Program

Night Music (1974) - Jeffrey Kresky
    a serenade for 3 percussionist

John Ferrari, Tomas Kolor, Peter Jarvis

 Ionisation (1931) - Edgard Varese
    for Percussion Ensemble

 Peter Jarvis - Conductor

 Percussion Symphony (1976) - Charles Wuorinen
    for Percussion Ensemble

                        Movement I
                        Entr'acte I: Vergine bella
                        Movement II
                        Entr'acte II: Vergine bella
                        Movement III

 Raymond DesRoches - Conductor

 New Jersey Percussion Ensemble

Michael Aberback, Patrick Armann, Alex Bocchino, Jason Brown, Amy Canada, Paul Carroll, Al Cerulo, John Christie, Brian Collins, Sheri Cook, John Ferrari, Ted Firth, Noah Gest, Vincent Inciong, Peter Jarvis, Damon Kaplan, Thomas Kolor, Walter Miller, Nicholas Rosolanko, Benjamin Smith, John Tighe, Paul Vaillancourt, Gary Van Dyke

    The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble was founded in 1968 by Raymond DesRoches, who co-directs the group with Peter Jarvis and Gary Van Dyke. The acclaimed group is made up of professionals and students from William Paterson University, where it has been in residence since 1972. Because of the ensemble's commitment to the performance and development of percussion repertoire, numerous piece have been written for, premiered by and recorded by it. The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble has appeared in the United States, and Europe as guests of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Group for Contemporary Music, the Composers Guild of New Jersey, the San Francisco Symphony, the Gaudeamus Foundation, Radio Denmark, and many others. The group can be heard on Nonesuch, Composer's Recording Inc., Music and Arts, Koch International, Desoto, New World, the Composers Guild of New Jersey and Capstone recording labels.

    Raymond DesRoches graduated from Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with Paul Price, a pioneer in percussion ensembles. Upon graduation, Mr. DesRoches was invited to join the newly formed Group for Contemporary Music and the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble. These highly acclaimed groups dedicated themselves to the high quality production of contemporary music throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s. Their performances included tours of North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. Mr. DesRoches has recorded for Columbia, Angel, Nonesuch, Desoto, Composer's Recording Inc., New World and the Composers Guild of New Jersey. In 1986, he was presented with the Laurel Leaf Award by the American Composer's Alliance for his contributions to American Music. Mr. DesRoches is currently a member of the faculty at William Paterson University and the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

    Peter Jarvis studied percussion with Raymond DesRoches at William Paterson University, Wayne New Jersey. As co-director of the acclaimed New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, and director of the Composers Guild of New Jersey, Jarvis is active as percussionist, conductor, administrator and educator. He has played with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Group for Contemporary Music, the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble of  Piccolo Spoleto, the Composers Guild of New Jersey Performance Ensemble, the New Jersey New Music Ensemble, Cygnus Ensemble and many others. As conductor, Jarvis has appeared with Saint Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Cygnus Festival Orchestra, Composers Guild of New Jersey Performance Ensemble, Ensemble 21, in the San Francisco Symphony's New and Unusual Music Series and others. Jarvis has toured in the United States, Mexico, Canada, Asia, Russia and Europe. He can be heard on Nonesuch, Composer's Recording Inc., Koch International, Composers Guild of New Jersey, October Music, and Capstone, recording labels.
    In addition to performing, Jarvis has been active as a teacher, having taught percussion at Fairleigh Dickinson University and currently at William Paterson University.

    Gary Van Dyke is an accomplished percussionist who is active as a performer, conductor and educator. He studied percussion with Raymond DesRoches for six years and earned music degrees from William Paterson College and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Mr. Van Dyke performs and conducts with the New Jersey New Music Ensemble and the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble. He can be heard on Nonesuch, Composer's Recording Inc., New World and Capstone recording labels with the New Jersey  Percussion Ensemble under Charles Wuorinen, Harvey Solberger and Raymond DesRoches. Mr. Van Dyke has held teaching positions since 1978 and currently teaches/conducts for the Teaneck Public School system in New Jersey, serving seven schools, grades 4 - 12, and is an Adjunct Faculty at William Paterson University, conducting and performing new music and percussion ensemble literature. Mr. Van Dyke makes his home in Waldwick, New Jersey with his wife, Linea, and their three children, Amanda, Kyle and Briana.

 The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble is in residence at William Paterson University

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