Duncan Patton

Duncan Patton

ABOUT Duncan Patton SESSION TITLE: A Complete Timpani Curriculum: Understanding All the Ideas and Skills You Need to Master This Instrument Duncan Patton was a Principal Timpanist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for 33 years. With the Met, he performed at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in New York, as well as on tour in…

Michael Udow

Michael Udow

ABOUT Michael Udow SESSION TITLE: Udow, Daimo & Cheung Present: “My Marimba Works – An Approach to Interpretation and Expression” by Keiko Abe Marimbists Pius Cheung and Eriko Daimo, with their unique talents, offer deeply insightful performances of consequential music that captivate audiences worldwide. Their extensive history of collaborations with Michael Udow and Michael’s decades…

Eriko Daimo

Eriko Daimo

ABOUT Eriko Daimo SESSION TITLE: Udow, Daimo & Cheung Present: “My Marimba Works – An Approach to Interpretation and Expression” by Keiko Abe Marimbists Pius Cheung and Eriko Daimo, with their unique talents, offer deeply insightful performances of consequential music that captivate audiences worldwide. Their extensive history of collaborations with Michael Udow and Michael’s decades…

Pius Cheung

Pius Cheung

ABOUT Pius Cheung SESSION TITLE: Udow, Daimo & Cheung Present: “My Marimba Works – An Approach to Interpretation and Expression” by Keiko Abe Marimbists Pius Cheung and Eriko Daimo, with their unique talents, offer deeply insightful performances of consequential music that captivate audiences worldwide. Their extensive history of collaborations with Michael Udow and Michael’s decades…

Jamison Ross

Jamison Ross

ABOUT Jamison Ross SESSION TITLE: “Soulmates”: The Drummer’s Relationship Between Rhythm and Melody Jamison Ross is a GRAMMY-Winning R&B/soul artist whose music emanates from the intersection of R&B, gospel, and blues supported by modern production + contemporary soul. Jamison’s previous projects from Affective Music releases have been influenced by some of history’s greatest soul singers,…

David Chiverton

David Chiverton

ABOUT David Chiverton SESSION TITLE: The Art of Versatility The beat of a drummer’s soul could not have been placed in a more incomparable percussionist than David Chiverton. David is a Miami native groomed and nurtured by his loving parents. With his mother being an Assistant Pastor of a local South Florida Pentecostal church, David…

Joseph Van Hassel

Joseph Van Hassel

ABOUT Joseph Van Hassel SESSION TITLE: Performance of “About Face for Drum Set Duet” by David MacbridePerforming with Alexandros Fragiskatos Joseph Van Hassel is on the percussion faculty at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and is chair of the Percussive Arts Society’s New Music / Research Committee, president of the North Carolina Chapter…

Alexandros Fragiskatos

Alexandros Fragiskatos

ABOUT Dr. Alexandros Fragiskatos SESSION TITLE: Performance of “About Face for Drum Set Duet” by David MacbridePerforming with Joseph Van Hassel Dr. Alexandros Fragiskatos (he/him/his) is a percussionist, educator, composer, and arranger based in central Ohio, and teaches percussion and music theory at Denison University. Dr. Fragiskatos is heavily involved with the Percussive Arts Society,…

Scott Johnson

Scott Johnson

ABOUT Scott Johnson SESSION TITLE: SNAREdrumSETPresenting with Pat Petrillo Scott just finished year 45 with the Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps. Personal awards include twenty-one D.C.I. Gold medal championships, fourteen D.C.I. High Percussion titles, two W.G.I. gold medal championships, three DCA gold medal championships, two DCA High Percussion titles, ten DCE championships, nine DCE…