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Barry Dove

Barry Dove, a native Baltimorean, is acclaimed as one of today's outstanding percussionists.  The Washington Post's critic cited Dove's "...superhuman dexterity [which] made his marimba seem to play itself...Barry Dove [is] a marvelous player...Barry Dove played with assurance and amazing agility...Exceptionally virtuosic marimba playing... Barry Dove brought wit and impressive voltage." The Baltimore Sun critic cited "Barry Dove gave a calmly virtuosic, highly expressive account of the demanding solo part." He received his Bachelor's degree in Music Education, his Performer's Certificate, and his Master's degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music.  Mr. Dove also attended the University of Ghana in Accra studying West African drumming styles of the Ewe, Akan and Dagarti people.  In addition he has  studied at the University de la Havana with special interests in Santeria Bata drumming. Mr. Dove's primary teachers have been Buster Bailey, Fred Begun, Shirley Givens, Jonathan Haas, Dennis Kain, Dale Rauschenberg, Berl Senofsky, Leigh Howard Stevens, Scott Stevens, Glen Velez, Sandip Burman and Ganesh Kumar.  He is the Principal Percussionist of the Washington Contemporary Music Forum, Principal Timpanist of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Key West Symphony Orchestra and is a section percussion player with Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra.  Mr. Dove also plays and has toured with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and is a percussionist for the National Theatre Playbill in Washington DC.  Mr. Dove is vibraphonist of the Barry Dove Jazz Quartet and founder of Global Percussion Trio and has been a percussion instructor at University of Maryland Baltimore County and Loyola College. He is currently Head of the Percussion Dept at Towson University. In 1987 Barry Dove was the First Prize Winner in the Yale Gordon Concerto Competition, a prize which included a solo performance with the Peabody Symphony Orchestra in May of that year.  He has also been a soloist with the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Roberts Hopkins Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra.  Mr. Dove has been heard as a recitalist at Franklin and Marshall College, Hood College, Levine school of Music, Loyola College, The roberts Hopkins University Shriver Hall, Strathmore Hall, University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Bucknell University, Western Maryland College, Music in the Great Hall, the Walden School of Music and the Walters Art Gallery.  RECORDINGS Mr. Dove has recorded his debut CD "Global Percussion Trio 2005," Judith Lang Zaimont’s Hidden Heritage on Arabesque CD, Dominick Argento’s A Water Bird Talk, Baltimore Chamber Live and Robert Macht Suite for Javanese Gamelan. He also records for National Geographic Explorer Channel, The Learning Channel, The Discovery Channel, a PBS special with Wynton Marsalis, Denyce Graves, Take 6, Patti LaBelle and numerous radio and television jingles. Mr. Dove has toured with Linda Ronstadt and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. He is active as a recitalist/clinician and is a Gordon Artist. ENDORSEMENTS Barry Dove is a sponsor and endorser of Zildjian cymbals, Vic Firth Sticks and Mallets , Latin Percussion and Blackswamp Percussion exclusively.

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Joe McCarthy

In demand as both performer and educator, Joe McCarthy's versatility has taken him from Symphony Orchestra and Big Band, to Afro Cuban, Bebop, and beyond. Joe is the leader/founder of Afro Bop Alliance, an Afro Cuban Jazz Septet, based in the Washington DC area. ABA has just released their second CD "Camino Nuevo", on Laurel Hill Records. Joe has also performed and or recorded with Poncho Sanchez, Dave Samuels, Arturo O'Farrill, Michael Mossman, Ray Vega, Jimmy Bruno, Michael Formanek, Mitch Seidman, and Bill Warfield. Joe is the Drummer for the United States Naval Academy Band's Jazz Ensemble, The Next Wave, and Principal Percussionist of the USNA Band's Wind Ensemble. Joe is also a member of The Global Percussion Trio, a dynamic group playing percussion music from all over the world. Active in education, Joe is an Associate Professor/Director of Drumset and Afro-Cuban Percussion Studies at Georgetown University in Washington DC. Prior to GU, Joe was an Associate Professor of Percussion, Theory and Aural Skills at Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth Texas, and has done clinics throughout the US. ENDORSEMENTS Joe McCarthy is sponsored by Yamaha Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Innovative Percussion, Latin Percussion and Blackswamp Percussion. For more information on Joe, visit his website: www.afrobop.com

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Robert Jenkins

Robert Jenkins is a member of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra.  In addition to his duties with the symphony Mr. Jenkins is also an active freelance percussionist, timpanist and drummer.  Some of the groups he regularly performs with include the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Opera Company, Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Key West Symphony Orchestra, New Jersey Opera Theater and the Chesapeake Symphony.  Robert has extensive experience performing contemporary chamber music having been a founding member of the New Horizons Chamber Ensemble, a Baltimore based group which has dozens of local and world premiers.  As a member of the Global Percussion Trio Mr. Jenkins regularly performs numerous styles of music from around the world.  The trio performs tradition African, Cuban and Brazilian music, Middle Eastern frame drumming and American ragtime and Jazz.  The Global Percussion Trio is a member of Young Audiences of Maryland and performs concerts throughout the state for elementary, middle and high schools.  The trio also travels throughout the nation to conduct master classes, clinics and workshops at universities and conservatories.  As a drum set artist Robert has performed in a variety of groups ranging from orchestras, Broadway shows, jazz combos, to funk and rock bands.  Additionally he was the house drummer for the Boston Street Theater in Baltimore.  Mr. Jenkins has held teaching positions with the Washington DC Youth Orchestra Program and Howard Community College.  Robert is a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of Music where he was a student of Jonathan Haas. ENDORSEMENTS Robert Jenkins is sponsered by Blackswamp Percussion.

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