John Shaw

John Shaw

John Shaw

The Florida Orchestra / St. Petersburg College

John Shaw

The Florida Orchestra / St. Petersburg College

国:   アメリカ合衆国 カテゴリ:   コンサートアーティスト

プロフィール

John Shaw is the principal percussionist with The Florida Orchestra, which he joined in 1992. He joined the faculty of the Eastern Music Festival in 2008, and was appointed principal percussion in 2012. Shaw earned a B.M. from Florida State University, where he studied with Gary Werdesheim, and a M.M. from Temple University as a student of noted Philadelphia Orchestra percussionist Alan Abel.

 

Mr. Shaw has been featured as a soloist with The Florida Orchestra many times, performing Joseph Schwantner’s Concerto for Percussion, Bela Bartók’s Concerto for Two Pianos and Percussion, James MacMillan’s Veni, Veni, Emmanuel, and Tan Dun’s Water Concerto. His group, the Tampa Bay Steel Orchestra, was featured with The Florida Orchestra in March 2005 and October 2009.

 

Mr. Shaw has overseen the percussion studio at St. Petersburg College since 1996, directing the Percussion Ensemble, Steel Drum Band and teaching applied lessons.

 

Additionally, Mr. Shaw is the principal percussionist with Opera Tampa. He has performed with such artists as Sting, Seal, Idina Menzel, Andrea Bocelli, Marvin Hamlisch, and Frank Sinatra, Jr., as well as Broadway touring productions of White Christmas and Anything Goes.

 

Shaw has presented masterclasses at the Percussive Arts Society’s 2010 and 2013 International Convention. He is an artist for Zildjian, Pearl/Adams, Grover and Freer Percussion. He lives in St. Petersburg with his wife, Florida Orchestra and Eastern Music Festival principal harpist Anna Kate Mackle and their daughter Madeline.

John's Gear

Pearl Snare Drums

14" x 4" Philharmonic

14" x 5" Philharmonic Solid Maple, #204 Gloss Walnut Bordeaux (PHM1450204)

14" x 5" Philharmonic Beaded Brass

16" x 16" Philharmonic African Mahogany Field Drum 

 

Pearl Concert Percussion

PTA Philharmonic Double-Headed Toms

40", 36", 28" Concert Bass Drums