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The MassChap 2010 Xylophone Collection

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The MassChap 2010 Xylophone Collection was compiled in preparation for the MassChap 2010 Day Of Percussion. It includes FIFTY new fantastic etudes for xylophone. Thirty-two works by competition winners join eighteen works by invited composers, narrowed from over fifty submissions written by percussionists and composers of all ages and experience levels from across the United States and abroad.

The volume is published by Bachovich Music Publications. It was released at MassChap's 2010 Day of Percussion.

All proceeds from sales of the book benefit the Percussive Arts Society Massachusetts Chapter. Click the link below to purchase your copy!

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The invited composers are:

Lou Bunk
Marti Epstein
Peter Gilbert
Lee Vinson
Judd Greenstein
Curtis K. Hughes
Keeril Makan
Nicholas Papador

Joseph Pereira
Adam Roberts
Rudolf Rojahn
Adam B. Silverman
Samuel Z. Solomon
Ken Ueno
Dalit Hadass Warshaw


The winning composers are:

Daniel Adams
Andrew S. Allen
Jenica Anderson
Victoria Aschheim
Casey Cangelosi
Jamieson Carr
James Charrette
Jeremy Craycraft
Justin Doute
Kirk Etheridge
Kevin Fuhrman
Masaki Hasebe
Fusun Koksai
Gene Koshinski
Setsuko Kutsuno
David Luidens

Lily (Wen) Lu
Dean Marotta
Karlyn Mason
Matthew McDonald
Joe Millea
Robert O'Brien
Alex A. Orfaly
Kazuki Oya
Luke Short
Greg Simonds
Aaron Trant
Philip Trembley
Chun-yu Tsai
Ivan Wan
Nicholas M. White






The PAS MassChap 2008 Snare Drum Collection

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The PAS MassChap 2008 Snare Drum Collection was compiled in preparation for the MassChap 2008 Day Of Percussion. It includes FORTY new fantastic etudes for snare drum. Eleven works are by commissioned authors; the remaining twenty-nine are winners of the first annual PAS MassChap Etude Competition, narrowed from nearly fifty submissions written by percussionists and composers of all ages and experience levels from across the United States and abroad.

The volume is published by Bachovich Music Publications. It was released at MassChap's 2008 Day of Percussion.

All proceeds from sales of the book benefit the Percussive Arts Society Massachusetts Chapter. Click the link below to purchase your copy!

From Steve Weiss:
CLICK HERE

From Bachovich directly:

The eleven commissioned authors are:

Lou Bunk
Dominick Cuccia
Christopher Jon Honett
Curtis Hughes
David T. Little
Samuel Z. Solomon

Joseph Tompkins
Ken Ueno
W. Lee Vinson
Andy Vores
Dalit Hadass Warshaw


The twenty-nine winning authors are:

Daniel Adams
Victoria Aschheim
Chris Burgess
Brian Calhoon
Casey Cangelosi
Jamieson Carr
Alison Chang
Gabriel Cobas
J. M. Colombo
Jeremy Craycraft
Justin Doute
Brian Frazer
Kevin Fuhrman
Charles E. Gardner
Eric Hewitt

Masaki J. Hasebe
Gene Koshinski
Wei-Chen Lin
Lily (Wen) Lu
Dean Marotta
Joe Millea
Asako Okamoto
Ethan Pani
Nicholas Papador
Matthew Raskopf
Michael Roberts
Luke Short
Christopher Whyte
Bronwyn Wyatt






Massachusetts Percussion News 2002-2003

2002-2003 was another vibrant period in PAS MassChap publishing. The following newsletters offer some great articles and news stories from its day. Much thanks to Thom Hannum and editor Scott Snow.

January 2002
-preview of UMass's first Day of Percussion
-preview of Berklee Day of Percussion

May 2002
-A Conversation with Vic Firth
-article "Marching Percussion Spolight: Colin McNutt of the Glassmen Drum and Bugle Corps"
-article "Meet The Roland Hayes Percussion Ensemble"

September 2002
-A Conversation with Armand Zildjian
-The Alloy Orchestra: Live Percussion Performance with Silent Films
-article "On Tour With BLAST!, A Chat with Featured Soloist Nick Angelis"
-review of DCI 2002

January 2003
-A Conversation with She-e Wu
-reviews of the Drummer's Heritage Concert at PASIC 2002 from Thom Hannum, Bob Breihaupt, Mark Ford, Neil Larrivee, James Campbell, Jim Casella, Daveed Korup, Lauren Vogel Weiss, and Robin Engelman.

May 2003
-A Conversation with Neil Grover
-article "Vodou Drumset: James Armstrong discusses Traditional Afro-Haitian Music"
-review Tao Te Drum: Easter Drumming for the Western Drummer by Daveed Korup (video and workbook)

September 2003
-A Conversation with Alan Abel
-article "Spotlight on Marching Percussion: Neil Larrivee
-article "A Visit To The Noble And Cooley Drum Company
-article In Through The Out Door: John Bonham on a Sunday Afternoon



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