THE PERCUSSION AREA OF THE
ASU SCHOOL OF MUSIC
PRESENTS

RHYTHMIC VARIATIONS
WITH SPECIAL GUEST
MICHAEL SPIRO

GUEST ARTIST AND STUDENT ENSEMBLE SERIES
EVELYN SMITH MUSIC THEATER
SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2009 • 7:30 PM

Program
Twelve Squared
Wendy Mae Chambers
1. Snake Dancer
(birth-death)
2. Dance (Metal Minuet)
3. Snake of Deep Waters
Contemporary Percussion Ensemble in collaboration with the ASU
Dance Department
J. B. Smith and Simone Mancuso, directors
Mary Fitzgerald and Karen Schupp, choreographers
Musicians:
Yi-Chia Chen, Matt Coleman, Elizabeth DeLamater, Matt Harris,
Chris Hodge, Scott Mitchell, Jeremy Muller, Paul Peterson,
Sheena Pockett, Tyler Stell, Matt Watson, Tyler Worley
Dancers:
Samantha Basting, Melissa Canto, Deborah DeVries, Randi Frost,
Nicole Grabianowski, Molly Kirwan, Jenna Kosowski, Elisa
Radcliffe, Kassidy Rogers, Jennifer Spenceley, Kristin Tovson,
Holly Wooldridge
Cosaan _ Music of the Diola
Traditional
Jambadon
Pitam
Mousouba Dioulo
Lindjin
Mark Sunkett, director
Mark Sunkett, Elizabeth DeLamater, Matt McGraw, Sonja Branch,
Darrell Thompson, Matt Harris

African Drum Ensemble
Composer
Toro
Traditional Manding
Bao
Traditional Manding
Mark Sunkett, director
Alexander Atallah, AnneMarie Cordeiro, Akram Hameed, Amy
Sellner, Brian Heithaus, Steven Stutzke, Elizabeth DeLamater,
Hannah Wasserman, Jonathan Lang, Jared Neufer, Joshua Hill,
Jeremy Muller, Mario Desantis, Michael Eickstaedt, Maggie
Murphy, Noah Harkey, Shannon Clark, Stacey Castor, Samuel
Golden, Tyler Bower, Teddy Semaan, Zachary Bramble
“Bird Song”
Spain

Traditional Korean Folk Song
Chick Corea
Michael Spiro, guest soloist
Matthew Harris; Steven Quintana, Nea Hathaway, Tyler Worley,
William Brichetto, Neal Hathaway, Wyatt Jones, Hye Joo Rhee,
Sang Sook Rhee

In Sync With You
Bamboleo

Ray Holman
Gypsy Kings/Adam Grosso
Michael Spiro, guest soloist
Elizabeth DeLamater, director
Tenor Jenessa Cordes, Sheena Pockett, Flora Sarder, Mat Solace,
Nechama Sonenthal, Tyler Worley
Double Tenor Natalie Ruggiero, Zander Vessels
Double Seconds Josephine Gonzales, Susan Jacob, Lindsay
Courtney
Cello Charlie Bounds, Courtney Ray
Bass Mike Evans, Scott Mitchell
Drumset Matt Coleman

Cabua-Le-Le and Magalenha

Carlinhos Brown
arr. Suzanne Satterfield

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