Wichita State University’s premier percussionist, Gerald Scholl, will give a Faculty Artist Recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, in Wiedemann Recital Hall. Scholl, an assistant professor in the School of Music, also has invited some talented colleagues to share his stage.

For  John Harbison’s 14 Fabled Folk Songs for Violin and Marimba, Scholl will partner with Dominique Corbeil, who is assistant principal second violin with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra and is married to Scholl.

The WSU Jazz Quartet, of which Scholl is a member, will perform five new arrangements by Scholl from the musical “Oliver!” The quartet also includes WSU faculty Mark Foley, bass, Robert Young, saxophone, and John Goering, piano. For this concert, guest artist and Wichita musician Beau Jarvis will fill in for Goering.

In addition, audiences will hear Bela Bartok’s Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion, as well as a piece called the “Black Host” for organ and percussion. “Black Host” is one of the “most frightening pieces” in the repertoire, said Scholl.

Joining Scholl for "Black Host" is Lynne Davis, associate professor of organ. Andy Trechak, associate professor of piano, will perform with Scholl on the Bartok Sonata.

School of Music graduate assistants Alex Petrenko (assigned to Scholl) and Jordan Voth (assigned to Trechak) also will perform.

Successful career

For more than 20 years, Scholl has had a successful career as a principal timpanist/percussionist in orchestras in North America, Europe and the Middle East.

In 2003, he joined the Wichita Symphony Orchestra as principal timpanist/principal percussionist while also maintaining titled chairs of principal timpanist with the Tulsa Symphony/Ballet Orchestras, and assistant principal with the Colorado Music Festival.

As director of the WSU Percussion Ensembles, Scholl actively promotes artistic and diverse collaboration with fine artists, choreographers, lighting designers, composers, engineers and other creative minds in order to break from conventional performance and bring his audience unexpected experiences.