Greg Goushian, Dean Witten and Erik Marley

•June 6, 2013 • Leave a Comment

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Yo’ where’s Vince??????????

Congratulations to Rowan percussion grads class of 2013

•June 6, 2013 • Leave a Comment
Erik Marley, Vince Gattinella, Greg Goushian

Erik Marley, Vince Gattinella, Greg Goushian

Arabic music class

•April 18, 2013 • Leave a Comment
Raffi Massoyan working with Rowan Jazz alum, Erik Marley

Raffi Massoyan working with Rowan Jazz alum, Erik Marley

Congratulations to senior, Lavianna Felder!!

•March 28, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Senior music education major, Lavianna Felder was selected in a blind audition to play the famous xylophone part in Kabalevsky’s Colas Breugnon for the upcoming concert by the Rowan University Wind Ensemble.

•March 27, 2013 • Leave a Comment
Congratulations to sophomore jazz major, Ryan Cullen who finished the 12 Etudes for snare drum by Jacques Delcluse.  Ryan is king for a day!!

Congratulations to sophomore jazz major, Ryan Cullen who finished the 12 Etudes for snare drum by Jacques Delecluse. Ryan is king for a day and gets his name on my studio door to acknowledge this huge milestone!!!

•February 11, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Monday 2/11/13 Masterclass tonight with Philadelphia Orchestra percussionist Anthony Orlando. He’ll be coaching students on Shostakovich 5 for the orchestra concert in 2 weeks. Should be an awesome class…they always are!!

Monday night February 18th at 8:00 the Rowan University Percussion Ensemble and Marimba Band will be presenting an evening of mallet music, including a US premiere of Karel Husa’s new duo Elegie. Dean Witten will play the vibraphone/percussion part with Rowan alumnus Anthony DiBartolo on marimba; also 4 ragtime xylophone standards with Ryan Cullen, Gavin McCauley, Glenn Dawson and Lavianna Felder as soloists; and a new arrangement by Jim Miller of 3 Thelonius Monk tunes titled Sphere Knot. Highlighting the program will be Denis DiBlasio’s TV Themes, a medley of 36 popular TV theme songs perfectly orchestrated for percussion quintet. Do you remember …….Bonanza, Wild Wild West, Mr. Ed, Leave It To Beaver, Petticoat Junction, The Real McCoys, I Dream of Jeannie, Dobie Gillis The Munsters, Star Trek, I Love Lucy, The Flinstones, Mr Rogers, The Muppets and 24 more!!! Great fun…great piece.

The freshman class of 2028

•December 13, 2012 • Leave a Comment
The freshman class of 2028!

Emily and Abigail Dammers listening to sophomore Ryan Cullen practice.

 
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