Anthony J. Cirone

Anthony J. Cirone Email: ajcirone@aol.com Anthony J. Cirone received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from The Juilliard School, studying with the famous solo timpanist of the New York Philharmonic, Saul Goodman. Upon graduation in 1965, he was offered the position of Percussionist with the San Francisco Symphony under Maestro Josef Krips and an Assistant Professorship of Music at San José State University. During his 36-year tenure with the Symphony, Mr. Cirone has also performed under the Musical Directorship of Seiji Ozawa, Edo DeWaart, Herbert Blomstedt, and Michael Tilson Thomas and noted guest conductors such as Leonard Bernstein, Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copland, Eugene Ormandy, Kurt Mazur, Rafael Kubelik, and James Levine. Mr. Cirone has also held the position of Professor of Music at San José State University and Chairman of the Percussion Department from 1965 to 2001. He conducted the Percussion Ensemble, taught Fundamental Literature and Techniques, Percussion Pedagogy, and NotationComputer Music Typography classes. Mr. Cirone has also been on the faculties of San Francisco State University and Stanford University. He was also a Professor of Music and Chairman of the Percussion Department in the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. His students have gone on to hold positions in major orchestras and universities throughout the world. Anthony Cirone, a prolific composer, has over 100 published titles, including textbooks, a music dictionary, a comprehensive text on symphony orchestras, symphonies for percussion, sonatas, a string quartet, and works for orchestra and concert band. He was the Percussion Consultant/Editor for Warner Bros. Publishing Co., and the author of Portraits in Rhythm (a collection of 50 studies for snare drum). His Portraits in Rhythm (50 Studies for Snare Drum) is recognized worldwide as a standard text for training percussionists. Mr. Cirone is also featured in a video, entitled, "Concert Percussion - A Performer's Guide", distributed by Warner Bros. Publishing Company. Cirone is presently Executive Editor Percussion Publications with Meredith Music Publications. He is the designer of two pairs of Signature Snare Drum Sticks for the Avedis Zildjian Cymbal Company. He won the Modern Drummer Magazine Reader's Poll for five consecutive years for Classical Percussionist and was subsequently elected to their Hall of Fame. Mr. Cirone is a clinician for The Yamaha Corporation, the Avedis Zildjian Cymbal Company and the Remo Drum Company. He received a Special Distinction Award in 1999 from the ASCAP Rudolf Nissim Composition Contest for his work for full orchestra, entitled: PENTADIC STRIATIONS. Mr. Cirone was inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame on November 2, 2007. Vanguard link: http://www.scvanguard.org/about/news/news.cfm?news_id=198dc526-cb29-4fa4-8c78-6274ff6adb20 Education: The Juilliard School - B.S. Degree 1964, M.S. Degree 1965 Professional Activities: Professor of Music and Chairman of the Percussion Department Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University 2001 - 2006 Percussionist - San Francisco Symphony, 1965 - 2001 Professor of Music - San Jose State University 1965 - 2001 Lecturer - Stanford University 1983 - 1992 Assistant Professor - San Francisco State University, 1967-1968 Percussion Consultant/Editor - Warner Bros. Publications Inc., 1980 - 2006 Executive Editor Percussion Publications - Meredith Music Publications, 2006 - present Clinician - Avedis Zildjian Cymbal Co., 1975 - present Clinician - Yamaha Corporation of America, 1985 - present Clinician - Remo Drum Company, 1975 - Present Awards: Winner: The Modern Drummer Magazine Reader's Poll for Classical Percussionist - Five Consecutive Years - Elected into the Modern Drummer Magazine's Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award of Excellence: University of Oregon, Eugene ASCAP Composition Awards: 1994 - 2008 Lifetime Service Award: Northern California Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society, 1999 Special Distinction Award: ASCAP Rudolf Nissim Composition Contest for PENTADIC STRIATIONS (an original work for full orchestra) - 1999 Educational Products: Educational Video: Concert Percussion - A Performers Guide produced by Masterplan Video. Tony Cirone Signature Snare Drum Sticks - Malletech Corporation Community Service: Board of Directors - The Percussive Arts Society Chairman - San Francisco Symphony Player's Committee 1989-1990 and 1995-1996 Member: Retirement and Tour Committees Volunteer for local elementary schools Chairman - Percussive Arts Society Symphonic Committee 2004 - 2007 Published Compositions: Books: Portraits in Rhythm 50 Studies for Snare Drum Portraits in Rhythm - Study Guide A detailed analysis of the Etudes in Portraits in Rhythm Portraits in Melody 50 Studies for Keyboard Percussion Portraits for Timpani 50 Studies for Timpani Portraits for Multiple Percussion 50 Studies for Multiple Percussion Portraits for Drum Set 12 Classic etudes from the original Portraits in Rhythm arranged for Drum Set The Orchestral Snare Drummer A Non-Rudimental Approach to Snare Drum The Orchestral Mallet Player Techniques and Etudes for Keyboard Percussion The Orchestral Timpanist Techniques and Etudes for Timpani Orchestral Techniques of the Standard Percussion Instruments Techniques for Bass Drum, Cymbals, Tambourine and Triangle Simple Steps to Snare Drum A Beginning Snare Drum Method Simple Steps to Keyboard Percussion A Beginning Keyboard Percussion Method Simple Steps to Timpani A Beginning Timpani Method Simple Steps to Percussion Ensemble Elementary pieces for Percussion The Logic of It All - 1977 Professional Secrets Applying Imagination to Percussion Techniques The Logic of it All - 2nd Edition - 2008 Master Technique Builders for Snare Drum Daily Practice Routines used by Professionals Master Technique Builders for Marimba and Vibraphone Two and Four-Mallet Exercises by Leading Concert Artists 4-Mallet Marimba Solos for the Beginner Easy to Intermediate 4-Mallet Solos The Art of Bass Drum and Cymbal Playing - Cirone/Whaley Playing Techniques and Exercises The Art of Percussion Accessory Instruments  Cirone/Whaley Playing Techniques and Exercises Command Performances for Snare Drum, Marimba, and Timpani Graded solos for Music Recitals and State Contests Symphonic Repertoire for Snare Drum Complete Analysis of the Major Snare Drum Repertoire Symphonic Repertoire for Cymbals Complete Analysis of the Major Cymbal Repertoire Cirone's Pocket Dictionary of Foreign Musical Terms In Italian, French and German On Musical Interpretation in Percussion Performance A Study of Notation and Musicianship Behind the Scenes of the Great American Symphony Orchestra Sonatas: Sonata #1 for Timpani and Piano Sonata #2 for Trumpet and Percussion Sonata #3 for Clarinet and Percussion Sonata #4 for Violin, Piano and Percussion Music by the Masters Series: Marimba Duets - Volume I, II, III Transcribed from famous violin duets of Mazas and Pleyel The Sonata: Music for Marimba and Piano - Volume IV A Collection of well-known Violin Sonatas Marimba Solos Unaccompanied Volume - V From the Music of J.S. Bach 4-Mallet Marimba Studies from Guitar Music of Fernando Sor-Volume VI Easy 4-Mallet Studies 4-Mallet Marimba Etudes from Guitar Studies of Fernando Sor-Volume VII A Collection of Etudes for Recitals and Concerts The Concerto: Music for Marimba and Piano - Volume VIII A Collection of well-known violin concertos. Solos: NYSD - Orchestral Suite for Snare Drum A four movement solo for Snare Drum Percussion Ensembles: Simple Steps to Percussion Ensemble Boom-Whap Drums Galore Finale Fugue Gliding Along A Little Song March Right In Nervous Notes Processional Assimilation Take Three Overture in Percussion Japanese Impressions Percussionality 4/4 For Four Triptych Symphony #1 for Percussion Symphony #2 for Percussion Symphony #3 for Percussion (Sacred) Dichotomy A Sacred Mass for Chorus and Percussion 5 Items for Soprano and Percussion 5 Items for Solo Marimba and Percussion Cairo Suite - Concerto for Doumbec, Tambourine and Finger Cymbals Double Fanfare - Lou Harrison/Cirone Samba Classico Three Phases for Marimba Quartet Pentadic Striations for Multi-Percussion Quartet Rhapsody for Percussion Orchestra Tonus Interruptus -for Percussion Trio Tonus Interruptus II for Nine Percussionists Rondo - For 10 Percussionists Rhapsody D'Amore for Ten Pecussionists Rock-a-Billie-Samba with an Afro Groove...UH! Transcriptions: Bachianas Brasilerias No. 4 by Heitor Villa Lobos - Prelude and Danza for Keyboard Percussion Orchestra Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber for Keyboard Percussion Orchestra Beethoven Symphony No. 9 - 2nd Movement for Keyboard Percussion Orchestra Beethoven Symphony No. 9 - 3rd Movement for Keyboard Percussion Orchestra Tchaikowsky Symphony No. 4 - 3rd Movement for Keyboard Percussion Orchestra Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler for Keyboard Percussion Orchestra Nimrod from Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations for Keyboard Percussion Orchestra Earth, Wind, and Fire for Nine Percussionists from String Trio No. 1 by Paul Yeon Lee Orchestral Compositions: Double Concerto for Two Percussion and Orchestra Double Concerto for Two Percussion and Wind Ensemble 5 Items for Soprano and Orchestra 5 Items for Marimba and Orchestra Three Phases for String Quartet A Sacred Mass for Chorus and Orchestra Pentadic Striations for Orchestra Rhapsody for Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion Concertino for Timpani with Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion Edited Books: 4 - Mallet Democracy - Jack Van Geem 50 Contemporary Studies for Snare Drum - Fred Albright Modern Classic Solos for Snare Drum - Saul Goodman Modern Method for Timpani - Saul Goodman Modern School for Xylophone - Morris Goldenberg Snare Drum Method - Benjamin Podemski Symphonic Repertoire for Timpani, Beethoven - Gerry Carlyss Symphonic Repertoire for Timpani, Brahms & Tchaikowsky - Gerry Carlyss Symphonic Repertoire for Timpani, Robert Schumann - Gerry Carlyss Symphonic Repertoire for Keyboard Percussion Instruments-Jack van Geem Symphonic Repertoire for Percussion Accessories - Tim Genis Meredith Music Master Class Series: Timpani Master Class on Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 by Roland Kohloff - Anthony J; Cirone - Editor Percussion Master Class on Elliott Carter: Eight pieces for Four Timpani - Morris Lang; Igor Stravinsky: A Soldier's Tale - Anthony J. Cirone; Darius; Milhaud: Concerto for Percussion and Small Orchestra - Charles Dowd Symphonic Repertoire for Timpani - The Nine Beethoven Symphonies - Gerald Carlyss - Anthony J. Cirone - Editor