Percussion Ensemble


Director: Scot Corey - Adjunct faculty since 2000

Mr. Corey is also active with his own professional percussion ensemble: Matrix Percussion Trio. This trio recently performed for the Tennessee Arts Academy (7/9/07) and was awarded the 2007 Percussive Arts Society Zildjian Family Opportunity Fund grant, to present their multi-cultural percussion program (We Are The World: Percussion Around The Globe) to elementary and middle schools throughout the greater Nashville area.

Please visit their website: www.matrixpercussiontrio.com

Mr. Corey is an educational endorser with Pro*Mark drumsticks.
Pete Korpela
Guest Soloist
The TNU was founded during the 2001-2002 school year, based on the following guidelines:

Purpose:
  • To prepare students for performance in small ensemble situations in the professional world.
  • The focal point is the improvement of individual musicianship through cooperation within the ensemble as a whole.
  • The foundation for all of this is a Servant attitude.

Objectives
  1. To help students turn their individual focus on self-improvement towards a broader focus on an ensemble as a whole, thereby adding greatly back to their own individual skills.
  2. To help students reach their potential through the discipline and organization of musical practice/performance.
  3. To expose the students to various genres of percussion ensemble music, including different ethnic styles, which also give students a better understanding/appreciation for people of different cultures and their values.  

Guest Director Dann Sherrill



2009-10 Performances:

Monday, November 23, 2009
10:00 AM
Wakefield Auditorium

Monday, April 19, 2010
10:00 AM
Wakefield Auditorium
A prepared piece is not required to audition for one of the choral groups. 

If you are auditioning for an instrumental ensemble, please prepare one 30-second excerpt of a lyrical passage and one 30-second excerpt of a technical passage. 

If you are interested in Jazz Ensemble, please prepare an additional 30-second excerpt of a swing tune.

If interested in auditioning for Musical Theatre Ensemble or Opera Workshop, please have 1 show tune (MTE) or aria (OW) prepared to sing to demonstrate vocal ability, characterization, stage presence, and/or movement.

Information about each ensemble is included on the links to your left.  If you have questions please call Anna Kniazewycz at 615-248-1288.
Ensembles are open to all students regardless of major.  The Madrigalians is not open to first-time freshmen; however, there are  limited openings for male singers who are transfer students.