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Guest Artists at UNT Percussion . . .

Fall, 1999
Dana Kimble - "Mallet Masters of the Big Screen" - 10/15/99
Bob Becker - mallets - Global Rhythms Concert - 11/14/99
Danny Gottlieb - drum set - 11/19/99

2000
Matt Wilson - drum set - 2/11/00
Trichy Sankaran - South Indian drumming - 2/18/00
Leigh Howard Stevens - marimba - 2/20/00
Michael J. Burritt - marimba - 3/3/00
Jamal Mohammed - doumbek - Global Rhythms Concert - 4/3/00
Gregg Bissonette - drum set - Global Rhythms Concert - 4/2-3/00
Joey Baron - drum set - 9/8/00
Shashank - bamboo flute - 10/6/00
Dan Florio - orchestral percussion - 9/22/00
Ed Saindon - vibraphone - 10/6/00
Matt Chamberlain - drum set - 10/27/00
Robert Breithaupt - drum set artist - 11/9/00
Gregg Bissonnette with the UNT Percussion Ensemble at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Dallas, Texas - 11/16/00
Anders Astrand - mallet and keyboard improvisation - 11/22/00

2001
Steve Smith - drum set - 3/2/01
Gordon Stout - marimba - 3/9/01
J.C. Combs - "Marketing and Fundraising - A Part of the Creative Process" - 3/30/01
Evelyn Glennie - keyboard - 4/20/01 and recorded with the UNT Wind Symphony.
Paul Wertico - drum set artist - Global Rhythms Concert - 4/22/01
Brahma - a world music ensemble featuring Poovalur Sriji (Karnatak), Jamal Mohamed (Arabic), Ed Smith, (Balinese-Jazz) and Fred Hamilton (Jazz) - Global Rhythms Concert - 4/22/01
Adam Nussbaum - drum set artist - 9/7/01
Kal Cherry - timpani - 9/21/01
Keiko Abe - marimba - 11/19/01
Michael Spiro - Latin percussion - 10/12-13/01
Vittal Ramamurthy - violin - with the South Indian Cross Cultural Ensemble - Global Rhythms Concert - 11/5/01

2002
Bruce Raeburn and Barry Martyn - "History of New Orleans Drumming" - 1/25/0
David Garibaldi - drum set - 2/1/02
Ignacio Berroa - drum set artist-in-residence - 2/8/02
D'Drum - world percussion - 3/29/02
Gary Burton - vibraphone - 4/5/02 with Mokoto Ozone - piano
Mike Mainieri - vibraphone - Global Rhythms Concert - 4/20/02
Nick Petrella - Band and Educational Director for SABIAN - "Concepts for a Musical Performance in Multi-Percussion" - 9/19/02
Doug Howard - orchestral percussion - 9/20/02
Sandip Burman - tabla - 10/11/02
Ellie Mannette - "History of the Steel Drum" - 10/25/02
NEXUS-Bob Becker, William Cahn, Robin Engelman, Russell Hartenberger and Garry Kvistad - 11/8/02
William Cahn - percussion - Global Rhythms Concert on 11/7/02

2003
Sebastian Whittaker - drum set - "The Actual Vocabulary of Jazz Drumming - -2/21/03
Ney Rosauro - keyboard - Global Rhythms Concert - 11/5/03
Keiko Abe - artist-in-residence - 3/14-4/5/03. Ms. Abe performed her composition "Prism Rhapsody" with Mark Ford and the UNT Wind Symphony under the direction of Eugene Corporon
Gary Chaffee - drum set clinic - 9/5/03
Ed Stephan - timpani - 9/12/03
Janis Potter - marimba - 10/17/03

2004
John King - Zildjian Corp. - "The History of Zildjian Cymbals" - 2/9/04
Steven Schick - multi-percussion - 2/20/04
Terry Bozzio - drum set - 3/5/04
S. Shashank with B.U. Ganeshprasad, violin and S. Shanthala, flute - South Indian Karnatak Music - 3/12/04
Emil Richards - percussion - 3/26/04
Jimmy Cobb - drum set - 4/9/04
Airto Moreira - Latin drumming - Global Rhythms Concert - 4/15/04
James Ross - orchestral percussion - 9/3/04
John Riley - drum set - 9/24/04
Jon Metzger - jazz vibraphone - 10/1/04

2005
Double Image - David Friedman & Dave Samuels - 1/28/05
Andy Harnsberger - marimba - 3/25/05
Terri Lyne Carrington - jazz drum set - 4/8/05
Jerry Tachoir - jazz vibraphone - 4/15/05
Hands On'Semble (John Bergamo, Randy Gloss, Andrew Grueschow & Austin Winkle) - 4/15/05
Brad Dutz - hand drumming - Global Rhythms Concert - 4/21/05
Nyoman Wenton (Balinese musician) & Nanik Wenton (Balinese dancer) - Global Rhythms Concert - 4/21/05
Keith Carlock - drumset - 9/9
James Campbell - percussion clinic - 9/30
Dick Sisto - vibraphone - 10/7
Charles Griffin - composer - 10/26
Eric Sammut - marimba - 11/11 & Symblema Percussion Quintet - concert - 11/12
Daryl Pratt & Allison Eddington - chamber music & symphonic percussion - 11/14

UNT Percussion Ensemble performances for Fall, 2002 -Fall, 2005 included the following works:
(Dates in parenthesis are composition dates.)

UNT Classical Ensembles
Beck, John H. - Overture for Percussion (1977)
Becker, Bob - Mudra (1990)
Becker, Bob - New Thaan (1998)
Benson, Warren - Scherzino, Three Pieces for Percussion Quartet (1960)
Blaha, Joseph - The Night Watch (2000)
Cage, John & Lou Harrison - Double Music (1941)
Cahn, William - Rosewood Dreaming: A Concerto for Marimba (1999)
Chavez, Carols - Toccata for Percussion (1942)
Choi, Dajeong - Life Up My Hands to You (2003)
Cowell, Henry - Ostinato Pianissimo (1934)
Cowell, Henry - Pulse (1939)
Cunningham, Michael - Polyphonies for Percussion Quartet (1970)
Davidovsky, Mario - Synchronisms No. 5
de May, Thierry - Musiquede Table (1987)
Gauger, Thomas - Gainsborough (1965)
Gauger, Thomas - Portico (1983)
Gillingham, David - Stained Glass (1991)
Glassock, Lynn - Factions (1995)
Goto, Yo - Aggression for Six Snare Drums (2002)
Griswold, Erik - Strings Attached (1998)
Hamilton, Bruce - Raptures of Undream (1998)
Harrison, Lou - Canticle No. 3 (1941)
Harrison, Lou - The Drums of Orpheus (1949)
Helble, Raymond - Concerto for Marimba & Percussion Ensemble (1985)
Hennagin, Michael - Due Chopinesque (1985)
Job, Lynn - Azimuth Dance (2002)
Levitan, Daniel - Septet (1995)
Maslanka, David - Crown of Thorns (1991)
Nozny, Brian - Purdy's Maze (2005)
Piazolla, Astor - Fugata (1972)
Reich, Steve - Six Marimbas (1973)
Reich, Steve - Pieces of Wood (1973)
Rodis, Eric - Channels - Concerto for Timpani
Rosauro, Ney - Concerto for Timpani and Percussion Ensemble, I. Bachroque (2003)
Saleh, Peter - Themes and Distractions (2004)
Samuels, Dave - Square Corners (1991)
Sekhon III, Beljinder Singh - We Are The Weapons - (2001)
Stamp, Jack - Vociferations (2003)
Varèse, Edgard - Ionisation (1931)
Westlake, Nigel -Moving Air (1989)

UNT Advanced Classical Ensemble
Abe, Keiko - Voice of Matsuri Drums (1992)
Abe, Keiko - The Wave for Solo Marimba & Four Percussionists (2000)
Askill, Michael - Lemurian Dances (1990)
Åstrand, Anders - Ice Dance (2002)
Burritt, Michael - Marimba Quartet (2003)
Cahn, William L. - Fauna (1988)
Cahn, William L. arr. - Teddy at the Throttle (1916-arr. 1982)
   - A Mack Sennett Silent Film. Included are the following pieces:
   - The Wizard of the Nile (1896) - Victor Herbert
   - Dainty Dames (1915) - Charlotte Blake
   - Cupid's Garden (1901) - Max C. Eugene
   - Zephyr (1916) - George J. Trinkhaus
   - Photoplay (ca. 1915) - generic film music by Ernst Luz
Cahn, William L. - Time Traveler (2000)
Deane, Christopher - Vespertine Formations I (2003)
Ewazen, Eric - From the Palace of Nine Perfections (1999)
Ford, Mark - Head Talk (1987)
Ford, Mark - Heads Up! (2002)
Ford, Mark - Standup Shadow (1997)
Ford, Mark - The Steel Jungle (2002)
Glassock, Lynn - Wired (2004)
Grantham, Donald - Houston Strokes (2004)
Green, George Hamilton - Valse Brilliante (1936)
Griffin, Charles B. - Axis (2003)
Griffin, Charles B. - The Persistence of Past Chemistries (1998)
Griffin, Charles B. - Twisting Magnetic Spins (2005)
Harder, Lane - Circus Plenus Clamor Ingens Ianuae Tensae (2001)
Hollinden, Dave - The Whole Toy Laid Down (1988)
Husa, Karel - Three Dance Sketches (1980)
Levitan, Daniel - The Redwood Box (1978)
McCarthy, Daniel - River is the Way (1998)
Nishimura, Akira - Concerto for Timpani (1992)
Orfaly, Alex - Divertissement (2001)
Rihm, Wolfgang - Stück (1998)
Rosauro, Ney - Valencia (2001)
Rousauro, Ney - Concerto No. 2 for Marimba (2002)
Rosauro, Ney - Japanese Overture (1997)
Rosauro, Ney - Samba (1990)
Skidmore, David - Echoes (2004)
Stout, Gordon - Desperate Attitudes (1999)
Westlake, Nigel -The Invisible Men (1996)
Williams, Thomas J., arr. Michael Aukofer - Leading Onward (2002)

UNT Contemporary Ensemble
(tunes arranged by Paul Rennick)
Bruford, Bill - My Heart Declares a Holiday (1987)
Cortes, Diego/J. Romaguera - Il Vito
D'Drum - Shahpur's Dream (2000)
Dutz, Brad - It Doesn't Matter If You Get a Hint on the Quiz
Kidjo, Angélique - Shango
Moreira, Airto/José Neto/Flora Purim - Lua Flora (1989)
Moreira, Airto/José Neto - Starfish (1989)
Moreira, Daniella/José Neto/Flora Purim - Africa (1993)
Narell, Andy - Heads or Tails
O'Connell, Bill - Oasis (1985)
Purim, Flora/José Neto - Earthquake (1993)
Smith, Ed/D'Drum - The Need to Touch (2002)
Strunz, Jorge/Ardeshir Farah - Canto al Sol
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