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Youth Performing Arts School Percussion Ensemble

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Time:

Wednesday
December, 17, 2025
01:15 PM - 02:15 PM

Location:

W184

Category

High School Percussion Ensemble

Conductor

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Kevin Callihan

Performer Details

Performer Bio Synopsis

The Youth Performing Arts School (YPAS) Percussion Ensemble meets every other day for 90 minutes and for select weekly after-school rehearsals when needed (generally once a week in the months of January through March). The ensemble performs on average at two band concerts a year and one Showcase Concert in late March that includes collegiate and professional repertoire. All members of the ensemble perform études in all areas of percussion, including marimba, vibraphone, timpani, snare drum, and drum set. All students are expected to audition for All-District and All-State Band in all three areas (mallets, timpani, and snare drum). In addition, each member will perform eight solo convocation performances throughout their high school career. Convocation solos usually focus on multiple percussion, marimba, vibraphone, timpani, and xylophone solos. YPAS percussionists are also expected to perform at least one solo at the Kentucky Music Educators Association (KMEA) District 12 Solo and Ensemble Festival each year. Lastly, all senior percussionists perform a full recital in the spring semester. The YPAS Percussion Ensemble has had the opportunity to perform at KMEA music conferences, at four BOA/Music for All Sandy Feldstein National Percussion Festivals, and at the Percussive Arts Society International Conference and commissioned and premiered "Hurtling through Space at an Unimaginable Speed" by composer David Maslanka in 2012. In recent years, the YPAS Percussion Ensemble was again selected to perform at the KMEA state music conference (2014) with guest artist Michael Burritt of the Eastman School of Music, won the large ensemble division of the Black Swamp High School Percussion Ensemble national competition in 2015 (first place) and 2022 (second place), was a featured ensemble at the Music for All/Sandy Feldstein National Percussion Festival (2016), and was selected to perform at the International Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic (2017). In addition, the YPAS percussion program averages 6 to 8 percussionists in Kentucky All-State Ensembles, 4 to 6 percussionists in the Kentucky All-State Percussion Ensemble, and 14 to 16 percussionists in All-District Bands each year. Many YPAS percussionists have moved on to successful careers in music.

Youth Performing Arts School Percussion Ensemble

Conductor's Bio

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Additional Directors

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Conner Kinmon

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Sam Riddick

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