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New Adjunct Professor of Percussion at Pima College / August 13, 2023
After a series of interviews this past summer, I have officially been offered the Adjunct Professor of Percussion position at Pima Community College here in Tucson, AZ. Homero Ceron, Former Principal Percussionist of the Tucson Symphony, held this professorship for many years and I am honored to be inheriting the wonderful percussion program that he has built. Plus, it will be a joy to teach alongside many of my other TSO colleagues at PCC.
If you are interested in studying with me (and receiving college credit!) this semester, please get in touch! We have openings for applied percussion lessons and for percussion ensemble. Our ensemble will meet on Fridays from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM at PCC West Campus. Everyone is welcome, including complete beginners! Enrollment starts as low as $87 a semester!
Please help spread the word and feel free to reach out directly if you are interested in joining our percussion program at PCC!
If you are interested in studying with me (and receiving college credit!) this semester, please get in touch! We have openings for applied percussion lessons and for percussion ensemble. Our ensemble will meet on Fridays from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM at PCC West Campus. Everyone is welcome, including complete beginners! Enrollment starts as low as $87 a semester!
Please help spread the word and feel free to reach out directly if you are interested in joining our percussion program at PCC!
Upcoming Performances / Events
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: "Firebird Finale with Nathalie Stutzmann" | June 13, 15, and 16, 2024
8:00 PM (6/13 & 6/15) and 3:00 PM (6/16) | Woodruff Arts Center | Atlanta, GA
They call it the Belle Époque—in the early years of the 20th century, the French capital became a magnet for creatives, including Pablo Picasso, Claude Debussy, Gertrude Stein, Henri Matisse, and Marcel Proust. Steeped in that world, two friends, Igor Stravinsky and Maurice Ravel, combined lush harmonies with scintillating orchestral colors to become giants of modern music. Ravel tapped into his Spanish roots for his lusty and bombastic Alborada del gracioso, contrasted here with his delicate nod to the French Baroque. Closing the 2023/24 season, Maestro Stutzmann conducts Stravinsky’s watershed ballet, The Firebird, a titanic and lustrous dazzler in the hands of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The program pairs these works with one of the great monuments for solo violin, the Beethoven Violin Concerto featuring the much-anticipated return of the German violin virtuoso Veronika Eberle, who wowed Atlanta audiences in 2018 with her “totally on fire” (ArtsATL) performance of Brahms.For more information and to register, visit: www.aso.org/events
8:00 PM (6/13 & 6/15) and 3:00 PM (6/16) | Woodruff Arts Center | Atlanta, GA
They call it the Belle Époque—in the early years of the 20th century, the French capital became a magnet for creatives, including Pablo Picasso, Claude Debussy, Gertrude Stein, Henri Matisse, and Marcel Proust. Steeped in that world, two friends, Igor Stravinsky and Maurice Ravel, combined lush harmonies with scintillating orchestral colors to become giants of modern music. Ravel tapped into his Spanish roots for his lusty and bombastic Alborada del gracioso, contrasted here with his delicate nod to the French Baroque. Closing the 2023/24 season, Maestro Stutzmann conducts Stravinsky’s watershed ballet, The Firebird, a titanic and lustrous dazzler in the hands of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The program pairs these works with one of the great monuments for solo violin, the Beethoven Violin Concerto featuring the much-anticipated return of the German violin virtuoso Veronika Eberle, who wowed Atlanta audiences in 2018 with her “totally on fire” (ArtsATL) performance of Brahms.For more information and to register, visit: www.aso.org/events
Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 in Concert" | June 21 & 22, 2024
7:00 PM (6/21), 1:00 PM & 7:00 PM (6/22) | Dr. Phillips Center - Disney Hall | Orlando, FL
It’s time to go hunting for Horcruxes once more: part one of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™ in Concert is nearly here! Featuring the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra performing Alexandre Desplat’s epic score as the franchise’s seventh film is projected onto a giant screen. Join all your favorite characters—and not-so-favorite ones!—as they encounter familiar dangers, new threats, and powerful friendships in this once-in-a-lifetime event.
7:00 PM (6/21), 1:00 PM & 7:00 PM (6/22) | Dr. Phillips Center - Disney Hall | Orlando, FL
It’s time to go hunting for Horcruxes once more: part one of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™ in Concert is nearly here! Featuring the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra performing Alexandre Desplat’s epic score as the franchise’s seventh film is projected onto a giant screen. Join all your favorite characters—and not-so-favorite ones!—as they encounter familiar dangers, new threats, and powerful friendships in this once-in-a-lifetime event.
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra: "The Music of Star Wars" | July 20, 2024
7:30 PM | Waikiki Shell | Honolulu, HI
A Long time ago in a galaxy far far away launches the Hawai’i Symphony’s Sheraton Starlight Festival into hyperdrive! Journey through the music of John Williams’ epic soundtrack for all nine movies of the Skywalker Saga. Conducted by Dane Lam and narrated by Composer in Residence Michael-Thomas Foumai, join your HSO for the ultimate Star Wars musical experience, the force awaits! For tickets, visit: https://www.myhso.org/concerts/
7:30 PM | Waikiki Shell | Honolulu, HI
A Long time ago in a galaxy far far away launches the Hawai’i Symphony’s Sheraton Starlight Festival into hyperdrive! Journey through the music of John Williams’ epic soundtrack for all nine movies of the Skywalker Saga. Conducted by Dane Lam and narrated by Composer in Residence Michael-Thomas Foumai, join your HSO for the ultimate Star Wars musical experience, the force awaits! For tickets, visit: https://www.myhso.org/concerts/
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra: "Mahler 5" | July 21, 2024
7:30 PM | Waikiki Shell | Honolulu, HI
Mahler’s thundering Symphony No.5 comes to the Waikiki Shell! Your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra presents the life-affirming symphony celebrated by Maestro Leonard Bernstein. Experience the embracing Adagietto, the legendary trumpet solo, and a winner of the Nā Hōkū ʻŌpio Young Stars Competition. Dane Lam leads your HSO in a Sheraton Starlight Festival Must-See performance of the summer! For tickets, visit: https://www.myhso.org/concerts/
7:30 PM | Waikiki Shell | Honolulu, HI
Mahler’s thundering Symphony No.5 comes to the Waikiki Shell! Your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra presents the life-affirming symphony celebrated by Maestro Leonard Bernstein. Experience the embracing Adagietto, the legendary trumpet solo, and a winner of the Nā Hōkū ʻŌpio Young Stars Competition. Dane Lam leads your HSO in a Sheraton Starlight Festival Must-See performance of the summer! For tickets, visit: https://www.myhso.org/concerts/
Lineage Percussion: Shadows of Lakeland | July 27, 2024
7:20 PM | The Clarice Performing Arts Center | College Park, MD
First premiered as a virtual livestream event in 2021, this will be the first live performance of the full "Shadows of Lakeland" concert experience. Residents of College Park and the wider community are invited to join the City of College Park's Restorative Justice Commission for this spring series event which will explore the past harms caused by public action and avenues for reparative action. These events will set the foundation for the coming months when the community will look at the actuarial harms committed in Lakeland so they may arrive at proposals for restorative actions.
This concert composed by Carlos Simon and Lineage Percussion is a showcase of the voices of Lakeland, and exploration of their vibrant history and the resolve of the historically Black community.
Visit the following link for tickets and more information about the Lakeland Heritage Project: https://linktr.ee/rjcommission
7:20 PM | The Clarice Performing Arts Center | College Park, MD
First premiered as a virtual livestream event in 2021, this will be the first live performance of the full "Shadows of Lakeland" concert experience. Residents of College Park and the wider community are invited to join the City of College Park's Restorative Justice Commission for this spring series event which will explore the past harms caused by public action and avenues for reparative action. These events will set the foundation for the coming months when the community will look at the actuarial harms committed in Lakeland so they may arrive at proposals for restorative actions.
This concert composed by Carlos Simon and Lineage Percussion is a showcase of the voices of Lakeland, and exploration of their vibrant history and the resolve of the historically Black community.
Visit the following link for tickets and more information about the Lakeland Heritage Project: https://linktr.ee/rjcommission