Gene Koshinski, Solo Percussion

Internationally acclaimed percussionist and composer, Gene Koshinski, will present an evening of music for solo percussion. Known for his versatility and virtuosity, Koshinski will present a wide variety of music including two brand new original percussion duos: And So the Wind Blew..., with percussionist Benjamin Toth, and Song and Dance, with percussionist Tim Broscious. The concert will include a third guest percussionist, Michael Dobson, for a performance of Koshinski's Echo Song for multiple percussion solo and assistant percussionist. Additional selections will include music for solo marimba, vibraphone, multiple percussion, hand drums, and theatrical percussion. For more information visit: www.genekoshinski.com

Gene Koshinski has received international acclaim as a percussionist and composer (ASCAP) and is currently director of percussion at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He is in constant demand as a performer and most recently completed tours in Germany, Austria, Jordan, Slovenia, Canada, and throughout the US. In 2002, Mr. Koshinski won the National MTNA Collegiate Artist Percussion Competition in Cincinnati, OH and in August 2004 finished 3rd in the prestigious Universal Marimba Duo Competition in Sint-Truiden, Belgium. He is active as a performer and freelance percussionist having worked with numerous performing organizations and artists including NFL Films, Late Show with David Letterman, Mary Wilson (the Supremes), David Samuels, Wycliffe Gordon, Philadelphia Boys Choir, The Lettermen, Lehigh Valley Choral Arts, Minnesota Ballet, and is currently section percussionist for the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra and a member a Nebojsa Zivkovic's Jovan Perkussion Projekt. For his work with NFL Films, he can be heard on the Emmy award winning soundtrack A Century of NFL. Performances have also been heard on the CBS, PBS, EPSN television networks as well as NPR (National Public Radio). In addition, his debut CD entitled Klung is carried by the Equilibrium record label. Gene is also a member of the Quey Percussion Duo, a touring group established to generate new works for percussion while also bringing standard repertoire to a broad audience. Mr. Koshinski is director of percussion at the annual 6-week international Performing Arts Institute summer music festival. Recently, he published a new method book entitled The Additive Method of Two-Mallet Study which focuses on keyboard percussion technique and performance. He has also commissioned and premiered works by renowned composers including Stuart Saunders Smith, David Macbride, Dave Hollinden, and Alejandro Viñao. Koshinski is endorsed by Korogi, Sabian Cymbals, Remo, Innovative Percussion, and HoneyRock Publications and his method book and compositions are distributed internationally by The Percussion Source.

Program

Fluctus.......................................................Nebojsa Zivkovic
I'm Your Pal.........................Swallow/arr. Burton/trans. Rackipov
Echo Song......................................................Gene Koshinski
And So the Wind Blew...................................................Gene Koshinski

~intermission~

Songs I-IX.............................................Stuart Saunders Smith
Capriccio for Viola Solo..............Henri Vieuxtemps/trans. Koshinski
Piru Bole.........................................................John Bergamo
Kaskada......................................................Eckhard Kopetzki
Song and Dance..............................................Gene Koshinski
I. Song of the Metals
II. Dance of the Drums