DAY OF PERCUSSION UPDATE!!!- As part of our DOP activities, the Florida chapter of PAS is sponsoring a mock professional orchestral audition. This is where aspiring professional percussionists go through the actual process of taking an orchestra audition. This is a VERY difficult process to go through and ,as the saying goes: practice makes perfect. There are relatively few orchestra percussion jobs available and the process is VERY competitive!! We have assembled an impressive panel of judges for this event! Our second panelist profile is Mr. John Shaw: John Shaw is the principal percussionist with The Florida Orchestra, a position he has held since 1996. He previously served as a section percussionist with The Florida Orchestra beginning in 1992. A native of Milton, Florida, Shaw earned a bachelors degree in music from Florida State University, where he studied with Gary Werdesheim, and a masters degree in music from Temple University as a student of Alan Abel. He received additional training at the Aspen Music Festival and Grand Tetons Orchestral Seminar. In addition to his duties with The Florida Orchestra, Shaw is the head of the percussion studio at St. Petersburg College, where he teaches lessons, percussion ensemble, and steel drum band. In 2008, he joined the faculty of the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, North Carolina. In March of 2000, Shaw made his first appearance as a soloist with The Florida Orchestra, performing the Concerto for Percussion by Joseph Schwantner. His seven-member steel drum band, the Tampa Bay Steel Orchestra, was featured with The Florida Orchestra in March 2005 in a program entitled Music of the Islands as part of the orchestra’s Pops series; the performance coincided with the release of the band’s first recording. The band returned to play with The Florida Orchestra in October of 2009. In November of 2005, Shaw was once again featured as one of four soloists in Bartok’s Concerto for Two Pianos and Percussion. In December of 2008, he performed James MacMillan’s percussion concerto, Veni, veni Emmanuel as part of The Florida Orchestra’s Masterworks series. Shaw lives in St. Petersburg with his wife, Florida Orchestra Principal Harpist Anna Kate Mackle, their three children Avery, Audrey and Madeline, and Louise the cat.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 03:02:19 +0000
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