Percussion Week features performances, master classes
The Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University hosts Percussion Week March 23 through 30,
featuring faculty and guest artist performances, master classes and clinics, and the Percussion Ensemble
Spring Concert.
Among the events:
• Wednesday, March 23, 8 p.m., Bliss
Hall, Room 2222, Faculty Artist
Recital - Glenn Schaft and Friends
(Tim Harker, saxophone; Theron
Brown, piano; Dan Wilson, guitar;
Dave Morgan, bass; Glenn Schaft,
drums; and Ed Davis, percussion.)
Featuring the music of Glenn Schaft,
Dave Morgan, Tim Harker, Dan
Wilson, Rajery and Sabrina
Malheiros
• Friday, March 25, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Bliss Hall, Room 2326, Drumset
Guest Artist and Clinic Brian Fullen. After 23 years in the Nashville
music industry, Fullen continues to be among the most respected and in-demand recording session
drummer/percussionists on Music Row.
• Sunday, March 27, 2 p.m. recital and 3:30 p.m. Masterclass, Percussion Guest Artists, Bliss
Recital Hall. Filippo Lattanzi, marimba, and Marco Pacassoni, vibraphone, Recital – 2 p.m. Italian
marimba and vibraphone virtuosos performing works by J.S. Bach, Debussy, Chick Corea, and
more.
• Wednesday, March 30, YSU Percussion Ensemble Spring Concert, 8 p.m., Butler North.
Performing works by Toru Takemitsu, Bela Fleck, Gerard Lacointe, Phillip Richardson, Miguel
Zenon, Eugene Novotney, and the Concerto for Saxophone and Percussion by Russell Peterson
featuring Greta Johnson.
All events are free and open to the public. Parking is available for a nominal fee in the M1 Wick Avenue
deck. For more information please call the Dana School of Music at 330/941-3636. For a complete calendar
of events please visit http://web.ysu.edu/fpa.