11/24/2023
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Happy Thanksgiving to all that celebrate!! We hope that your holidays are celebrated with the ones you love and that this holiday season is joyous!
There are some highlights from earlier this fall semester we wanted to share with you!
Back on September 8th, Maggie Bork presented a wonderful junior recital in Bliss Hall, performing a wide array of musical selections. What an awesome performance!
On October 25th, the YSU Percussion Ensemble held a performance at the Butler Institute of American Art as part of the weekly noon concert series! Congratulations on a great concert!
On November 9th, Brett Weigel competed at this year’s PAS International Convention Individual & Ensemble Competition in Indianapolis, Indiana, performing Leigh Howard Stevens’ famous work, “Rhythmic Caprice”. Huge props on a wonderful performance!
We want to turn your attention to a few upcoming events that the percussion studio here at the Dana School of Music have worked so hard for! You DO NOT want to miss them!
On November 29th, our YSU Percussion Ensemble led by Dr. Glenn Schaft will take the stage at YSU’s Ford Theater! During this concert, they will feature a world premiere hand-drumming duet called “Lil’ Sumn’ Sumn’” by students Rachel Davidson and Nicholas Drees. Make sure you attend this concert to experience the exciting musical selections our Percussion Ensemble has prepared! The concert begins at 7:30pm, and it’s free & open to the public.
On December 8th, three students will be presenting a series of recitals! Rachel Davidson will be presenting her junior recital, and Maggie Bork and Michael Daniels will be presenting their senior recitals as it will be part of their final stepping stones in their careers here at Youngstown State! It all starts at 5:00pm in the Dana School of Music recording studio (2222), and it’s free & open to the public.
On January 19th and 20th, 2024, the Quey Percussion Duo, featuring Gene Koshinski and Tim Broscious are going to be holding a residency! They will be presenting a concert in Bliss Hall’s Ford Theater on the 19th at 7:30pm, and will be putting on a masterclass from 10am-12pm in Ford Theater on the 20th!
Quey Percussion Duo
For nearly 20 years, Quey [“Kway”] Percussion Duo has dazzled audiences worldwide with their unmistakable style that blends traditions of contemporary, cross-cultural, classical, and popular music to create colorful sound worlds that often place focus on interlocking counterpoint and musical multi-tasking. Their presentations have a reputation for elevating the basic acts of striking, shaking, and scraping into a blast of energy, a splash of curiosity, with a pinch of whimsy.
Comprised of members Gene Koshinski and Tim Broscious, QPD has performed in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, China, France, Jordan, the UK, and extensively throughout the US. They have worked with music festivals, art galleries, chamber music series’, conferences (including 5 PASIC appearances), professional orchestras, and have engaged in more than 100 university residencies worldwide. They also can be heard in the score of the award-winning short film The Passage, which was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018.
As new music advocates, QPD has generated nearly 200 new works written for the duo (or by the duo), many of which become instant “earworms” for audiences and staples in the repertoire for percussionists worldwide. They have collaborated with renowned composers including Pulitzer Prize recipient John Luther Adams, Emmanuel Séjourné, Alejandro Viñao, Molly Joyce, Alyssa Weinberg, Stuart Saunders Smith, Adam Silverman, Phyllis Chen, David Macbride, David M. Gordon, Ben Wahlund, and Casey Cangelosi. The result of such collaborations can be seen in the group’s recordings for the Innova, Naxos, Centaur, and Equilibrium record labels. A review of their most recent album, soniChroma, stated, “one cannot help but stand in awe of the Quey Percussion Duo.” (Percussive Notes)
QPD holds the only full-time residency by a percussion duo in the US at the University of Delaware where they co-direct the percussion program, deliver various chamber ensembles, coordinate applied lessons, and present joint studio classes. Their side-by side approach to teaching has led to many performance and recording opportunities for their students. In addition, their focus on creating high-level social media video content has led to nearly 2 million views of their performances. QPD is endorsed by Pearl/Adams Instruments, Sabian Cymbals, Vic Firth Sticks and Mallets, Remo Drumheads, and Schoenhut Toy Pianos.
