Kemp Recital HallNovember 8, 2015Sunday Evening 7:00 p.m

Collier,, David, Director

Kilkenny,, John, Guest Artist

Stiers,, Ben, Director

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Collier, David, Director

Stiers, Ben, Director

Kilkenny, John, Guest Artist

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Illinois State UniversityISU ReD: Research and eDataSchool of Music Programs Music11-8-2015Student Ensemble: Percussion EnsembleDavid Collier, DirectorBen Stiers, DirectorJohn Kilkenny, Guest ArtistFollow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/sompPart of the Music Performance CommonsThis Concert Program is brought to you for free and open access by the Music at ISU ReD: Research and eData. It has been accepted for inclusion inSchool of Music Programs by an authorized administrator of ISU ReD: Research and eData. For more information, please contact ISUReD@ilstu.edu.Recommended CitationCollier,, David Director; Stiers,, Ben Director; and Kilkenny,, John Guest Artist, "Student Ensemble: Percussion Ensemble" (2015).School of Music Programs. 220.https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/somp/220Chorus, Choral Arts Society, and virtually every other Washington DC area performing arts organization.  A champion of contemporary music and an active chamber music performer, he collaborates regularly with flautist Karen Johnson, pianist Carlos Rodriguez, the Folger Consort, Washington Bach Consort, The Verge Ensemble, 21st Century Consort, and the National Gallery New Music Ensemble. He has commissioned and premiered numerous works over his career by composers as diverse as Peter Erskine, Don McCullough, and Alenjandro Vinao. Michael Daugherty's UFO percussion concerto, Raise the Roof concerto for timpani, and the Philip Glass Concerto Fantasy for two Timpanists and Wind Symphony are among his recent concerto appearances.  John is currently Artist-in-Residence at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival and on the faculty of the Music for All Summer Symposium. John is a Yamaha Performing Artist and proudly sponsored by Vic Firth mallets, Zildjian cymbals, and Remo percussion products.    Our thanks to the following sponsors of Mr. Kilenny’s residency at  Illinois State University:    The Illinois State University School of Music Dr. Stephen Parsons, Director     Illinois State University College of Fine Arts School of Music        ________________________________   Illinois State University  Percussion Ensemble   David Collier and Ben Stiers, Directors with Guest Artist John Kilkenny  ________________________________              Kemp Recital Hall November 8, 2015 Sunday Evening 7:00 p.m.   This is the sixty-ninth program of the 2015-2016 season. Program  Please turn off electronics for the duration of the concert.  Thank You.   Fate for Three (2014) Claudio Santangelo   (born 1987) Kevin Greene, Mallory Konstans, Kyle Singer    Fractalia (2011) Owen Clayton Condon   (born 1978) Francis Favis, Kevin Greene, Matt James, Katie Tollakson    KOTRAB (1965) Richard Kvistad   (born 1943)   Sharps (2010)         Brian Nozny   (born 1977)        Omphalo Centric Lecture (1984)   Nigel Westlake   (born 1958)     Francis Favis, Elliott Godinez, Matt James, Katie Tollakson   MUDRA (1990) Bob Becker   (born 1947) John Kilkenny, snare drum   Percussion Ensemble   Michael Barranco, Lauren Bobarsky, Ryan Brennan, Matthew Cowsert Francis Favis, Elliott Godinez, Kevin Greene, Hsiang-Ying Hou    Matt James, Katie Klipstein, Mallory Konstans, Alejandra Martinez Avilés  Samantha Price, Kyle Singer, Katie Tollakson  Brian Urquhart, Kyle Waselewski, Chuck Willard  John Kilkenny      John Kilkenny (BM, the Juilliard School, MM Temple University) is currently Director of Percussion Studies, Artistic Director of the Mason Percussion Group and Recruitment coordinator for the School of Music at George Mason University.  During his time at Mason, the percussion program has enjoyed tremendous growth and a significant expansion of performance and academic opportunities for university students.  Recently, the percussion ensemble toured the Pacific Northwest to perform at the Western International Band Conference and has enjoyed featured appearances at the Virginia Music Educators Conference, College Music Society Mid Atlantic Conference and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.    As a performer, John has be hailed by the Washington Post as a “ Particularly fine timpanist”, and enjoys a multi-faceted career that includes orchestral performances with the Washington National Opera and Ballet, National Symphony, Washington Concert Opera, Cathedral Choral Society, Washington  

Ensemble Concert: Percussion Ensemble, November 8, 2015

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