Stony Brook University Undergrad Percussion Ensemble
Omphalo Centric Lecture
by Nigel Westlake
Simon Boyar School of Drums and Percussion
Stand Music
by Kevin Robles
Xylophonia
by George Green
Gravity
by Marc Mellits
American Idiot
by Green Day /arr. Jeff Moore
On a Mission
by Kyle H Peters
Purchase College Percussion Ensemble
Mutant
by Sabrina Ault
Pillar IV
by Andy Akiho
Stony Brook Undergrad Percussion Ensemble
Table Music
by Thierry De Mey
Bloomingdale School of Music MAP Percussion Ensemble
Perpetuo for percussion quartet
by Thomas R. Marceau’s
Purchase College Percussion Ensemble
Music for Pieces of Wood
by Steve Reich
Long Island Conservatory of Music
Symphonic Studies for Timpani No. 3
by Nick Woud
soloist: Zhengtong Bian
Libertango Variations on Marimba
by Eric Sammut
soloist: Zhengtong Bian
Stony Brook Undergrad Percussion Ensemble
Etude in C# minor
by Casey Cangelosi
soloist: June Cummings
Mamaroneck HS Drumline “The Force”
A Medley
by Cassidy Byers and Cliff Wesley
Trade-off
Smoke Stacks
Motivic Entourage
Draco
Vette
Master Class: Russell Fisher
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Orchestra Room 0078
Concert
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Music Building - Recital Hall
Greater Connecticut Youth Orchestra All-Stars
Kokomo
by The Beach Boys /arr. Brad Shores
Silver Steel Sauce
by John Mobilio
Jim Royle Drum Studio A-Team
Sarah
by Len “Boogsie” Sharpe
Feijoada
by John Willmarth
Satisfy My Soul
by Bob Marley
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
by Tears for Fears
Yumbambe
by Joesph Estevez & Alejandro Gonzolo
Isn’t She Lovely
by Stevie Wonder
Cryin
by Len “Boogsie” Sharpe
Steel Band Times
by Andre Tanker /arr. Liam Teague
Performers
Stony Brook University Undergrad Percussion Ensemble
June Cummings, Director
Daniel Collazo-Schiavo
June Cummings
Khesner Olivera
Alicja Paruch
Loomis Hall
Kazimir Nyzio
Simon Boyar School of Drums and Percussion:
Simon Boyar, Director
Benjamin Boyar
Axel Brown
Kelsey Crawford
Remie Giordano
Noah Green
Jonas Kwap
Ryan Kolisz
Ryder Portnoy
James Rosensteel
Dylan Spencer
Nico Steele
Purchase College Percussion Ensemble
Chris Graham and Russell Greenberg, Directors
Sabrina Ault
Nicholas Esposito
Christopher Atkins
Christian McCarthy
John Porcelli
Errol Fern
Sean Bilger
Diego Zavaleta
Daniel Knipscher
Mani Jones
Bloomingdale School of Music MAP Percussion Ensemble
Josh Perry, Director
Derrick Sorriano
Madeline Prete
Rahm Benari
Valeria Sánchez
Long Island Conservatory of Music
Zhengtong Bian
Mamaroneck HS Drumline; “The Force”
Mr. Timothy E. Hooker, Director
Quints:
Justin Zambrano
Snare:
Henry Pittman - Captain
Henry Margoshes
Zeke Roseman
Jake Welner
Bass 1:
Ellen Reavy - Captain
Zach Otto
Bass 3:
Aidan Contreras
Bass 4:
Owen Lonegro
Cymbals:
Owen Grossman
Jordan Metsch
Isabelle Otto
Julian Saez
James Schulz
Leo Porat
James Abend
Performer Profiles
Russell Fisher
Russell Fisher is a percussionist and educator. As an emerging voice in the contemporary music landscape, Russell has commissioned new works for many mediums.
As a chamber musician, Russell has been featured in the Yale Percussion Group, Yale In New York Concert Series at Carnegie Hall, on the Brooklyn Bound Series, Sō Percussion Summer Institute, and the Oneppo Chamber Music Series at the Yale School of Music.
As a soloist, Russell has performed concerti with the New Conductors Orchestra, NYU Symphony Orchestra, Greater Bridgeport Youth Symphony, and NYU Chamber Music Ensemble.
Russell is an active member of the booming steel pan scene. He has performed in Panorama competitions with both Crossfire Steel Orchestra and CASYM Steel Orchestra. It has been his personal mission to continue to commission and perform new works for steel pan. Most recently, Russell commissioned three composers: Liam Teague, Sophia Jani, and Soomin Kim, to write solos for double seconds. In 2022 he also founded UB Steel at the University of Bridgeport.
As an educator, Fisher currently serves as Associate Department Chair of Music, Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Ensembles at the University of Bridgeport. As an active teaching artist in the northeast, Fisher has worked in the New Haven Public Schools, Queensbury Public Schools, Yellow Barn “Music Haul,” Margret Brown Elementary School in Baltimore, and Celia Cruz High School in the Bronx.
Russell has earned a Master of Musical Arts Degree from the Yale School of Music, a Master of Music Degree from the Peabody Institute at the John’s Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Music Degree from New York University. Currently, he is a Doctorate of Musical Arts Candidate at the Yale School of Music expected to finish in the spring of 2026.
June Cummings
Energetic and sincere, June Cummings (she/they) is a percussionist, improviser, and educator based in Long Island, NY. As a performer, she brings the immediacy and materiality of her percussive sound to her repertoire of contemporary works and her collaborations and premieres of electroacoustic works. As an educator she leads the undergraduate percussion studio at Stony Brook University which strives to promote student collaboration through experimental music practices and improvisation. She is currently a doctoral student at Stony Brook University and holds a masters degree from Stony Brook University and a bachelor degree from James Madison University.
About the Conservatory
The Conservatory of Music
Play a part in this extraordinarymusical community!
For the serious, developing musician, the Conservatory of Music in the School of the Arts at Purchase College offers a distinctive educational experience — an intensive education within the context of a lively supportive community.
Create, integrate, grow,explore, transform
Your artistry will thrive here among other remarkable musicians, all preparing for professional careers while focused on excellence.
Work closely with world-classmusicians and educators
Our proximity to New York City makes it possible for you to study with many of the most respected names in music today—and to benefit from their extensive professional experience as performers, composers, and producers. Through private lessons and small-group study, our faculty will guide and mentor you in your career choice. And because the Conservatory of Music limits its enrollment to only 400 students, including undergraduate and graduate candidates, you will receive personal attention and opportunities to perform and hear your music right from the start.
Classical, Jazz, Music and Technology
No matter what program you pursue in the Conservatory of Music, you will be encouraged to play music that spans all genres and to perform in ensembles of all sizes and styles. Let us prepare you to meet the challenges of the music world in the 21st century.
