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Curriculum Vitae — Glenn Schaft, D.M.A.

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Contact • Office 2234 Bliss Hall • E-‐mail [email protected] • Web Site www.ysu.edu/percussion • Office Phone 330.941.3643

Current Activities • Freelance Musician, 1975-‐present. • Director of Percussion Studies, Associate Professor, Percussion Coordinator, Youngstown

State University, Youngstown, Ohio, 1996-‐present.

Education

• Doctor of Musical Arts, Percussion Performance and Literature, 1993. o University of Illinois, Champaign-‐Urbana. o Thesis Jazz Drumming 1960-‐65; Transcriptions and Analyses of Ensemble Techniques. o Minor Area -‐ Ethnomusicology. Studies included: Jazz, Brazil and Peru, West Africa,

North and South Indian, Iranian, American Indian. o Awarded Graduate Teaching Assistantship in Jazz Division to Teach Jazz

Improvisation. o Applied Percussion Study with Tom Siwe. o Performed with: Jazz Band 1, Percussion Ensemble, Graduate Percussion Group,

New Music Ensemble, Wind Ensemble. • Master of Arts, Percussion Performance, 1983. Eastern Illinois University, Charleston,

Illinois. Awarded Graduate Teaching Assistantship in Percussion and Jazz Divisions. Applied Study with Johnny Lee Lane. Performed with Percussion Ensemble, Steel Band, Latin Percussion Group, Jazz Band I, Jazz Combo I.

• Bachelor of Music, Performance, 1982. Baldwin-‐Wallace College; Conservatory of Music. Berea, Ohio.Applied Study with George Kiteley. Performed with Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band 1, Jazz Combo, Percussion Ensemble, Opera Orchestra, Musical Theater Orchestra, Brass Choir.

• Post-‐Doctoral Studies, 1989-‐1994, Cleveland State University. Earned 50 credit hours in Applied Percussion and Contemporary Music. Applied Studies with Tom Freer, Assistant Timpanist, Cleveland Orchestra, 1994, and Jay Burnham, Assistant Timpanist, Cleveland Orchestra, 1990-‐91, Independent Study in Contemporary Music with Edwin London. Performed with the New Music Associates, Artists In-‐Residence at CSU.

• Afro-‐Cuban Folkloric Percussion, Escuela Nacional De Arte, Havana, Cuba. 1994. Thirty-‐day workshop funded by Ohio Arts Council International Arts 2000 Program Grant. Studies with Fermin Nani and Santiago Nani. Masterclasses with Grupo Afro-‐Cuba and Roberto Vizciano.

• World Percussion, Berklee College of Music, Boston, World Percussion Festival, 1995. One-‐week workshop funded by the University of Minnesota Duluth. Studies with: Giovanni Hidalgo (congas), Trici Sankaran & Jamie Haddad (South Indian rhythm), Glen Velez (frame drums), Victor Mendoza (Latin-‐Jazz Group), Horacio Hernandez & Casey Schurell (drumset), Joe Galeota (West African drumming).

Glenn Schaft — Curriculum Vitae

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• Remo Inc. Drum Circle Facilitation Workshop, 2002. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Studied with Christine Stevens designed to help me implement a drum circle facilitation program for Youngstown State University SMARTS.

• Additional Private Studies: Lewis Nash, Drum Set, New York, 2002. John Riley, Drum Set, New York, 2002. John Hollenbeck, Drum Set, 2002. Ruben Alvarez, Afro-‐Cuban Percussion, Chicago, 1994. Bob Becker, North Indian Tabla, Champaign, Illinois, 1987. Harold Damas -‐ Snare Drum, Drum Set, Jazz Vibraphone, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968-‐82. Ted Piltzecker, Jazz Vibraphone, Ohio State University Vibraphone Camp, 1981. Linda Pimentel, Marimba, Ohio State University Marimba Camp, 1981. Leigh Howard Stevens, Marimba Masterclasses, Ludwig Percussion Symposium, 1981.

• Masterclass Participation: o Ruben Alvarez, Taku Hirano, Craig Williams, and Bobby Christian, World/Latin

Percussion, United States Percussion Camp, 1989-‐98. o Lewis Nash, Alan Dawson, Ndugu Chancelor, and Joe Bonadio, Drumset, United

States Percussion Camp, 1989-‐98. o Rob Carson and Dean Ponsetti, Rudimental Snare Drum, United States Percussion

Camp, 1989-‐98. o Studies with Joe Morello, Alan Dawson, Carmine Appice, Dave Samuels, David

Friedman, Charles Dowd, Al Payson, and Bobby Christian, Fred Sanford. Ludwig Summer Percussion Symposiums, PA, TN, WI, 1977-‐79.

• Diploma, Berea High School, Berea, Ohio, 1978.

Affiliations • Percussive Arts Society, 1982-‐present.

o Attended Annual International Convention (PASIC) since 1982. o Member, Drumset Committee, 1999-‐present. o Chaired Panel Discussion “Drumset Education in the University”, 2004 PASIC in

Nashville, TN. o Performed, New Music Day Feature Concert at 2003 PASIC in Louisville, Kentucky. o Scholarly Research Paper Presentation “Jazz Drumming 1960-‐65” at 1993 PASIC in

Columbus, Ohio. o Served on College Pedagogy Committee, 2002-‐11, PASIC 2002 Planning Committee,

PASIC 2002 Drumset Planning Committee, Membership Committee 1985-‐87. Member of Concert Planning Committee and Soloist for Tom Siwe (PAS president 1984-‐86) Honorary Banquet in Columbus, Ohio, 1999.

o Served on 2005 PASIC Planning Committee, Columbus, Ohio. • Music Education National Association, 1998-‐present.

o Performances 1998, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2012, Clinics in 2003, 2006, 2010. • American Federation of Musicians, 1986-‐99. • College Music Society, 1985-‐2001. • International Association of Jazz Educators, 1994-‐2008.


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Grants, Awards, and Honors • Granted Reassign Time for Percussion Coordinator Duties. Fall 2013-‐present. • Awarded Faculty Improvement Leave, Spring 2008. Began writing a drumset book. • Granted Reassign Time Option for YSU Faculty Jazz Group, 2006-‐present. • Awarded Faculty Reassign Time, Founded YSU SMARTS RHYTHMS Community Drum Circle

Program, Spring 2002. • Awarded Faculty Improvement Leave, Fall 2002. Studied Jazz Drumming with Lewis Nash,

John Riley, and John Hollenbeck. Awarded YSU Faculty Advanced Studies Research Grant to Fund This Leave.

• Promoted to Associate Professor at Youngstown State University, 2002. • Awarded Tenure at Youngstown State University, 2001. • Awarded YSU Graduate Research Assistant Grant, Summer 2000. • Granted YSU Graduate Faculty Status, 1999-‐present. • University of Minnesota Duluth, Awarded Summer Session Development Funds, 1995.

Purchased recordings for a course I founded, “Afro-‐Cuban Folkloric and Popular Music.” • University of Minnesota-‐Duluth, School of Fine Arts, Faculty Development Grant, Awarded

for Study at “World Percussion Festival” (1995) at Berklee School of Music in Boston. Studied Afro-‐Cuban, Brazilian, South Indian Classical, and West African music.

• Ohio Arts Council, International Arts 2000, Awarded $2500 Grant to Attend the Cuban Folkloric Music and Dance Workshop in Havana, Cuba, Summer 1994. Studied with master Folkloric drummers Fermin Nani, Santiago Nani and others.

• Director, University of Minnesota at Duluth Jazz Combo II, Third Place, University of Eau Claire Wisconsin Jazz Festival, Combo Competition, 1995.

• Showcase Performance with Glenn Schaft Quartet at Illinois Arts Consortium, Springfield, 1984.

• Kevin Gainer Quartet, "Outstanding Combo Award,” Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, 1984.

• Kevin Gainer Quartet, "Outstanding Combo Award,” Memphis State University Jazz Festival, Memphis, Tennessee, 1983.

• Invited Marimba Soloist, Illinois Percussive Arts Society "Day of Percussion," 1983. • Winner, Eastern Illinois University Honors Soloist Competition, 1982. • Winner, Baldwin-‐Wallace College, Conservatory of Music, Concerto Competition, 1981. • Winner, Three Arts Club of Lakewood Music Scholarship Competition, 1981, 82. • Winner, Fortnightly Musical Club, Music Performance Scholarship Competition, 1981, 82. • Academic Scholarship, Baldwin-‐Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, 1981-‐82. • All-‐Ohio State Fair Band, Columbus, Ohio, 1977. • Ohio Music Education Association All-‐State Orchestra, 1977, 78. • Ohio Music Education Association Northeast Regional Orchestra, 1976-‐78. • Superior Rating, Ohio Music Education Association, Solo and Ensemble Contests, 1973-‐78. • Guest performer, United States Navy Band, Berea High School, 1978.


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Teaching Activities Teaching Positions: • Associate Professor of Percussion, Youngstown State University, 1996-‐Present.

Percussion Coordinator. o Teach Applied Percussion at Graduate and Undergraduate Levels: includes Private

Lessons, Group Lessons, and Seminar Class o Direct Percussion Ensemble o Teach Graduate Level Independent Study Courses in Percussion Literature o Graduate Thesis Committee Member for MM Jazz Candidates o Graduate Program Notes Paper Advisor for MM Performance Candidates o Perform with YSU Faculty Jazz Group o Founder, Member, and Faculty Advisor, Youngstown Percussion Collective, YSU

Student Organization, 2005-‐present o Percussion Coordinator: Personnel Assignments for all Dana Ensembles, Manage

Percussion Faculty, Staff, Graduate Assistants, Instruments, Facilities, Logistics, and Library.

o Founder, SMARTS Beats (Students Motivated By The Arts) Drum Circle Facilitation and Education Partnership Program, 2002-‐present

o Directed Jazz Combos, 1996-‐2005 o Co-‐Founder and Director, YSU Afro-‐Cuban Arts Festival, 1999-‐2002

• Visiting Assistant Professor of Percussion and Jazz Studies, University of Minnesota Duluth, 1994-‐96. Performed with Faculty Jazz Quintet. Taught Applied Percussion Lessons and Seminar Classes, Percussion Ensemble Director, Percussion Methods, Jazz Ensemble II, Latin Jazz Combo, Jazz Ensemble Literature, Jazz Rhythm Section Techniques, African Roots of American Music, Independent Study Advisor at Undergraduate and Graduate Level, Evolution and Analysis of Contemporary Popular Music, Evolution and Analysis of Jazz Styles, Founded and Taught “Afro-‐Cuban Popular and Folkloric Music” Course.

• Percussion Instructor, United States Percussion Camp, one-‐week summer camp at Eastern Illinois University, 1989-‐98. Taught timpani and drumset to high school and college students.

• Percussion/Jazz Instructor, University of Illinois, Summer Youth Music Camps, 1984-‐95. Taught Drumset Masterclasses, Jazz Combos, Percussion Ensembles, and Technique Classes.

• Adjunct Instructor, Cuyahoga Community College, 1989-‐94. Taught Applied Percussion and Introduction to World Music Course.

• Percussion Instructor, Baldwin-‐Wallace College; Conservatory of Music, 1989-‐94. Adjunct Percussion Instructor in Conservatory Preparatory Program. Sabbatical Replacement, 1989, Taught Applied Percussion, Directed Percussion Ensemble, Directed Jazz Band, Percussion Faculty, Summer Music Clinic.

• Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois at Champaign-‐Urbana, 1987-‐88. o Taught Jazz Improvisation Courses.

• Visiting Lecturer in Percussion, Moorhead State University, Concordia College, and North Dakota State University, 1986-‐87. Taught Applied Percussion, Directed Percussion Ensemble, Taught Percussion Methods Classes, Performed in Faculty Jazz Group.

o Taught Applied Percussion, Percussion Methods, and Directed Percussion Ensemble. • Adjunct Percussion Instructor, Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois, 1985-‐88.

o Taught Applied Percussion and Founded the Percussion Ensemble.


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Present Teaching Activities, Goals, and Curricula: • Objectives -‐ My primary teaching objective is to help each student develop a broad and

balanced approach toward his/her education and artistry. Not knowing what their future might hold, I try to prepare them for a wide variety of artistic and career possibilities. We explore how musicians produce artistic product three basic ways: performing previously composed music, improvisation, and composition. The desire of some students to specialize in just one component may deter them from the pursuit of this more balanced three-‐part artistic vision. Related musical disciplines are a result of these artistic products and include theory, history, music criticism, manufacturing, sales, publishing, and software development, to name a few.

• Advisement: includes: academic/curricular guidance, professional referrals, recommendation letters and phone calls, graduate school advisement, and other career planning, the bulk of which occurs during office hours.

• Curriculum Overview – our majors are enrolled in diverse undergraduate and graduate degrees yet are encouraged to work together as a unified studio team. They bond together through three primary activities; Applied Percussion Studies, the YSU Percussion Ensemble, and the Youngstown Percussion Collective -‐ a YSU Student Organization.

• Applied Percussion includes three components, seminar class, group lessons, and private lessons.

o Applied Curriculum: Undergraduate: My educational philosophy is to provide each undergraduate a

broad “Total Percussion” foundation, which I understand as consisting of fundamental musicianship skills, instrumental techniques, and core repertoire familiarity. These goals may be pursued via the seven core percussion instrument areas that include: snare drum, keyboard, timpani, drumset, orchestral accessories, multiple percussion, and world percussion. The freshman and sophomore years are primarily dedicated to building core musicianship skills and instrumental techniques and the junior and senior years are primarily dedicated to preparing solo and chamber music recital repertoire to address individual career goals.

Graduate: Graduate students typically dedicate their first year to improving core areas of interest and their second year preparing solo and chamber music for their graduate recital.

o Small group lessons: I have (since 1997) offered small group lessons. Each group meets approximately 13 times per semester. In order to adhere to YSU-‐OEA workload regulations, I reduce (pending studio consensus each year) each student’s 15 private lessons to 13. This provides two hours per student and multiplied by my typical load of 13-‐14 applied students, provides 26-‐28 hours of contact time to reallocate to group lessons each term. Each student is assigned at least one group lesson per semester, but is welcome to observe other groups as well. In all, contact time is increased from 15 to at least 26 hours per semester; not counting the 15 seminar class hours. Group lessons allow us to pursue student and faculty collaborations through performance, collegial critiques, listening, analysis, discussion, and student presentations. Our students enjoy group lessons and these have proven effective in providing educational opportunities that are difficult to address in private lessons and seminar class. Unlike private lessons, group lessons provide an opportunity for our students, many of who are prospective teachers, to develop their pedagogical skills while critiquing and teaching student colleagues. Group lessons also build the teamwork culture that is central to a functional percussion studio. Adjunct faculty and the percussion TA often offer small group lessons as well.

o Student Recitals: In 2004, I established a unique student recital policy and the results have proven effective. We hold a recital advisement conference the first two weeks of fall term, in which student recitals are scheduled. This far-‐in-‐advance


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planning process helps me more evenly distribute recitals, better determine the feasibility of repertoire, has improved student preparation, resulted in higher recital hearing pass rates, improved our ability to book desired venues and secure recital hearing committee members, more evenly distributed recitals throughout the semester (including no recitals during weekends, holidays, or final exams), and has resulted in improved recital attendance due to better event distribution, better publicity, and longer advance notice.

o Studio Recitals: Each major must perform a solo and/or chamber music at a Percussion Studio Recital once each semester. Students prepare their program information and the Percussion TA compiles the programs under my supervision.

o Portfolio: Each student publishes a website, that serves as a portfolio or process-‐folio, beginning their first semester. They secure a free website design software program such as www.wix.com and a personal URL address. Their site includes: resume, repertoire list, biography, demo recordings, publicity photos, contact information, and programs they have performed in. These projects help me understand how students might best represent their accomplishments and how I might help them develop a marketing plan to promote their career. I assess their website during a final exam week advisement conference each semester, grade them, and suggest improvements and revisions due the following term. We repeat this process throughout the sequence of applied percussion courses.

• YSU Percussion Ensemble: performs two on-‐campus concerts each semester: a 35' program for Butler Institute of Art Noontime Series and a 90’ major repertory evening concert. My graduate teaching assistant and I select repertoire and write the programs.

• Faculty Advisor to YPC: I serve as the faculty advisor for the Youngstown Percussion Collective and my activities are balanced between scholarship, teaching, and service. My students, faculty colleagues, and I founded YPC in 2002 and it is a vibrant and active student organization open to any YSU student or alum. In 2009, I founded an educational outreach component, the YPC Touring Ensemble, that performs K-‐12 Percussion Assembly Programs in regional schools. This performance/demonstration ensemble includes an elite quintet elected annually by the membership. I help them prepare their 50-‐minute program, publish advertisement, contract gigs, and attend most gigs. The performance fee (typically $200-‐500) serves as YPC fundraising and travel reimbursement for the performers who travel with personal vehicles.

• Student Ensemble Performances: An important component of my teaching is attending student ensemble performances: YSU Bands, Orchestras, and Jazz concerts, to name a few. Subsequently, I meet with my students to discuss their performance individually and as a percussion section; sometimes immediately afterwards, other times in a group lesson or seminar class later that week. I also attend select off-‐campus gigs and offer feedback in private lessons or office hours.

• Assessment: includes both student and faculty assessment. Percussion students must perform self-‐assessments throughout the semester; in each private lesson, group lesson, seminar class, and percussion ensemble rehearsal. I evaluate each student in terms of their course level’s curricular expectations, their academic aptitude/potential, and their degree of progress throughout the semester.

Curriculum Development: • Presently completing (reviews/editing stage) a 190-‐page book entitled Chops and Concepts:

A drummers guide to improvisation, technique, and musical interpretation. This book is designed for use in my private and group lessons and commercial publication.

• Written instructional handbooks for: Timpani, Snare Drum, Keyboard Percussion, Auxiliary Percussion, Drumset, and Hand Drums. These are self-‐published, some are available on our website, others due to copyright and future publication plans are only made available to my students on a per-‐case, as-‐needed, basis.


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• Percussion Website -‐ Design, Publish, and Maintain www.ysu.edu/percussion, 2005-‐present. From 2002-‐05 I wrote website contents and they were designed, published (at same URL), and maintained by a YSU graphic arts major paid by the Youngstown Percussion Collective. The present site is one of our primary recruiting tools and an indispensible curricular resource for our students. Contents include: percussion studies program overview, prospective student orientation, perspective student visitation guidelines, application and audition info, scholarship info, percussion studio events calendar, alumni bios, alumni testimonials, Youngstown Percussion Collective info, faculty bios, curriculum info including degrees and curriculum guides, advisement and registration info, recital advisement form, applied syllabi, student website guidelines, percussion ensemble syllabi, percussion methods syllabi, independent study info, facilities and gear policies, SMARTS drum circle info, recommended repertoire and books, downloadable instructional pdf’s for rhythm, keyboard, snare drum, etc., links to YSU, CCAC, Dana, retailers and organizations, studio directory contact info, directions and map to campus.

Clinic, Masterclass, and Lecture Presentations: • Youngstown State University Institute For Learning In Retirement, Melvin North, Host,

Lecture/Performance Presentation with Youngstown Percussion Collective, 4/26/13. • “Sound Production” – Clinics for North Hills High School and Lakeview High School

Percussion Sections, YSU Winds and Percussion Festival, 2/22/13. • Clinic for Norwin High School Percussion Section, YSU Winds & Percussion Festival,

2/25/11. • Ohio Music Education Association Professional Conference, Cincinnati,1/27/10, Clinic -‐

Teaching Rhythm. • Youngstown State University Institute For Learning In Retirement Series, Hosted by Melvin

North & Margaret Lorimer. Guest Speaker and Performance, “The Percussion Sound,” Assisted by Youngstown Percussion Collective, 5/8/09.

• Youngstown State University Afro-‐Cuban Arts Festival. 3/23/02, Guest Speaker. • Youngstown State University Wind Ensemble, 11/2/09, Rhythm Clinic. • Gahanna High School, Columbus area, March 19-‐20, 2007, Clinician and Performing Artist. • Cleveland Composers Guild, Cleveland State University, 4/9/07, Drumset Clinician, • Pennsylvania Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society Day of Percussion at Slippery Rock

University, Dr. David Glover, Host, 9/18/05, Snare Drum Clinic, • Performer/director YSU Percussion Ensemble. Presented a clinic on Learning Rhythm. Ohio

Music Education Association Professional Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. 1/26-‐28/06. • Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, Invited by YSU percussion alum Ron

Coulter, 3/20/06, Timpani and Drumset Clinics, • China – Nanjing Institute of the Arts, 2004, Drumset Clinic. • China -‐ Hangzhou Teachers College, 2004, Drumset Clinic. • Ohio Music Educators Convention, Cleveland, Ohio. January 2003, Clinician – Teaching

Rhythm. • Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Columbus, Ohio, 2002, Lecture on

Drumset Education. • China Conservatory, Beijing, China, 2002, Drumset Clinic, • University of New Mexico, 2000, Drumset Clinic. • University of Akron, 1999, Drumset Clinic. • Three Rivers Music Showcase, Pittsburgh, PA, 1999. Orchestral Percussion Clinic. • Interlochen School of the Arts, Interlochen, Michigan, 1999. Afro-‐Cuban Percussion Clinic. • YSU Center for International Studies Program, Lecture on Afro-‐Cuban Percussion Music,

4/29/99. • Youngstown State University Quest 98, Lecture and Performance “Afro Cuban Folkloric

Music”, Kilcawley Center, 1998. • University of Michigan, 1998. Afro-‐Cuban Percussion Clinic.


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• Eastern Illinois University, 1998. Snare Drum Clinic. • Kent State University, 1998, Afro-‐Cuban Percussion Clinic. • Purdue University, 1998. Afro-‐Cuban Percussion Clinic. • Ashland University Jazz Festival, 1998, Adjudicator, Clinician, Performer. • Guest Speaker, Eastern Illinois University, Johnny Lee Lane 25th Anniversary Percussion

Ensemble Concert, 1998. • Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Columbus, Ohio, 1993. Scholarly Paper

Presentation, “Jazz Drumming 1960-‐65; Transcriptions and Analysis.” • Youngstown State University Foreign Language Course #890 “Afro-‐Cuban Folkloric Culture,”

1997, Lecture. • Duluth Children’s Museum, “Fiesta Cubana Day,” 1996, Performance and Lecture. • University of Illinois at Champaign-‐Urbana Jazz Festival, 1988. Adjudicator, Clinician,

Performer. • Baldwin-‐Wallace College; Conservatory of Music, 1992. Adjudicator, Clinician, Performer. • Minnesota Day of Percussion, McPhail Center for the Arts, Minneapolis, 1994, 1995. Afro-‐

Cuban Percussion Clinics and Performances. • Head of the Lakes Jazz Festival, University of Minnesota-‐Duluth, 1994, 1995. Clinician,

Adjudicator, Performer. • Percussive Arts Society Days of Percussion in Ohio, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, and

Indiana, 1982-‐Present. • BATTU World Percussion Quartet – Universities and Secondary Schools Throughout Ohio,

Pennsylvania, and Texas, 1988-‐94.

Summer Music Camps -‐ Instructor/Performer: • Youngstown State University Summer Jazz Camp, 1997-‐99. • United States Percussion Camp, 1989-‐98. • Richland Academy Summer Jazz Camp, 1998, 2000, 2001. • University of Illinois Summer Youth Music Camps, Jazz and Percussion, 1984-‐96. • Lakeland Community College Summer Jazz Camp, 1997, 1999. • University of Minnesota -‐ Duluth Summer Music Camp, 1995-‐96. • Baldwin-‐Wallace College Conservatory Summer Music Camp, 1989-‐94. • Eastern Illinois Summer Jazz Camp, 1983.

Adjudication/Guest Artist Performance Experience: • Lakeland Community College Jazz Festival. Kirtland, Ohio. Performed with

saxophonist/clarinetist Paquito di Rivera, February 25-‐26, 2005. • Lakeland Community College High School Jazz Festival, Kirtland, Ohio, 2004. • Mayfield High School Jazz Festival, Mayfield Heights, Ohio, 2003. • Pennsylvania Music Educators, District 3 Jazz Festival, Franklin, Pennsylvania, 2003. • Ashland University Jazz Festival, Ashland, Ohio, 1998. • Head of the Lakes Jazz Festival, University of Minnesota-‐Duluth, 1994, 1995. • University of Minnesota Duluth Faculty Jazz Quintet at Minnesota Music Education

Association State Convention, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1995. • University of Illinois at Champaign-‐Urbana Jazz Festival, Champaign-‐Urbana, Illinois, 1988. • Baldwin-‐Wallace College; Conservatory of Music, Berea, Ohio, 1992. • North Dakota State University Jazz Festival, Fargo, North Dakota, 1987. • North Dakota State Music Educators Association, Fargo, North Dakota, 1986-‐87.


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Scholarship Activities Upcoming Events, 2013-‐14: •Invited Presentation, Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC), Indianapolis, IN.

o Panel Discussion – “Drumset In Higher Education -‐ Contemporary Issues,” 11/15/13, Indianapolis Convention Center, 4:00-‐4:50PM, Room 201.

o Panelists include Steve Houghton (Indiana University), Dr. Tom Morgan (Washburn University), Dr. Dennis Rogers (Missouri Western State University), Dr. Glenn Schaft, and Ed Soph (University of North Texas), Moderator -‐ Dr. Roger Schupp (Bowling Green State University).

•Publication, Chops and Concepts, A drummer’s guide to improvisation, technique, and musical interpretation. I have been working on this book (190 pages) since 2008 and am presently in the final editing stages; it is under review by approximately eight independent reviewers and I will be submitting a manuscript(s) to publisher(s) in the near future.

•Invited Performance, Jim Umble & Glenn Schaft Duo o Perform Verses for soprano saxophone and vibraphone by Vache Sharafyan. o Jim Umble and Friends Recital, April 13, 2014, 4PM, Bliss Recital Hall o Recording Session, Spring 2014, Details TBA.

Instrument Practice: My primary goals are two-‐fold:

1. Improve my ability to physically/technically execute what I audiate. 2. Learn new rhythmic concepts and skills from West African, Latin American, North and South

Indian classical traditions, and their applications to drumset and other instruments.

Research, Writing, Composition: • I was awarded a Faculty Improvement Leave (spring 2008) to begin writing a drumset book.

[Document Title] — A drummer’s guide to

improvisation, technique, and musical interpretation. It is an advanced level text that explores improvisational techniques and concepts, musical interpretation, practice techniques and concepts, physical coordination and ambidexterity exercises, timekeeping, soloing, and various pedagogical issues. From 2009 through 2012 I continued writing, but placed the book in a secondary position, in order to dedicate the bulk of my scholarship time to several unique and valuable opportunities described below.

• The Youngstown Percussion Collective and I embarked on a comprehensive commission project, entitled “Forms Of Things Unknown,” with colleague and composer Dave Morgan and this opportunity proved to be extraordinary. It represented my largest scholarship, teaching, and service effort from 2010-‐12. o From September 2010 through Summer 2012 I dedicated many hours to YPC, serving as the

projects executive producer in strategic planning meetings, fundraising events, rehearsals, performances, recording, editing, mixing, and mastering.

o Our students developed a degree of self-‐direction that previously proved elusive via more traditional curricular offerings.


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o We created a unique synthesis between our applied percussion courses, Percussion Ensemble, faculty, and the Youngstown Percussion Collective that redefined the expectations of what our students were capable of achieving.

o Our students envisioned the project, fundraised many thousands of dollars, collaborated with the composer in sixty hours of Percussion Ensemble rehearsals, collaborated with FPA students in Communications and Art, presented the world premiere at YSU, toured to Columbus to perform it at the 2012 OMEA Professional Conference, recorded, edited, mixed, and mastered the compact disc, collaborated with a YSU art major to design the album artwork, researched commercial duplication and music dissemination options both in hard copy and online, published their own YPC website www.youngstownpercussioncollective.org, held a CD release party May 2012 at the Lemon Grove downtown Youngstown, and finished the academic year with a healthy surplus in their YPC budget.

o It was my pleasure to be a part of this entire process and help facilitate and witness our students’ progress. This was the most rewarding educational initiative I have been a part of at YSU.

• I composed two works and arranged several others for faculty recitals I presented in 2010 and 2011. These included guest artists, faculty, and Dana alums such as Nathan Douds, Dave Morgan, Dave Kana, Theron Brown, Dan Wilson, Ed Davis, and Tim Harker.

• I wrote, composed, and self-‐published a series of instructional papers for rhythm, snare drum, and keyboard (downloadable PDF’s) on our percussion website www.ysu.edu/percussion.

Chamber Music Experience: • Director, Performer, Arranger, Youngstown State University Percussion Ensemble, 1996-‐present.

I direct four major YSU Percussion Ensemble on-‐campus concerts per year. In addition, we will premiere a new arrangement of mine at the 12/4/13 Carols and Cocoa Concert.

•Youngstown Percussion Collective (YPC), 2002-‐present. o Founded fall 2002. I collaborated with colleagues Janet Pemberton, Craig Hill, Nathan Douds,

and Ron Coulter to found a professional percussion group in-‐residence at YSU. In 2005, YPC became a non-‐profit student organization in residence at YSU. YPC’s mission is to advance the percussive arts through performance, recordings, composition, composer commission projects, educational outreach events targeting people of all ages, research, fundraising, and related activities. Membership is open to YSU students, alumni, and faculty. Glenn Schaft serves as the YPC faculty advisor.

o Composer Commission Project, Executive Producer, and Performer, Forms Of Things Unknown, composed by Dave Morgan, Bliss Hall Recording Studio, Jan-‐May 2012. Released 2012. Available on I-‐Tunes and CDBaby.com. Forms Of Things Unknown is the Youngstown Percussion Collective's recent commission project with YSU jazz faculty colleague Dave Morgan. Premiered in 2011 at Butler North, YPC recorded the work at the Dana School of Music, performed it in 2012 at the 2012 Ohio Music Education Association Professional Conference in Columbus, and the Butler Institute of American Art. The entire project was made possible by YPC fundraising.

o Executive Producer, Recorded, Edited, Mixed, and Mastered Ron Coulter -‐ “Cajon Trio” with YPC at Take Note Productions, Austintown. Recorded 2010. The entire project was made possible by YPC fundraising.

o Composer Commission Project, Executive Producer, John Hollenbeck's “Ziggurat-‐Exterior.” YPC. Recorded, Edited, and Mixed at Tune Town Studios, Newton Falls, 2007. Released in 2008 on Hollenbeck's disc Rainbow Jimmies. In 2006 YPC hosted composer John Hollenbeck to brainstorm a composition commission project to be funded by YPC. In 2007, the Youngstown Percussion Collective in collaboration with the YSU Saxophone Studio (James Umble, director) and the YSU Jazz Society, commissioned John Hollenbeck to compose a work for four saxophonists and five percussionists. The work “Ziggurat” received its world premiere performance by the YSU student ensemble during the John Hollenbeck Showcase Concert at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City in October 2007. The


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Youngstown premiere was presented at the DeYor Center for the Performing Arts and subsequently recorded at Tune Town Studios in Newton Falls, OH. This project, included an improvisation clinic by John Hollenbeck, and was made possible by YSU student fundraising.

o Executive Producer, Performer, Recording, Editing, and Mixing. Dark Wood, YPC and YSU Percussion Ensemble, Dark Wood was recorded at Bliss Hall Recording Studio and released fall 2007. This disc is the YSU Percussion Ensemble and Youngstown Percussion Collective’s first commercially produced recording and includes six previously unrecorded works and four commissions: two by Dave Morgan, one by Till Meyn, and one by Jeff Matter – an Illinois-‐based composer. We also collaborated with composer/percussion professor Ted Rounds, from Kent State University, to record one of his pieces. Morgan’s “Reactions for Drumset and Wind Ensemble,” features myself as soloist with the YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble. This track was also released on the YSU Wind Ensemble CD Spin Cycle in 2004.

o YSU Percussion Ensemble and YPC Performance, Ohio Music Education Association Professional Conference, Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio, 2/17/12.

o Glenn Schaft and YPC, Artists In Residence, Presented Clinics, Rehearsals, and Concert at Groveport-‐Madison High School, near Columbus, Ohio, 4/29-‐30/10.

o YPC, Employment Development Incorporated, East Liverpool, Ohio, 3/11/09. o YPC -‐ Commission & World Premiere Project -‐ 3/3/03. Collective members Ron Coulter,

Nathan Douds, and Craig Hill commissioned faculty colleague Till Meyn to compose a trio concerto (marimba soloist and two percussion) entitled “Groovelocity” which received its world premiere at the YSU 2003 Piano Week. I coached this work from its inception through the premiere and subsequent recording.

o Host and Performer, Percussive Arts Society Ohio Chapter, Ohio Day of Percussion, YSU, 5/6/06.

•YSU Percussion Ensemble Tour, Clinic and Concert at Centerville High School, Centerville, Ohio, 1/28/10. Presented Clinic and Concert at Ohio Music Educators Association Professional Conference, Cincinnati Convention Center, 1/29/10. •Lou Harrison Percussion & Dance Tribute, November 2003. I collaborated with Cleveland-‐based percussion colleagues Tim Strelau, George Kiteley, Andy Pongranz, Cary Dachtyl, the Youngstown Percussion Collective, and dancers from the Cleveland-‐based Dance Theater Collective to plan a major tribute to renowned percussion composer Lou Harrison. This project included over a year of planning, rehearsals, and performances. We presented two concerts in November 2003 -‐ one at the YSU Chestnut room and the other at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Louisville, KY. Over two thousand people were in attendance at PASIC. This was the first time that a YSU percussion group was invited to perform at this prestigious international event. •Guest Artist, Pennsylvania Day of Percussion, Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, 2001. Performed Edgard Varese – “Ionization” with Peter Erskine and members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Percussion Section. •Trio performance Tierry De May – “Musique De Table” with Robert Van Sice (Yale University), Boardman High School Auditorium, 2001. •Guest Artist, Indiana Day of Percussion, Indiana University, Indiana Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society, 1999. Afro-‐Cuban Soloist with Purdue University Percussion Ensemble, Dr. Kurt Gardner, Director. •Principal Percussion, Skaneatales Chamber Music Festival, Skaneatales, New York, 1996-‐97. •Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra, Principal Timpani/Percussion, 1994-‐96. •“Artist In Residence” with BATTU Percussion Quartet, Baldwin-‐Wallace College; Conservatory of Music, 1988-‐94.

o Performed 30-‐60 concerts per year at universities, colleges, K-‐12 schools, arts festivals, museums, ethnic cultural festivals, local, regional, and national tours.

o Performed music of West Africa, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala, contemporary American compositions, and our own compositions.

o Tours in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Booked/contracted concerts. o Designed promotional materials: brochures, public service announcements, and press

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o Wrote successful grant proposals to the Ohio Arts Council. o Applied for membership and advertised in various regional arts organizations publications

such as the Ohio Presenters Network and Arts Midwest. •Performer and Personnel Manager, “New Music Associates,” Artists in Residence at Cleveland State University, Served as Graduate Assistant for Music Director, Edwin London, 1989-‐93. Performed three concerts on contemporary music per year. •Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Principal and Assistant Principal Percussion/Timpani, 1989-‐94.

o Winner of “ASCAP” and “Laurel Leaf” awards for outstanding contemporary programming and excellence in performance.

o Performed 10-‐15 annually, including dozens of world premieres. o National Tours, including New Music Festivals at Harvard University in Boston,

Massachusetts and Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. o Recorded five compact discs, available on Gunther Schuller’s GM Records label. o Orchestra Committee member 1991-‐94, represented membership in contract negotiations.

•Ohio Chamber Orchestra, Extra Percussion, 1988-‐94. •Robert Page Singers, Principal Percussion/Timpani, 1990-‐94.

Orchestral Performance Experience: •Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, Extra Percussion/Timpani, 1996-‐99, 2010-‐12. •Akron Symphony Orchestra, Guest Artist, 1999. •Colorado Music Festival, Eight-‐week summer seasons, Section Percussion, 1996-‐98. •Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra, Section & Principal Percussion, 1994-‐96. •Cleveland Opera, Section Percussion, 1988-‐94; including the world premiere of Stuart Copland’s opera “Holy Blood and Crescent Moon,” National Broadcast on National Public Radio. •Cleveland Ballet, Section Percussion, 1988-‐94. •Fargo Moorhead Symphony Orchestra, Principal Timpani/Percussion, 1986-‐87. •Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Illinois, Section Percussion, 1984-‐88.

Concerto Soloist Experience: •Composer Commission, World Premiere, Recording Project

o Spring 2002 I was invited by Dr. Stephen Gage to perform and record, as guest artist, a percussion concerto with the YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble the next academic year. I asked faculty colleague Dave Morgan to write a piece for this occasion. I requested he consider a concerto exclusively for drumset and wind ensemble, as no such work existed. During summer 2002 Dr. Morgan wrote a 15-‐minute tour-‐de-‐force entitled “Reactions – for Drumset and Wind Ensemble.”

o World Premiere, Youngstown State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, February 2003, Lakeview High School, Cortland, Ohio.

o Recorded “Reactions” at Powers Auditorium, Released on YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble compact disc “Spin Cycle,” 2/22/04. This compact disc was awarded the Downbeat Magazine citation for “Best College/University Symphonic Recording” in 2004.

o Subsequent performances included: February 4-‐6, 2004, Tour included: Barberton High School, Medina High School,

Grove City High School, and Ohio Music Educators Association Professional Conference (OMEA) in Columbus, Ohio. Supported by Dana School of Music, ProMark Inc., and Avedis Zildjian Co.

Performed “Reactions” at Powers Auditorium. 2/23/04. •Youngstown State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, William Childs – “Concerto for Drumset, Percussion, and Wind Ensemble.” Powers Auditorium, Youngstown, Ohio, 1998. •World Premiere and Commission Project, Duo Multiple Percussion Soloist with George Kiteley, Faculty Guest Artists Performed with Baldwin-‐Wallace Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, “Tesiphon” for Percussion Duo and Orchestra, composed by Loris Chobanian, 1992.


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•Guest Artist, Champaign-‐Urbana Symphony Orchestra, Claude Bolling – “Suite for Jazz Trio and Orchestra,” 1988. •Concerto Competition Winner, Xylophone Soloist, Alan Hovahness – “Fantasy On Japanese Woodprints,” Baldwin-‐Wallace Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, 1981.

Solo Recital Experience: •Youngstown State University, Dana School of Music, Faculty Percussion Recitals, 2011, 2010, 1997. •University of Minnesota Duluth, Faculty Recital, 1995. •University of Illinois, Solo/Chamber Music Graduate Recitals, 1986, 1990, 1992. •North Dakota State University, Faculty Recital, 1987. •Moorhead State University, Faculty Recital, 1987. •Baldwin-‐Wallace Conservatory of Music, Adjunct Faculty Recitals, 1990, 1992. •University of Illinois New Music Series, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 1987, Performed “Time Mark” by Scott Wyatt, for multiple percussion and computer generated lighting.

Recording, Executive Producer Experience: •Executive Producer and Performer, Forms Of Things Unknown, composed by Dave Morgan, Youngstown Percussion Collective, Bliss Hall Recording Studio, Jan-‐May 2012. Released 2012. Available on I-‐Tunes and CDBaby.com. Forms Of Things Unknown is the Youngstown Percussion Collective's recent commission project with YSU jazz faculty member Dave Morgan. Premiered in 2011 at Butler North, YPC recorded the work at the Dana School of Music, performed it in 2012 at the 2012 Ohio Music Education Association Professional Conference in Columbus, and the Butler Institute of American Art. The entire project was made possible by YPC fundraising. •Executive Producer, Recorded, Edited, Mixed, and Mastered Ron Coulter -‐ “Cajon Trio” with the Youngstown Percussion Collective at Take Note Productions, Austintown. Recorded 2010. The entire project was made possible by YPC fundraising. •Executive Producer, John Hollenbeck's “Ziggurat-‐Exterior.” Youngstown Percussion Collective. Recorded, Edited, and Mixed at Tune Town Studios, Newton Falls, 2007. Released in 2008 on Hollenbeck's disc Rainbow Jimmies. In 2007, the Youngstown Percussion Collective in collaboration with the YSU Saxophone Studio (James Umble -‐ director) and the YSU Jazz Society, commissioned John Hollenbeck to compose a work for four saxophonists and five percussionists. “Ziggurat” received its world premiere performance by the YSU student ensemble during the John Hollenbeck Showcase Concert at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City in October 2007. The Youngstown premiere was presented at the DeYor Center for the Performing Arts and subsequently recorded at Tune Town Studios in Newton Falls, OH. This project, including a Hollenbeck clinic at YSU, was made possible entirely by YSU student fundraising. •Executive Producer and Performer, Dark Wood, Youngstown Percussion Collective and YSU Percussion Ensemble, Dark Wood was recorded at Bliss Hall Recording Studio and released fall 2007. This disc is the YSU Percussion Ensemble and Youngstown Percussion Collective’s first commercially produced recording and includes six previously unrecorded works and four commissions: two by Dave Morgan, one by Till Meyn, and one by Jeff Matter – an Illinois-‐based composer. We also collaborated with composer/percussion professor Ted Rounds, from Kent State University, to record one of his pieces. Morgan’s “Reactions for Drumset and Wind Ensemble,” features myself as soloist with the YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble. This track was also released on the YSU Wind Ensemble CD Spin Cycle in 2004. •Drumset Soloist – Dave Morgan -‐ “Reactions for Drumset and Wind Ensemble,” YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble CD Spin Cycle, Released 2004. This disc was awarded the Downbeat Magazine citation for “Best College/University Symphonic Recording” in their 2004 competition. •Principal and Assistant Principal Percussion, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, 1989-‐94. This ensemble received numerous ASCAP and Laurel Leaf Awards for its performance of contemporary music during my tenure. I recorded five discs with CCS which are available on Gunther Schuller’s GM Records label.


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•Multiple Percussion Soloist – performed Scott Wyatt – “Time Mark -‐ for solo percussion and tape.” Available on Scott Wyatt CD Sound Encounters, True Media Pub. 1988. •Drumset and Percussion, Scott Wyatt, University of Illinois Electo-‐Acoustic Music Studio, recorded numerous commercial jingles on acoustic and electronic drums and percussion, 1984-‐88. •Section Percussion, Air Force Band of Mid America, IL, 1984. Recorded an album of classic marches. •Drumset and Percussion, Nancy Hill, Champaign, IL, Independent folk-‐rock artist, 1985.

Drum Set Performance Experience: •Teddy Pantelas Trio with Jon Neberezney, guitar and vocals. Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, 10/13/13. •YSU Brass Ensemble, Butler Institute of American Art, 12:15PM Dana School of Music Visitation Day, 10/9/13. •Steve Cipriano Trio – blues, jazz, rock, 2000-‐present. •YSU Faculty Jazz Quartet, The Great American Songbook, Lake Milton State Park Amphitheater, Lake Milton, Ohio, 7-‐9PM, 8/18/12. •YSU Jazz Faculty Concert featuring Kent Engelhardt, Dave Kana, Matt Ferraro, Jeff Bush, Ken Karsh, Dave Morgan, and Glenn Schaft, Stambaugh Auditorium, Youngstown, 8PM, 4/19/12. •Guest Artist, Denison University Day of Percussion, Granville, Ohio. Seth Rogers, Host. Presented Drumset Clinic and Jazz Trio Concert, 2/4/12. •The Texas Tenors, Warren Musical Arts Association, Packard Music Hall, Warren, Ohio, 12/13/11. •YSU Faculty Brass Quintet and Kent Engelhardt at Dana Open House Recital, Butler Institute of American Art, 10/19/11. •Joe Augustine Trio, Benefit for the Cleveland Orchestra, Hilton Garden Inn, Twinsburg, Ohio, 10/9/11. •Women of the Phantom, Warren Musical Arts Association, Packard Music Hall, Warren, Ohio, 9/14/11. •Raul Esparza, Palace Theatre, Playhouse Square, Cleveland, Ohio. Benefit for Playhouse Square Foundation, raised over one million dollars, 12/2/11. •YSU Jazz Faculty Group featuring Ken Karsh-‐guitar, Dave Morgan-‐bass, and Glenn Schaft-‐drums, Lake Milton State Park Amphitheater, Lake Milton, Ohio, 8/20/11. •Faculty Artist Recital -‐ Glenn Schaft & Friends, Bliss Hall 2222, 8PM. Featuring: Tim Harker -‐ sax, Dan Wilson-‐guitar, Theron Brown-‐piano, Dave Morgan-‐bass, Glenn Schaft-‐drums, Ed Davis -‐ percussion. Music by Glenn Schaft, Dave Morgan, Tim Harker, Dan Wilson, Rajery, and Sabrina Malheiros, 3/23/11. •Faculty Artist Recital -‐ Glenn Schaft & Friends – The Music of Chick Corea, 8PM, Bliss Hall 2222, Glenn Schaft-‐drums, Nathan Douds-‐piano, Dave Morgan-‐bass, Dave Kana-‐saxophone, 3/17/10. •Joe Augustine Trio and Anne Runolfsson, Broadway's Carlotta in Phantom of the Opera, Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, Powers Auditorium, Youngstown, Ohio, 2/13/10 •Youngstown Symphony Orchestra-‐Pops, Powers Auditorium, 5/13/10. •Teddy Pantelas Trio -‐ Teddy Pantelas-‐guitar, Cliff Barnes-‐organ, Glenn Schaft-‐drums, Little E's, Pittsburgh, 5/29/10. •Joe Augustine Trio. University of Akron Jazz Festival, EJ Thomas Hall, Akron, Ohio, 4/14/10. •Joe Augustine Trio, Jazz Brunch Concert, E. J. Thomas Hall, Akron, Ohio, 2/14/10. •YSU Faculty Jazz Trio -‐ Nathan Douds-‐pn, Dave Morgan-‐bs, Glenn Schaft-‐dms, Butler Institute of American Art, 2/11/09. •YSU Jazz Series: Guest Artist-‐Carol Morgan-‐trumpet, Dave Morgan-‐bass, Glenn Schaft-‐drums, Bliss Hall, 2/10/10. •YSU Jazz Experience with Guest Trumpet Artist Allen Vizzutti, Butler Institute of American Art, 4/29/09. •Five By Design, Minneapolis Based Vocal Group, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, New York, 8/24/09. •Sean Jones and YSU Faculty Jazz Combo, Jazz Fundraiser, Chestnut Room, 4/30/08. •Holly Hoffman Quartet with Mike Wofford, Nighttown, Cleveland Hts, 9/23/07. •YSU Faculty Jazz Trio – Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Greenville, Pennsylvania, 4/15/07.


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•Lakeland Community College Jazz Festival. Adjudicator, Performance with Jim McNeely-‐piano and Dave Morgan-‐bass, February 23-‐24, 2007. •YSU Faculty Jazz Group, Guest Artists, Denison University, Granville, Ohio, 3/2/06. •YSU Piano Week with New York City guest artists Phil Palombi and Sarah Jane Cion, Butler North, Youngstown, Ohio, 3/10/06. •Paquito D”Rivera with YSU Faculty Jazz Group at 2005 Lakeland Community College Jazz Festival. •Chita Riverra (Tony Award Winning Broadway Singer) at Cleveland Playhouse Benefit Concert, 2005. Chita was the lead in the original Broadway production of Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side Story.” •YSU Dream Band 2005. Big band composed of YSU faculty and students. Boardman High School Jazz Festival, Boardman, Ohio. •9/17/05 Joshua Breakstone Trio at James St. Legends in Pittsburgh. Josh is a NYC jazz guitarist. •Duo Concert with Kent Engelhardt-‐saxophone, at Cleveland State University Sundown Jazz Series, 2005. •3/11/05 Performed on the Dana School of Music Piano Week with the YSU Faculty Jazz Group and guest artist Harold Danko from the Eastman School of Music. •Two-‐week Tour of Nanjing and Hangzhou China with the YSU Faculty Jazz Group, 2004. •Jim McNeely (jazz pianist) with YSU Faculty Jazz Group at 2004 YSU Piano Week. •Dana School of Music Piano Week with the YSU Faculty Jazz Group and guest artist Harold Danko from the Eastman School of Music, 3/11/05. •Sean Jones with YSU Faculty Jazz Group, 2004. •Featured Drumset Soloist, Ohio Music Educator’s Association Convention, Columbus, Ohio with Youngstown State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 2004. •Performed with Guest Artist Jim McNeely for YSU Leonardi Legacy Series Concert and Residency, March 17-‐19, 2004. Assisted Kent Engelhardt with event planning. •World Premiere – Dave Morgan concerto “Reactions” for drumset and wind ensemble with the Youngstown State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 2003. •Two-‐Week Tour of Beijing, China with YSU Faculty Jazz Group, 2002. Performed at the China Conservatory and Tsinghua University. Presented a drumset clinic. •Youngstown State University Faculty Jazz Group, 1996-‐present. Performances with: Paquito D’ Rivera, Sean Jones, Jim McNeeley, Marvin Stamm, Todd Coolman, Nick Brignola, John Fedchock, Harold Danko, Randy Johnston, James Weidman, Ralph Lalama, Jack Schantz, Tony Leonardi, Dave Morgan, Kent Engelhardt, Jeff Grubbs, Kent Engelhardt, Jim Masters, Alton Merrill, Paul McKee, Jason Rigby, Phil Palombi, Sarah Jane Cion, Allen Vizzutti, Carol Morgan. •Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, 1997-‐2001. •Chip Stephens Trio, 1996-‐2000. •Gravity -‐ rock/pop band, 2000. •The Four Lads, 2000. •The Four Aces, 2000. •Donna Theodore -‐ Broadway Singer, 1999. •Mitch Miller Orchestra, Duluth, Minnesota, 1995. •World Premiere -‐Stewart Copeland Opera – “Holy Blood and Crescent Moon,” 1992, Cleveland Opera. •Chuck Berry, Front Row Theater, Cleveland, 1990. •University of Illinois Jazz Band, 1984-‐88,

• Two United States Tours, “Guest band”, National Association of Jazz Educators Convention, Detroit, Michigan, 1988, “Guest Band,” Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival, South Bend, Indiana, 1986, Concerts with vocalist Alison Krauss, 1984-‐85.

•Rovers, 1984-‐85, Country-‐Rock Band. •Engelbert Humperdink, 1985. •Red Skelton, 1985. •“1940’s Radio Hour Show”, U.S. Tour, 25 states, 1983. •Fudales, Cleveland, Ohio, 1975-‐82, Jazz, Latin, Rock, Pop, Ethnic.


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•Other freelance drumset engagements: Rudy and the Professionals – reggae, calypso, and soca, Cruise Control, Northcoast, John Reese Project, Backbeat, Teddy Pantelas, First Class Big Band, Cliff Barnes, Matt Ferraro, Dave Kana, Tim Harker, Peter Dominguez, Bobby Selvaggio, Paul Ferguson, Chip Beyers, Wibur Krebs, Jim Gerlach, Anthony Cox, Dan Wall, Ernie Krivda Big Band and Octet, Don Menza, Brian Lynch, Dominic Spera, Jerry Coker, Harvey Wienapple, Laurence Hobgood, Mike Kocour, Kim Richmond, Jeff Grubbs, Ken Peplowski, Brad Goode, Hal Melia, Howie Smith, Pat Harbison, Phil DiGreg, Michael Weiss, Dick Contino, Big Time Jazz Orchestra, Kevin Gainer, Les Elgart Band, Larry Elgart Band, Tommy Dorsey Band

Latin/World Percussion Performance Experience: •Founder/Director Youngstown State University Afro-‐Cuban Arts Festival, 2000-‐02. Performed concerts featuring Afro-‐Cuban folkloric music and Latin-‐Jazz with guest artists Michael Spiro, Ruben Alvarez, and Reynaldo Gonzales. •Director, Youngstown State University Latin Percussion Group, 1996-‐2002. •Director, Youngstown State University Latin-‐Jazz Combo, 1997-‐2002. •Director, University of Minnesota-‐Duluth Latin-‐Jazz Combo, 1994-‐96. Performed campus concerts and steady club dates in Duluth. Played congas and arranged music. •”Sat-‐in” with Grupo Afro-‐Cuba in Havana, Cuba. August, 1994. •“Artist In Residence” with the world percussion quartet “BATTU”, at Baldwin-‐Wallace College; Conservatory of Music, 1988-‐94. Performed 30-‐60 concerts per year at universities, colleges, K-‐12 schools, arts festivals, museums, arts festivals, local, regional, and national tours. Performed folkloric music of West Africa, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala, contemporary percussion compositions, and our own compositions and arrangements. •Staff Dance Accompanist at Baldwin-‐Wallace College, Department of Dance, 1988-‐92. Played Latin/World percussion for four modern dance classes per week. •Substitute Dance Accompanist, Kent State University, 1989-‐94. •Josie Guzman, Broadway-‐based Singer, Cleveland Hispanic Cultural Center, 1992.


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Service Activities

Mission: My primary service mission might best be described as seeking to provide a vibrant community of percussion artist/scholars and events. Although this community might be conceived as originating on-‐campus, it actually extends throughout our community, region, and beyond. At an international level, I continue since 1999, to serve on the Percussive Arts Society Drumset Committee. Presently, our staff includes ten faculty and staff, frequent visiting guest artists, worldwide YSU percussion alumni, present percussion majors, non-‐majors who participate in our various Dana musical offerings, prospective students, parents, and interested community members. Such a community is built upon the quality of myriad interdependent elements such as a vital regional arts scene, university, music school, faculty, students, curriculum, and our facilities and instruments. The supporting materials binder attachments “Student Accomplishments” and “Testimonials” document some of this community.

Primary Activities -‐ I seek to build two things: 1. Scholarship/community -‐ include two interrelated activities:

A. Serve as founder/member/faculty advisor of the Youngstown Percussion Collective. B. Host myriad guest artists/scholars. I seek to provide a model of seamless connection

between scholarship, teaching, and service. I trust that such a model will inspire my students and serve them well in whatever their futures hold.

2. Instruments/facilities. I seek to improve our facilities and instrument collection and emphasize two components:

A. Create and maintain professional artist endorsement relationships with numerous percussion instrument manufactures that have proved mutually beneficial to YSU and our sponsoring corporations.

B. Percussion Coordinator for all YSU percussion staffing and logistical related needs. Although the quality of our facilities and instruments might appear to be the least important element of my service mission, in the percussion domain, functional facilities and an adequate instrument inventory are an indispensible determinant of student and faculty success. My dream is that every YSU percussion student might walk into a percussion practice room or rehearsal studio and undergo a similar amount of preparation as an oboist or clarinetist in terms of getting ready to rehearse or practice. To provide such opportunities, functional considerations such as room size, doorway width, acoustical isolation, where and how things are stored, and an extensive instrument collection are crucial. Although we have made improvements in terms of increasing the number of practice rooms and instruments since my arrival in 1996, we still have much work to do. These are our most pressing technological needs in the percussion area here.

Secondary Activities 1. Committee Service. Served on various departmental, college, and university committees.

At an international level, I have served on the Percussive Arts Society Drumset Committee since 1999.

2. Participated in events for various regional arts and community organizations such as the Cleveland Orchestra, Playhouse Square Foundation of Cleveland, United Way, Breast Cancer Awareness Organization of Mahoning County, Percussive Arts Society Ohio Chapter, Mahoning County Board of Health, Akron Dance Institute, Ohio Music Education Association, Lake Erie College, Baldwin-‐Wallace University, University of Illinois, Eastern Illinois University, YSU SMARTS Educational Outreach Program, YSU Afro-‐Cuban Arts Festival, YSU Arts Festival, YSU Summer Jazz Camp, University of Akron Jazz Studies Department, Cleveland Composers Guild, and more.


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Primary Service Activities: Faculty Advisor, Youngstown Percussion Collective, 2005-‐present.

o My students and I founded YPC in 2002. It is a vibrant student organization open to any YSU student or alum. My YPC related activities are balanced between scholarship, teaching, and service.

o I attend organizational meetings, assist with selection and rehearsal of repertoire, and oversee guest artist bookings, commissions, and fundraising efforts.

o In 2009 I founded an educational outreach/fundraising component, the YPC Touring Ensemble, that performs K-‐12th grade World Percussion Assembly Programs throughout the region. Since its inception we have performed for more than 6200 students. The ensemble includes five of our best students elected annually by YPC. I help them prepare a 50-‐minute program, publish website advertisement, contract gigs, and attend most of them. The performance fee (typically $200-‐500) serves as fundraising and reimbursement for personal vehicles and other travel expenses. • Booked Youngstown Percussion Collective, Assembly, Jackson-‐Milton Middle School,

North Jackson, Ohio, 4/29/13. Net $300 fundraising. Attendance 300. • Booked Youngstown Percussion Collective, Poland Union Elementary School, Poland,

Ohio, 3/8/13. Net $200 fundraising. Attendance 350. Michael Masucci – principal. • Contracted Youngstown Percussion Collective Assembly Performance at Dobbins

Elementary School, Poland, OH, 3/23/12, Net $200 fundraising. Attendance 350. • Jackson-‐Milton Elementary School, North Jackson, OH 5/10/11, Tyler Husosky, host,

attendance 300. Net $350 fundraising. • Maplewood Elementary School, Townville, PA, 5/6/11, Jennifer Wilkinson, host,

attendance 700. Net $700 fundraising. • Groveport Madison High School, 4/30/10 Patrick O'Donnell, host. Attendance 500. One-‐

day residency included clinics, rehearsals, and a concert featuring YPC, GMHS, and collaborative pieces including Afro-‐Cuban Bembe and Brazilian Samba Batucada.

• Jackson-‐Milton Elementary School, North Jackson, OH 3/26/10, Tyler Husosky, host, attendance 300. Net $300 fundraising.

• Maplewood Elementary School, Townville, PA, 4/3/09, Jennifer Wilkinson, host, attendance 700. Net $500 fundraising.

• Employment Development Incorporated, East Liverpool, OH, 3/11/09, attendance 70. Net $350 fundraising.

• Poland Union Elementary School, Poland, OH, 3/12/09 Carmella Smallhoover -‐ principal, attendance 350. Net $250 fundraising.

• C. H. Campbell Elementary School -‐ Canfield, OH, 1/23/09 Kent Polan-‐principal, Janet Williams -‐ music educator, attendance 500. Net $400 fundraising.

• Poland Union Elementary School, 2006, 2007, 2008. Carmella Smallhoover -‐ principal, attendance 350 at each event. Net $250 fundraising.

• Poland North Elementary School, 2004, 2005, 2006. Attendance 250 at each event. Michael Masucci – principal. Net $200 fundraising.

Booking, Funding, and Hosting Guest Artists: A major component throughout my teaching, scholarship, and service is to provide

opportunities for study and collaboration with diverse internationally and nationally renowned guest artists. Since 1996, I have hosted over 105 such artists. The vast majority of funding comes from each artist’s corporate sponsors and other funds have been contributed by Youngstown Percussion Collective, Student Government, College of Creative Arts and Communication, Dana School of Music, Youngstown Symphony Society, Drum Shop, Motter’s Music, Drum Smith, Hubbard Music, New York Music, Private Donors, and Guest Artist Contributions.


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As part of this initiative, I regularly invite former students and Dana alums to share their life experiences in lectures, clinics, masterclasses, recording sessions, and recitals.

Percussion Guest Artist Historical Listing: “*”Denotes Dana percussion alum or former student of Glenn Schaft. o Ben Toth and Gene Koshinski, Ritmicas Clinic 4-‐6pm. Duo Concert 8 PM, Bliss Recital Hall, 4/1/13.

Sponsored by Youngstown Percussion Collective, Korogi, Innovative Percussion, Yamaha, Zildjian, Sabian, and Remo.

o Dr. Elizabeth DeLamater, Guest Artist Lecture -‐ "The History of the Steelpan: Cultural and Musical (r) Evolution in Trinidad and Tobago." 2/22/13 Dr. DeLamater is adjunct percussion instructor at Youngstown State University and Baldwin Wallace University.

o *Craig Hill -‐ Clinic/Lecture, International Freelance Percussion, 10/24/12. o Rob Ferguson and Kevin Kifer -‐ YSU First Annual Drumline Workshop, 5/5/12. Sponsored by

Innovative Percussion, Dynasty USA. o George Schueller w. Michael Musillami Trio -‐ jazz trio clinic and performance. 4/20/12. o Bill Sallak -‐ marimba clinic, Interpreting Music of J.S. Bach, 4/6/12. Percussion & Dance Faculty at

Kent State University. o Dr. Kathryn Umble, Combined Flute and Percussion Seminar Masterclass, 3/30/12. o *Adam Mamula -‐ lecture -‐ touring and world cruises, 3/2/12. o Dr. Elizabeth DeLamater, Dana Convocation, Percussion Seminar Class Lecture, 2/24/12. Dr.

DeLamater is adjunct percussion instructor at Youngstown State University and Baldwin Wallace University.

o Jim Rupp -‐ drumset clinic and combo masterclass. 12/6/11. Sponsored by Zildjian, Remo, ProMark, & Dana School of Music. Drumset Faculty at Ohio State University.

o Filippo Lattanzi-‐marimba & Marco Pacassoni-‐vibraphone -‐ duo recital and masterclass, 3/27/11. Freelance artists based in Italy. Sponsored by Pearl/Adams and the Dana School of Music.

o Brian Fullen -‐ drumset clinic and masterclass, 3/25/11. Sponsored by Yamaha, Zildjian, Remo, and ProMark. Freelance artist in Nashville.

o Nick Anderson -‐ drummer w. Mara Rosenbloom Quartet, clinic and concert, 3/2/11. NYC based jazz artist.

o *Ron Coulter -‐ masterclass on his own compositions, 11/19/10. Director of Percussion Studies at Southern Illinois University. Ron coached his Vibe Duet, Marimba Trio, and Cajon Trio in Percussion Seminar Class, 11AM-‐1PM.

o *Nathan Douds Group -‐ Clinic and Concert featuring the music of Nathan Douds. 10/4/10. Freelance drummer, pianist, composer.

o Tom Freer -‐ snare drum clinic & masterclass, 3/4/10, Sponsored by Pearl/Adams, Zildjian, Evans, and ProMark. Assistant Principal Timpanist with Cleveland Orchestra, Director of Percussion at Cleveland State University.

o Todd Sucherman -‐ drumset clinic, 11/7/09. Sponsored by the Drum Shop, Struthers, OH. Chicago based freelance artist & drummer with the rock band Styx.

o *Craig Hill -‐ The freelance percussion and touring scene, 11/6/09. World tours with various cruise lines.

o Kevin Anderson from Rhythm In Shoes -‐ dance accompaniment clinic, 10/29/09. Dayton-‐based freelance artist.

o Johnny Lee Lane -‐ rudimental snare drum clinic, 10/9/09. Director of Education for Remo Inc. Sponsored by Zildjian, Remo, Vic Firth, Latin Percussion.

o *Patrick Wagner -‐ dance accompaniment clinic, 10/2/09. Akron-‐based freelance artist. Adjunct dance accompanist at Youngstown State University.

o Naoko Takada -‐ Los Angeles based freelance artist. Marimba Clinic & Masterclass, Powers Auditorium, 9/25/09. Sponsored by the Youngstown Percussion Collective in collaboration with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra Society. Artist fee $350, raised $350 from YPC.

o Sam Ruttenberg – drumset clinic and masterclass, 11/14/08. Philadelphia-‐based freelance artist. o Rob Ferguson & Josh Ryan – Guest Artists In-‐Residence, spring 2008. Taught Applied Percussion and

Percussion Ensemble during a Faculty Improvement Leave. o *Ron Coulter – Clinic and Recital, 11/27/07. Director of Percussion Studies at Southern Illinois

University. o John Hollenbeck – Clinics, Ensemble Coaching, Hosted by the Youngstown Percussion Collective

10/07. NYC freelance jazz artist. o John Hollenbeck – 10/9/06. Hosted by Youngstown Percussion Collective to develop a composition

commission project. NYC freelance jazz artist. o Ohio Day of Percussion at YSU, 5/6/06. Guest artists: Michael Burritt, John Riley, Ruben Alvarez,


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Michael McIntosh, John Merritt, Tom Freer, University of Akron Steel Band, Nathan Douds, Michael Rosen, Keith Aleo.

o *Justin Watt –Clinic – Drummer with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, 4/14/06. Freelance artist in Asheville North Carolina.

o Johnny Lee Lane – World Percussion/SMARTS RHYTHMS Drum Circle Residency. 10/12-‐14/05. Director of Education for Remo Inc.

o James Wilding, Gerrey Noh, Ted Rounds, Tony Donofrio, Bartok -‐ “Music for Two Pianos and Percussion.” 9/21/05.

o Will Rapp – orchestral cymbal clinic, 9/16/05. Pennsylvania based freelance artist. o Steve Cipriano Blues Trio with Glenn Schaft – concert & clinic, 9/8/05. Blues guitarist based in

Akron, Ohio. o Matrix – Indoor Drumline, director Rob Ferguson, 4/7/05. Akron based freelance artist. o Jeff “Tain” Watts -‐ clinic and concert with Branford Marsalis Quartet, 3/23/05. o Tom Freer -‐ orchestral snare drum clinic. Spring 2005. Assistant principal percussion and timpani,

Cleveland Orchestra. Director of Percussion at Cleveland State University. o Jean Geoffrey -‐ marimba clinic and recital. 10/28/04. French percussion artist based in Paris and

Lyon. o Doug Walter -‐ jazz marimba and vibraphone performance and clinic. 10/26/04. Director of Percussion

at the University of Colorado. o *Chris Steele -‐ percussion clinic. 8/27/04. Los Angeles based freelance artist. o Jim Black -‐ drumset performance with Ellery Eskalin Trio. 4/04. NYC based freelance artist. o Michael Colgrass -‐ Residency with YSU New Music Festival. April 25-‐27, 2004. Helped colleague

Stephen Gage to plan the itinerary of this Pulitzer Prize Winning Guest Artist at YSU. Rehearsed YSU Percussion Ensemble for a performance of Colgrass’ percussion ensemble composition “Three Brothers.” Organized a clinic and masterclass.

o *Jim Richley -‐ drumset/sound reinforcement clinic & performance with Northcoast, 2/13/04. Youngstown based freelance artist.

o Tony Martucci -‐ drumset performance with Glenn Wilson Quartet. 11/03. Washington, D.C. based freelance artist.

o Hammer Damage -‐ Tim Strelau, Cary Dachtyl, George Kiteley, Andy Pongrancz, Janet Pemberton, Glenn Schaft and members of the Youngstown Percussion Collective performing music of Lou Harrison 11/13/03 in preparation for a performance at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Louisville, KY.

o Ricardo Flores -‐ Latin Percussion Masterclass. 3/29/03. Percussion faculty at the University of Illinois Champaign-‐Urbana

o Reynaldo Gonzalez Fernandez -‐ YSU Cuban Arts Festival, former member of Los Munequitos de Matanzas, 3/22/03.

o George Lawrence -‐ drumset clinic. 3/7/03. Nashville based freelance artist. o *Anthony DiSanza -‐ percussion clinic and solo recital. 3/7/02. Director of Percussion Studies at the

University of Wisconsin-‐Madison. o *Ako Toma/Mark Berry Duo -‐ marimba clinic & performance. 2/15/02. Freelance artist based in Ann

Arbor, Michigan. o *Darryl Pellegrini -‐ drumset masterclass. 1/28/02. Freelance artist based in Honolulu, Hawaii. o Billy Kilson -‐ drumset clinic & performance with Dave Holland Quintet residency 1/02. Freelance

artist based in NYC. o *Darryl Pellegrini -‐ drumset masterclass. 1/28/02. Freelance artist based in Honolulu, Hawaii. o Janet Pemberton -‐ orchestral accessories clinic. 12/2/01. Freelance artist based in Cleveland. o Robert Van Sice -‐ performance with Glenn Schaft & YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble. 10/22/01.

Percussion instructor at Yale University and Peabody Conservatory. o Johnny Lee Lane -‐ rudimental snare drum clinic. 10/12/01. Director of Education for Remo Inc. o So Percussion Group -‐ masterclass and concert. 9/28/01. Percussion ensemble based in NYC. o *Adam Mamula -‐ Orchestral percussion clinic. 4/6/01. Freelance artist in Pennsylvania. o Ruben Alvarez -‐ Afro-‐Cuban Percussion, YSU Afro-‐Cuban Arts Festival. 3/24/01. Chicago based

freelance artist, and Northwestern University. o David Gillingham -‐ Percussion and winds composition clinic. Composer in residence at Michigan State

University. o Robert Van Sice -‐ marimba clinic & masterclass. 10/20/00. Percussion instructor at Yale University

and Peabody Conservatory. o Scott Ney -‐ Venezuelan maraca clinic. 10/13/00. Director of Percussion Studies at the University of

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o *Kevin Downs -‐ percussion education and retail business clinic. 9/29/00. Freelance artist based in Poland, Ohio.

o Jim Rupp -‐ drumset clinic. 5/12/00. Freelance artist in Columbus, owner of Columbus Percussion. o Evelyn Glennie -‐ percussion clinic and masterclass. 5/5/00. International freelance artist based in

London. o Michael Spiro -‐ Afro-‐Cuban percussion, YSU Latin Percussion Day, 3/11/00. Freelance artist, faculty at

the University of Indiana-‐Bloomington. o John Riley -‐ drumset, 1999 YSU Summer Jazz Camp. 6/99. NYC based jazz artist, instructor at the

Manhattan School of Music and the New School. o Battu – World Percussion Quartet -‐ concert. 4/26/99. Percussion group in-‐residence at Baldwin

Wallace College. o Jim Rupp -‐ drumset performance with Hank Marr Quartet. 4/12/99. Freelance artist in Columbus,

owner of Columbus Percussion. o Rob Ferguson -‐ marimba soloist with YSU PE. 2/24/99. Freelance artist in Akron. o Dr. Larry Snider -‐ Performance Anxiety & Excellence clinic. 1/22/99. Director of Percussion at the

University of Akron. o Sam Denov -‐ orchestral cymbal clinic. 1/8/99. Percussion emeritus with the Chicago Symphony. o *Corey Radford -‐ drumset clinic. 12/4/98. Freelance artist based in Chicago. Former student of Dr.

Schaft at the University of Minnesota-‐Duluth. o Impact Percussion Ensemble -‐ performance, Vince Pitzulo, director. 12/3/98. High school percussion

group based in Warren, Ohio. o John Riley -‐ drumset, 1998 YSU Summer Jazz Camp. 6/98. NYC based jazz artist, instructor at the

Manhattan School of Music and the New School. o Tom Freer -‐ timpani clinic. 4/17/98. Assistant principal percussion and timpani, Cleveland Orchestra.

Director of Percussion Studies at Cleveland State University. o Ted Rounds w. Rob Ferguson -‐ marimba clinic. 4/10/98. Director of Percussion Studies at Kent State

University. o Michael Burritt -‐ marimba clinic. 4/3/98. Director of Percussion at Eastman School of Music. o Feza Zweifel -‐ orchestral snare drum clinic. 1/98. Cleveland based freelance artist with Burning River

Brass and extra percussion with Cleveland Orchestra. o John Riley -‐ drumset, 1997 YSU Summer Jazz Camp. 6/97. NYC based jazz artist, instructor at the

Manhattan School of Music and the New School. o *Jim Richley -‐ Latin Percussion with Glenn Schaft & YSU New Music Society. 5/14/97. Youngstown

based freelance artist. o Doug Walter -‐ marimba and vibraphone clinic, performance with YSU PE. 3/14/97. Director of

Percussion Studies at the University of Colorado. o *Jim Richley -‐ Latin Percussion, Glenn Schaft Faculty Recital. 1/28/97. Youngstown based freelance

artist.

Percussion Coordinator: o As per the Dana School of Music Governance Document, I coordinate all YSU percussion

related needs, including: o Instrument Purchases, Inventory, Maintenance, Transport. o Design and maintain percussion facilities (presently nine dedicated rooms). o Coordinate percussion personnel for all Dana ensembles including Wind Bands,

Marching Band, Basketball Band, Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Musical Theater, Opera Orchestra, Jazz Ensembles, Jazz Combos, University Chorus, Chorale, New Music Ensemble.

o Coordinate ten percussion faculty and staff including: hire adjunct faculty and staff to teach majors, minors, percussion methods, facilitators for the SMARTS drum circle program, adjunct faculty who accompanies Dance Department classes and minor level applied dance accompaniment lessons, and YSU Drumline instructors.

o Recruit and Manage Graduate Teaching Assistants and Graduate Assistants, who teach Percussion Ensemble, Percussion Methods Courses, Minor Level Applied Lessons, and Assist with Facilities and Instrument Purchases, Maintenance, and Transport.

o From 1996-‐2013 this work was unreimbursed. Beginning fall 2013, I receive 1 WH reassign time per semester.


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o Instructional Literature Upon my arrival in 1996, the Dana percussion ensemble catalog contained only about a dozen pieces I deemed worthy of performance by our students. Most of our solo and ensemble literature is relatively recent, since 1960, and we

cannot perform much of it here simply because we do not own it. From 1996-‐2000 Chairs Edwards and Perkins annually allocated approximately

$200 for percussion ensemble music, which provided enough music for one-‐half concert per year.

We presently receive no annual allocation to purchase new literature. We have since 2002, however, purchased some music on a sporadic basis.

In order to present the repertoire we have performed, I personally purchased numerous scores and parts for our Percussion Ensemble course needs. Unfortunately, Dana does not own these works.

An annual allocation of $600 would help us build a quality percussion library.

Professional Endorsements/Fundraising: My professional endorsement relationships have provided YSU free and highly discounted (typically 60-‐70% off list price) instruments; total value exceeds $100,000. These endorsements also provide access to corporate guest artist rosters, partial or full coverage of their performance and clinic fees, and publicity in their corporate websites and print materials.

o Avedis Zildjian Cymbal Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts, 1997-present. • Contract provides my personal cymbals free. • Contract provides all YSU cymbals free (drumset, symphonic, and marching) at no charge.

Value exceeds $50,000. • Visited Zildjian Factory in Boston to select new instruments: 1998, 2002, 2008, and 2012.

o ProMark Corporation, Houston, Texas, 1997-present. • Contract provides me considerable complimentary mallets and sticks. • Contract provides 60% price reduction on mallets for the YSU Percussion Methods

Classes. • Negotiated $1000 annual endorsement contract with ProMark Inc. for drumsticks

and mallets for the Marching Pride. Brandt Payne and I co-‐signed this contract 8/5/10. Funds not used by the Pride may be used to purchase symphonic mallets for Dana.

o Remo Corporation, Valencia, California, 1999-present. • Provide occasional free drumheads and drumheads at 70% off list price. • Provided one drumset for YSU at 70% off list price. • Remo assisted YSU in securing drum circle instruments for the SMARTS program at a

discount of 60%. The value is over $25,000. • Negotiated artist endorsement contract, 60% discount, for the Marching Pride on

Remo Drumhead Purchases via my artist endorsement contract. This saves YSU about $1000 per year in drumhead expenses. Contract agreed upon between Glenn Schaft and Bruce Jacoby at Remo Inc., 8/5/10.

o Dynasty Corporation, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 2006-present. Dynasty has provided YSU a complete set of marching percussion drumline gear free of charge. The value exceeds $12,000.

o Black Swamp Percussion. Zeeland, Michigan, 2006-present. Provided free mallets, tambourine, triangle, and 50% off concert snare drum. Value exceeds $1000.

o GMS Drums, Long Island, New York, 1998-2006. GMS contract provided a drumset for YSU at a 50% price reduction; value exceeds $3000.

o Attack Drumheads, Universal Percussion Corporation, Columbiana, Ohio, 1998-99. Provided YSU and myself free drumheads. Value exceeded $2000.


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Secondary Service Activities:

Committee Service: Dana School of Music:

o Dana New Music Committee, 2009-‐present o Dana Research and External Funding Committee, 2009-‐present o Chair, Dana Strategic Planning Committee, 2003-‐04 o Ensemble Directors Committee, 2000-‐13, Chair-‐2009-‐12 o Chair, Guitar Search Committee, 2008 o Recruitment Committee, 1996-‐2004 o Showcase Concert Committee, 1996-‐99 o Jazz Studies Search Committee, 2000 o Summer Jazz Camp Committee, 1996-‐2000

College of Creative Arts and Communication: o Dean’s Advisory Council, 2012-‐present, 2006-‐08 o Bliss Hall Phase IV Renovation Committee, 1998-‐2000 o Promotion Committee, 2004

University: o Chairs Sabbatical and Research Professorships Committee, 2009 o Chair, Afro-‐Cuban Arts Festival Committee, 1996-‐2000 o Student Retention Committee, 2007

Community and Regional Service Activities: o Benefit Concert for Playhouse Square Foundation, Concert with Broadway Vocal Artist Raul

Esparza, Palace Theatre, Playhouse Square, Cleveland, Raised $1.2 million dollars, 12/2/11. o Benefit for Akron Dance Institute, Joe Augustine Trio, E.J. Thomas Hall, Akron, OH, 3/23/13. o Benefit for Cleveland Orchestra, Hilton Garden Inn, Twinsburg, Ohio, 10/9/11. o Benefit for “Citizens for Addiction, Recovery, and Education, Inc.”, Steve Cipriano Trio,

Church of Christ, Kent, Ohio. 2/15/13. o Assisted Dr. Brandt Payne in creating and funding First Annual YSU Marching Pride

Drumline Workshop, Featuring guest artist Rob Ferguson and YSU Drumline instructor Kevin Kifer, 5/5/12, Watts Center. Met with Brandt and assisted in creating and securing corporate funding via Drum Smith, Zildjian, Remo, Dynasty, and Innovative Percussion.

o Glenn Schaft and the Youngstown Percussion Collective, Artists In Residence, Presented Clinics, Rehearsals, and Concert at Groveport-‐Madison High School, near Columbus, Ohio, April 29-‐30, 2010. I donated half of my $1000 fee for an all-‐day clinic, rehearsals, and performance. ProMark, Zildjian, and Remo contributed the other $500. The $500 paid YPC by Groveport Madison High School went to my students for travel and per diem.

o Hosted Percussive Arts Society – Ohio Chapter -‐ Ohio Day of Percussion at YSU, 5/6/06. • An annual Day of Percussion has been held at various universities since the early 1980’s,

but this was the first at YSU. To date, this was the largest and most comprehensive percussion education event in northeastern Ohio history.

• This event cost over $11,000 to produce. I solicited sponsors including percussion manufacturers, music retailers, restaurants, private donors, and raised funds from the percussion manufacturing industry; in all, $7000 of artist support was provided by thirteen corporations. WYSU radio provided 25 PSA’s. I received a $2000 grant from the Ohio Percussive Arts Society Chapter and successfully helped my students apply for a $2000 grant from YSU Student Government. We sent mailers to over 2500 schools, OH-‐PAS members, individuals, music stores, etc. We charged a $5 admission fee to recoup some costs. YSU provided facilities, funding for the mailer printing and postage, press release services, and several miscellaneous items.

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plan this event. • I booked artists, arranged travel and hotel accommodations, booked facilities, prepared

publicity materials such as mailers and press releases, arranged food services, parking, photography, security, and fundraised.

o OH-‐DOP Clinicians & Performers included: Ruben Alvarez – Latin Percussion Michael Burritt – Marimba Nathan Douds – Jazz Vibraphone Improvisation – with Dan Murphy-‐piano Tom Freer – Orchestral Percussion Mike McIntosh–Marching Percussion John Riley – Drumset -‐ with Dave Morgan-‐bass, Dan Murphy-‐piano Canfield High School Percussion Ensemble – Canfield, OH – Jim Richly,

director Carlynton High School Percussion Ensemble-‐ Pittsburgh, PA – Kevin Lucey,

director Dublin Coffman High School Percussion Ensemble – Dan Hostetler, director Michael Rosen, Cymbal Clinic, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH. Findlay High School Indoor Drumline – Findlay, OH – Bill Etling, director Hilliard-‐Darby High School Percussion Group-‐ Hilliard, OH – Jon Merritt,

director Matrix – Indoor Drumline –Akron, OH. Rob Ferguson & Brian Bennett,

directors University of Akron Steel Drum Band – Matt Dudack, director Youngstown State University Percussion Ensemble – Dr. Glenn Schaft,

director o OH-‐DOP Special Events:

High School Snare Drum, Tenors, & Keyboard Solo Competition. Sponsored by Dynasty. Judges: Brian Bennett, Rob Ferguson, Mike McIntosh, Jon Merritt

Zildjian Cymbal Testing & Selection Day. Zildjian will host a Cymbal Testing Day that will include over 100 cymbals for percussionists to test, cross match and purchase. Also includes a 30-‐minute presentation by Keith Aleo, Director of Education and Orchestral Activities at Zildjian. He will discuss the manufacturing process and assist with cymbal selection and sound identification. He will also discuss the legend and history behind the oldest continuous run family company in the United States.

Retail Expo Show – percussion retailer displays and sales. Percussion Marketing Council – Play Drums Program – Free 5 minute

drumset and hand drum lessons for beginners. Instruments provided. On-‐site registration.

YSU SMARTS Drum Circles – free 15 minute drum circles led by experienced facilitators throughout the day. Instruments provided. All ages and experience levels welcome.

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