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Percussion Ensemble
Prof. Joseph Gramley and Prof. Jonathan Ovalle, Directors
The University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble has commissioned, performed, and recorded works from a global array of musical cultures. Many of the compositions it has premiered have gone on to enter the standard percussion canon.
The ensemble has toured Internationally including successful tours of Japan and Taiwan where it performed with marimba virtuoso Keiko Abe and participated in a televised concert with the famed traditional-music group, Pro Musica Nipponia.The ensemble has also been a featured ensemble at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC), the American Orff-Schulwerk Association International Convention, and has performed in Merkin Hall, NYC. Closer to its Michigan home, the group has often performed as part of the Thunder Bay Arts Council’s Artist Series as well as at the Holland Festival.
The ensemble has several recordings to its credit, including Border Crossing, Imaginary Landscape, Coyote Dreams, and Transmutations and Metamorphoses, all available on the Equilibrium label. A new percussion ensemble featuring works by Michigan percussion and composition program alumni, including David Hollinden, Gabriela Frank, Anthony DiSanza, Kristen Kuster, and Erik Santos will be released in 2012.
   
Recent Percussion Ensemble Highlights Include:
- January 2012 - A concert dedicated exclusively to the percussion/ chamber works of Sydney Hodkinson as part of the 2012 William Bolcolm Guest Composer Residency.
- December 2011 - A concert dedicated exclusively to the music of Steve Reich in honor of his 75th birthday.
- December 2011 - Performance of Alberto Ginastera's seminal work Cantata Para America Magica in Hill Auditorium.
- First ever recreation of Steve Reich and Laura Dean’s IMPACT, featuring Reich’s Sextet and the UM Dance Department
- Performance of Tan Dun’s Water Percussion Quartet as part of Arts on Earth
World Percussion Ensemble/ Brazilian Ensemble
The University of Michigan World Percussion Ensemble is part performance ensemble and part classroom/workshop. The ensemble explores a number of different percussive styles including Afro-Cuban folkloric drumming, popular Afro-Cuban styles, middle-eastern frame drumming, steel drums, and Afro-Brazilian styles through the samba batucada, Vencedores. Guest Artist master classes are an integral part of the World Percussion Ensemble and have included artists in Afro-Cuban and Brazilian music, Ghanaian Akan Drumming, Tabla, and Kanjira.
The ensemble performs one themed concert each year at that re- contextualizes the different percussive styles learned thought the year. The World Percussion Ensemble is currently directed by Joseph Gramley and Jonathan Ovalle.
The University of Michigan Brazilian Ensemble "Vencedores" is a high energy Brazilian samba batteria. Vencedores means “Victors” in Portuguese. The student-run organization is sponsored by the percussion program, and provides opportunities for leadership within its ranks. Vencedores has performed benefits for Habitat for Humanity and the U of M Hospital, appeared on the radio show Radio Free Bacon, and continues to perform at various events including the Michigan athletic events, the Kerrytown Market & Shops Concerts in the Courtyard.
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University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble and World Percussion Ensemble
Recent Repertoire
2011-2012 Season
January 28, 2012 | 'The Music of Sydney Hodkinson'
McIntosh Theater - Ann Arbor, MI
Kerberos (1993) for Solo Snare Drum
Christopher Sies, snare drum
Drawings Set #1 (1963)
Drawings Set #4 (1972)
Drawings Set # 3 (1969)
Jonathan Brown, percussion; Haotian He, clarinet
Night Moves (1990)
Jonathan Brown, marimba/vibraphone/glockenspiel
Kieran Hanlon, contrabass; Erin O' Shea, piccolo
Hammer (1996) for Solo Marimba
Drawings Set # 9 (1977) |
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December 9, 2011 | 'Ginastera Festival'
Hill Auditorium - Ann Arbor, MI
Cantata Para America Magica op. 27 (1960) - Alberto Ginastera
for dramatic soprano and percussion ensemble
Caroline Helton, soprano
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December 4, 2011 | 'Steve Reich 75th Birthday Tribute'
Rackham Auditorium - Ann Arbor, MI
Clapping Music (1972)
Clapping Music Variations (2006) - Glenn Kotche/ Steve Reich
Mallet Quartet (2009)
Music for Pieces of Wood for Drums (1973/2008)
(Arr. David Cossin)
Part I from Drumming (1970)
Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ (1973 |
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October 23, 2011 | 'Woodcuts'
University of Michigan Museum of Art - Ann Arbor, MI
Piano Phase (1967) - Steve Reich
Apple Blossom (1972) - Peter Garland
Sculpture in Wood (1995) - Rudiger Pawassar
Muybridge Cycles (2009) - Daniel Koontz
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Past Repertoire (continued)
- January 22, 2011 | 'Crescendos'
Continuum - Gyorgy Ligeti
Trio Per Uno - Mvt. I - Nebosja Jovan Zivkovic
New Work for Marimba Quartet - Christopher Deane
Parade "Xuan" - Guo Wenjing
Six Marimbas - Steve Reich
States Medley - Bob Becker
featuring Sam Livingston, xylophone
- October 26, 2010 | 'Expatriations'
IV, Version 1.0 (1935) Johanna Magdalena Beyer
Estudios de Frontera (2004) Alejandro Vinao
I. Homage to Nancarrow
IV, Version 2.0 (1935) Johanna Magdalena Beyer
Estudios de Frontera (2004) Alejandro Vinao
II. Visita a la Frontera
IV, Version 3.0 (1935) Johanna Magdalena Beyer
les moutons de panurge (1969) Frederic Rzewski
K'in Sventa Ch'ul Me'tik Kwadalupe (2002) Osvaldo Golijov (Arr. Joseph Gramley)
Sky Ghost (2002) Russell Hartenberger
For Zero (2010) Kojiro Umezaki ** WORLD PREMIERE**
- April 3, 2010 | ‘Introductions’
Pendulum Music (1968) Steve Reich
Voice of the Sun (1991) Akira Nishimura
featuring Donald Sinta, saxophone; Nancy Ambrose King, oboe; Katelynn Heasley, marimba
Moto Perpetuo for Viola and Percussion Ensemble (2009) Braxton Blake **US PREMIERE**
Peter Kenote, Viola
PTA (2010) Dan Piccolo
Mike Shea, drumset; Bob Lester, electronics; Dan Piccolo, tabla ** WORLD PREMIERE**
Pukul Wainui (2010) Gareth Farr
featuring the University of Michigan Gamelan; Gareth Farr, conductor ** WORLD PREMIERE**
- January 30, 2010 - World Percussion Ensemble
Niño Elegua - Neeraj Mehta/John Santos/Omar Sosa
Osain/Osanyin - Mark Lamson/Michael Spiro
Aichara Icha - Traditional Arará (Arr. Neeraj Mehta)
Bandera - Traditional Arará
Madre del Mar - Neeraj Mehta/Yosvany Terry
Cuba Linda - Gregorio “Goyo” Hernandez (Arr. Neeraj Mehta)
- November 22, 2009 | ‘Locally Grown’
Speak Softly (2004) David T. Little
Little Trees (2009) Kristin Kuster **WORLD PREMIERE**
SUN DOGS (1998) Erik Santos
Reckless (2004) Dave Hollinden
Martyrdom of the Basiji (1986) Subaram Raman
Topsy-Turvy (2008) Michael W. Udow
Graceful Ghost Rag (1970) William Bolcom (Arr. Jeffrey Barudin)
Shaken Not Stirred (1994) Michael Daugherty
- March 29, 2009 | ‘World in My Eyes'
Kata-Kata (2005) Erik Santos
Okho (1989) Iannis Xenakis
Elegy: Snow in June (1991) Tan Dun
featuring David Requiro, cello
Border Crossing (1987) David Vayo
The Guiros Talk (2006) Dafnis Prieto
Danza del Saqsampillo (2006) Gabriela Lena Frank
Perfectly Frank (1987) Daniel Levitan
La Muerte de Angel (xxxx) Astor Piazzolla
- February 2, 2009 - World Percussion Ensemble
Traditional Folkloric Afro-Cuban Music
Bata Ensemble
The Guiros Talk - Dafnis Prieto
Music for Pieces of Wood - Steve Reich
Hard Times - Len "boogsie" Sharp
Mariella's Dance - Ray Holman
Perfectly Frank - Dan Levitan
Concerto for Darabukka and and Percussion Ensemble - Anthony Di Sanza
featuring Anthony DiSanza, darabukka
- December 7, 2008 | 'New York Minutes'
Dark Full Ride (2002) Julia Wolfe
Water Percussion Quartet (2002) Tan Dun
Percussion Quartet (1991) Lori Dobbins
Suite on Concert for Flute and four percussionists (xxxx) Andre Jolivet
featuring Edda Liss Feyjoo, flute
The Sharpened Stick (1999) Brett Dietz
Music for Pieces of Wood (1973) Steve Reich
Sextet (1984) Steve Reich
- March 29, 2008 - World Percussion Ensemble
Samba Reggae - Traditional Brazilian (Arr. Neil Sisauyhoat)
Coba Glen Velez
Piru Bole John Bergamo
Tel Halaf Glen Velez
Yumbambe Joseph Estevez, Jr. and Alejandro Gonzalo (Arr. Ron Brough)
Los Jardineros de Ann Arbor: Catumba y Comparsa Roberto Vizcaino Guillot/Amado Garica Dedeu (Arr. Neeraj Mehta) featuring Ingrid Racine, trumpet
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