Performer-Researcher with Public Education Leadership

Anthony J. Calabrese

Percussionist

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Education

Northwestern University Doctor of Musical Arts, Applied Percussion 2014 Master of Music, Percussion Performance and Literature 2004 Eastman School of Music Bachelor of Music, Applied Percussion 2002 with academic distinction

Ithaca College undergraduate studies (3 semesters) 1998-99 Dissertation

An Annotated Catalog of Marimba Concertos with Winds 2013-14 Thematic incipits and comparative data on 47 works to aid performers and conductors Published Article

The Merits of Marimba Concertos with Winds. Percussive Notes, 60(3). 47-48. June 2022 Public Education Teaching Experience

Waterloo Central School District Percussion Instructor 2022-2026

(Waterloo, NY) All things percussion grades 6-12, including Percussion techniques,

Listening and other Large ensemble skills,

Teaching lesson groups, marching technique and warmups, drum set, Concert and Marching Percussion ensemble coaching

Instrument tuning, selection, and purchasing.

Geneva City School District: Teaching Assistant: K-12. Tenure 1/31/2013 Oct. 2009-Nov. 2021

(Geneva, NY) Long-Term Sub: High School Chorus, Elementary General Music, Summer School Music Teacher 2016, 2017

Victor High School: Percussion Instructor May-Sept. 2008

(Victor, NY) Lessons, (grades 4-11), Front Ensemble Instruction Lyric Academy of Music: Percussion Instructor 2008-2009

(Victor, NY) Private lessons

Vestal High School: Front Ensemble Instructor Fall 2007

(Vestal, NY)

Libertyville High School: Percussion Instructor (3 days per week) 2005

(Chicago District 128) Coached 3 high-scoring Percussion Ensembles, Lessons, Technique Classes, Drumline Instruction

Emerson Middle School: Percussion Instructor 2004-2007

(Park Ridge, IL) Lessons Grades 4-8, and chamber music coaching Geneva High School: Marching Percussion Instructor 1998-2000

(Geneva, NY) Instructor and writer

Midlakes High School: Front Ensemble Instructor 1998

(Gorham, NY)

Event Support

Waterloo High School Auditorium Manager 2021-2026

(Waterloo, NY) Audio, lighting, smartboard operation, management, and student training for theatrical, concert and assemblies. Stage crew manager, coordinator of volunteers,

fire safety and security oversight.

Zero injuries during set build/strike (8 productions) Nazareth College of Rochester Instrument Transportation Supervisor/driver 2010-2019 Hobart and William Smith Personnel and Equipment Manager 2011 Colleges (Geneva, NY) HWS Chorale presented Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana at Syracuse University. Responsibilities included hiring musicians, planning the use of stage space, managing transportation, and performing as timpanist. Geneva Concerts: Board member, Programming Committee member 2009-2013

(Geneva, NY) Geneva Concerts sponsors professional, opera, dance, and outreach in Geneva, NY.

Music Institute of Chicago: Stage Manager 2004-2007

(Evanston, IL) Responsibilities: set the stage with piano, chairs, microphones and re-arrange stage setup during events as necessary call performers to stage, operate lights and microphone system. Northwestern University: Basketball Band supervisor/conductor

(Evanston, IL) Chaperoned and conducted a 20-piece pep band at Indianapolis basketball tournament, televised on ESPN.

Higher Education Teaching Experience

Finger Lakes Community College Instructor 2016-2017

(Canandaigua, NY) Applied Percussion and Drum Set

Nazareth College of Rochester Lecturer since 2010

(Rochester, NY) Community Program applied percussion and drum set, Occasionally substitute in methods or studio classes Hobart and William Smith Director of Percussion Ensemble since 2011 Colleges and applied Percussion for majors and nonmajors

(Geneva, NY)

West Chester University Instructor 2008-2009

(West Chester, PA) Percussion Methods, 5 sections

Applied Percussion for undergraduate majors

Trinity International University Instructor 2004-2007

(Deerfield, IL) Percussion lessons for undergraduate nonmajors Northwestern University Graduate Assistant, Percussion

(Evanston, IL) Drumline Instructor/arranger 2004-2007 Percussion Ensemble Conductor/Coach 2004-2007

Percussion Instruction for non-majors 2003-2004

Shippensburg University Marching Percussion Consultant 2002-2018

(Shippensburg, PA) Pit (Front Ensemble) Writer/Instructor Professional Memberships

Percussive Arts Society Keyboard Committee member 2017-2019 NY State School Music Assoc Percussion Ensemble section revision committee 2017 American Federation of Musicians Rochester Local 66 Since 2017 Conducting Experience

Geneva High School Sondheim: Into the Woods March 2017 Geneva Theater Guild Sondheim: Into the Woods Summer 2012 Nazareth U. Percussion Ensemble Stephen Rush: Hummingbird 2011 HWS Percussion Ensemble Director, two concerts per year since 2010 Phelps-Clifton Springs Community Players Mel Brooks’ The Producers Summer 2009 Lyric Academy of Music (Victor, NY) Barber: Adagio for Strings Summer 2009 Penn Yan Academy Concert Band A Dave Brubeck Medley Spring 2008 Awards

Grand Prize, Italy Percussive Arts Society’s “Days of Percussion” international competition 2006 Eastman Performer’s Certificate 2002

Zildjian Award for Excellence in Percussion 2002

Recordings

Northwestern U. Wind Ensemble: Contemporaries 2004 Eastman Wind Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble at 50 2002 Ithaca College Wind Ensemble: Beyond the Red Line 2006 Vortex: The Music of Dana Wilson 2003

Cayuga Chamber Orchestra: Music of Charles Bestor 2010 Hobart and William Smith Colleges: I Must Leave a Souvenir 2010 Adjudication

Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Percussion Auditions 2017, 2025 Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition 2015 Science Olympiad (building musical instruments) Palmyra-Macedon High School 2012

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Outreach and Community Performances

Smith Opera House Benefit Concert: Simply Piano 2 March 14 2010 St. Peters Arts Academy Benefit Concert 2009

Geneva NY Women’s Club Piano accompanist for soprano Angela L. Calabrese 2009 Camp Good Days & Special Times with RPO Marimba Band, annually since 2008 Hobart and William Smith Colleges Chorale, Brass Ensemble, Colleges-community chorus since 2008 Chicago City Colleges As founding former member of Third Coast Percussion Quartet 2005-2006 Performances at Malcom X, Harry Truman, Wilbur Wright, and Richard J. Daley colleges

Chicago Park District with Third Coast Percussion Quartet 2005 Retirement Homes (Rochester, NY) with Eastman student volunteers 2001 Jordan-Elbridge Schools with Eastman student volunteers 2001 Performance for Deaf Children with Ithaca College Brass Ensemble 1999 Caroline Elementary School with Ithaca College Steel Drum Ensemble 1999 Geneva Happiness House solo piano performance for summer program 1998 Professional Performances

Nazareth College of Rochester Stravinsky: The Soldier’s Tale September 2017 faculty recital with Kristen Shiner-McGuire 2017

Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Extra Percussion since 2016 The Syracuse Orchestra Extra Percussion

WXXI Radio Rochester recital with Kristen Shiner-McGuire Feb 15 2013 Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Percussionist since 2011 Trombone Quartet

Geneva Light Opera Timpanist/Percussionist since 2000 Die Fledermaus, Don Giovanni,

The Magic Flute, The Sunset Trail

Cayuga Chamber Orchestra Associate Percussion since 2010

(Ithaca, NY)

Binghamton Philharmonic (NY) Associate Percussion since 2007 Orchestra of the Southern Associate Percussion since 2008 Finger Lakes (Ithaca, NY)

Civic Orchestra of Chicago Associate Percussion 2003-2005 Elgin Symphony (IL) Associate Percussion 2004

Glenview Symphony (IL) Associate Percussion 2004

Evanston Symphony (IL) Associate Percussion 2003

Shippensburg University (PA) Artist in Residence: 2003 Rosauro: Concerto no. 1 for Marimba, Solo Recital

Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Member, arranger, soloist since 2001 Marimba Band

Downstairs Cabaret Theater Nunsense, Baby, Suds, 2000-2002

(Rochester, NY) An Evening with Cindy Miller, and a Broadway review Musical Theater Percussionist since 1994

110 in the Shade, Beauty and the Beast, Bye Bye Birdie, Camelot, Evita, Falsettos, Jesus Christ Superstar, Kiss Me Kate, Lucky Stiff, The Music Man, Oliver, On The Twentieth Century, Once on This Island, South Pacific, West Side Story, The Wizard of Oz Other Noteworthy Performances

Percussive Arts Society International Convention (P.A.S.I.C.) 2003 With the Northwestern University Percussion Ensemble With the P.A.S. International Marimba Orchestra 2021 Eric Whitacre’s Paradise Lost: Opera Electronica premiere 2006 conducted by Eric Whitacre at Northwestern University Percussion ‘Monster Concert’ at Millennium Park, Chicago 2007 Northwestern University Percussion Ensemble

At Chautauqua Summer Festival

Schwantner: Percussion Concerto (section percussionist) with Michael Burritt, soloist 2002 At the Eastman School of Music

Eastman Wind Ensemble’s 50

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Anniversary featuring the NEXUS percussion ensemble 2002 Paul Winter Consort 2001

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