Welcome to Virginia PAS
VA/DC Chapter
NEWSLETTER
Marshall Maley, Editor March 17, 2009 Vol. XXXXII No. 1
In this issue:
• Day of Percussion 2009
• Project Percussion
• Drumfest! 2009
• Atlanta Snare Competition
• Message from the President
Day of Percussion 2009

Our DOP will be on Saturday, April 4, 2009,
at Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA.

Here's a tentative schedule.

8:30am Registration Open
9:00am Marshall Maley, Opening Remarks
Clarke County High School drum line directed by Mark Curry
9:30 – 11:00 FUNdamentals
• Chris Thomas of Midlothian HS snare
• Earl Yowell mallets?
• Alphonse Young drumset
Michael Schutz
11:00am Michael Rosen
12:00n James Madison University Steel Band directed by Michael Overman
12:30pm Scott Davidson
1:30 Earl Yowell, timpani
2:30 Cape Henry School
3:00 Robert Habib of the Armed Forces School of Music
4:00 John Kilkenny
5:00 Shenandoah SUPERcussion Ensemble
6:00 Danny Gottlieb
7:00 Three Campathon

Clinicians and performers include drum set artist, Danny Gottlieb, Michael Rosen of Oberlin, Earl Yowell of
Shenandoah, John Kilkenny of George Mason University, Michael Schutz of Longwood University, Scott Davidson,
Chris Thomas of Midlothian HS, Robert Habib of the Armed Forces School of Music, Alphonse Young of Shenandoah
University, James Madison University Steel Band directed by Michael Overman, the Clarke County High School drum line
directed by Mark Curry, Mosaic Steel Orchestra directed by Anthony Hailey, and the Shenandoah SUPERcussion Ensemble
directed by Earl Yowell. There will be FUNdamentals clinics, exhibits, and of course, DOOR PRIZES!
Note: Joe Morello had been scheduled for this year, but he recently injured his back,
and has had to cancel his appearances. Joe has reached the age of 80, so recovery takes
a little longer. We wish him well, and hope to have him at one of our future events.

Danny Gottlieb is longtime student of, friend of, and collaborator with the legendary Joe Morello.
While best known as the drummer in the original Pat Metheny Group, Danny has performed on over 300 recordings,
including 5 Grammy Award winners. He has played with some of the world's greatest musicians in all styles of
music. After Pat Metheny, Danny performed with John McLaughlin, Gil Evans, Sting, Gary Burton, Bobby
McFerrin, the Manhattan Transfer, Eberhard Weber, Michael Franks, Randy Brecker, Al DiMeola, Stan Getz,
Ahmad Jamal, the Blues Brothers Band, Booker T and The MGs, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Flora Purim
and Airto Group, the GRP Big Band, The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band, the Eddie Gomez Group, the Manhattan Jazz
Quartet and Orchestra, Herbie Hancock, David Byrne, Jim Hall, Dr. John, Toniho Horta, Gerry Mulligan, John Scofield, John
Abercrombie, among others. Danny has done several projects with Joe Morello, and he plans to incorporate video
from some of those projects into his clinic at the Day of Percussion.

Michael Rosen is Professor of Percussion at Oberlin Conservatory of Music where he teaches, conducts the
Oberlin Percussion Group and is director of the Oberlin Percussion Institute. He served as Principal Percussionist with the
Milwaukee Symphony from 1966 to 1972, and since then has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Concertgebouw
Orchestra as well as the Grand Teton Music Festival. He maintains a continuing column in Percussive Notes Magazine
dealing with percussion terms in foreign languages and is also editor of the Focus on Performance section of the
magazine. Michael Rosen was instrumental introducing Keiko Abe to North America.
www.oberlin.edu/con/faculty/rosen_mich ael.html

Earl Yowell is the Director of Percussion Studies at Shenandoah Conservatory of Music. He was appointed an
Associate Professor of Music in 2007. In addition to his teaching duties, he also directs the SU(PER)cussion Ensemble.
In his two years at Shenandoah he has co-founded the Ear Candy Contemporary Music Concerts, and been a co-chair
of the planning committee of the Performing Arts Live professional concert series. He also presently serves on
the Symphonic Committee of the Percussive Arts Society. Prior to his appointment at Shenandoah, he performed for
19 seasons as the principal timpanist and percussionist of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. He was a featured soloist
with internationally famous percussionist Evelyn Glennie in the SPCO performances of Andrzej Panufnik's
"Concertino for Timpani, Percussion and Strings" and was timpani soloist in the Chamber Orchestra's premier
performances of Johann Carl Christian Fischer's"Symphony for Eight Obbligato Timpani." He has performed with
cellist Yo Yo Ma, and appeared on Minnesota Public Radio's"Saint Paul Sunday" and "Prairie Home Companion" programs.
And he is home grown! Before leaving to get his degrees from Northwestern University and the Cleveland Institute of Music,
he attended Madison High School in Vienna, Virginia.
www.su.edu/datasources/faculty_search.cfm?uid=eyowell

Project Percussion 2009
Project Percussion is scheduled for Friday, March 27, 2009, 3:00pm to 9:00pm, at Midlothian High School, 401 Charter
Colony Parkway, Midlothian,VA. Coordinator, Chris Thomas, say it is a Day of Percussion Music Education! Clinicians
and performers include Mike Schutz, Kris Keeton, Gifford Howarth, Chris Smith, the Ian Browning Percussion Trio,
percussion ensembles from VCU, James River HS, Godwin HS, Midlothian HS, Pocohantas MS, and Powhatan MS .
There will also be raffles, and full concessions. Admission is $4.00. For more information call 804-421- 0288, or
ct.music@netscape.com.

Drumfest! 2008
Congratulations to David Salisbury, VA/DC PAS Drumfest! Coordinator, for organizing another wonderful event.
The forth annual VA/DC PAS Drumfest! Student Drumset Competition for the best up-and-coming Jr and Intermediate
Drummers was held on Saturday, January 17, 2009, at Saunders Middle School in Woodbridge Virginia.
Nearly 30 middle and high school drummers competed for trophies and awards.
Clinicians were Alphonse Young and Chuck Redd.
Congratulations to the winners:
Intermediate Division
First Place - Alan Brody
Second Place - Issaya Whitesides
Third Place - Ryan Wood
Junior Division
First Place - Timothy Glenshaw
Second Place - Steven Smith
Third Place - Suresh Rajan
Fourth Place - Benjamin Hellerman
Fifth Place - Drew Weil

Atlanta Snare Competition
It is always wonderful to report the successes of VA/DC PAS members. Tom Sherwood, who grew up in Northern VA
and attended Woodson HS, is now the Principal Percussionist of the Atlanta Symphony. Tom is also the director of the
2nd annual Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Modern Snare Drum Competition, which will occur June 12 – 14, 2009, at Atlanta’s
Woodruff Arts Center. Division I competitors are ages 24 and under, and Division II is for ages 18 and under. Cash
prizes range from $1000 to $200. Additional sponsors include Cooperman, Innovative Percussion, Pearl, Pro-Mark, and
Zildjian. Besides Tom, the judges will be William Wilder, Mark Yancich, Keith Aleo, Jack Bell, Jim Campbell, Marc Damoulakis,
and Robin Engleman. For more information, see: http://www.atlantasymphony.org/Commu nity.aspx

Message from the President
The Day of Percussion is quickly approaching. It has been quite a scramble to replace Joe Morello. But everything is
now in place, and it will be a great Day. We have groups and individuals from many regions within our chapter. I again
want to recognize Day of Percussion Coordinator, Debbie Anderson, for her tireless efforts to collect doorprizes. Thanks
to Debbie, the industry support looks like it will be strong as ever; which means lots of door prizes!
See you there,

pas.org/Chapters/VirginiaDC
Marshall Maley, President
Evan Pollack,Vice President
Ken Harbison, Treasurer
Debbie Anderson, DOP Admin.
C. William Rice, Shenandoah
Kristopher Keeton, Central VA
Al Wojtera, SW VA
Scott Amman, Tidewater
Gary Rockwell, Past President
James Parker, DC
Carlos Figueiras, Grant Research
David Salisbury, Drumfest
Michael Schutz, Farmville
Chris Thomas, Project Percussion

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