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Clinics
From exploring global rhythmic traditions to contemporary drum set playing to the need for versatility in the 21st century music scene, I offer well-crafted clinics that are informative and inspirational. In each of my clinics, I aim to give students a concrete, hands-on understanding of new skills, thought-provoking concepts, or new pathways forward that will inspire curiosity on their educational journey. My current clinics include:
Reframed Rhythm
An interactive workshop that explores the rhythmic vocabularies of North African, Indian, Brazilian, Puerto Rican, and Middle Eastern music cultures through the frame drum.
Authenticity and Adaptation: Global rhythms on the Drum Set
A performance / demonstration clinic focused on applying traditional Afro-Cuban and Brazilian styles to the drum set.
Texture | Timbre in Contemporary Drum Set
A performance / demonstration clinic focused on the modern hybrid drum set
The New Versatility: Composer | Improviser | Performer
A performance / demonstration clinic focused on the modern musician's need to be fluent in many areas of creative music-making.
Rudimentaal: Exploring Tabla Vocabulary on the Snare Drum
A performance / demonstration clinic focused on the connections between Hindustani tabla and modern rudimental snare drum performance.
Recitals & Concerts with Ensembles
Solo Recital
Multi-Suite - 12’
One by Ken Shorely - 5’
Korvai by Rajna Swaminathan - 3:30’
Rotation by Glen Velez - 3"‘
Mirror of Heaven by Carolyn Borcherding - 6:30
vibraphone + electronics
Monkey Chant by Glenn Kotche - 13’
drum set + electronics + video
The Endings of Things From a Distance by Matt Curlee - 6:30’
marimba + playback
Doubtful Sound by Yousif Sheronick - 6’
frame drum solo
Cycles America by Kojiro Umezaki - 4’
vibraphone, bass drum, cymbals + playback
Soloist + Percussion Ensemble
Mudra by Bob Becker - 14’
Snare drum + Percussion Ensemble
Concerto for Drum Set and Percussion Ensemble by Jamie Whitmarsh - 15’
Drum Set + Percussion Ensemble