Sunday, November 8, 2026
2:00pm
Forbes Concert Hall
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JMU Percussion Ensemble - 11/08/26
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The JMU Percussion Ensemble, directed by Casey Cangelosi, consists of nearly 30 students and has performed throughout the East Coast, including concerts at the Virginia Music Educators Association Convention and Virginia Days of Percussion. They were selected to perform a feature concert at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Philadelphia. Most recently, the ensemble created two podcast videos featured on the VicFirth website, and toured Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
In the spring of 2009, 2007, and 2006, the ensemble won the NABBA Adult Class Percussion Ensemble Contest held in Louisville, Kentucky. In 2004, the group won the small ensemble contest at PASIC held in Nashville, Tennessee, and routinely since ranks in the top three. They were chosen to perform the keynote concert at the 2003 National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro. The JMU Percussion Ensemble is an “all Zildjian” ensemble and proudly endorses Innovative Percussion sticks and mallets.
Thanks for our generous Friends of the Arts & Design scholarship donors whose support allows our students to continue to create, perform, and inspire.
Arts & Design Hero ($5,000+)
- James McHone Jewelry
- Ann & Mark Siciliano
Arts & Design Champion ($1,500-$4,999)
- Rubén Graciani & Matt Pardo
- Hotel Madison
- Kathy Moran Wealth Group
- Mack & Towana Moore
- Shannon Tierney
Arts & Design Advocate ($500-$1,499)
- Beth & Jim Cahill
- Nancy Davis
- Matthew Duffy & Christine Jimenez-Duffy
- Energy Windows LLC
- Jonathan Fox
- Holly Haney & Bob Kolvoord
- Matchbox Realty
- Barbara & William Mayo
- Ron Pugh
- Scott & Wren Stevens
- Matthew & Sarah Von Schuch
Arts & Design Ally ($250-$499)
- Paul Ackerman & Weldon Bagwell
- John Allemeier
- Elizabeth Alspaugh
- Jerry Benson & Martha Ross
- Stephen Bolstad & Stephanie Wasta
- Robert & Suzanne Bothamley
- Jared & Jenny Burden
- David & Jennifer Campfield
- Jennifer Copeland
- Myron Dickerson
- Len & Miriam Discenza
- Rhonda Dolan
- Hillary Ellis
- Joe & Rose Estock
- Bob & Linda Failes
- Johnny & Phyllis Garber
- Quillon Hall & Karin Tollefson-Hall
- Holly Haney & Bob Kolvoord
- George & Marilou Johnson
- Jamie & Tim Miller
- John Keightley & Tammy Mannarino
- Brend & Ronald Krablin
- Kristi Lewis
- Kathryn & Michael Loy
- Nick Swartz
- Kristee Jo Trumbo
- Cecelia Wolf
- Melinda Wood
Dear Patron,
Thank you for attending this School of Music performance, we appreciate your support! The link below will take you to a page where you can dontae to the Marlon Foster Scholarship. Marlon Foster ('82, '95) served in the United States Air Force, taught in Harrisonburg City Public Schools for 26 years, and taught percussion in the JMU School of Music. Marlon was awarded Teacher of the Year from Harrisonburg City Schools, and he was inducted into the Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association's Hall of Fame.