The University of South Florida Percussion and Marimba Ensembles are well known throughout the United States for their performances of new music and chamber repertoire. The ensemble has been featured at several local, regional and national conventions. In 2001, at the invitation of Korean Institute of Percussion Music, the USF Percussion Ensemble traveled to Seoul and performed in a weeklong percussion festival of new music by both Korean and American composers. Among the most recorded ensembles of its' genre, the group has received acclaim in many major journals including American Record Guide and Fanfare. The ensemble has also appeared as a regular guest of Tampa's Bonk Festival of the Avant-Garde and has been featured on several Bonk CD's. The USF Marimba Ensemble meets as a separate credit class and usually performs a more conservative repertoire including string quartet literature, rags, and original material. Professor Robert McCormick is especially proud of the many alumni that have gone on to develop significant careers in the percussion field. For further information contact: mccormic@arts.usf.edu
University of South Florida
Percussion Ensemble
Robert McCormick - Director
Recent Published Audio CD's:
2006 - Marimba Concerti with Percussion Orchestra - R. McCormick conducts
the USF Percussion Ensemble in works by: Daniel Adams, Chihchun Lee, Cayenna
Ponchione, Jan VanLandeghem, Marcelo Ferreya, Paul Reller, and Paul Bissel.
2006 - The Percussion Music of Eun Hye Park - R. McCormick conducts the
USF Percussion Ensemble in a CD of works by this talented Korean composer (in
print)
2005 - Greetings from NACUSA Composers - R. McCormick conducts USF
Percussion Ensemble in: Khromas Diabolus by Daniel Adams.
2005 - Bonk Smell the Future - R. McCormick conducts USF Percussion
Ensemble in Drain by Drew Krause and Civilizaciones by Argentine
composer Ricardo Dal Ferra. BonkRecords BMF114.
2004 - Howard J. Buss: Modern Times - full CD features members of the USF Percussion Ensemble performing works by Florida composer Howard Buss. Capstone Records CPS-8735 <www.capstonerecords.org or www.brixtonpublications.com>
2003 - McCormick Duo: Twilight Remembered - including works by Paul Bissel, Elliot Carter, Andre Jolivet, Ralph Shapey, Davis Heuser, Henri Lazarof, Hilton Jones, Wesley Fuller, Howard Buss, Kent Kennan, Daniel Adams (including "Silver Set" with the USF Percussion Ensemble). Capstone Records CPS-8721. <www.capstonerecords.org>
2003 - Bonk 2003 - Robert McCormick conducts the USF Percussion Ensemble; "Drain" by Drew Kraus and "Civlizaciones" by Ricardo del Ferra. <www.bonkfest.org>
2003 - Unmistakably Modern - pianist Corey Jane Holt - USF Percussion Ensemble performs on "Corey Jane's Polka". Blue Pearl Records. <Moscow@mindspring.com>
2002 - Shadow on Mist - featuring the music of Daniel Adams. Performed/conducted by Robert McCormick and the USF Percussion Ensemble. Capstone Records CPS-8705; <www.capstonerecords.org>
2002 - Bonk 2002 - Robert McCormick conducts: "Just Give Us Czechoslovakia and We’ll Die Happy Men" by Eric Leon, and "aRound the cOrner" by Hideo Kawamoto. BFM-091. <www.bonkfest.org>
2001 - Paul Reller: The Big Vibration - Robert McCormick conducts "Snowflake" by Paul Reller Sounds Bounty SB-01 USF Percussion Ensemble. <www.cdbay.com/cd/reller>
2001 - Time Grown Old by Hilton Jones - Conducted by Robert McCormick. Bacchanal Bay records BB2001. <www.bacchanalbay.com>
2001 - Bonk 2001 - Robert McCormick conducts USF Percussion Ensemble featuring "Ding" by Drew Kraus. BFM-080. <www.bonkfest.org>
1999 - Future Flute with Margaret Lancaster. Robert McCormick conducts the USF Percussion Ensemble; "Once A Thon" by David Rogers - Sounds Bounty, Inc. No. SB001. <www.cdcmusic.org>
1998 - Bonk Thy Neighbor. Robert McCormick conducts the USF Percussion Ensemble; "Corey Jane's Polka" by Paul Reller, and "First of July" by Drew Kraus. Bonk Festival of New MusicNo. BFM069.
1998 - Spank Me! It's Contemporary Classical Music. Robert McCormick conducts the USF Percussion Ensemble; "Corngun" by Paul Reller, "Clot" by Robert Constable, and "Deep and Heavy Love Vibes" by Eric Lyon. Bonk Festival on New Music. No. BFM058.
1997 - Bonk Music From the Festival. Robert McCormick conducts the USF Percussion Ensemble; "Phoenix Aeolis: ReVariations" by David Rogers. No. BFM047.
1997 - Premiers Vol.1 Robert McCormick conducts the USF Percussion Ensemble; "Black Magic Flute" by Paul Reller, "Crackhead" by Robert Constable "Timecraft" by Hilton Jones, "Dr.Time" by James Lewis, "Salty Fish Flesh" by Brian Benscoter, and "Mysterious Exit" by Howard Buss. <www.c-alanpublications.com>
In Preparation:
Concerti for Strings and Percussion Orchestra; Concerti for Piano
and Percussion Orchestra; Works for Marimba Ensemble; Concerti for Flute
and Percussion Orchestra; The Music of BONK composer Dr. Drew Kraus
Selected repertoire performed by the
University of South Florida Percussion Ensemble
under the direction of Professor Robert M. McCormick
Shadow on Mist, Lignumvitae, Alloy, Stratum, Ambience, Antiphonal Protraits and other works by Daniel Adams
Marimba Spiritual by Minoro Miki
Woodwork by Jan Bach
Raintree by Toru Takemitsu
Modern Times and other works by Howard Buss
Das Imagistes by William Kraft
1st, 2nd, 3rd Constructions and other works by John Cage
Fantasy Variations and other works by Michael Colgrass
Idyll for the Misbegotten and other works by George Crumb
Synchronisms No. 5 by Mario Davidovsky
Olseau exotiqes by Oliver Messiaen
Concerto for Violin, Song of Queztecoatl, Canticles, Suite, Symphonies by Lou Harrison
As Time Goes, Bye by Mel Mobley
Suite en Concert Pour Flute and Percussion by Andre Jolivet
Coming Up Sevens by Zack Browning
Silver Set, Timecraft and other works by Hilton Jones (former USF Music Faculty)
Ding, Riddle, Dances and other works by Drew Krause*
Bembe' by William Ortiz
Dr. Time by James Lewis**
Ephphatha, Disturbance, Recollection, and other works by Eun Hye Park*
Kroumata Pieces by Sven David Sandstrom
Black Magic Flute, Snowflake and other works by Paul Reller**
Phoenix Aeolis, One-A-Thon and other works by David Rogers*
Persephassa and other works by Iannis Xenakis
Ionization, Equatorial, Integrates, and other works by Edgard Varese
* Performed at the BONK Music Festival
** University of South Florida Music Faculty
