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• Percussion History
  ...other purposes, such as bows and shields for battle, began to replace body percussion. After a successful hunt, a hunter would place the bows in front of him wi ...a hole and placing a platform over it. The most important contribution to percussion instruments of the Stone Age however, was the invention of the membranophon
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• Common Works Categories
  '''Works Categories'''<br> <nowiki>[[</nowiki>Category:Historical Works]]<br>
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• Beck, John H.
  ...as Professor Emeritus of Percussion and teaches a class in The History of Percussion ...rid, Spain; National Youth Orchestra, Seville, Spain and the International Percussion Workshops in Croatia. He has also toured Russia with 14 percussionists from
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• Rouse, Christopher
  ...hestral music. Winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his Trombone Concerto, Rouse has created a body of work perhaps unequalled in its emotional inten While the Rouse catalog includes a number of acclaimed chamber and ensemble works, the composer is best known for his mastery of orchestral writing. His musi
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• A table of noises
  [[Multiple Percussion]]<br> A percussion concerto in six movements, with five brief instrumental 'ghosts' interspersed.
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• Concerto for Marimba and Percussion Ensemble (Rosauro)
  The Concerto for Marimba and Percussion Ensemble by Ney Rosauro is in 4 movements. ...rchestra but has also a piano reduction and versions with accompaniment of Percussion Ensemble and Symphonic Band (Wind Ensemble).
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• Živković, Nebojša Jovan
  ...as "New Music with flesh and soul" and specially his works for marimba and percussion published in the USA and Germany have entered the standard repertoire of ma ...Milhauds Concerto, and 1997 was marked by world premiere of his own second concerto for marimba and orchestra in Munich's Herkulessaal, with Munich Symphonic O
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• Moore, Joe W.
  ...e with a minor in composition from Louisiana State University. His primary percussion teachers include Jeff Moore, Kirk Gay, Scott Herring, Jim Hall, Brett Dietz ...Music Festival, the UTRGV Marimba Festival, and the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy.
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• Percussion Concerto (Higdon)
  Auxiliary Percussion: [[Woodblocks]] & [[Castanets]]<br/> Percussion:[[Timpani]] & [[Chimes]] & [[Vibraphone]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] & [[Bass D
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• Freeze, Tracy
  ...r Orchestra, Reno Pops Orchestra, the Reno Percussion Ensemble, the Oregon Percussion Ensemble and various other professional and university orchestras. ...nist Charles Dowd. Recently, Freeze has authored and created a new online percussion database title TEKPercussion Database at www.tekpercussion.com.
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• Actor, Lee
  ...written, “Lee Actor's Prelude to a Tragedy is one of the best written new works I've had the privilege to conduct or record. It is clear, precise and very ...Navona Records released Actor's fourth solo CD in February 2015, featuring Concerto for Piano and Orchestra and Symphony No. 3.
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• Becker, Bob
  ...of an extensive and eclectic repertoire of chamber and concerto works for percussion. ...at the Tokyo Music Joy Festival, which brought together NEXUS, the Korean percussion group Samul-Nori, drumset artist Steve Gadd, and Ghanaian master drummer Ab
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• Fink, Siegfried
  ...s recognized as an important figure in the development of the professional percussion scene in Germany after World War II. ...k and Hannover, he attained a permanent teaching position for timpanis and percussion at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg. In the year 1974, he was promoted t
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• Dorman, Avner
  Avner Dorman’s music “works its magic by melding far-flung influences and making them sound ...ct, is an audience favorite. Avi Avital's performance of Dorman's Mandolin Concerto
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• Higdon, Jennifer
  ...s, Jennifer has become a major figure in contemporary Classical music. Her works represent a wide range of genres, from orchestral to chamber, to wind ensem ...ighth Blackbird, and the President's Own Marine Band. She has also written works for such artists as baritone Thomas Hampson, pianists Yuja Wang and Gary Gr
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• Deane, Christopher
  ...s Massie Johnson, former principal timpanist of the St. Louis Symphony and percussion with Allen Otte. He has also studied independently with Roland Kohloff, N.Y ...r Percussion Group. He has appeared in more than seventy performances as a concerto soloist with either symphony orchestras or wind ensembles.
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• Cirone, Anthony
  ...Stanford University. He was also a Professor of Music and Chairman of the Percussion Department in the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. His studen ...by Warner Bros. Publishing Company. Cirone is presently Executive Editor Percussion Publications with Meredith Music Publications. He is the designer of two p
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• Nozny, Brian
  ...Music in Composition and Performance); University of Kentucky (Doctoral in Percussion Performance) ...labels. Brian Nozny is proud to be endorsed by Evans Drumheads, Innovative Percussion, Pearl Corporation/Adams Musical Instruments and SABIAN Cymbals.
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• Farr, Gareth
  ...s born in Wellington, New Zealand. He began his studies in composition and percussion at the University of Auckland in 1986. The experience of hearing a visiting Farr continued with postgraduate study in composition and percussion at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where his teachers i
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• Kraft, William
  ...ctivities for the composer’s Los Angeles performances and recordings. As a percussion soloist, he performed in the American premieres of Stockhausen’s Zyklus a ...Veils and Variations for Horn and Orchestra, and second prize in 1984 for Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra); two Guggenheim Fellowships; two Ford Foundation
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