2025
April 12: Guest Soloist, Altoona Symphony Orchestra, Kevin Puts’ Marimba Concerto
February 15 & 16: Guest Soloist, Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, Kevin Puts’ Marimba Concerto
January 18 & 19: Percussion @ Penn State Marimba Festival & Competition, Penn State University Park, FREE but registration is required.
Details can be found HERE.
2024
November 16: 21st Century Consort, Above & Beyond, Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., USA
October 30: Faculty Recital, Haunt of Last Nightfall, featuring Percussion @ Penn State, 7:30 pm, Recital Hall, Penn State University Park
Program Notes can be found HERE.
October 26: Principal Timpani, Altoona Symphony Orchestra, Halloween Fantastique, Misher Theatre, Altoona, PA, USA, 7:30 pm
October 22: Guest Soloist, Williamsport Symphony Orchestra, Kevin Puts’ Marimba Concerto
April 6: 21st Century Consort, Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, USA, Quinquagenerians
March 16/17: Percussion @ Penn State Festival & Conference, details HERE
February 18: Concerto Soloist with Western Michigan University’s Wind Symphony, Conductor Scott Boerma, Baljinder Sekhon’s Double Percussion Concerto, Dr. Marja Kerney & Dr. Lee Hinkle soloists
February 5: Penn State School of Music, Lunar New Year Concert, 7:30 pm
January 20: 21st Century Consort, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Washington, DC, USA, Singular Beauty
2023
December 15: Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra, Holiday Concert, Recital Hall, Penn State University, State College, PA, USA, December 2023, Principal Percussion
October 13/14: Columbus Symphony Orchestra, The Beauty of Spain, Columbus, OH, USA, section percussion
October 8: Penn State School of Music Rhapsody Recital Series, Figure & Form, solo/chamber recital, State College, PA, USA
October 6: Signature Theatre, Shirlington, VA, USA, Ragtime, promotional video recording
September 31: Penn State School of Music Rhapsody Recital Series, Lowest of the Low, solo/chamber recital, State College, PA, USA
September 30: Altoona Symphony Orchestra, Season 95 Opening Night: Dudana Mazmanishvili Plays Rachmaninov, Altoona, PA, USA, section percussion
July/August: American Institute of Musical Studies Orchestra, Graz, Austria, Percussion Coordinator
- Gioachino, Giuseppe e Giacomo, Stefaniensaal, Grazer Congress, Graz, Austria, Conductor Martin Lukas Meister, July 13
- Magic Moments, Stefaniensaal, Grazer Congress, Graz, Austria, Conductor Marius Stieghorst, July 20
- Nacht und Träume, Herz-Jesu-Kirche, Graz, Austria, Conductor Marius Stieghorst, July 27
- Rosen aus dem Süden, Kasematten, Graz, Austria, Conductor Marzio Conti, August 2
- Rosen aus dem Süden, Kunsthaus, Weiz, Austria, Conductor Marzio Conti, August 4
- Meistersingerkonzert, Helmut-List-Halle, Graz, Austria, Conductor Marzio Conti, August 10
May 13, 8 pm: Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Columbus, OH, USA, section percussion
April 29, 5 pm: 21st Century Consort, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Washington, DC, USA, Music for Earth Day
April 18, 7:30 pm: Ziporyn, Evan, “Impulse Control for Solo Drum Set and Wind Ensemble,” Penn State Wind Ensemble, Conductor Tonya Mitchell-Spradlin, Penn State School of Music, Recital Hall
April 8, 12 pm to 6 pm: Penn State Timpani Summit, details HERE.
April 1, 5 pm: New Orchestra of Washington, Beethoven Five, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Terrace Theatre, Washington, DC, USA
March 23-25: Penn State School of Music, New Music Festival
March 17-19: Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Variations on Nutcracker Suite, Columbus, OH, USA, section percussion
March 5, 5 pm: Washington Master Chorale, Poetry Into Song, The National Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC, USA, principal timpani
February 19, 7:30 pm: Margaret Fay’s Penn State School of Music Bassoon Faculty Recital, Cosine to Canine, Penn State Recital Hall, State College, PA, USA
February 15, 12:30 pm to 2 pm: Percussion Masterclass, University of South Florida School of Music, Tampa, FL, USA, Theatrical Music for Solo Percussion
February 4, 5 pm: 21st Century Consort, Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, USA, Pickett’s Charge
February 4-6: Dear Mr. Duncan, Keegan Theatre, Washington, DC, USA
January 18, 7:30 pm: Xenakis 100, Faculty Recital, Penn State School of Music, Recital Hall
2022
December 11, 3 pm: Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra, Penn State University Recital Hall, State College, PA, USA. A Holiday Celebration, Conductor Timothy Farrand, Section Percussion
November 9-12: Percussive Arts Society’s International Convention, Indianapolis, IN, USA
November 4, 7:30 pm: New Orchestra of Washington, Terrace Theatre, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., USA. Dia de Los Muertos Celebration. Conductor Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, Principal Percussion
October 28, 7:30 pm: Altoona Symphony Orchestra, Mishler Theatre, Altoona, PA, USA, Hitchcock & Friends, Conductor Nick Palmer, Section Percussion
October 21: Signature Theatre: Shirlington, Virginia, USA, Into the Woods, promotional video recording session
October 8, 7:30 pm: Altoona Symphony Orchestra, Mishler Theatre, Altoona, PA, USA, The New World, Conductor Nick Palmer, Section Percussion
October 1, 5 pm: 21st Century Consort, Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. USA. THRENODY
- Featured soloist on Tansy Davies’s Dark Ground
- World premiere performance of David Froom’s Lament for the City
September 20-21: Recording sessions for Steven Rice’s Murmurs from Limbo for Alto, Tenor, & Ensemble, Penn State School of Music, Recital Hall
August 20, 6 pm: Altoona Symphony Orchestra, Canal Basin Park, Hollidaysburg, PA, USA, ASO Summer Celebration!, Conductor Nick Palmer, August 2022, Principal Percussion & Drum Set
July/August: American Institute of Musical Studies Orchestra, Graz, Austria, AIMS Festival Orchestra, Percussionist & Percussion Coordinator
- Galakonzert “50 Jahre AIMS in Graz,” Stefaniensaal, Grazer Congress, Graz, Austria, Conductor Lukas Beikircher, July 14
- Von Zauberern, Hexen und Geistern Of Wizards, Witches and Ghosts, Stefaniensaal, Grazer Congress, Graz, Austria, Conductor Marius Stieghorst, July 21
- Mahler 5, Herz-Jesu-Kirche, Graz, Austria, Conductor Marius Stieghorst, July 28
- Mahler 5, Stift St Paul im Lavanttal, Lavanttal, Austria, Conductor Marius Stieghorst, July 29
- O mia bella Napoli, Schlossbergbühne Kasematten, Graz, Austria, Conductor Stefan Veselka, August 4
- O mia bella Napoli, Kunsthaus Weiz, Weiz, Austria, Conductor Stefan Veselka, August 5
- American Institute of Musical Studies Orchestra, Chamber Music Concert, Priesterseminar – Barocksaal, Graz, Austria, August 9
- Meistersinger, Helmut-List-Halle, Graz, Austria, Conductor Marzio Conti, August 11
June 18, 7:30 pm: Wright, Maurice. “Concertpiece for Solo Marimba and Orchestra,” Penn’s Woods Music Festival Orchestra, Conductor Gerardo Edelstein
May 26, 7:30 pm: New Orchestra of Washington, Terrace Theatre, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., USA. The Time is NOW! 10th Anniversary Concert. Conductor Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, Principal Percussionist
May 21, 7:30 pm: Altoona Symphony Orchestra, Mishler Theatre, Altoona, PA, USA. Pops in Space!, Conductor Nick Palmer, Principal Percussionist
May 7, 7:30 pm; May 8, 3 pm: Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Rite Theatre, Harrisburg, PA, USA. Wizard of Oz, Conductor Stuart Malina, Section Percussion
April 17: Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD, USA. Easter Services, Timpani & Percussion, April 2022
April 9, 5 pm: 21st Century Consort, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C. USA. Perpendicular Expression
March 31, 7:30 pm: Penn State University Living Music Concert, Recital Hall, Penn State University, State College, PA, USA
- Tooth Necklace by Stephen Ryan Jackson, Winner of the 2022 Penn State International Call for Scores: Acoustic Category
March 20, 5 pm: Washington Master Chorale, Church of the Epiphany, Washington, D.C. USA. KLEI KODESH (SACRED VESSELS), Conductor Thomas Colohan
- World premiere performance of Henry Dehlinger’s Kohelet (The Teacher)
February 27, 3 pm: Penn State University, Recital Hall, State College, PA, USA. Faculty Recital
February 12-13: Vibraphone Century: A Celebration of the Vibraphone at 100 Years, Recital Hall, State College, PA, USA
- World premiere of the Vibraphone Century collection of solos for vibraphone to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the invention of the vibraphone
- Solo performances of Stuart Saunders Smith’s Halo for solo vibraphone & “XIV. Gertrude Stein” from The Vibraphone Poems, Maurice Wright’s Setup Music, Kevin Day’s a light that draws near
February 5, 5 pm: 21st Century Consort, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C. USA. Count the Ways
2021
December 12, 3 pm: Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra, Penn State University Recital Hall, State College, PA, USA. Holiday Concert: “Handel’s Messiah”, Conductor Christopher Kiver, Principal Timpani
December 11, 7:30 pm: Washington Master Chorale, Church of the Epiphany, Washington, D.C. USA. COMFORT + JOY, Conductor Thomas Colohan
December 3-4: Altoona Symphony Orchestra, Altoona Area High School, Altoona, PA, USA, Home for the Holidays, Conductor Nick Palmer, Section Percussion
October 29-30, 7:30 pm: Altoona Symphony Orchestra, Mishler Theatre, Altoona, PA, USA, We Love the 80s! Pops Concert, Conductor Nick Palmer, Principal Percussion and Drum Set
October 9, 5 pm: 21st Century Consort, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C. USA. ELEGY
September 12, 3 pm: Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra, Penn State University Recital Hall, State College, PA, USA, Season Concert 1: Explore Together, Conductor Yaniv Attar
April 4: Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD, USA. Easter Services, Timpani & Percussion
2020
December 5; UMD Percussion Faculty Masterclass, via Zoom, 10 am to 12 pm; students who wish to participate in the masterclass should sign up here
November 14; Percussive Arts Society International Convention, New Music/Research Presents 2020: Music for Percussion and Voice with hosts Bonnie Whiting and Lee Hinkle, 1 pm: register for PASIC here.
October 16; 21st Century Consort: S P A C E D O U T, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
Watch the full concert here.
View the concert program here.
Read the review here in the Washington Post.
May 9; University of Maryland Wind Orchestra: Classically Dope, Dr. Michael Votta, conductor, The Clarice, Dekelboum Concert Hall, 8 pm* Concert will feature rapper and hip-hop artist Koshens the MC* Drum set soloist for Daniel Ziporyn’s new concerto for Drum Set and Wind Ensemble entitled Impulse Control *cancelled due to COVID-19
April 19; Washington Master Chorale: Poetry Into Song, The Church of the Epiphany, Washington, D.C., 5 pm, ticketed *cancelled due to COVID-19
April 18; 21st Century Consort: A Time For…, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., 5 pm *cancelled due to COVID-19
March 14; 21st Century Consort: H2O Water Music, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., 6 pm, ticketed
* percussion-heavy concert featuring Tan Dun’s Water Music & Berio’s Circles
Watch the full concert here.
Read about the concert here in the Washington City Paper.
2019
October 2019 to January 2020; A Chorus Line, Signature Theatre, ticketed
November 13-16; Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Indianpolis, IN
* preparatory meetings for hosting “New Music/Research Presents” concert series at PASIC 2020 with colleague Bonnie Whiting
November 9; 21st Century Consort: Time Out of Mind, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C., 5 pm, free
October 17-19; Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education Conference, Iowa State University, Papa John Center for Entrepreneurship, Ames, IA
* research and meetings to prepare my new course “Entrepreneurship for Arts Leaders,” part of the new Arts Leadership Minor Program at UMD launched this fall 2019
July to August 2019; American Insitute for Musical Studies Orchestra, Graz, Austria
June 20-22; Marimba + Voice Festival, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT, Faculty Member (lecture on entrepreneurship, solo recital, masterclasses)
April 13; 21st Century Consort: Black Angels, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 5 pm, FREE
March 2; Faculty Artist Series: Lee Hinkle, Percussion, The Xylophone Poems as Solo Opera, The Clarice, Gildenhorn Recital Hall, 5 pm* World premiere performance of Stuart Saunders Smith’s recently expanded The Xylophone Poems *cancelled due to injury
February 16; 21st Century Consort: All You Need Is Love, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 5 pm, FREE
2018
December 8; The Passion of Scrooge (2018) Film Screening; Zen Violence Films & 21st Century Consort, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 3:30 pm, FREE
December 8; 21st Century Consort: Between Worlds, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 5 pm, FREE
November 14-17; Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Indianapolis, IN
November 10; Teatro Lirico, Los Gavilanes, Columbia Heights Community Center, 7 pm, ticketed
October 20; 21st Century Consort: Sites Unheard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 5 pm, FREE
October 12; American Pops Orchestra, Meridian Ball, Meridian House/Meridian International Center, private event
October 6 Horatio Algers Awards, Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theatre, featured marching snare drummer, private event
* Featuring Reba McIntyre, headlining artist & Jane Seymour, MC
August 14 – September 23; Passion, Signature Theatre, ticketed
April 21; 21st Century Consort: Memory Lane, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 5 pm, FREE
February 11; Faculty Recital, University of Maryland – College Park, the Clarice, Gildenhorn Recital Hall
* Premiere performances of works by Andrea Clearfield and Baljinder Sekhon
Archived Events
2017
January 30; Mason Bates’s KC Jukebox: Ravishment, Kennedy Center, Atrium, 7:30 pm, ticketed
February 4; 21st Century Consort: Dancing Stone, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 5 pm, FREE
February 11; Maryland Music Educator’s Association Convention, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD, Percussion Techniques for Music Directors, 3:40 pm-4:50 pm, Room 321
February 12; National Symphony Orchestra Family Concert, The Man with the Violin with violinist Joshua Bell, Kennedy Center Concert Hall, 2 pm, World Premiere of The Man with the Violin by Anne Dudley
March 5; Washington Master Chorale, Time and Memory, National Presbyterian Church, 5 pm, World Premiere of Ruminations by Jennifer Higdon
March 11; Adjudicate Percussionists, Anne Arundel County Solo and Ensemble Festival
March 25; 21st Century Consort: Color School, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 5 pm, FREE
March 30; Violin Portraits, Recent Music of Stuart Saunders Smith with Violinist Airi Yoshioka, UMBC Department of Music, Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall, 7:30 pm
April 1; MD / DE Chapter Percussive Arts Society “Day of Percussion,” University of Maryland – College Park, School of Music & the Clarice, Event Host
April 8; Pertout, Andrian. Illuminoso Concertino-Doppio for Alto-Saxophone, Marimba, and String Orchestra,Takoma Ensemble, Church of the Ascension, ticketed, World Premiere
April 29; Origins Concert Series with Carrie Rose, flutist, Church of the Ascension, 8 pm, ticketed
May 1; UMD Percussion Ensemble Concert, Dekelboum Concert Hall, the Clarice, 8 pm, FREE
May 21-23; Recording Session, Stuart Saunders Smith’s The Authors (marimba opera) for Smith’s upcoming five CD set of retrospective works; UMBC recording studio, Alan Wonneberger, recording engineer
August 8 – October 15; A Little Night Music, Signature Theatre, ticketed
November 7 – January 14; Crazy for You, Signature Theatre, ticketed
November 9; Solo Performance at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, 9 am, Focus Day, Wabash Ballroom, Indianapolis Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN
* Stuart Saunders Smith’s The Authors (marimba opera), can be heard on my solo CD available here.
December 16; 21st Century Consort, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 5 pm
2016
February 6; 21st Century Consort, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 5 pm
* Bartok’s Concerto for Two Pianos and Percussion and Berio’s Circles
February 21; Corigliano’s “Conjurer: Concerto for Percussionist and String Orchestra,” University of South Florida Symphony Orchestra, Tampa, FL, 2 pm
February 27; Percussion Concerto with the UMD Wind Orchestra
* the Clarice, Dekelboum Concert Hall, 8 pm
March 6; Washington Master Chorale, Song of the Beloved, 4 pm, The National Presbyterian Church
March 12; 21st Century Consort, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 5 pm
April 9; MD / DE Chapter Percussive Arts Society Day of Percussion; Towson University, Baltimore, MD
* Solo Snare Drum Competition, Headling Artist: Casey Cangelosi
April 18; Mason Bate’s KC Jukebox Concert:Â New Voices, Old Muses, 8 pm, Atrium
April 20; Northwestern High School, Hyattsville, MD, Percussion Master Class
April 30; 21st Century Consort, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 5 pm
* Cage’s Imaginary Landscapes II with the UMD Percussion Ensemble
May 6;Â The Versatile Viola: Gritty, Modern and Mellow, Faculty Recital, Kathy Murdock, Viola, the Clarice, Gildenhorn Recital Hall, 8 pm
October 8; Steven Stucky’s Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble, University of Maryland Wind Orchestra, the Clarice, Dekelboum Concert Hall, 8 pm, ticketed
October 23;Â Mason Bates’s KC Jukebox: Mercury Soul, Kennedy Center, Atrium, 7:30 pm, ticketed
November 4 & 6; Teatro Lirico, Agua, Azucarillos y Aguardiente, Theatre of the Scottish Rite, ticketed
November 9-12; Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Indianapolis, IN
- Performance by UMD Percussion Ensemble, Focus Day, Thursday November 10, 1 pm, Wabash
- Robert Schroyer, D.M.A. candidate @ UMD, PAS Marimba Solo Competition finalist, Thursday November 10, 9:30 am, Room 205
- Laurin Friedland, M.M. candidate @ UMD, PAS Mock Timpani Audition, Thursday November 10, 2 pm, Room 205
December 2 & 3; Cirque Musica, Tampa, FL Amelia Arena and Orlando, FL, Silver Spurs Arena, Tampa POPS Orchestra, ticketed
December 5; UMD Percussion Ensemble: Drama, Dekelboum Concert Hall, the Clarice, 8 pm, FREE
December 13, 2016 – January 29, 2017; Titanic, Signature Theatre, ticketed
December 17; 21st Century Consort: Museum Music, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 5 pm, FREE
