The following text is from Hilari Mari, the director of the PercuFest International Percussion Festival.

Dearests all friends,

A huge pleasure to announce and confirm the last concert at BaKetes International Percussion Festival 5th. Edition with the Conservatorio Superior de Música “Oscar Esplá” of Alicante, Spain Alumni Percussion Group under artistic director professor Joan Soriano. This will be the first time that the Festival welcomes very high level students to perform. This is to certify our best commitment with the future of the percussion art in Spain by promoting and motivating the percussion students who will become the next generation of spanish professional performers.

Also will take place the 2nd. BaKetes NP Drums Snare Drum Competition with a very special jury: the greatest orchestral percussionists Josep Furió & Francisco Inglés. Also to express our wish to share this percussion events with all of you that maybe are around Benetússer at this time and of course to welcome you to enjoy this fantastic concert. To promote the event, all will be FREE. We expect you!

Planning:

12 Junio 2010
June 12th. 2010

17:30 h.
Concurso Nacional de Caja BaKetes NP Drums – Remo Spain, Benetússer – Valencia – Spain
BaKetes NP Drums – Remo Spain Snare Drum Competition, Benetússer – Valencia – Spain

20 h. Concert

Grupo del Aula de Percusión del Conservatorio Superior de Música “Óscar Esplá” de Alicante, Spain

Programme

I Parte

Humet, Ramón (1968)……………………………………………..…………Mantra II (2002)

Erkoreka, Gabriel (1969)…………………………………………………………Fauve (2003)

Giner, Bruno (1960)………………………………………..……….Images de Peaux (1996)
Solista: Joan Soriano

II Parte

Humet, Ramón (1968)…………………………..……………………….…….Nkunga (2000)

Taïra, Yoshihisa (1937-2005)……………………………..………….…Hierophonie (1974)

Intérpretes del concierto: Conrado Moya Sánchez, David Nadal Bonet, Héctor Castelló Sánchez, Jorge Pons Gil, Lluís Martínez Esbrí, Ramón Llopis Ferrer y Sergio Juan Gironés.

Director: Joan Soriano Morales

Todo ello en:
All will be in:

Centre Cultural “El Molí”
C/. del Molí, 30
46910 Benetússer, València, España
+ INFO.-

http://www.benetusser.net/noticia.php?id=155
http://www.npdrums.com

Moltíssimes gràcies!!
¡Muchísimas gracias!
Thanks a lot
Salut!!
¡Salud!
All the best!
Hilari Marí
Director, PercuFest IX FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE PERCUSIÓN, La Font de la Figuera – Valencia – España www.PercuFest.com
Artistic director, PercuFest 9th. INTERNATIONAL PERCUSSION FESTIVAL, La Font de la Figuera – Valencia – Spain
Asesor artístico, BaKetes V Festival Internacional de Percusión, Benetússer – Valencia – España www.benetusser.net
Artistic advisor, BaKetes 5th. International Percussion Festival, Benetússer – Valencia – Spain
Director Artístico, Concurso Nacional de Caja BaKetes NP Drums – Remo Spain, Benetússer – Valencia – Spain
Artistic Director, BaKetes NP Drums – Remo Spain Snare Drum Competition, Benetússer – Valencia – Spain

The International Summer Academy Salzburg Marimba and Percussion Masterclass will be held July 18-July 31, 2010 in Salzburg.

This year Peter Sadlo and Bogdan Bacanu will be the guest faculty.

For more information about this event please visit the Facebook event page.

The Classical Concert Music Group has a good selection of marimba CDs at their website. The site has some German text to navigate but it is one other place to look for European marimba CDs if you cannot find them in other places. You can also download individual tracks similar to what you can do on iTunes.

Ron Samuels of Marimba One will be attending the Marimba 2010 International Festival and Conference in Minneapolis Minnesota April 28th to May 1st and will be bringing one of the new 5-octave marimbas with Basso Bravo resonators and Enhanced Traditional Voicing.

This height-adjustable instrument will a set of cases will be for sale at an over $2500 discount. There is only 1 available so contact Marimba One now if you are interested in this fantastic deal.

The 4th annual Ney Rosauro and Jeff Moore Mallet and Percussion Camp will be held at the University of Central Florida this July 18-24, 2010. For more information about the events at this year’s camp and the application process view the online brochure.

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.