Youngstown State University
Percussion Ensemble
Dr. Glenn Schaft - Director
Ed Davis - Assistant Director
23 February 2011, 12:15 PM
Butler Institute of American Art
Program
New South Africa (1995) Bela Fleck (b. 1958), arr. E. Davis
Scratch for four scrapers or guiros (1998) Eugene Novotney (b. 1960)
I. Theme
II. Cage
III. Dos-Tres
IV. Mess(age)
V. Paganini
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Percussion Orchestra (2000) Russell Peterson (b. 1969)
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Gretta Johnson - Soloist
Greta Johnson earned her Bachelor’s degree in Music and Mathematics in 2009 at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, where she was the 2009 Concordia Concert Band Concerto Competition winner. Greta is currently a student at Youngstown State University where she is pursuing a Master’s degree in Saxophone Performance. Her primary instructors have included Russell Peterson and James Umble.
Personnel:
Keith Born - Bethel Park, PA
Joshua Colson - Transfer, PA
Ed Davis - Poland, OH
Jeff Farber - Coralville, IA
Evan Gottschalk - East Palestine, OH
Matthew Hayes - Coshocton, OH
Dylan Kollat - North Jackson, OH
Dustin May - Westerville, OH
Moriah Placer - Warren, OH
Nick Sainato, Boardman, OH
Troy Schaltenbrand - Allison Park, PA
Sarah Sexton- Belz Mineral Ridge, OH
Robert Young - Austintown, OH
Eric Zalenski - Bloomingdale, OH