Curriculum Vitae
Glenn Schaft, D.M.A.
219 Edna Street, Poland, Ohio 44514
E-mail geschaft@ysu.edu
Website www.ysu.edu/percussion
330.757.1825 home, 330.518.4812 mobile, 330.941-3643 office, 330.941.1490 fax
Current Activities
Associate
Professor/Director of Percussion Studies, Dana School of Music, Youngstown
State University, Youngstown,
Ohio, 1996-present.
Teach Applied
Percussion Lessons at graduate and undergraduate levels, Direct Percussion
Ensemble, Latin Percussion Group, Perform with YSU Faculty Jazz Group.
Founder/advisor of the Youngstown Percussion Collective, Founder SMARTS RHYTHMS
Drum Circle Education Partnership Program in 2002, and Co-founder YSU
Afro-Cuban Arts Festival in 1999. Coordinate Adjunct Percussion Faculty,
Percussion Graduate Assistants, Percussion Equipment, and Facilities.
Freelance
Musician, 1975-present.
Doctor of
Musical Arts in Percussion
Performance and Literature, 1993. University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.
•Doctoral
dissertation Jazz Drumming 1960-65; Transcriptions and Analyses of Ensemble
Techniques.
•Minor area Ethnomusicology. Studied Jazz, Latin,
African, Indian, Brazilian, Peru, etc.
•Awarded
Graduate Teaching Assistantship in Jazz Division.
•Applied
percussion study with Tom Siwe.
•Performed
with Jazz Band 1, Percussion Ensemble, Graduate Percussion Group, New Music
Ensemble, Symphonic Wind Ensemble.
Master of Arts in Percussion Performance, 1983. Eastern Illinois University.
Awarded Graduate Teaching Assistantship in Percussion and Jazz Divisions.
Applied study with Johnny Lee Lane. Performed with Percussion Ensemble, Steel
Band, Latin Percussion Group, Jazz Band 1, Jazz Combo 1.
Bachelor of
Music in Performance, 1982.
Baldwin-Wallace College; Conservatory of Music. Applied study with George
Kiteley. Performed with Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band
1, Jazz Combo 1, Percussion Ensemble, Opera Orchestra, Various Musicals, Brass
Choir.
Post-Doctoral
Studies, 1989-1992,
Cleveland State University, Earned 50 credit hours in applied percussion and
contemporary music. Private study with Tom Freer, Assistant Timpanist -
Cleveland Orchestra, 1994 and Jay Burnham, Assistant Timpanist - Cleveland
Orchestra, 1990-91, independent study - contemporary music with Edwin London.
Performed with the New Music Associates.
Afro-Cuban
Folkloric Percussion at the
Escuela Nacional De Arte in Havana, Cuba. 1994. Thirty-day workshop funded by a
grant from the Ohio Arts Council International Arts 2000 Program. Private study
with Fermin Nani and Santiago Nani. Masterclasses with Groupo Afro-Cuba and
Roberto Vizciano.
World
Percussion Studies at the
Berklee College of Music - World Percussion Festival in Boston, 1995. One-week
workshop funded by the University of Minnesota - Duluth. Studies with Giovanni
Hidalgo (congas), Trici Sankaran & Jamie Haddad (South Indian rhythm), Glen
Velez (frame drums), Victor Mendoza (Latin-Jazz Group), Horacio Hernandez &
Casey Schurell (drumset), Joe Galeota (West African).
Additional
Private Studies:
Lewis Nash, Drum Set, New York,
2002.
John Riley, Drum Set, New York, 2002.
John Hollenbeck, Drum Set, 2002.
Ruben Alvarez, Afro-Cuban Percussion, Chicago, 1994.
Bob Becker, Tabla, Champaign, IL, 1987.
Harold Damas - Snare Drum, Drum Set, Jazz Vibraphone, Cleveland, 1968-82.
Ted Piltzecker, Jazz Vibraphone, Ohio State University Vibraphone Camp, 1981.
Linda Pimentel, Marimba, Ohio State University Marimba Camp, 1981.
Leigh Howard Stevens, Marimba masterclasses, Ludwig Percussion Symposium, 1981.
Additional
Masterclass Participation:
•World/Latin
Percussion-Ruben Alvarez, Taku Hirano, Craig Williams, Bobby Christian at US
Percussion Camp, 1989-98.
•Drumset-Lewis
Nash, Alan Dawson, Ndugu Chancelor, Joe Bonadio at US Percussion Camp, 1989-98.
•Rudimental
snare drum-Rob Carson, Dean Ponsetti at US Percussion Camp,
1989-98.
•Ludwig Summer Percussion Symposiums, PA, TN, WI, 1977-79. Classes with Joe Morello, Alan Dawson, Carmine Appice, Dave Samuels, David Friedman, Charles Dowd, Al Payson, Bobby Christian.
Teaching Experience
Associate
Professor of Percussion, Youngstown
State University, 1996-Present. Serve as Director of Percussion Studies.
Visiting
Assistant Professor of Percussion/Jazz Studies, University of Minnesota Duluth, 1994-96. Performed
with Faculty Jazz Quintet. Taught Applied Percussion Lessons and Seminar
Classes, Percussion Ensemble Director, Percussion Methods, Jazz Ensemble II,
Latin Jazz Combo, Jazz Ensemble Literature, Jazz Rhythm Section Techniques,
African Roots of American Music, Independent Study Advisor at Undergraduate and
Graduate Level, Evolution and Analysis of Contemporary Popular Music, Evolution
and Analysis of Jazz Styles, Founded “Afro-Cuban Popular and Folkloric Music”
Course.
Percussion
Instructor, United States
Percussion Camp, one-week summer camp held at Eastern Illinois University,
1989-98. Taught timpani and jazz drumset to high school and college students.
Percussion/Jazz
Instructor, University of
Illinois - Summer Youth Music Camps, 1984-95. Taught jazz and percussion camps
(jazz drumset, combos, percussion ensembles, percussion techniques classes.
Adjunct
Instructor, Cuyahoga Community
College, 1989-94. Taught Applied Percussion and Introduction to World
Music course.
Adjunct
Percussion Instructor, Baldwin-Wallace
College; Conservatory of Music, 1989-94.
Adjunct
Percussion Instructor in the Conservatory Preparatory Program, Taught 4-12th
grade students and adults. Sabbatical Replacement, winter 1989, Taught applied
percussion majors, percussion ensemble, conducted jazz band. Percussion
Faculty, Summer Music Clinic, 1989-94.
Graduate
Teaching Assistant, University of
Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, 1987-88. Taught Jazz Improvisation courses.
Visiting
Lecturer in Percussion, Moorhead
State University, Concordia College, and North Dakota State University, 1986-7.
Taught Applied Percussion, Percussion Ensemble, and Percussion Methods.
Adjunct Percussion Instructor, Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois, 1985-6, 1987-8. Taught Applied Percussion and Founded the Parkland College Percussion Ensemble.
Clinic,
Masterclass, and Lecture Presentations
•China – Nanjing
Institute of the Arts, 2004, Drumset.
•China -
Hangzhou Teachers College, 2004. Drumset.
•Ohio Music
Educators Annual Convention, Cleveland, OH., 2003. Teaching Rhythm.
•Percusssive
Arts Society International Convention, Columbus, OH, 2002. Drumset education.
•China
Conservatory, Beijing, China, 2002. Jazz Drumming.
•University of
New Mexico, 2000. Jazz Drumming.
•University of
Akron, 1999. Jazz Drumming.
•Three Rivers
Music Showcase, Pittsburgh, PA, 1999. Orchestral percussion.
•Interlochen
School of the Arts, 1999. Afro-Cuban percussion.
•YSU Center
for International Studies Program on Afro-Cuban Percussion Music, 4/29/99.
•YSU Quest 98,
Lecture/Performance “Afro Cuban Folkloric Music”, Kilcawley Center, 1998.
•University of
Michigan, 1998. Afro-Cuban percussion.
•Eastern
Illinois University, 1998. Snare Drum.
•Kent State
University, 1998, Afro-Cuban percussion.
•Purdue
University, 1998. Afro-Cuban percussion.
•Ashland
University Jazz Festival, 1998, adjudicator, clinician, performer.
•Guest
Speaker, Eastern Illinois University 25th Anniversary Percussion Ensemble
Concert, 1998.
•Scholarly
Paper Presentation, “Jazz Drumming 1960-65; Transcriptions and Analysis”,
Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Columbus, Ohio, 1993. Based
on Doctoral Dissertation research.
•YSU, Foreign
Language Course #890 “Afro-Cuban Folkloric Culture”, 1997.
•Duluth
Childrens Museum “Fiesta Cubana Day”, performance & lecture, 1996.
•University of
Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, 1988. Adjudicator, clinician, performer.
•Baldwin-Wallace
College Conservatory of Music, 1992. Adjudicator, clinician, performer.
•Moorhead
State University, MN, 1986-87.
•North Dakota
State University, 1986-87.
•Concordia
College, MN, 1986-87.
•Minnesota Day
of Percussion, McPhail Center for the Arts, Minneapolis, 1994 & 95.
•Head of the
Lakes Jazz Festival, University of Minnesota-Duluth, 1994, 1995.
•Percussive
Arts Society Days of Percussion in Ohio, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, and
Indiana.
BATTU World
Percussion Quartet – Universities and Secondary Schools Throughout the US.
Summer Music
Camps - Instructor/Performer
•Youngstown
State University Summer Jazz Camp, 1997-99.
•United States
Percussion Camp, 1989-98.
•Richland
Academy Summer Jazz Camp, 1998, 2000, 2001.
•University of
Illinois Summer Jazz Camp, 1984-96.
•Lakeland
Community College Summer Jazz Camp, 1997, 1999.
•University of
Minnesota - Duluth Summer Music Camp, 1995 - 96.
•Baldwin-Wallace
College Conservatory Summer Music Camp, 1989-94.
•Eastern
Illinois Summer Jazz Camp, 1983.
Adjudication/Guest
Artist Performance Experience
•Lakeland
Community College High School Jazz Festival, 2004-present
•Mayfield High
School Jazz Festival, Mayfield Hts, OH, 2003
•Pennsylvania
Music Educators District 3 Jazz Festival, Franklin, PA 2003
•Ashland
University Jazz Festival, 1998.
•Head of the
Lakes Jazz Festival, University of Minnesota-Duluth, 1994, 1995.
•Minnesota
Music Educators State Convention, University of Minnesota Duluth Faculty Jazz
Quintet, 1995.
•University of
Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, 1988. Adjudicator, clinician, performer.
•Baldwin-Wallace
College Conservatory of Music, 1992. Adjudicator, clinician, performer.
•North Dakota
State University Jazz Festival, 1987.
•North Dakota State Music Educators Association, 1986-87.
Performance Experience
Drum Set Performance Experience
•Paquito D”Rivera with YSU Faculty Jazz Group at 2005 Lakeland Community
College Jazz Festival.
•YSU Dream Band 2005. Big band composed of YSU faculty and outstanding students
dedicated to performing new music.
•Tour of Nanjing and Hangzhou China with the YSU Faculty Jazz Group, 2004.
•Jim McNeely
(jazz pianist) with YSU Faculty Jazz Group at 2004 YSU Piano Week.
•Harold Danko (jazz pianist) with YSU Faculty Jazz Group at 2005 YSU Piano
Week.
•Sean Jones (jazz trumpet) with YSU Faculty Jazz Group, at YSU, 2004.
•Chita Riverra (Tony Award Winning Broadway singer) at Cleveland Playhouse
Benefit Concert, 2005. Chita was the lead in the original Broadway production
of Bernstein’s “West Side Story”.
•Soloist at
the Ohio Music Educator’s Association Convention in Columbus, Ohio with the
Youngstown State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 2004.
•World
Premiere – Dave Morgan concerto “Reactions” for drumset and wind ensemble with
the Youngstown State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 2003.
•Tour of
Beijing, China with YSU Faculty Jazz Group, 2002.
•Duo Concert
with Kent Engelhardt-saxophone at Cleveland State University Sundown Jazz
Series, 2005.
•YSU Dream
Band at Boardman High School Jazz Festival, 2005.
•Youngstown State University Faculty Jazz Group, 1996-present.
Performances with: Paquito D’ Rivera, Sean Jones, Jim McNeeley, Marvin Stamm,
Todd Coolman, Nick Brignola, John Fedchock, Harold Danko, Randy Johnston, James
Weidman, Ralph Lalama, Jack Schantz, Tony Leonardi, Dave Morgan, Kent
Engelhardt, Jeff Grubbs, Kent Engelhardt, Jim Masters, Alton Merrill, Paul
McKee, Jason Rigby, Phil Palombi.
•Cleveland
Jazz Orchestra – A Jazz Repertory Big Band, 1997-2001.
•Chip Stephens
Trio, 1996-2000. Chip toured with Woody Herman Band, Arturo Sandoval, and is
presently director of jazz piano at the University of Illinois-Champaign.
•Freelance
drumset engagements, 1996-present:
Rudy and the
Professionals – reggae, calypso, and soca.
Steve
Cipriano Trio – blues.
Cruise
Control – fusion.
Northcoast –
pop.
John Reese
Project – jazz-funk.
Backbeat –
pop.
Teddy
Pantelas Trio – jazz-originals.
First Class
Big Band.
Cliff
Barnes, Matt Ferraro, Dave Kana, Tim Harker, Peter Dominguez, Bobby Selvaggio,
Paul Ferguson, Chip Beyers, Wibur Krebs, Jim Gerlach.
Freelance Jazz
Drumset Engagements:
Allison Krauss, Anthony Cox, Dan Wall, Ernie Krivda Big Band and Octet, Don
Menza, Brian Lynch, Dominic Spera, Jerry Coker, Anthony Cox, Harvey Wienapple,
Laurence Hobgood, Mike Kocour, Kim Richmond, Jeff Grubbs, Ken Peplowski, Brad
Goode, Hal Melia, Howie Smith, Pat Harbison, Phil DiGreg, Micheal Weiss, Dick
Contino, Big Time Jazz Orchestra, Kevin Gainer, Les Elgart Band, Larry Elgart
Band, Tommy Dorsey Band, University of Illinois Jazz Band, 1984-88, Two United
States Tours. “Guest band”, National Association of Jazz Educators Convention
in Detroit, 1988. “Guest band”, at the Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival,
1986.
Freelance
Popular Music Engagements:
•Chuck Berry,
Front Row Theater, Cleveland, 1990.
•World
Premiere -Stewart Copeland Opera - Holy Blood and Crescent Moon, 1992,
Cleveland Opera.
•Chita Riverra
(Tony Award Winning Broadway singer) at Cleveland Playhouse Benefit Concert,
2005. Chita was the lead in the original Broadway production of Bernstein’s
“West Side Story”.
• “1940’s
Radio Hour Show”, U.S. Tour, 25 states, 1983.
•Donna
Theodore - Broadway Singer, 1999.
•Akron
Symphony Orchestra, Guest Artist, 1999.
•Gravity-
rock/pop band, 2000.
The Four Lads,
2000.
•The Four
Aces, 2000.
•Engelbert
Humperdink, 1985.
•Red Skelton,
1985.
•Rovers,
1984-85, Country-Rock Band.
•Fudales,
1975-82, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Ethnic.
•Soloist with
the Champaign-Urbana Symphony, 1988.
•Mitch Miller
Orchestra, 1995.
•Numerous
Broadway Musicals, 1975-present.
Latin/World Percussion Performance Experience
•Director,
Youngstown State University Latin Percussion Group, 1996-present.
•Founder/director
Youngstown State University Afro-Cuban Arts Festival, 2000-02. Performed
concerts featuring Afro-Cuban folkloric music and Latin-Jazz with guest artists
Michael Spiro, Ruben Alvarez, and Reynaldo Gonzales.
•Director,
Youngstown State University Latin-Jazz Combo, 1997-present.
•Director,
University of Minnesota-Duluth Latin-Jazz Combo, 1994-96. Performed campus
concerts and steady club dates. Played congas and arranged music.
•Performed
“sat-in” with Groupo Afro-Cuba in Havana, Cuba. August, 1994.
•“Artist In
Residence” with the world percussion quartet “BATTU”, at Baldwin-Wallace
College; Conservatory of Music, 1988-94. Performed 30-60 concerts per
year at universities, colleges, K-12 schools, arts festivals, museums, ethnic
cultural festivals, local, regional, and national tours. Performed folkloric
music of West Africa, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala, and our own
compositions.
•Staff Dance
Accompanist at Baldwin-Wallace College Department of Dance, 1988-92. Played
Latin/World percussion for 4 modern dance classes per week.
•Substitute
Dance Accompanist at Kent State University, 1989-94.
•Josie
Guzman-Broadway Singer, Cleveland Hispanic Cultural Center, 1992.
Recording
Experience
•Youngstown
Percussion Collective. Served as executive producer for John Hollenbeck's Ziggurat. Recorded at Tune Town Studios
fall 2007. Released fall 2008 on Hollenbeck's disc Rainbow Jimmies.
•Youngstown
Percussion Collective and YSU Percussion Ensemble, 2005. Served as executive
producer, performer, assisted with editing and mixing. Dark Wood was
released fall 2007. Includes four commissioned works and six previously
unrecorded pieces.
•Drumset
Soloist – YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble CD “Spin Cycle”, 2004. This disc was
awarded the Downbeat Magazine citation for “Best College/University Symphonic
Recording” in their 2004 competition.
•Multiple
Percussion Soloist - Scott Wyatt CD, True Media Pub., 1988, national release.
Scott Wyatt - Time Mark - for solo percussion and tape.
•Cleveland
Chamber Symphony, 1989-94, five CD’s of contemporary music. This ensemble is
the recipient of numerous ASCAP and Laurel Leaf awards for its performance of
contemporary music. Recorded seven discs with this ensemble.
•Air Force
Band of Mid America, IL, 1984.
•Scott Wyatt,
University of Illinois Electo-Acoustic Music Studio, various jingles on
acoustic and electronic drums and percussion, 1984-88.
•Nancy Hill,
Champaign, IL, Independent folk-rock recording, 1985.
Orchestral
Performance Experience
•Colorado
Music Festival, Section Percussion, 1996-98.
•Youngstown
Symphony Orchestra, Extra Percussion, 1996-99.
•Akron
Symphony Orchestra, Guest Artist, 1999.
•Duluth
Superior Symphony Orchestra, Section & Principal Percussion, 1994-96.
•Cleveland
Opera, Section Percussion, 1988-94. Including the world premiere of
Stuart Copland’s opera “Holy Blood and Crescent Moon”, national broadcast on
NPR Radio.
•Cleveland
Ballet, Section Percussion, 1988-94.
•Fargo
Moorhead Symphony Orchestra, Principal Timpani/Percussion, 1986-7.
•Springfield
Symphony Orchestra, IL, Section Percussion, 1984-88.
Chamber Music
Experience
•Youngstown
Percussion Collective, 2002-present.
•Pennsylvania
Day of Percussion, at Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, 2001. Performed with Peter
Erskine and members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
•Trio
performance with Robert Van Sice, Boardman High School, 2001.
•Indiana Day
of Percussion, Indiana University, 1999. Soloist with Purdue University
Percussion Ensemble.
•Skaneatales
Chamber Music Festival, Skaneatales, NY, Principal Percussion, 1996- 97.
•Lake Superior
Chamber Orchestra, Principal Timpani/Percussion, 1994-96.
•“Artist In
Residence” with the world percussion quartet “BATTU”, at Baldwin-Wallace
College; Conservatory of Music, 1988-94.
A.
Performed 30-60 concerts per year at universities, colleges, K-12 schools, arts
festivals, museums, ethnic cultural festivals, local, regional, and national
tours. Performed music of West Africa, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala,
contemporary American compositions, and our own compositions. Toured Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Texas. B. Booked/contracted concerts. C. Designed promotional materials such as
brochures, public service announcements, and press releases. D. Wrote
successful grant proposals to the Ohio Arts Council for six years. E. Applied
for membership and advertised in various regional arts organizations
publications such as the Ohio Presenters Network and Arts Midwest.
•Cleveland
State University, Graduate Assistant, 1989-93. Performer/Manager/ Personnel
Director of the professional contemporary music ensemble “New Music
Associates”. Performed three concerts per year.
•Cleveland
Chamber Symphony, Contemporary Music Percussionist, 1989-94.
A.
Performed 10-15 concerts per year, toured nationally, and recorded five compact
discs. Included dozens of world premieres.
B.
Winner of numerous “ASCAP” and “Laurel Leaf” awards for outstanding
contemporary programming and excellence in performance. c. Served on the
orchestra committee 1991-94, to represent the membership in contract
negotiations.
•Ohio Chamber
Orchestra, Extra Percussion, 1988-94.
•Robert Page
Singers, Principal Percussion, 1990-94.
Concerto
Soloist Experience
•Tour –
Youngstown State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Ohio Music Educator’s
Association Conference, Medina High School, Barberton High School, 2003.
•World
Premiere – Dave Morgan concerto “Reactions” for drumset and wind ensemble with
the Youngstown State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 2003.
•Youngstown
State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 1998. William Childs - Concerto for
Drumset, Percussion, and Wind Ensemble.
•Baldwin-Wallace
Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, Loris Chobanian – “Tesiphon” for percussion
and orchestra, 1992.
•Champaign-Urbana
Symphony Orchestra, Claude Bolling - Suite for Jazz Trio and Orchestra, 1988.
•Baldwin-Wallace
Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, Concerto Competition Winner, 1981.
Solo Recital
Experience
•Youngstown
State University, Dana School of Music, Faculty Percussion Recital, 1997.
•University of
Minnesota Duluth, Faculty Recital, 1995.
•University of
Illinois, Solo and Chamber Music Recitals, 1986, 1990, 1992.
•North Dakota
State University, Faculty Recital, 1987.
•Moorhead
State University, Faculty Recital, 1987.
•Baldwin-Wallace
Conservatory of Music, Adjunct Faculty Recitals, 1990, 1992.
•University of
Illinois New Music Series, 1987, Performed Time Mark by Scott Wyatt.
•Eastern
Illinois University, Master of Arts Recital, 1983.
•Baldwin-Wallace
College, Bachelor of Music, Senior and Junior Recitals, 1982, 1981.
Professional Society Membership
•Percussive
Arts Society, 1982-present.
A.
Presently a member of the College Pedagogy Committee, Drumset Educators
Committee. Sub-committee chair of the PASIC Drumset Masterclass Committee.
B.
Chaired panel discussion “Drumset Education in the University”, 2004 PASIC in
Nashville, TN.
C.
Performed at 2003 PASIC in Louisville, Kentucky.
D.
Previously served on the PASIC 2002 Planning Committee, PASIC 2002 Drumset
Planning Committee, Membership Committee 1985-87. Member of the concert
planning committee for the society’s former president Tom Siwe. Presented
concert in his honor in Columbus, Ohio in 1999.
E.
Scholarly Research Paper Presentation “Jazz Drumming 1960-65” at 1993 PASIC
Convention in Columbus, Ohio.
F.
Attended the annual Percussive Arts Society International Conventions (PASIC)
since 1982.
G.
Served on 2005 PASIC Planning Committee, Columbus, OH.
•American
Federation of Musicians, 1986-99.
•College Music
Society, 1985-2001.
•Music
Educators National Conference, 1998-present. Performed at the OMEA Conventions
in 1998, 2000, 2004 and presented a clinic in 2003.
Professional Endorsements/Fundraising
•Avedis
Zildjian Cymbal Corporation, 1997-present. Zildjian contract provides my
personal cymbals and all drumset, orchestral, and marching cymbals for YSU at
no charge. The value of this deal exceeds $40,000.
•ProMark
Corporation, 1997-present. ProMark contract provides me considerable
complimentary mallets and sticks and 60% price reduction on mallets for the YSU
Percussion Methods Classes
•Remo
Corporation, 1999-present. In addition to drumheads and one drumset for YSU,
Remo has assisted YSU in securing three complete sets of drum circle
instruments for YSU at a discount of 60%. The value of this deal exceeds
$10,000.
•Dynasty Corporation,
2006-present. Dynasty has provided YSU a complete set of marching percussion
drumline gear for no charge. The value of this deal exceeds $12,000.
•Black Swamp
Percussion. 2006-present.
•GMS Drums,
1998-2006. GMS contract provides one of my drumsets and one for YSU at a 50%
price reduction. The value of this deal exceeds $3000.
•Attack
Drumhead Corporation, 1998-99. Provided YSU and myself free drumheads.
•Trick Drums,
2006-08.
Grants, Awards, and Honors
•Granted
Faculty Improvement Leave, Spring 2008. Began writing a drumset book to be
published fall 2009.
•Granted
reassign time for the YSU Faculty Jazz Group, 2006-present.
•Awarded
faculty release time to found the YSU SMARTS RHYTHMS Community Drum Circle
Program, Spring 2002.
•Granted
Faculty Improvement Leave Fall semester 2002 at Youngstown State University.
Studied jazz drumming with Lewis Nash, John Riley, and John Hollenbeck.
•Awarded an
YSU Faculty Advanced Studies Research Grant to fund sabbatical, Fall 2002.
•Promoted to
Associate Professor at Youngstown State University, Spring 2002.
•Granted
tenure at Youngstown State University, Fall 2001.
•Inducted into
the “International Who’s Who”. Fall 2000.
•Awarded YSU
Graduate Research Assistant Grant, Summer 2000.
•Granted YSU
Graduate Faculty Status, 1999.
•University of
Minnesota Duluth, Awarded Summer Session Development Funds, 1995.
Purchased
recordings for the course I founded, “Afro-Cuban Folkloric and Popular Music”.
•University of
Minnesota-Duluth, School of Fine Arts, Faculty Development Grant, awarded to
study at the “World Percussion Festival” (1995) at the Berklee School of Music
in Boston. Studied Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, South Indian Classical, and West
African musics.
•Ohio Arts
Council - International Arts 2000, awarded a $2500 grant to attend the Cuban
Folkloric Music and Dance Workshop in Havana, Cuba, summer 1994. Studied with
master Folkloric drummers Fermin Nani, Santiago Nani and many others.
•University of
Minnesota Duluth, Emma LaVoie, a percussion major was awarded an Undergraduate
Research Opportunity Grant to study “20th Century Percussion Ensemble
Literature: An Awareness Through Survey and Telephone Interviews”, $1025.00
Award. Served as grant writing advisor.
•Director,
University of Minnesota at Duluth Jazz Combo II, placed third in the University
of Eau Claire Wisconsin Jazz Festival Combo Competition, 1995.
•Cited in the
1/3/99 Youngstown Vindicator newspaper as among “The people who made a
difference in 1998.”
•Showcase
Performance with Glenn Schaft Quartet at Illinois Arts Consortium, 1984.
•Kevin Gainer
Quartet, "Outstanding Combo Award", Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz
Festival, 1984.
"Outstanding
Combo Award", Memphis State University Jazz Festival, 1983.
Marimba
Soloist - Illinois Percussive Arts Society "Day of Percussion" 1983.
•Winner,
Eastern Illinois University Honors Soloist Competition, 1982.
•Winner,
Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music Concerto Competition, 1981.
•Winner, Three
Arts Club of Lakewood Music Performance Scholarship Competition, 1981, 82.
•Winner,
Fortnightly Musical Club, Music Performance Scholarship Competition, 1981, 82.
Academic
Scholarship - Baldwin-Wallace College - 1981-82.
•All Ohio
State Fair Band, 1977.
•All State
Orchestra, Ohio, 1977, 78.
•Ohio Regional
Orchestra, 1976-78.
•Superior
Rating at Ohio Solo and Ensemble Contests, 1972-78.
•Guest
performer with the United States Navy Band, Berea High School, 1978.
•Diploma-Berea
High School, 1978.
Committee Service at Youngstown State University, 1996-present
Dana School of
Music:
Chair-Strategic Planning Committee
Ensemble Directors Committee
Recruitment
Committee
Showcase
Concert Committee
Jazz
Studies Seach Committee
Chair
- Guitar Search Committee
Summer
Jazz Camp Committee
College of
Fine and Performing Arts:
Dean’s
Advisory
Council
Bliss
Hall Phase IV Renovation Committee
YSU:
Chair-Afro-Cuban Arts Festival Committee 1996-2000
Chairs
Sabbatical and Research Professorships Committee
Student Retention Committee
Personal information
Glenn was born in Berea, Ohio and presently lives in Poland, Ohio with his wife Sara - a professional violinist, and their twin sons - Lewis and Karl. Glenn enjoys coral reef aquariums and fly-fishing.
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