Recent Recitals, Presentations, Clinics, and Performances

2021
  • "Developing Characteristic Tone with All of Your Percussionists" clinic at the NAfME Eastern Division Conference
  • "An Ensemble Director's Guide to Percussion Notation" clinic at the NAfME Eastern Division Conference
  • Percussion adjudicator for Carroll County Solo and Ensemble Festival
  • "Producing Your Best Cover Letter and CV" article, with Dr. Timothy Jones, published in April issue of Percussive Notes
  • Release of the SAGA Quartet's album "The Avenging Spirit" on Equilibrium Records​

2020
  • Senior Percussion Adjudicator for Maryland Music Educators Association All-State Band Auditions
  • Junior and Senior Percussion Adjudicator for Maryland Music Educators Association Mock All-State Band Auditions
  • Fall Faculty Showcase digital performance with Stevenson University Faculty Members
  • "Collegiate Professor/Freelance Performer Alumni" Zoom panel discussion with the Furman University Percussion Studio
  • "Tambourine Technique" article, with Dr. Mark Lortz, published in the October/November issue of The Instrumentalist
  • Percussion arrangements performed by Colorado State University Marching Band in Fort Collins, CO
  • Percussion arrangements performed by Holliday High School Marching Band in Holliday, TX
  • "The Career Path of a College Professor" Zoom presentation with the Carolina Youth Symphony
  • Digital performance of "Clever" by Mat Campbell with the Great Plains Percussion Group
  • Scheduled percussion adjudicator for Carroll County Solo and Ensemble Festival (canceled due to COVID-19)
  • Percussion adjudicator for Prince George's County Solo and Ensemble Festival
  • Percussion adjudicator for Howard County Solo and Ensemble Festival
  • Rogue Two world premiere of Steve Hicken's From the Notebooks of Ramon Fernandez
  • Rogue Two performance at the 42nd United States Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium, George Mason University

2019​
  • Presented "Percussion Repair 101" clinic for Anne Arundel County Public Schools Professional Development Day
  • Recorded Bernhard Heiden's Four Movements for Saxophone Quartet and Timpani with the SAGA Quartet
  • Performance of Brian Nozny's Bullet Hell with GCSU Percussion Ensemble, Georgia College and State University
  • Rogue Two Performance at Celebration of Scholarship, Midwestern State University
  • Performance of Blake Tyson's Vertical River with Dr. Omar Carmenates, Furman University
  • World Premiere of Steve Hicken's Biko Variations with the Great Plains Percussion Group, Oklahoma City University
  • Performance on Jamie Wind Whitmarsh's Faculty Recital, Oklahoma City University
  • Rogue Two Faculty Recital, Midwestern State University
  • Rogue Two World Premiere of Robert Lemay's Kif-Kif, Midwestern State University
  • Rogue Two Performance of Igor Karaca's Mirror Sign, North American Saxophone Alliance Region 4 Conference

2018
  • Awarded a Fain College of Fine Arts Collaborative Grant to commission a tuba and marimba composition with art installation, Midwestern State University
  • Awarded a Fain College of Fine Arts Collaborative Grant to create an interactive art, music, and communications technology installation, Midwestern State University
  • Awarded an Intramural Research Grant for a new recording project with Dr. Andrew J. Allen, Midwestern State University
  • Performance of Emmanuel Sejourne's Concerto for Marimba and Strings, Guest Soloist with Carolina Youth Symphony, Greenville, SC
  • Solo Faculty Recital, Midwestern State University
  • Rogue Two World Premiere of Igor Karaca's Mirror Sign, 18th World Saxophone Congress
  • World Premiere of Brad Meyer's ...to flow, away..., Commissioned by the Midwestern State University Percussion Ensemble
  • World Premiere of Brian Nozny's The Floor is Lava, Midwestern State University Percussion Ensemble
  • Rogue Two Performance at Celebration of Scholarship, Midwestern State University
  • Review of Bob McCormick, Eunmi Ko, and the McCormick Percussion Ensemble's Kid Stuff Published in the NACWPI Journal, Vol. 65, Issue 3
  • Rogue Two Faculty Recital, Midwestern State University
  • Rogue Two Recital Tour with Performances at the Interlochen Arts Academy and Central Michigan University
  • Rogue Two World Premiere of Jay Batzner's Reflections on the nature of impermanence, North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference
  • Midwestern State University Percussion Quartet Showcase Recital with MSU Saxophone Ensemble, Texas Music Educators Association Conference
  • Release of Rogue Two's Debut Album: "Step Inside," Available from Equilibrium Records
 
2017
  • Awarded a Fain College of Fine Arts Collaborative Grant for a composition by Brad Meyer, Midwestern State University
  • Awarded a Fain College of Fine Arts Grant for to Fund Printing of Step Inside Compact Discs, Midwestern State University
  • Awarded an Intramural Research Grant for Rogue Two​ Performance in Zagreb, Croatia, Midwestern State University
  • "The University Difference" Article Published in Rhythm! Scene, Vol. 4, No. 5
  • Review of Stephen Primatic's "Percussion Methods" Published in the NACWPI Journal, Vol. 65, Issue 1
  • "TMEA and ATSSB All-State Audition Repertoire Preparation" Clinic, Wichita Falls Youth Symphony Orchestra
  • Solo Faculty Recital, Midwestern State University
  • Drumline Arrangements Performed by University of Louisiana - Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
  • Drumline Arrangements Performed by Colorado State University Marching Band, Fort Collins, CO
  • "Modern Snare Drum Performance" Clinic, Interlochen Summer Arts Camp
  • Rogue Two Recording Session for Debut Album: "Step Inside," Midwestern State University
  • Performance of Arthur Lipner's 24 Jam with the MSU Jazz Ensemble, Midwestern State University
  • Rogue Two Performance at Celebration of Scholarship, Midwestern State University
  • World Premiere of Andy Francis' Serenity, Midwestern State University
  • Rogue Two Faculty Recital, Midwestern State University
  • Rogue Two Performance of Reginald Bain's Luminescent, Oklahoma Day of Percussion
  • Performance of Christopher Deane's Topography of Dreaming​ with the Composer, Oklahoma Day of Percussion
  • Adjudicator at Region 7 University Interscholastic League Solo and Ensemble Festival, Wichita Falls, TX
  • Rogue Two Showcase Recital, Texas Music Educators Association Convention
  • "Modern Snare Drum Performance" Clinic, Oklahoma City University

2016
  • "TMEA All-State Audition Repertoire" Clinic, San Angelo Central High School 
  • Awarded an Intramural Research Grant for Rogue Two​ Studio Recording, Midwestern State University
  • Awarded a Fain College of Fine Arts Grant for New Pearl Concert Toms, Midwestern State University
  • Five Entires Published in The Percussion Compendium, Volume 1
  • Adjudicator at Cougar Band Classic "Chase for the New River Cup," Dublin, VA
  • Solo Faculty Recital, Midwestern State University
  • World Premiere of Steve Hicken's Two Fragments, Midwestern State University
  • Performance of Jeffrey Dennis Smith's Tiger Dance with UAFS Percussion Ensemble, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
  • "Modern Snare Drum Performance" Clinic, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
  • Performance of Michael Daugherty's Raise the Roof with the MSU Wind Ensemble, MSU Celebration of Scholarship
  • Rogue Two Faculty Recital, Midwestern State University
  • Rogue Two World Premiere of Greg Simon's Step Inside, North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference
  • Rogue Two ​Performance of Tayloe Harding's A Mile of Phrygian at 60, College Music Society South Central Conference
  • Performance of Daniel Adams' Pentagonal Waves, College Music Society South Central Conference
  • Adjudicator at Tarleton State University Percussion Festival, Stephenville, TX
  • Adjudicator at McMurry University Percussion Festival, Abilene, TX

2015
  • Awarded a Fain College of Fine Arts Grant for New Zildjian Crash Cymbals, Midwestern State University
  • Performance of Eugene Novotney's A Minute of News, Inauguration of MSU President Suzanne Shipley, Ph.D.
  • Accepted Position as Assistant Professor of Music and Associate Director of Bands, Midwestern State University
  • Accepted Position on Percussion Faculty, Interlochen Summer Arts Camp
  • Solo Faculty Recital, Angelo State University
  • Release of Scott Herring's Carbon Paper and Nitrogen Ink album
  • "Establishing Consistency Within Your Marching Percussion Section," PAS Educator's Companion, Vol. 1, 
  • Release of Adam Silverman: Percussion Music album

2014
  • TMEA and ATSSB Mock Audition and Clinic, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX
  • Accepted Position as Interim Instructor of Music and Assistant Director of Bands, Angelo State University
  • "The Music of Jay Bocook" Recording Sessions with the Poinsett Wind Symphony
  • "Halftime 360" Halftime Show Design Clinic, CBDNA Athletic Band Symposium
  • Performance of John Anthony Lennon's Passing Future Past, Chamber Innovista Concert Series
  • Marching Percussion Clinic and Keyboard FUNdamentals Lab, South Carolina Day of Percussion
  • "How Prepared are You?" Masterclass and Guest Performance, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • "Marching Percussion for Music Educators" Clinic, South Carolina Music Educators Association Conference
  • Performance of Gustav Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, Chamber Innovista Concert Series
  • "Marching Percussion for Music Educators" Clinic, Florida Music Educators Association Conference

2013
  • Performance of Andy Akiho's Stop Speaking, PASIC "Celebration of Emerging Artists"  Concert
  • World Premiere of Steve Hicken's When Your Time is Orange, University of South Carolina
  • Solo Faculty Recital, University of South Carolina