Jonathan Haas and Matthew Donello
Conversations by John Serry, Jr.
Wednesday, 12:30 p.m.

Jonathan Haas and Doug Howard
with the University of Akron Symphony Orchestra
Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra by Philip Glass
Evening Concert
Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.

Jonathan Haas	Matthew Donello
Jonathan Haas is a well-known timpani virtuoso. From classical concertos to jazz and rock n’ roll, from symphonic masterpieces to the most experimental compositions, Haas has championed and commissioned music for timpani. Haas has garnered attention for his performances of Philip Glass’ Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra, a piece written for him. Haas’ successful efforts to expand the timpani repertoire have led him to commission and premiere more than twenty-five other works. He performs internationally as a percussion and timpani soloist and teaches at New York University, the Juilliard School of Music, and the Aspen Music School.	Matthew Donello is currently in his first year of graduate study at New York University (NYU) with Jonathan Haas. Prior to his time at NYU, he received a bachelor’s degree in music theory from Ithaca College where he also studied percussion with Gordon Stout and Conrad Alexander. He attended the Aspen Music Festival and School in the summer of 2006. Most recently Donello was the director of the NYU Broadway Percussion Seminar/Summit and stage manager for the Harmonie Ensemble NY. Donello has also played with the American Symphony Orchestra as a section percussionist at Lincoln Center and Bard College. Lastly, he has a passion for the pandeiro and has performed with various groups and combos since his undergraduate years.

Guy Victor Bordo, Director of Orchestras at The University of Akron

In May of 2005, Guy Victor Bordo accepted the position of director of orchestras at the University of Akron School of Music. In this role, he conducts the University of Akron Symphony Orchestra and the university opera productions each year. Bordo is also in his eleventh season as music director and conductor of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, in Richmond, Indiana. Active as a guest conductor, Bordo made his European debut in 1994 with the Lithuanian National Opera Theatre in Vilnius, conducting Verdi’s La Traviata. He was invited to return in 1997, where he conducted the State Symphony Orchestra, the St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra, and the Kaunas Opera Theatre in a production of Verdi’s Rigoletto. In 1991, he received his doctoral degree in orchestral conducting from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Bordo completed his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in music education at the University of Michigan.

Doug Howard

Douglas Howard, principal percussionist and assistant timpanist of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, received the Sabian Lifetime Achievement award at PASIC in 2006. A graduate of both the University of Tennessee and Catholic University of America, Howard has previously been a timpanist and percussionist with the United States Air Force Concert Band, Washington, D.C., and served as principal percussionist of the Louisville Orchestra for one season. An adjunct professor of percussion at Southern Methodist University, Howard also teaches at the Aspen Music Festival and School where he is the principal percussionist of the Aspen Festival Orchestra each summer. In addition, he is the principal percussionist for the Peninsula Music Festival in Door County, Wisconsin during the month of August. A frequent clinician at PASIC, Howard has served on the PAS Board of Directors and has been on the faculty of both the Oberlin Percussion Institute and the Ludwig International Percussion Symposium. As a founding member of the world music percussion group D’Drum, he has performed with that group at PASIC and at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival.