New Jersey Percussion Ensemble At 50, Vol. 1

Ferrari, John; Jarvis, Peter; Velez, Glen; Clark, John; MacDonald, Payton; New Jersey Percussion Ensemble; Schimmel, William

New Jersey Percussion Ensemble at 50, Volume 1, is a collection of 8 concertos for percussion sextet with soloist composed by Peter Jarvis and Payton MacDonald. The soloists include: John Clark – horn, John Ferrari – vibraphone, Payton MacDonald – vibraphone, William Schimmel – accordion and Glen Velez – frame drums. The group is conducted by John Ferrari, Peter Jarvis and Payton MacDonald. This recording was released in celebration of the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble’s 50th year of music making. The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble directed by Peter Jarvis was founded in 1968 by Raymond DesRoches, who co-directed the group with Peter Jarvis and Gary Van Dyke until 2004. The ensemble is made up of professionals and students from William Paterson University, where it has been in residence since 1972. Because of an ongoing commitment to the proliferation of percussion repertoire, numerous pieces have been written for, premiered by and recorded by the ensemble. The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble has appeared in the United States and Europe as guests of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Group for Contemporary Music, the Composers Guild of New Jersey, the San Francisco Symphony, the Gaudeamus Foundation, Radio Denmark, and countless others.

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