PASIC IPEC Showcase

I performed a showcase concert with the University of Tennessee Percussion Ensemble at PASIC in Indianapolis as part of the International Percussion Ensemble Competition. The ensemble won first place and played works by Iannis Xenakis, Aurél Holló & Zoltán Váczi, Evan Chapman, Annika Socolofsky, and John Psathas. I played Omar Carmenates’ arrangement of Psathas’ Piano Quintet, Xenakis’ “Melanges” from Pleiades, and Holló & Váczi’s Traditions Part I - THE WINNING NUMBER… / Jose beFORe JOHN7.

McCormick Marimba Festival

Performed Alejandro Viñao's Book of Grooves, IV. Dance Groove Drifting, as well as a showcase concert with the University of Tennessee Percussion Ensemble. Works included Steve Reich's Mallet Quartet, Caroline Shaw's [so I hear you're into] taxidermy, James Wood's Cloud Polyphonies, I. Starlings, Franco Donatoni's Mari II, and Aurél Hollò's Gamelan-bound / beFORe JOHN2.