The Wichita State University Symphony Orchestra will feature percussionist Gerald Scholl as soloist at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, in Miller Concert Hall, Duerksen Fine Arts Center.

The all-American program, led by Mark Laycock, will include music by Aaron Copland, Michael Daugherty, Christopher Theofanidis and Russell Peck.

Principal percussionist and timpanist of the Wichita Symphony Orchestra, Scholl is assistant professor of percussion at WSU.

He has appeared as a soloist in Spain, Israel, Japan, Russia, Canada and the United States. For the WSU concert, he will perform Peck’s “Harmonic Rhythm,” a concerto for timpani in the Romantic tradition. The concerto was commissioned in 2000 by a consortium of nearly 40 orchestras.

The program will also feature Copland’s “Appalachian Spring,” which began as a ballet score for choreographer Martha Graham.

Winner of the 1945 Pulitzer Prize, it describes a turn-of-the-century pioneer celebration in the Pennsylvania hills, culminating in Copland’s iconic setting of the Shaker hymn “Simple Gifts.”

Daugherty’s “Route 66” will begin the concert. Known for bold, colorful essays on American popular culture in works such as “Dead Elvis” and “Jackie O,” Daugherty is professor of composition at the University of Michigan. He calls “Route 66” a “musical reflection on America,” an amalgamation of styles and traditions bound by rhythmic vitality and a freewheeling spirit.

In contrast, Theofanidis’ “Rainbow Body” is a deeply spiritual, heartfelt piece based on a chant by Hildegard von Bingen, the celebrated medieval mystic and abbess. Theofanidis is a recent addition to the composition faculty at Yale University.

In addition to his Wichita positions, Scholl holds the titled chairs of principal timpanist with the Tulsa Symphony and Tulsa Ballet Orchestra, and assistant principal with the Colorado Music Festival.

He has performed with the Count Basie Orchestra with such artists as Frank Sinatra Jr. and Marvin Hamlisch, and is an educational artist and clinician for such leading percussion manufacturers as Zildjian, Grover Pro-Percussion, Remo and Pearl/Adams.

He has also held principal positions with the Israel Chamber Orchestra, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra (Canada) and the Tulsa Philharmonic. Originally from Massachusetts, Scholl holds degrees from Boston University and the New England Conservatory of Music.

Laycock is an associate professor of music at Wichita State University, where he holds the Ann Walenta Faculty of Distinction Endowed Professorship.

He recently led the WSU Symphony on a 10-day concert tour to Spain, returning to Europe in July as principal conductor for the Irvine (Calif.) Classical Players’ concert tour to France.

The concert will be simulcast on WSU Internet Radio at http://wsuir.wichita.edu.