Artist in Residence to perform

As recipient of the first FTLC Master Teacher Residency Grant, noted composer and percussionist, David Gluck, will be visiting the Grand Valley Music Department during the week of March 1. Gluck will lecture in classes, meet with student composers and percussionists, and present a recital of his music.

Gluck will perform during Arts at Noon on Wednesday, March 3 in the Cook-DeWitt Center, and perform as soloist on his composition, Nagaina's Nemesis, with the GVSU Symphony Orchestra on Thursday, March 4 at 8 p.m. in Louis Armstrong Theater. Both events are open to the public with free admission.

As a founding member of Rhythm & Brass, Gluck has toured the world as percussionist extraordinaire and has been acclaimed as a virtuoso mallet performer and drummer. Gluck is a Yamaha, Zildjian and Innovative Percussion performing artist. He has recorded for d'note and Koch record labels and his music has been featured in Jazz Player magazine.

Currently Gluck is chair of the studio composition department at SUNY-Purchase. While rapidly gaining notoriety as a distinguished composer, he has received numerous commissions from various collegiate and professional ensembles with a most recent premier at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall.

For more information, contact the music department at x13484.