UNT Fall Percussion Clinics

Percussion Club Clinicians for Fall 2009.
This is a partial listing for fall. The final clinician roster has not been completed. Check back for additions/changes to our clinicians list.

All events listed below take place in the College of Music Recital Hall room 301. The College of Music is located at 415 Avenue C in Denton, Texas 76201.

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Zildjian Day with Eric Harland - Drumset Clinic
Friday, September 18, 2009 - 1 PM - Recital Hall (Music Building, Room 301)

Admission $5 for non-percussion club members.
Tickets are sold at the door for this event.

Eric Du'sean Harland, composer and drummer, is a 32 year old native of Houston, Texas who currently resides on the east coast. He began his professional career in 1993 playing locally as he finished high school at The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Eric won first chair in 1992-93 with the Regional and All State Jazz Band. He received a special Citation for Outstanding Musicianship in 1994 from the International Association of Jazz Educators. During a workshop in high school, Wynton Marsalis discovered him and encouraged him to study in New York City.

After graduation, Eric attended the Manhattan School of Music on a full music scholarship. After music school Eric went on to study Theology at Houston Baptist University (College of Biblical Studies) to become an ordained Minister.

Eric has recorded over 75 recordings with various artists. Among these recordings, Let's get lost & Wandering Moon (Terence Blanchard on Sony Classical), Back East (Joshua Redman on Nonesuch) and Land Of Giants (McCoy Tyner on Telarc) were nominated for Grammy Awards. Other recordings include artist Charles Lloyd, Kenny Garrett, Ravi Coltrane, and Greg Osby to name a few. With Terence Blanchard, Eric has performed on 18 motion picture movie scores such as Bo Jangles (with Gregory Hines), Caveman's Valentine (with Samuel Jackson), Original Sin (with Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie), People I Know (with Al Pacino and Kim Basinger) and Dark Blue (with Kirk Russell).

Performing live is one of Eric's greatest joys and he has had numerous opportunities to play with the greats in the jazz/music industry. Some of these artists include the late, great Betty Carter, Joe Henderson, Charles Lloyd, Joshua Redman, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Dave Holland, Terence Blanchard, McCoy Tyner, Michael Brecker, John Patitucci and Zakir Hussain. Eric is also part of the SF Jazz Collective, a new 8 piece cutting edge group.

Eric endorses Yamaha Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Evans Drumheads, and Vater Sticks.

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Joe McCarthy - Drumset Clinic
Friday, September 25, 2009 - 1 PM - Recital Hall (Music Building, Room 301)

Admission $5 for non-percussion club members.
Tickets are sold at the door for this event.

In demand as both performer and educator, Joe McCarthy's versatility has taken him from Symphony Orchestra and Big Band, to Afro Cuban, Bebop, and beyond. Joe is the leader/founder of the Grammy Award winning Afro Bop Alliance, an Afro Cuban Jazz Septet based in the Washington DC area. Afro Bop is featured on the new Caribbean Jazz Project CD released on Heads-Up International, winner of the 2008 Grammy for Latin Jazz Album of the year, as well as being nominated for the 51st Grammy Awards in the same category. Active in recording, Joe has been featured on numerous projects, as well as producing all of the Afro Bop recordings and co-producing the Caribbean Jazz Project cd. The band's 2 previous releases, Encarnacion and Camino Nuevo have received critical acclaim, worldwide, including Camino Nuevo winning the 2006 Wammie for Latin Album of the Year. Joe has performed and or recorded with: The Caribbean Jazz Project, Slide Hampton, Antonio Hart, Poncho Sanchez, Dave Samuels, Arturo O'Farrill, Michael Mossman, Ray Vega, Jimmy Bruno, Michael Formanek, Mitch Seidman, Bill Warfield, Mundell Lowe, Alain Mallet, Christian Howes, Roberto Quintero and Boris Kozlov.

Joe is the Drummer for the United States Naval Academy Band's Jazz Ensemble, The Next Wave, and Principal Percussionist of the USNA Band's Wind Ensemble.

Joe is also a member of The Global Percussion Trio, a dynamic group featured at the 2006 PASIC Convention, and co-leader of the Norman/McCarthy Big Band with their 2007 release of "Words Cannot Express," on OA2 Records. Active in education, Joe is an Adjunct Professor of Drumset and Afro-Cuban Percussion Studies at Georgetown University in Washington DC, and in demand as a clinician throughout the US and abroad. Joe has written for Jazz Improv Magazine, Latin Percussion's "All About Rhythm" and has contributed to the educational websites of Zildjian and Innovative Percussion, as well as many others. Joe's Afro-Cuban Big Band Play-Along Book/CD is published by Alfred Music . Joe proudly endorses Zildjian Cymbals, Yamaha Drums, Innovative Percussion, Lp Percussion and Remo Drumheads.

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Maraca2 - Tim Palmer and Jason Huxtable - Percussion Duo Concert/Clinic
Friday, October 9, 2009 - 1 PM - Recital Hall (Music Building, Room 301)

Admission $5 for non-percussion club members.
Tickets are sold at the door for this event.

Maraca2 is a young percussion duo who have been making waves in the music scene. Tim Palmer and Jason Huxtable met while both were studying at the Birmingham Conservatoire. They both achieved 1st class honours degrees and won many of the college prizes, both individually and as a duo.

Maraca2 has performed at the many of the country's finest concert halls and recital venues including Symphony Hall, National Indoor Arena, Fairfield hall, Warwick Arts Centre, the Barber Institute, Artsfest, the International Convention Centre, Leeds University and the Birmingham Conservatoire at the Annual Convention of European Conservatoires. They are also winners of the 2005 Birmingham Music Classical Awards for contribution to music in the region.

Maraca2 is committed to performing new works. Last February they performed the English premier of the 'Goldrush' double percussion concerto with the Birmingham Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lionel Friend. Jacob ter Veldhuis, the composer, attended the performance which was described it as "one of the best ever!".

The duo is heavily involved in music education and frequently performs in schools, colleges and other institutes of learning in addition to working regularly with the Southern Sinfonia Orchestra as part of their excellent education projects. They recently visited the Royal Northern College of Music to perform and work with composer Stephen Whibley's on his new piece "Blue Motion".

Maraca2 endorses Innovative Percussion, Sabian Cymbals and Marimba One.

http://www.music.unt.edu/percussion/index.html