Casey Cangelosi and Aaron Trumbore

Aaron Trumbore is a percussionist, educator, conductor and percussion small-business owner from Carlisle, PA. Through performance and education, Aaron shares his passion for the arts with students and audiences throughout the mid-Atlantic region and the country. He has performed with The Harrisburg Symphony, Symphony in C, Opera Philadelphia, Vox Amadeus, The Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, The Shippensburg Festival Orchestra, The Curtis Institute Symphony Orchestra, The McCormick Marimba Festival in Florida and the Percussive Arts Society's International Convention in Austin, TX and Indianapolis, IN. Aaron currently serves as Percussion Faculty at James Madison University & Assistant Director of Bands and Percussion Faculty at Shippensburg University. Casey Cangelosi is commonly hosted world-wide by educational institutions, music festivals, and educational seminars. Casey is endorsed by Majestic, Mapex, Innovative Percussion, Zildjian, Grover Pro Percussion, and Remo.
Blink by Casey Cangelosi

Session Description:

Aaron and Casey will perform a new work titled “Blink” for jing cymbals, LED lights, and audio playback. “Blink” premiered in November 2024 in Taipei.  The Taiwanese Ministry of Culture and Drumily Percussion Group, commissioned several US composers to write new pieces utilizing traditional Chinese instruments.  “Blink” uses traditional hand, jing, cymbals primarily as light blocking figurative shutters.  The chorography is graphically noted and synchronized with sampled camera sounds: zooms, beeps, snaps, clicks, and button presses.  The duo is separated respectively by left and right audio channel panning, and by left and right halves of one body as metaphorical eyes and arms. Throughout the piece is an expansion of metric chasing and overlapping (6/4 against 7/4 grows to 7/4 against 8/4 and onward), creating a natural unfolding of various unison and composite rhythms.

Session Category:

  • New Music/Research

Date:

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

Room 120

Session Type:

New Music/Research Presents

Session Format:

Live