PAS Percussion Ensemble Competition & Festival
at Portland State University
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Hosted by Chris Whyte
Portland State University
Lincoln Hall
1620 SW Park Ave
Portland, OR 97201
PAS Group Member
$200
Non-PAS Group Member
$250
Learn more about becoming a PAS Group Member here.
Registration will open at Noon Eastern on Monday, December 8th, and competition spots are expected to fill quickly. Space at each event will be limited, so directors should plan to reserve their spot as soon as registration opens in December, and have their group membership processed ahead of time (if seeking the member discount). All events are first-come, first-served. Only one registration per school/organization will be accepted up until one month prior to the chosen event.
Judges
Abby Fisher
Abby Fisher is a percussionist and educator, focused on performing and supporting continued growth of new music, with expertise in contemporary and classical percussion. National and international performances include: Stony Brook University’s TEDx, Transplanted Roots Percussion Symposium, New Music Gathering, Big Ears Festival, Percussive Arts Society International Convention, One World Trade Center, Universidad de Guanajuato (Mexico), and at universities around the US. Abby is a co-founder of the percussion duo Fisher/Lau Project with Matthew Lau, and she regularly collaborates with composers and musicians on new works. In February 2025, she released her debut solo album 100 works in resonant aluminum by D. Edward Davis through CMNTX records, and will be releasing a second solo album titled Continuous Interior through Neuma records in 2026.
Abby is a dedicated educator and serves as the Steven Hemphill Endowed Professor of Percussion, Assistant Professor of Percussion, and Director of Percussion Studies at Northern Arizona University. She currently serves as the President of the Arizona Percussive Arts Society chapter, and as a co-chair for the Percussive Arts Society Percussion Ensemble Committee. She is a member of the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra, NAU’s premier contemporary music group Ensemble Flageolet, and a regular performer and board member of the Interference Series, a non-profit Flagstaff-based organization dedicated to presenting experimental music.
Abby is supported by Marimba One, Black Swamp Percussion,Vic Firth, and Zildjian.
Mark Goodenberger
Mark Goodenberger, percussionist and composer, is the Chair of the Music Department at Central Washington University. As a specialist in Symphonic and Chamber music, he has worked with composers such as Steve Reich, Libby Larsen, Chen Yi, George Crumb, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Elliott Carter, Lou Harrison, Zhou Long, Tomas Svoboda, Forrest Pierce, and Chinary Ung, premiering many new works.
Goodenberger is also active as a baroque specialist, performing the kettledrums with the Portland Baroque Orchestra, Pacific Music Works, Seattle Bach Festival, and Vancouver Early Music. He is a Yamaha performing artist, a member of the Vic Firth Education team, and is proud to endorse the Goodenberger G-LINE Mix marimba mallets made by Amy Putnam Mallets.
His book, Just the 4 of Us, for beginning 4-mallet marimba players is published with MalletWorks Publishing. He is also published by Marimba Productions Inc, HoneyRock Publishing, and Wild Cheetah Productions. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Lewis and Clark College and a Master of Music Performance degree from the University of Michigan.
