Alfieri, John
Biography
Born: January 18, 1953, Warsaw, New York, U.S.A.
Country: USA
Studies: SUNY, Fredonia (B.M.1975), Eastman School of Music (M.M.1978)
Teachers: Ted Frazeur, John Beck
Website: JohnAlfieriPercussion.com
John Alfieri s instructor of percussion and conductor of the percussion ensemble at Interlochen Arts Academy. He holds a bachelor of music degree from the State University of New York and a masters degree from the Eastman School of Music, where he was a student of John Beck. He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including a Creative Arts Grant from Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs, Kennedy Center Fellowship, Meet the Composer Grant, Christa McAullife Fellowship, Outstanding Percussionist and Outstanding Composer Awards from the Notre Dame Jazz Festival, and Who's Who in American Teachers Award. Mr. Alfieri is a clinician for the Zildjian Cymbal Company, and he has performed in concert as a percussionist/drummer with such artists as Maureen McGovern, the Temptations, Don Menza, Burt Bacharach, Kansas, Yes, Dionne Warwick, Johnny Mathis, Aretha Franklin, Jerry Lewis, and Robert Goulet. Mr. Alfieri is a principal timpanist with the Traverse Symphony Orchestra.
Works for Percussion
Fanfare for Tambourines - Percussion Sextet
From Darkness Comes Light - Marimba
Improvisation on Agbekor - Percussion Sextet
Legend of the Sleeping Bear - Percussion Sextet
Peregrinations - Multiple Percussion
Reaching - Marimba
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