Schedule
2010
July 22-August 7: Porthouse Theatre presents Bye Bye Birdie at Blossom Music Center
June 10-26: Porthouse Theatre presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Blossom Music Center
May 2: Akros Percussion Collective at the Akron Art Museum, performing works by Steve Reich, Jean-Charles Francois, George Lewis, Javier Alvarez, Nikolaus Gerszewski, and others
April 24: University of Akron graduate student Scott Farkas give the world premiere of Jonestown Triptych for snare drum and computer, Akron, OH
April 24: Guest performance of Mark Applebaum's Straitjacket with Andy Bliss' nief-norf project at the IUPUI InterMedia Festival of Telematic Arts, Indianapolis, IN
April 15-17: Portions of Joan Meggitt's Prospect & Refuge presented by Antaeus Dance at Cleveland Public Theatre
April 9-11: Kent Dance Ensemble presents Fresh Start, including Prospect & Refuge: Stray by Joan Meggitt and a new work by NYC choreographer Peter Kyle
April 8: Akros Percussion Collective performs at the Kent State University New Music Festival, presenting works by Stuart Saunders Smith and Frederic Rzewski, and a world premiere by German composer Nikolaus Gerszewski
February 28: Music on the Edge Chamber Orchestra performs works by Stefan Wolpe, Roger Zahab, Amy Williams, Mauricio Kagel, and Anthony Coleman, Bellefield Hall, University of Pittsburgh
February 23: Guest conductor with Kent State University New Music Ensemble, performing John Zorn's COBRA
February 19-28: Kent State University School of Theatre and Dance presents Oklahoma! at Stump Theatre
2009December 4-6: Dance 2009: Dancing on a Dime performances at Stump Theatre, Kent State University, including Temazcal by Javier Alvare
November 11-14: Technology Panel Chair: "Learning Curves: Getting Started in Percussion Technology" with JB Smith (Arizona State Univ.), Norman Weinberg (Univ. of Arizona), Ted Rounds (Kent State Univ.), and Amy Knoles (CalArts/California EAR Unit). PASIC 2009, Indanapolis, IN
November 1: Karlheinz Stockhausen's Musik im Bauch with the Akros Percussion Collective at Akron Art Museum
October 30-November 8: Kent State University School of Theatre and Dance presents Rent at Stump Theatre
October 10-11: Alumni percussion festival at SUNY-Fredonia
July 23-August 9: Porthouse Theatre presents Annie Get Your Gun at Blossom Music Center
June 20-24: Video shoot for grain of sand DVD project with Agua Dulce Dance Theatre, director Alison Dobbins (Michigan State Univ.), and sound artist Oliver Lyons (NYC)
June 11-27: Porthouse Theatre presents A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Blossom Music Center
May 3: Akros Percussion Collective at Guzzetta Hall, The University of Akron (presented as part of the Kulas Concert Series)
April 22-23: Percussion masterclass and teaching residency at SUNY-Fredonia
March 18-21: Dance accompanist at American College Dance Festival Regional Conference, Akron, OH
February 19-March 1: Kent State University School of Theatre and Dance presents Jane Eyre at Stump Theatre
February 8: Akros Percussion Collective at Akron Art Museum
January 14-16: Recording Links No. 3 by Stuart Smith for release on New World Records, Baltimore, MD