Nazareth College Department of Music presents "Percussive Formations – Striking Chamber Music"

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ROCHESTER, NY (01/22/2013)(readMedia)-- The Nazareth College Department of Music presents Percussive Formations – Striking Chamber Music, featuring Nazareth faculty members Kristen Shiner McGuire, assistant professor in performance practice, and Anthony Calabrese, Community Music Program lecturer, on percussion. The two will be joined by Jillian Pritchard Fiandach, percussion instructor at Roberts Weslyan College and FLCC, and Matthew Witten, a Rochester-based contemporary musician on percussion; and David McGuire, composer and music professor at FLCC, on piano.

Led by Kristen Shiner McGuire, the ensemble will perform a program of contemporary percussion chamber works featuring keyboard and battery instruments, all classical in nature. Included will be "Vespertine Formations" by Christopher Deane; "Bicksa" by Thom Hasenpflug; "Bardo," a world premiere for piano, drums, vibes, guitar, violin, and bass by David McGuire; and "Caboo, a composition Kristen Shiner McGuire wrote for the Maelstrom Percussion Ensemble The recital is free and open to the public.

About Kristen Shiner McGuire

Kristen Shiner McGuire is assistant professor in performance practice and the coordinator of percussion studies at Nazareth College, where she has taught since 1984, and was the recipient of the 1998 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree with Highest Honors from the University of Illinois and a Masters degree in Percussion Performance and a Performer's Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. From 1980-81, she was a marimba student of marimba virtuoso, Keiko Abe, at the Toho School of Music in Tokyo, Japan. Her other teachers include John Beck, Thomas Siwe, Jim Petercsak, Keith Copeland and Jamey Haddad.

Shiner McGuire's performing talents run the gamut from jazz singer and drummer, solo marimbist, orchestral percussionist and timpanist, to contemporary chamber musician. She has performed with Clark Terry, Johnnie Mathis, Mickey Rooney, the Pan Gaia Steel Band, the New Japan Philharmonic, and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestras, among many others. Her recordings include those with the Maelstrom Percussion Ensemble, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Dave McGrath, Linda Foster, Jon Seiger and The All Stars, the Rochester Gay Men's Chorus, John Teleska, the Pop Tarts, and on her own album, Kristen Sings and Plays and Rings. Kristen has performed at the Ocho Rios Jazz Festival in Jamaica, the New Orleans Jazz Festival, the Suncoast Jazz Festival, the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival, the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, and several venues in St. Thomas. She currently performs with the Barry Tee Jazz Trio, KristenJazz, the RPO Marimba Band,and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.

About the Nazareth College Department of Music

The Department of Music at Nazareth College integrates intensive studies in music (musicianship and performance), with professional programs and the liberal arts, for a truly unique experience that prepares students for careers in music and equips them with the skills to share the art of music in a variety of capacities.

Each degree program is designed to prepare students not only for careers within the various degree areas, but also for exciting endeavors that will perpetuate and sustain the art of music in local and global communities.

The department is a vibrant community of musicians focused on the art of music, the professional domains of knowledge within the musical career areas, and the relationship of these areas to the liberal arts. For more information, visit: naz.edu/music.

About Nazareth College Arts Center

For more than 40 years, the Nazareth College Arts Center has served as a venue and educational resource for students, educators, visual and performing artists, and audiences to create, study, and experience all areas of the arts. These cultural programs support the College's curriculum in music, art, and theatre arts, and provide area residents with opportunities to experience exceptional dance, children's theatre, and international entertainment.

The Nazareth College Arts Center is a nonprofit institution; attracts more than 80,000 adults and children annually; is the premier presenter of world-class dance, children's theatre, and international entertainment in Rochester; is the performance home of Rochester City Ballet and world-renowned Garth Fagan Dance, as well as the home of Rochester Children's Theatre and Bach Children's Chorus; houses the Nazareth College departments of art, music, and theatre arts, which present exceptional theatre productions, musicals, operas, recitals, and art exhibitions each year (events are open to the public); serves as a venue for auditions, art classes, music lessons, recitals, fundraisers, lectures, community theater productions, camps, workshops, and graduations; provides access to master classes, school performances, and subscription series shows for underserved youth; and presents an annual Dance Festival each July. For additional information, visit artscenter.naz.edu.