2022 Utah PAS Percussion Festival Winners
High School Advanced Large Ensemble
1st - 96.5 - Westlake High School - Jeremy Megginson
2nd - 93.5 - American Fork High School - Dana Slabaugh
3rd - 93 - Green Canyon High School - Jacob Andersen
High School Intermediate Large Ensemble
1st - 95.5 - American Fork High School - Dana Slabaugh
2nd - 95 - American Fork High School - Dana Slabaugh
3rd - 93.5 Riverton High School - Chris Jessee
High School Beginning Large Ensemble
1st - 95 - Westlake High School - Jeremy Megginson
2nd - 94 - Cedar Valley High School - Matthew Murphy
3rd - 93 - Skyridge High School - Jessica Crandall
Junior High intermediate Large Ensemble
1st - 94 - Mapleton Jr. High - Preston Gilbert
2nd - 91.25 - Farmington Jr. High - Heath Wolf
3rd - 89.5 - Lehi Jr. High - Jessica Crandall
Junior High Advanced Large Ensemble
1st - 94.5 - Farmington Jr. High - Heath Wolf
2nd - 92 - American Fork Jr. High - Dana Slabaugh
3rd - 87.5 - Central Davis Jr. High - Christine Wolf
High School Chamber Ensemble (Drums/Mixed)
1st - 94.5 - Westlake High School
2nd - (Tie) - Westlake High School and American Fork HS Percussion Duet
3rd - 88.75 - Brighton High School
High School Chamber Ensemble (Mallet)
1st - 90 - American Fork High School Marimba Duet
2nd - 87.5 - American Fork High School Marimba Quartet
3rd - 80.25 - Westlake High School
Drum set (College)
1st - 91 Trevor Jacobson - Utah Valley University
2nd - 87 Mariah Maynes - University of Utah
Drum set (HS)
1st - 96 Timothy Peterson - Mountain Ridge HS
2nd - 93 Charles Maulding - Park City HS
3rd - 91 Cambria Slaugh - Riverton HS
Drum set (JH)
1st - 96 Jacob Wall - Central Davis Junior High
2nd - 94 Garrett Robison - Mountain Ridge Junior High
3rd - 92 Mack Phippen - Farmington Junior High
College Mallet Solo
1st - 91- Thomas Biggs - Brigham Young University
2nd - 90 - Johannes Bowman - Utah Valley University
3rd - 89 Sheldon Stevens - Southern Utah University
mock Auditions
1st - 78 - Nathan Jackman - Utah Valley University
2nd - 75 - Michael Memmott - Brigham Young University
3rd - 70 - Sheldon Stevens - Southern Utah University
College Timpani Solo
1st - 96.5 - Zachary Clawson - University of Utah
2nd - 92 - SheldonStevens - Southern Utah University
High School Timpani Solo
1st - 96 - Edmond Fox - Skyridge High School
2nd - 95.5 - Brody Lister - Ogden High School
3rd - 93 - Connor Murdock - American Fork High School
11-12 Snare Drum/Tenor solo
1st - 94 - Ashton Reaveley - Green Canyon High School
2nd - 93 - Ella Packard - Snow Canyon High School
3rd - 92.5 - Jared Walters - American Fork High School
9-10 Snare Drum/Tenor solo
1st - 97.5 - Eli Elder - American Fork High School
2nd - 91.5 - Bryce Bushman - American Fork High School
3rd - 88.5 - Jajue Gibson - Ogden High School
6-8 Snare Drum/Tenor Solo
1st - 79.5 - Noah Jones - Central Davis Jr. High School
2nd - 78 - Parker Stolz - Saint John the Baptist Middle School
3rd - 76.5 - Julian King - American Fork Jr. High
9-10 Mallet Solo
1st - 96 - Katelyn Gardner - Skyridge High School
2nd - 94 - Abi Hassell - Cedar Valley High School
3rd - 93.5 - Josh Lamb - American Fork High School
11-12 Mallet Solo
1st - 98 - Joshua Canul - Alta High School
2nd - 96 - James Hatch - Davis High School
3rd - 94 - Annalee Tueller - Green Canyon High School
Junior High Chamber Mallet
1st - 94.5 - Farmington Jr. High - Heath Wolf
2nd - 92.5 - Central Davis Jr. High School - Christine Wolf
3rd - 85.5 - Frontier Middle School Chamber - Matthew Murphy
Junior High Chamber (Drums/mixed)
1st - 96 - Farmington Jr. High - Heath Wolf
2nd - 95.5 - Lakeridge Junior High - Kandis Taylor
3rd - 92 - Farmington Jr. High - Heath Wolf
6-8 Mallet/Keyboard solo
1st - 91 - Mack Phippen - Farmington Jr. High
2nd - 90 - Caprice Madsen Farmington Jr. High
3rd - 85 - Niyol Thorpe - Saint John the Baptist Middle School
College Snare Drum/Tenor solo
1st - 96 - Andrew Sherman - Utah Valley University
2nd - 95.5 - Nathan Reno-Winters - Brigham Young University
3rd - 94 - Isaac Romer - Brigham Young University
College Orchestral Snare Drum solo
1st - 99 - Nick Montoya - University of Utah
2nd - 97 - Aidan Smith - University of Utah
3rd - 96 - Johannes Bowman - Utah Valley University
2022 UTAH DAY OF PERCUSSION CLINICIANS
She-e Wu
Associate Professor of Percussion - Northwestern University
She-e Wu has appeared as a solo artist at the 25th, 27th, and 30th Percussive Arts Society International Convention; Journées de la Percussion, NancyPhony Festival, perKumania festival, and PercuPassion Festival in France; Bach Symposium/Bach Variation Festival in Lincoln Center; Taiwan Connection concert at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center; International Percussion Festival and InterAmerican Music and Arts Festival Orchestra in Puerto Rico; Festival Internacional de Percusion "Ritmo Vital 2001" and National Percussion Convention in Spain; Fukui Marimba Seminar in Japan; Giornate della Percussione in Italy; Percussion Festival in Greece; Taipei International Percussion Convention, and many other festivals. She has performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall and Symphony Center, Chicago Chamber Musicians, and the Philadelphia Orchestra Chamber Music Series in Pearlman Hall at the Kimmel Center. Ms. Wu has performed as guest recitalist and clinician at universities, colleges, and conservatories in France, Belgium, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, England, Scotland, Germany, Spain, Greece, Japan, and Korea, as well as American music institutions and numerous PAS Days of Percussion throughout the United States.
Ms. Wu's composition Blue Identity was written for Frederic Macarez and the Paris Conservatory CNR percussion ensemble. Blue Identity was premiered in Paris at the Journées de la Percussion festival, and the American premiere took place at the 27th Percussive Arts Society International Convention. K-PAX, a piece for marimba duo, was commissioned by the Taipei International Percussion Convention in 2002 and was premiered in Taiwan and Japan. UP!, for solo percussion and seven percussionists, received its premiere at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago in December 2009. The world premiere of Ms. Wu's latest composition, What the Sun Would Say to the Sky, for marimba quartet, was premiered at PASIC 2011 in Indianapolis.
Ms. Wu has commissioned and premiered numerous works by Eric Ewazen, Ronald Caltabiano, Robin Engleman, Gerald Chenoweth, and many others. Ms. Wu's recent commissions are pieces written by Lee Hyla, Paul Lansky, and Dafnis Prieto. The world premiere of the percussion concerto with wind ensemble written by Paul Lansky is scheduled for January 2015 with the Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Ms. Wu has served as a judge for the Paris International Marimba Competition, Greece International Competition, Italy International Competition, Atlanta Snare Drum Competition, PASIC Marimba Competition, P.A.S. Composition Competition (Large Percussion Ensemble), and International Percussion Ensemble Competition (College).
Ms. Wu's recordings include Marimba Concerto by Eric Ewazen with the International Sejong Soloists, solo marimba CD Snapshot, Suite for Marimba and Flute by Alec Wilder with flautist Bart Feller, A Set of Songs and Dances by Doug Hill featuring Gail Williams on horn, and a chamber music recording with the American Brass Quintet of music by David Sampson. Her recording of Nos. 1, 2, and 3 of the Six Suites for Solo Cello by J. S. Bach, with Baroque embellishments by George B. Stauffer, was released in fall of 2014.
Ms. Wu is a clinician and recitalist for the Majestic, Mapex, Innovative Percussion, and Evans and Zildgian companies. Her signature mallets with Innovative Percussion are available worldwide. She plays on a concert marimba of her design by Majestic. Ms. Wu is associate professor of music and the head of the percussion program at Northwestern University.
Andy Smith
Director of Percussion Studies - University of Texas - El Paso
Musician, educator, and composer, Andy P. Smith is recognized internationally, having enjoyed a diverse career for over two decades. His most recent projects include CD recordings, Finally Here with Angel Roman and Mambo Blue, and Transparency featuring Latin Jazz group Batuquê Trio (batuquetrio.com). Andy’s recent compositions include: Vento no Ritmo (Wind in Rhythm) for flute trio with leg rattles commissioned by Deanna Hahn-Little; Fora da Caixa, an experimental graphic score for percussion trio; Two Maracatu for Drum-set Duo (a popular youtube video features Andy with drummer Marcus Finnie); and Brazilian Suite for Tambourines, premiered at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center. 2017 will include new works for 10-Can Percussion and Caixa Trio.
Smith lives in El Paso, Texas, with his wife Amy Smith (Caixa Trio) and their children. There, he serves as Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Texas at El Paso. Smith taught as Adjunct Percussion Instructor at Middle Tennessee State University from 1999-2008 and serves as the Percussion Instructor for the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts, a state sponsored program for elite college-bound musicians. His career has taken him from the recording studios of Nashville, TN to Tanglewood, Ravinia and the Hollywood Bowl. He has traveled to Ghana West Africa and the Caribbean to be immersed in African diasporic rhythm. In 2012, Andy was awarded a Tinker Foundation grant to study contemporary Brazilian jazz drumming in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Other recent performances include the Jazz Education Network Convention, the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, the Lotus Music Festival, El Paso Symphony Orchestra, and grant sponsored workshops with Bernard Woma, Musical Ambassador to Ghana.
In 2016, he performed and presented at the Jazz Education Network International Convention–Afro-Brazilian Roots and Contemporary Trends in Brazilian Styles for the Rhythm Section–and at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention–21st Century Samba-jazz Drumset–accompanied by Latin-jazz group the Batuquê Trio.
The recently formed B-line Trio (blinetrio.weebly.com) is an innovative jazz percussion trio featuring Andy with colleagues Brian Mueller and Brian McNulty. The trio performs clever arrangements of jazz, choro and popular music and specializes in residencies and percussion festivals where the three present master classes together and separately in diverse “break-out” sessions.
Andy is published by Row-Loff Publications. Additionally, Andy self-publishes his works for solo percussion with electronics, percussion and other chamber ensembles, and Latin-Jazz combo (andypsmith.squarespace.com). Smith has also contributed to Percussive Notes, a publication of the Percussive Arts Society. He is endorsed by Pearl/Adams Musical Instruments, Zildjian Cymbals, Evans drumheads and Innovative Percussion Sticks and Mallets.