YSU Percussion Ensemble
Directed by Dr. Glenn Schaft, the Youngstown State University Percussion Ensemble is one of the premiere chamber ensembles at the Dana School of Music. Our repertoire includes classic 20th and 21st century works, experimental music, composer commissions, student compositions, marimba ensemble, improvisation, West African, Afro-Cuban, and Brazilian musics.
Acclaimed performances:
•Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Indianapolis, IN
•World Premiere of Ziggurat by with John Hollenbeck, Whitney Museum of Modern Art, New York City
•Western Pennsylvania First Annual Percussion Ensemble Symposium, Norwin High School, Irwin, PA.
•Percussive Arts Society Ohio Chapter Day of Percussion
•Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) Conference
•Collaborations with distinguished guest artists Robert Van Sice, Johnny Lee Lane, Ruben Alvarez, Michael Spiro, Reynaldo Gonzalez Fernandez, Rob Ferguson, Doug Walter, Ron Coulter, Adam Mamula, and Ted Rounds.
Recordings, composer commissions, world premieres:
•Forms of Things Unknown (2012) tour-de-force percussion suite by Dr. Dave Morgan.
•Dark Wood (2005) music by Jeffrey Matter, Ted Rounds, Till Meyn, Dave Morgan.
•Rainbow Jimmies (2008), John Hollenbeck, includes Ziggurat for 5 percussion and 4 saxophones
•Outsider In: Chamber Works for Percussion (2019), Ron Coulter
•Moments of Bliss, (2019) Dana School of Music
