This September 3-12, 2010 the “International Competition for Marimba, Vibraphone, Timpani, Snare Drum, Drumset and Composition for Percussion Instruments and Drumset” will take place in Fermo-Marche (Italy). It will be held during the 8th edition of the International Festival “Days of Percussion” with Master Classes, Clinics, Concerts and expositions. The competition and Festival is being organized by the Italy Percussive Arts Society.

The deadline to apply to the competition is June 1, 2010. Musicians from every country can take part in the competition. The soloists will be divided into 3 age categories (16, 23 and 30 years old) as well as 5 instrument sections Marimba, Vibraphone, Timpani, Snare Drum and Drumset.

The competition for the composers will be divided into 5 sections and there is no age limit.
1 – One percussionist
2 – DUO – percussion and piano
3 – One percussionist and Orchestra
4 – Only percussions  from DUO to SEXTET
5 – Percussions and other instruments from DUO  to SEXTET

For more information about this competition, please visit the web site at : http://www.santangelopercussioni.it.

I recently took part in a photo shoot to help the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom team test their product. The results are posted on this Facebook direct link.

Feel free to vote on which headshot you like by posting a comment on this blog or adding it as a Facebook comment.

Marimbist Ji Hye Jung has created a new web site at: http://www.jihyepercussion.com/ The site has a number of videos as well as information about projects she is working on.

Of special interest to me is the announcement of the name of the new marimba solo by John Serry. The piece is called “Groundlines”. I was honored to be a part of the consortium of 20 marimbists to make that new solo possible. Look for more information about that piece as soon as it is released later this year.