Percussion Ensemble Student Chamber Ensembles concert, Eastern Connecticut State University, 11/25/2024
Eastern Percussion Ensemble Spring Concert, Eastern Connecticut State University, 5/2/2025
Additional events listed when confirmed throughout the current academic and calendar year
Calendar of Events Archive (academic years 2006/07 – 2023/24)
PUBLISHED COMPOSITIONS
An Erasure, marimba and saxophone duet, 2025
Heraldic Moments, solo timpani, 2022
Oceanus, vibraphone solo, 2022
Oceanus, vibraphone solo with percussion quartet, 2022
Of the Different Beats of the Drum, rudimental snare drum solo, 2021
Windsong 2.0, marimba duo, 2020
Modus Vivendi, marimba and vibraphone duo with world percussion, 2018
Everybody Wants to Rule the World, solo vibraphone, 2017
Root Beer Rag, marimba and vibraphone duet, 2017
Tableau, marimba quartet, 2017
Pure Imagination, solo vibraphone, 2016
Magnolia Pastorale, marimba and piano duo, 2009
Songs without Words, marimba solo, 2008
Undercurrent, marimba and piano duo, 2008
Una Poco Fughetta, marimba and piano duet, 2007
Music and Motion, marimba and trombone duo, 2006
Three Short Stories, marimba solo, 2004
Twilight Blue, marimba solo, 2004
Modus Operandi, marimba solo, 2004
Lacuna, marimba solo with percussion trio, 2004
Charleston, marimba solo, 2004
Windsong, marimba solo, 2004
COMPOSITIONS for MEDIA
An Erasure, incidental music for stage production and film “Greenwood: A Dreamland Destroyed”, 2022
Matriculation, incidental music for Music at EasternCT YouTube Channel trailer, 2021
Poetry in Motion, incidental music for independent film “Old Man Throwing Free Throws”, 2021
PUBLISHED ARTICLES
“Percussion in the Age of Social Media” Rhythm! Scene, Vol. 6, No. 2, April 2019
"Ten Questions with Gene Koshinski" Rhythm! Scene, Vol. 4, No. 3, June 2017
“Guidelines for Marimba Practice and Performance, An introduction for the uninitiated” Percussive Notes, Vol. 49, No. 6, November 2011
“Practicing and Performing in the Age of the Internet” Percussive Notes, Vol. 47, No. 3, June 2009
“For a Great Performance, follow ALL of the Directions” The Drum and Percussion Cookbook, Meredith Publications, distributed by Hal Leonard, 2008
“An Interview with Kataryzna Mycka” Percussive Notes, Vol. 46, No. 5, October 2008
“A Conversation with Jonathan Bernard of the Orchid Ensemble” Percussive Notes, Vol. 46, No. 3, June 2008
“The World of Marimba and Vibes at PASIC” Percussive Notes, Vol. 45, No. 5, October 2007
“The Marimba Masters” Percussive Notes, Vol. 44, No. 1, February 2006
"The Marimba Masters" Percussive Arts Society Online Thesis/Dissertation Repository, 2005, Referenced:
- Vogel Weiss, Lauren. “Marimba Masters Reunion”, Percussive Notes, Vol. 55, No. 2, May 2017
- Center for Mallet Percussion Research Celebrate Marimba Festival, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, November 4 – 6, 2016
- Kite, Rebecca. Keiko Abe, A Virtuosic Life. Leesburg: GP Percussion, 2007
SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS
“Research is Never in a Straight Line”, Music Program Colloquium Series, April 30, 2021
“Rise, Rebellion, Revolution: Ancient Rudimental Drumming and the Music of Colonial America”
- UCONN Center for Learning in Retirement, March 4, 2021 and October 6, 2022
- College Music Society Southern Conference, February 25, 2021
- College Music Society Regional Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 7, 2020
- Faculty Scholars Forum, Eastern Connecticut State University, September 18, 2019
“The Compositional Process”, Music Program Colloquium Series, Eastern Connecticut State University, March 1, 2019
“Cavemen, Aristocrats, and Timpani” Connecticut Music Educators Association 71st In-Service Conference, March 30, 2017
“The History and Accomplishments of The Marimba Masters”, Center for Mallet Percussion Research, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, November 4, 2016
“The Secular yet Sacred Music of the Enlightenment”, Flagg Road UCC, West Hartford Connecticut, July 5, 2015
“Ensemble Programming for Limited Resources…Making Mountains out of Molehills”, Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Austin Texas, November 3, 2012
“Fifty Years of Research found in the periodicals of the Percussive Arts Society”, Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Indianapolis, Indiana, November 11, 2011
“College Pedagogy Committee Mentoring Day”, Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Indianapolis Indiana, November 9, 2011
“The History of the Marimba Solo and the Development of a Sequence of Literature”, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury Connecticut, October 14, 2009
“Gordon Peters”, Winthrop University Percussion Ensemble Spring Concert, Rock Hill South Carolina, April 6, 2006
“Composing for Trombone: Dos and Don’ts”, North Carolina Trombone Festival, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, April 2, 2005
“The Marimba Masters”, The Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Nashville Tennessee, November 13, 2004
COMMISSIONED WORKS for PERCUSSION
There, Their, They’re, percussion quartet, Josh Gottry, 2020
SyNc, solo snare drum, Gene Koshinski, 2018
…..we emerged, to see, once more, the stars, percussion ensemble, Anthony Cornicello, 2018
Roundabout, percussion trio, Josh Gottry, 2018
Basic Geometry, percussion trio, Josh Gottry, 2014
Diabolic Meditations, marimba and piano duo, David Long, 2010
Almost Beyond, marimba and piano duo, Nathan Daughtrey, 2009
Folk Song, marimba and piano duo, Wes Robertson, 2008
Due East, marimba and piano duo, Pete Zambito, 2008
Il difetto tragico, marimba solo, David Long, 2007
Low Five, marimba solo, Anthony Cornicello, 2007
DISCOGRAPHY
Jeff Calissi, Short Stories
C. Alan Publications, Marimba Curriculum
C. Alan Publications, Music for Percussion Ensemble
Nathan Daughtrey, Spiral Passages
Radford University, By Departing Light
Oasis Compact Discs, Oasis New Age
BROADCAST, PRINT and DIGITAL MEDIA INTERVIEWS
Rhythm Scene, “Five Question Friday”, April 3, 2020
Wayne Norman Show, WILI 1400 AM, November 28, 2018
Percussive Arts Society Connecticut Chapter CT Spotlight, August 2018
Windham Arts Radio Review, WILI 98.3 FM, April 4, 2018
Pete's Percussion Podcast, Episode 61, October 25, 2017
Windham Arts Radio Review, WILI 98.3 FM, October 11, 2017
Percussive Notes, “Marimba Masters Reunion”, May 2017
Pan American Express, WECS 90.1 FM, April 4, 2017
Pete’s Percussion Podcast, Episode 9, September 4, 2016
Pete’s Percussion Podcast, Episode 8, August 6, 2016
Wayne Norman Show, WILI 1400 AM, January 14, 2013
Wayne Norman Show, WILI 1400 AM, January 11, 2013
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