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Percussion Ensemble
The UNM Percussion Ensemble has a long and important history at UNM.
Students enrolled in percussion ensemble will perform the works of major composers such as John Cage,
Lou Harrison, Henry Cowell and Carlos Chavez, contemporary mallet percussion works,
and various African and Afro-Cuban styles of drumming. Each semester
the group presents a concert in Keller Hall on the UNM campus.
In addition to the concerts given each semester the group has performed at several
Percussive Arts Society International Converntions, most recently in 2002 when the
group performed Third Construction by John Cage for the PAS Focus Day: Retrospective
of Percussion Ensemble Literature of the 20th Century and on the ¿Marimbas of the World:
Africa to the Americas¿ clinic presented by Steve Chavez. Also in 2002 the ensemble was
invited to perform as part of the International Festival of Percussive Arts Perkusja in Warsaw, Poland.
Percussion Ensemble Repertoire (1998-Present)
Contemporary Repertoire:
Fanfare for Tambourines by John Alfieri
Piru Bole by John Bergamo
Knock on Wood by Allan Blank
Aurora Borealis by Marilyn Bliss
Third Construction by John Cage
Second Construction by John Cage
Trio for Percussion by John Cage
Living Room Music by John Cage
Amores for piano and percussion by John Cage
Rota by Robert Capana
Toccata by Carlos Chavez
Triptych by Anthony Cirone
Ostinato Pianissimo by Henry Cowell
Auto Accident by Harold Davidson
Fifty-Six by Brandon Draper
Gainsborough by Thomas Gauger
Layers by Lynn Glassock
2 Portraits for Bass Drum by Steven Gryc
Fugue for Percussion by Lou Harrison
Jeux 4 by Roman Haubenstock-Ramati
October Mountain by Alan Hovhaness
Ticker Tape by Erica Jett
Timecraft by Hilton Kean Jones
Dining Room Music by Rupert Kettle
Chamber Concerto for Clarinet Soloist and Percussion Quartet by David Liptak
Doll's House Story by Istvan Marta
Quiet by David McBride
Lift Off by Russell Peck
Music for Pieces of Wood by Steve Reich
Ritmica No. 5 by Amadeo Roldan
Concerto for Marimba and Percussion Ensemble by Ney Rosauro
Bonham by Christopher Rouse
Ogoun Badagris by Christopher Rouse
Desert Celebration by Matt Savage
Suite for Keyboard Percussion by Joseph Slater
Slap Shift by J.B. Smith
Three Pieces for Drum Quartet by James Tenney
Griffey (piece for frame drums) by UNM Percussion Ensemble
Omphalo Centric Lecture by Nigel Westlake
Cyclic Invention on 8/9/92 by B. Michael Williams, Arr. Brandon Draper
Folkloric Repertoire:
Drum Gagu / Traditional West African
Gaze / Traditional East African
Runyege/Ntogoro / Traditional East African
Amadinda (Omunyoro atunda nanderei) / Traditional East African
Baakisimba / Traditional East African
Akadinda / Traditional East African
Amaggunju / Traditional East African
Plena / Traditional Puerto Rico
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