Percussion Music

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With 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.

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The CD of this album is available to purchase at ArkivMusic.

With the invention of new instruments and increased cross-cultural exchange in the 20th century, composers’ interest in writing for percussion exploded, creating a uniquely modern genre that embraced both the future and the ancient past. The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble was founded in 1968 to perform this new literature, here performing works by Varèse, Cowell, and others.

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PRODUCTION CREDITS
Recorded March 1978 at the John Harms Englewood Plaza for the Performing Arts, Englewood, New Jersey
Engineering and musical supervision: Marc J. Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz
Mastering: Robert C. Ludwig
Coordinator: Teresa Sterne

Cover Art: Don Brautigam

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79150

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1disc
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The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble
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The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble:
Raymond DesRoches, director, conductor (1-3)
Joseph Brice, Gary Van Dyke, Edmund Fay, Vincent Graziano, Richard Hass, Doreen Holmes, Kenneth Hosley, Martin Martini, Eugene McBride, Louis Odd, Angelo Olivieri, Joseph Passaro, Matthew Patuto, Vincent Potutu, Jr., Dean Poulsen, James Pugliese, Mark Schipper, percussion (1-3)

For Wuorinen's Percussion Symphony:
James Hurst, glockenspiel
Doreen Holmes, chimes
Bruce Tatti, xylophone
Kenneth Hosley, vibraphone
Richard Sacks, marimba
Dean Poulsen, celesta
Aleck Karis, piano I
Diane Battersby, piano II
Dale Diesel, inside piano
Gary Van Dyke, Mark Schipper, Anthony Cinardo, timpani
Ernest Buongiorno, antique cymbals
Vincent Varcadipane, triangles, bell plates
James Pugliese, brake drums, almglocken
Jeffrey Pinnas, low cymbals
Robert Paddock, Ted Sturm, Michael Holmes, gongs
Peter Jarvis, gongs, woodblock
Peter Alexander, temple blocks, tambourine
Louis Oddo, roto toms
Charles Descarfino, Anthony De Falco, drums
Charles Wuorinen, conductor

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    The CD of this album is available to purchase at ArkivMusic.

    With the invention of new instruments and increased cross-cultural exchange in the 20th century, composers’ interest in writing for percussion exploded, creating a uniquely modern genre that embraced both the future and the ancient past. The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble was founded in 1968 to perform this new literature, here performing works by Varèse, Cowell, and others.

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    MUSICIANS
    The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble:
    Raymond DesRoches, director, conductor (1-3)
    Joseph Brice, Gary Van Dyke, Edmund Fay, Vincent Graziano, Richard Hass, Doreen Holmes, Kenneth Hosley, Martin Martini, Eugene McBride, Louis Odd, Angelo Olivieri, Joseph Passaro, Matthew Patuto, Vincent Potutu, Jr., Dean Poulsen, James Pugliese, Mark Schipper, percussion (1-3)

    For Wuorinen's Percussion Symphony:
    James Hurst, glockenspiel
    Doreen Holmes, chimes
    Bruce Tatti, xylophone
    Kenneth Hosley, vibraphone
    Richard Sacks, marimba
    Dean Poulsen, celesta
    Aleck Karis, piano I
    Diane Battersby, piano II
    Dale Diesel, inside piano
    Gary Van Dyke, Mark Schipper, Anthony Cinardo, timpani
    Ernest Buongiorno, antique cymbals
    Vincent Varcadipane, triangles, bell plates
    James Pugliese, brake drums, almglocken
    Jeffrey Pinnas, low cymbals
    Robert Paddock, Ted Sturm, Michael Holmes, gongs
    Peter Jarvis, gongs, woodblock
    Peter Alexander, temple blocks, tambourine
    Louis Oddo, roto toms
    Charles Descarfino, Anthony De Falco, drums
    Charles Wuorinen, conductor

    PRODUCTION CREDITS
    Recorded March 1978 at the John Harms Englewood Plaza for the Performing Arts, Englewood, New Jersey
    Engineering and musical supervision: Marc J. Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz
    Mastering: Robert C. Ludwig
    Coordinator: Teresa Sterne

    Cover Art: Don Brautigam