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<\/code> <\/code>Percussionist Samuel Z. Solomon has been responsible for dozens of world premieres of solo and small ensemble works and has been involved in numerous additional projects to perpetuate the music of young composers. He is author of How to Write for Percussion,<\/i><\/a> a comprehensive guide for composers on percussion composition that has received critical acclaim worldwide and is\u00a0available in three languages. He has also written four books<\/a> on percussion playing and curated two collections<\/a> of percussion etudes and solos.<\/p>\n

\r\nSolomon\u00a0currently teaches percussion at The Boston Conservatory\u00a0at Berklee<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Boston University<\/a>.\u00a0During the summers, he serves as Percussion Director of the\u00a0Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI)<\/a>\u00a0and Artistic Director of the Juilliard Summer Percussion Seminar<\/a>. From 2007-2011 he was the President of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society<\/a>. Solomon is founding member of the Line C3 percussion group<\/a> and the Yesaroun\u2019 Duo<\/a>, from 2005-2010 he was percussionist-in-residence at Harvard University,<\/a> and from\u00a02003-2015 he was\u00a0principal timpanist of the Amici New York Chamber Orchestra. Solomon can be heard as soloist and chamber musician on GM, Albany, Bedroom Community, New Focus, and Tzadik labels, as well as performing the music of Bj\u00f6rk on the soundtrack to Matthew Barney’s Drawing Restraint 9<\/i>.<\/p>\n

\r\nSolomon\u00a0made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2000 as guest soloist with the New York Youth Symphony, and in 1999 he was featured in Lincoln Center\u2019s Alice Tully Hall, performing the American premiere of Iannis Xenakis\u2019 O-Mega<\/i> for percussion solo and chamber orchestra with the New Juilliard Ensemble. Appropriately titled, O-Mega <\/i> would prove to be the final work Xenakis composed before his death.<\/p>\n

\r\nSolomon spent six summers as a student at Tanglewood<\/a>, three as a Fellow of the Tanglewood Music Center, and six years at Juilliard<\/a>, receiving two degrees under the tutelage of Daniel Druckman, Roland Kohloff, and Gordon Gottlieb. He currently lives in Scituate, Massachusetts with his wife, Kristy Errera-Solomon<\/a>, and three children.<\/p>\n

\r\nSolomon performs with Zildjian<\/a> cymbals,\u00a0Vic Firth<\/a> beaters, Black Swamp<\/a> accessories, and Pearl\/Adams<\/a> drums, hardware, and keyboards. <\/code> <\/code><\/p>\n

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\r\nSamuel Z. Solomon<\/span><\/b> teaches percussion at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston University, is Percussion Director of\u00a0The Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI), and Artistic Director of the Juilliard Summer Percussion Seminar. From 2007-2011 he was president of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society. His book, “How to Write for Percussion,” has received critical acclaim from composers, performers, and conductors worldwide and is\u00a0available in three languages. He has also authored four books on percussion playing and curated two collections of percussion etudes and solos.\u00a0 Solomon is founding member of the Yesaroun\u2019 Duo and the Line C3 percussion group, from 2005-2010 he was percussionist-in-residence at Harvard University, and from\u00a02003-2015 he\u00a0was\u00a0principal timpanist of the Amici New York chamber orchestra. He can be heard as soloist and chamber musician on GM, Albany, Bedroom Community, New Focus, and Tzadik labels, as well as performing the music of Bj\u00f6rk on her soundtrack to Matthew Barney\u2019s film “Drawing Restraint 9.” Please visit www.szsolomon.com for more.<\/span><\/p>\n

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