PAS Percussion Ensemble Competition & Festival
at Utah Valley University
Saturday, March 1, 2025
Hosted by Shane Jones
Utah Valley University
800 W. University Pkwy
Orem, UT 84058
PAS Group Member
$250
Non-PAS Group Member
$400
Learn more about becoming a PAS Group Member here.
Only one registration per school/organization will be accepted up until one month prior to the chosen event.
Judges
Chelsea Tinsler Jones
Chelsea Tinsler Jones is a Utah-based percussionist with a unique portfolio career as a freelance performer, arts administrator, and music educator.
She is the Artistic Administrator of the Moab Music Festival and Percussionist/Director of Operations of Khemia Ensemble, a chamber group dedicated to contemporary classical music. Khemia has performed at nationally recognized venues and festivals such as National Sawdust, New Music Gathering, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and the Mizzou International Composers Festival, presented educational residencies at more than a dozen universities in North and South America, and commissioned and premiered over 60 works by professional and student composers.
Chelsea also performs regularly with Ballet West, Utah Symphony, Utah Metropolitan Ballet, and steelworks steelband. Notable freelance appearances include the White Christmas National Tour, Johnny Mathis, Right on Cue (broadway tracks), Video Game Awards, Paducah Symphony (KY), AEPEX Contemporary Performance (MI), Rochester Symphony (MI), New Britain Symphony (CT), Nutmeg Symphony (CT), Adrian Symphony (MI), and the Artful Living Musical Theater Company (CT).
A music educator to students of all ages, Chelsea is an Instructor of Music at Utah Valley University and has maintained a private percussion studio since 2009. Her debut etude book, Level Up! 15 Sequential Duets for the Developing Snare Drummer, is published by Tapspace.
She received her MM in Percussion Performance and Chamber Music from the University of Michigan, a BM in Percussion Performance and Music Education from the Hartt School, and a Certificate in Arts Management from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
Ivan Trevino
Ivan Trevino is a Mexican-American composer, percussionist, teacher, and arts advocate. Recognized around the world for his contributions to percussion literature, Ivan’s music has been performed across five continents in 25 countries. His music distinctly threads indie-pop sounds with a contemporary classical aesthetic, and his body of work spans storytelling, singing marimba players, cello rockers, and an ever-present social consciousness. His newly commissioned works include music for The Juilliard School, The San Diego Symphony Orchestra, and Grammy-winning quartet, Third Coast Percussion. He is a multi-recipient of the Percussive Arts Society’s International Composition Contest, and in 2020, was the featured composer on NPR’s Performance Today.
An active educator, Ivan currently serves on faculty at University of Texas at Austin where he joyfully teachers a studio of undergraduate and graduate percussionists and music creators. He previously served as co-director of the Eastman Percussion Festival at his alma mater, Eastman School of Music, and is currently an artist and clinician for Marimba One, Innovative Percussion, Black Swamp Percussion, Pearl’s Malletstation, Meinl, and Zildjian Cymbals. In 2021, Innovative Percussion and Ivan collaborated to design his own line of signature series marimba mallets, which are used by percussionists around the world.
Ivan is also known for his work as a drummer with Break of Reality, an international touring cello rock quartet. As a member of the ensemble, Ivan was selected as a music ambassador by the U.S. State Department. Break of Reality has released five studio albums, is on regular rotation on National Public Radio, and has over 100 million streams on Spotify and Pandora Radio.
A Texas native, Ivan resides in Austin with his wife Amanda and their children, Henry and Oscar.
Additional Information
Questions? Please email Roland Hernandez at rhernandez@pas.org.
