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 * **//The Percussion Educator’s Association//** recognizes that student percussionists have unique needs that the school band alone can not provide. It is the aim of the //Percussion Educator’s Association// to help instrumental music teachers to providing percussion students with instruction that is closer to that of other student musicians. ||
 * **//The Percussion Educators Association//** is a community of percussionists and percussion teachers dedicated to elevating instruction in the “percussive arts” through grass roots action and advocacy.
 * **//The Percussion Educators Association//** is a community of percussionists and percussion teachers dedicated to elevating instruction in the “percussive arts” through grass roots action and advocacy.

=Current news and opportunities:= **NJ University PE Concerts**

Caldwell College to Host High School Percussion Festival and Concert
>> ===Mantra Percussion Ensemble=== >> ===Tuesday, April 3, 2012 8:00 PM Caldwell College Alumni Theatre===  
 * April 13 **
 *  TCNJ Percussion Ensemble **
 * April 15**
 * 2 p.m.**
 * Rutgers Percussion Ensemble** Joe Tompkins, director Nicholas Music Center FREE
 * April 28 **
 * New Jersey Day of Percussion**
 * 11:00 AM - 07:00 PM**
 * Location: NJCU Ingalls Recital Hall, and Sozio Rehearsal Hall**
 * Free Admission Greg Giannascoli, D.M.A., coordinator**

 **Rowan Percussion Ensemble Feb. 20th 7PM** 

 **6th Annual Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Day Of Percussion** Saturday, February 11, 2012. We would like to invite area percussion ensembles to come and perform, take part in clinics, and get a chance to have a hands on experience with some of the latest merchandise in the percussive field. **Clinicians:** John Riley  Dennis DeLucia and the Bridgemen Drumline Mike Zellers <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Verdana,Arial; font-size: 16px;">Chris Colaneri

** Mass Percussion Ensemble at the Woodbridge Mall **
Sponsored by Pulse Percussion //Bringing Percussion Education to the Forefront// Calling all NJPEA Members and Percussion Educators: There will be a mass percussion ensemble concert held at the Woodbridge Mall on **October 18th** starting at **6:00 pm**. This will be a pick up percussion ensemble consisting of percussion educators and select students. Music will be sent out electronically and parts will be rehearsed at home and performed for the first time at the Woodbridge Mall. We can arrange a rehearsal if we so desire. The music selected is aimed to appeal to a mass audience and be easy to play through. Whatever your specialty in percussion is, let me know and we'll assign parts accordingly. Our goal is to bring percussion educators together as a community and promote to the public, the many facets of our percussion world.

Here are some selections: Three Camps Blue Bossa (Read through head and solo) Oye Como Va (Leopard Percussion) DJ Got Us Falling In Love Again A La Samba If you have any ensemble music that you would like to play with the whole group or even as a duet let me know and we can program that work.

The fee for this event has been waived. For more info. Call Chris Colaneri @ 908-428-6284 or email: ccvibes@hotmail.com

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They are very excited to present a master class and perform a full concert on November 1, 2011. To top it off, the tour will also include a stop at Fall Creeks Marimbas, where the students will learn about how marimbas are made and tuned. ======

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The concert will include a varied assortment of percussion ensemble masterpieces including Edgard Varèse’s Ionisation. Other composers on the concert will be: Mark Ford, Michael Colgrass, Henry Cowell, Carlos Chàvez, Steve Reich and Anthony Cirone. ======

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The NJYS Percussion Ensemble will present their “Pre-Tour” concert to Northern New Jersey on October 30, 2011 at Mendham High School at 7:00PM. The concert is free and will include students from Berkeley Heights, Chester, Madison, Mendham, Morristown, Sea Girt and West Orange. ======

(973) 224-3586
Holiday Percussion! Holiday Percussion hosts exciting events featuring young percussionists performing Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa music on marimba, bells, xylophone, vibraphone, drums, timpani and more! When: December 9th Where: Woodbridge Mall Rehearsals Location: Berkeley Heights, NJ

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==**[|Rutgers Youth Percussion Ensemble]**== ====**Explore a wide variety of musical settings**, including traditionally performed literature and styles, arrangements/adaptations of well known composers, contemporary and cutting edge music, world/roots music, novelty music, and performance art.====

View the RYPE Calendar>>
 * Under the direction of Peter James Saleh, RYPE meets January - June on Saturdays from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.**


 * Auditions for 2012 are scheduled for January 7**.

RYPE Audition Information and Excerpts>> To schedule an audition: · call 732-932-8618, · visit www.masongross.rutgers.edu/extension, · email extension@masongross.rutgers.edu
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=Caldwell College to Host High School Percussion Festival and Concert= >> ==Mantra Percussion Ensemble== >> ==Tuesday, April 3, 2012 8:00 PM Caldwell College Alumni Theatre== >> >> Hailed by the New York Times <@http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/arts/music/14rouge.html> as "...finely polished...a fresh source of energy," Mantra Percussion is committed to substantially expanding the future of percussion repertoire by commissioning and performing new, significant works for large percussion ensemble by both prominent and emerging composers to breathe new life into the art. The evening program will consist of an excerpt of Michael Gordon's new epic work Timber, a new realization of Iannis Xenakis's, Okho, as well as new works and solos written for the ensemble >>

feedback from guest artists during a workshop prior to the concert. Time: 4-7PM Location: Caldwell College Student Center Auditorium >> //**Interested ensembles should contact:**// >> Alex Bocchino, Director of percussion studies Caldwell College >> email: Abocchino.caldwell.eduPhone: 908-256-1902 >> >>
 * High School Percussion Festival:** Several invited percussion ensembles will perform and receive