James Sewrey, Randall Foat, Quinten Petersen and Arik Mcgathey
"CONTRASTS" for Concert Snare Drums
Focus Day Performance
Thursday, 11:00 a.m.

Jim Sewrey is currently the adjunct Professor of Percussion at Wisconsin Lutheran College. He has been an instrumental music educator since 1951, serving the field of band programs and percussion from elementary through high school, and college/university instrumental music education and percussion programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Within the music industry, he has been a product manager, an educational director, and an educational artist percussion clinician. Mr. Sewrey is a Charter member of the American School Band Directors Association (1953); a co-founder and director of the Percussion Workshop of America (1956); a founding member of PAS (1961); the founder-director of the Project Create Percussion Ensemble school student outreach program and Drum Brigade (1985), and the adult Spring City Area Percussion Ensemble (2000). Jim has been recognized with awards from the Milwaukee Civic Music Association, ASBDA, and PAS.

Randall Foat is a senior at Wisconsin Lutheran College where he is pursuing his B.A. in Music Theory and Composition while studying percussion with Mr. James Sewrey.  Mr. Foat recently became a stock library writer for The License Lab and anticipates a career composing custom production music.  Randall has had the opportunity to perform for the American Consulate General of New Zealand in the W-NBA College All-Star Band, in addition to a wide array of small and large ensembles.
 
Arik McGathey is in his final semester at Wisconsin Lutheran College studying Music Theory and Composition.  He is currently working in sales for the Hal Leonard Corporation, and directs a church choir.  Mr. McGathey has been a member, as well as a soloist, of the WLC Concert Band and Choir, in addition to small ensembles.  He performed in the ASBDA Regional Concert Band in the summer of 2011.
 
Quinten Petersen is a fourth year student at Wisconsin Lutheran College working on majors in Choral Music, Instrumental Music, and Education.  Quinten currently studies percussion under Wisconsin Lutheran College’s Adjunct Professor of Percussion James Sewrey and has toured with the large ensembles from WLC.  He performs frequently on and off campus and has also been selected to play in numerous state and regional ensembles over the past six years.  Quinten’s primary focus in education has allowed him to work with several high schools and grade schools in the greater Milwaukee Area.

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