Press Release: Performance by Percussionist Tom Goldstein at UMBC

Percussionist Tom Goldstein will present a program of contemporary works for solo percussion, on Wednesday, May 1, 2002 at 4:00 p.m. in the UMBC Library Gallery. Professor Goldstein will provide commentary between pieces. The program will include Genderang Senja (Evening Drums), by Indonesian composer Ben Pasaribu; Read Your Aassoff by Tom Pierson; Quo, by Tom Goldstein, inspired by works on paper by local painter, Denise Tassin. This free event is followed by a reception and is open to the public. It is sponsored by the UMBC Friends of the Library & Gallery as part of its ArtNotes series.

TOM GOLDSTEIN is head of the Percussion Department at the UMBC. As a New York City freelance percussionist for over twenty years, Mr. Goldstein performed extensively with groups such as the Orchestra of St. Lukes and the Brooklyn Philharmonic, as well as chamber groups, Broadway shows and in nightclubs. Especially active in contemporary music, he has premiered dozens of solo and chamber works, many of which were written expressly for him. From 1980-1990 he served as Artistic Director of the new-music group GAGEEGO. He has toured with Steve Reich, played with Pauline Oliveros, and the ensemble Continuum. Mr. Goldstein composed and performed percussion soundtracks for NBC World Series and U.S. Tennis Open documentaries. He performs and records often with pianist Paul Hoffmann in the Hoffmann/Goldstein Duo. He has published articles in Perspectives of New Music and Percussive Notes. He has recorded on Neuma, Vanguard, Polydor, Opus 1, O.O. Discs, CD Tech, Capstone and CRI.

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2/18/02 (LW)

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