Friday, April 23, 2027
7:30pm
Forbes Concert Hall
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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+)
- Patricia Gould & Hasan Karsiloglu
- Ann & Mark Siciliano
- Richard & Sue Orem
- Joshua & Trish Weinstein
Arts & Design Champion ($1,500-$4,999)
- Jonathan Fox
- Rubén Graciani & Matt Pardo
- Marilou Johnson
- Matthew & Sarah Von Schuch
Arts & Design Advocate ($500-$1,499)
- John & Susan Allemeier
- Jerry Benson & Martha Ross
- Beth Chandler Cahill & Jim Cahill
- Nancy Davis
- Patrick & Stephanie Driscoll
- Holly Haney & Bob Kolvoord
- Quillon Hall & Karin Tollefson-Hall
- Gina & Tom Holden
- Thomas McKenzie
Arts & Design Ally ($250-$499)
- Sue Agranoff
- Ellen & George Aschenbrenner
- Reginald Bryson & Souha Khawam
- Eric & Jess Guinivan
- MiKyoung Lee
- Amy & Sean Myers-Payne
- Rebekah Noonan
- Cyndia & Dexter Taylor
- Heather & Theodore Tseng
- Bethany & Scott Vriesman
- Connie & Hugh Westfall
- Cecelia Wolf
- Diane & Leonard Young
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