Percussion Ensemble

PRESENTS

PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH, 7 PM UTRGV PAC, EDINBURG

PROGRAM Theatric no. 1 “Hiding in Plain Sight”

One

Ogun Badagris

Casey Cangelosi (b. 1982) Jordan Nobles (b. 1969) Christopher Rouse (b. 1949)

Omphalo Centric Lecture

Nigel Westlake (b. 1958)

Gilded Cage

Susan K. Powell (b. 1961)

PERSONNEL Angel Ramos Joseph Escamilla

Patricio Martinez Paul Gutierrez

Juan Duenes

Jorge Ruiz

Oscar Lozano

Slaton Meador

Iliana Duenes

Adam Reyna

Alexa Jolet Edgar Facundo De Leon Caleb Martinez

Ramsey Ramirez

Mark Joseph Ramírez is Professor of Percussion and Area Coordinator at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Associate Dean for Research and Outreach for the College of Fine Arts, and is the Founder and Executive Director of the International Percussion Institute. As an artist, Mark has performed and collaborated under the direction of some of the leading musical authorities in the field of composition, including Pulitzer Prize-winning composers John Corigliano, David Del Tredici and William Bolcom and Prix de Rome recipient Kevin Puts. He has performed with internationally acclaimed jazz and classical artists Ernie Watts, Eddie Daniels, Greg Abate, Jeff Jarvis, Dick Oats, Steve Wiest, Gordon Stout, Phil Smith, and performed as a guest Soloist with the Rio Grande Valley Symphony Orchestra. As a scholar, Dr. Mark Joseph Ramírez has received invitations to present and perform at the International Conference on Caribbean Studies, the Southwestern Conference on Latin American Studies, the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, and the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education.

As the Founder and Executive Director of the International Percussion Institute (IPI), Mark served as a Resident Faculty at the International Percussion Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland; and given performances at the at King's College Chapel in Aberdeen, Scotland. Mark has also been the recipient of a Faculty Fellowship from the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, a Faculty Fellowship for Student Academic Success from University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and the Kerspit Gent (X, Y)- honor Artist in Residency Fellowship awarded by the Kerspit Foundation. Dr. Mark Joseph Ramírez is a native of Brownsville, Texas.

To learn more about Mark Ramírez, visit https://www.exploreipi.org

After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Percussion Performance from the University of Texas Pan American, Marco Guerra spent subsequent years working in New York City as an Afro-Caribbean percussion facilitator in after-school programs and Integrated Arts Program where he gave applied drum-set lessons, served as consultant for professional drummers while working at Drummer’s World in Manhattan’s Broadway Theater District, and performed on a regular basis in NYC and surrounding areas. Upon returning to the Rio Grande Valley, Marco served as a graduate assistant in the UTRGV School of Music while working on a Master’s in music performance. He performs regularly with in with his jazz trio, an R&B group, a flamenco duo, and he freelances throughout South Texas.

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