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Guest Artist Recital at UNCP

I am happy to be presenting a saxophone recital at the University of North Carolina Pembroke. The recital will be in the Moore Hall Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on April 7, 2017 and will feature Improvisation I by Noda, Song Book by Maslanka, and Sonata, Op. 19 by Creston. Admission is free. I am [...]

Faculty Saxophone Recital at Coastal Carolina Community College

I will be presenting a faculty saxophone recital at Coastal Carolina Community College on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. in the Bodenhamer Auditiorium. The program consists of Ryo Noda's Improvisation I, David Maslanka's Song Book for Alto Saxophone and Marimba, and Paul Creston's Sonata, Op. 19 for Alto Saxophone and Piano. I [...]

Faculty Composition Recital at Coastal Carolina Community College

I am excited to present a recital of my music, on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 3:00PM in the Bodenhamer Auditorium within the Fine Arts Building at Coastal Carolina Community College. I've been fortunate to work with great musicians, including Sarah Busman, flute; Justin Hoke, classical guitar; Amanda Taylor, flute; and Joseph Van Hassel, [...]

World Premiere of Salticidae

The University of North Carolina at Pembroke Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Joseph Van Hassel will give the world premiere of Salticidae on Sunday, November 8 at 12 noon, 2015. The concert is a part of the NCMEA Professional Development Conference held in Winston-Salem, NC and features works by North Carolina composers. The [...]

Joseph Van Hassel performs Shh

Dr. Joseph Van Hassel will be giving a faculty percussion recital April 6th at 7:30 pm in Moore Hall Auditorium at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. The program includes Shh for North African Tar. I composed the work for Dr. Van Hassel, and he premiered it in 2014.

World Premiere of Thought Echoes

Percussionist Daniel Heagney will give the world premiere of Thought Echoes for solo vibraphone on Monday, February 9 at 7:30PM. The free concert is a part of the Hampden-Sydney Music Series at Hampden-Sydney College and will be held at Crawley Forum on campus. This project with Daniel has been a few years in the making, so I [...]

Silly Songs at Michigan State University

As a part of the Michigan State University Faculty Recital Series sponsored by WKAR, Marissa Olin, flute and Woodrow Chenoweth, saxophone will be performing my work, Silly Songs for flute and alto saxophone. The recital will be given at Cook Recital Hall Saturday, February 7 at 8PM. Admission is free. For more information . . [...]