About The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble
The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, directed by Peter Jarvis, was founded in 1968 by Raymond DesRoches. Because of the ensemble’s ongoing commitment to the proliferation of percussion repertoire, numerous pieces have been written for, premiered and recorded by the ensemble. The NJPE has appeared in numerous venues in the United States and Europe as guests of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Radio Group for Contemporary Music, the Composers Guild of New Jersey, the San Francisco Symphony, the Gaudeamus Foundation Denmark, and countless others.
The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble has been in residence at William Paterson University since 1972.
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Percussion Music
June 15, 1987With the invention of new instruments and increased cross-cultural exchange in the 20th century, composers’ interest in writing for percussion exploded. The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble was founded in 1968 to perform this new literature, here performing works by Varèse, Cowell, and others.
