D'Arcy Gray

748 Glover Cresent ~ Mount Brydges ~ Ontario ~ N0L 1W0 ~ (519) 264-1766

dgray1@execulink.com

Education – Teachers – Awards – Employment:Performance – Employment:Education – Recordings – Compositions – Articles

Education:

• BMus, University of Western Ontario - 1977
• MMus, University of Western Ontario - 1993

Teachers:

• Robert Hughes
• Gene Cipriani
• Alexander Lepak
• Leigh Howard Stevens
• Salvatore Rabbio

Awards:

University of Western Ontario Gold Medal Award (1977)

Awarded for highest standing in 4th year honors degree program

USC Teaching Honour Roll Award of Excellence (1998-99, 1999-2000)

Awarded for excellence in teaching in Music, University of Western Ontario

Employment:

Performance:

• Orchestra London Canada, Principal Timpanist (1979-present)
  
• Stratford Festival Theatre (1999) West Side Story
• Huron Country Playhouse (1984-present)
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (sub)
  • Annie (sub)
  • The Sound of Music (sub)
  • The Wizard of Oz
  • Brigadoon
  • The King and I
  • Little Shop of Horrors
  • Gypsy
  • Annie
  • Anne of Green Gables
  • Oliver (1993)
  • Fiddler on the Roof (1993)
  • Peter Pan (1994)
  • Oklahoma (1994)
  • West Side Story (1995)
  • My Fair Lady (1995)
  • Me and My Girl (1996)
  • The Wizard of Oz (1997)
  • Brigadoon (1997)
  • Bye Bye Birdie (1998)
  • 42nd Street (1998)
  • The King and I (2000)
  • The Boyfriend (2001)
  • Crazy for You (2001)
  • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat(2002)
  • Pirates of Penzance (2002)
  • Big River (2003)
  • Carousel (2003)
  • Big River, Carousel (2003)
  • Secret Garden, Man of Lamancha (2004)
  • Beauty and the Beast (2005)
  • Oklahoma, The Mikado (2006)
  • Miss Saigon (2007)
  • My Fair Lady (2008)
  • Oliver!, Camelot (2009)
• UWO Purple Patches
  • West Side Story
• UWO Gilbert and Sulivan Society
  • The Mikado
  • Pirates of Penzance
  • Ruddigore
  • HMS Pinafore
  • The Yeoman of the Guard
  • The Gondoliers
• Orchestras:
  • Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
  • CBC Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
  • Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra
  • Windsor Symphony Orchestra
  • National Youth Orchestra
• Percussion Ensembles:
  • Plaga (Percussion Duo - Karen Pincombe)
  • Pala (Percussion Quartet - Robert Hughes, Willie Sherwood, Dick Stouffer)
  • Players (Percussion Sextet - Dale Brendon, Audrey Stephens, Brian McCue, Angela Knight, Karen Pincombe)
  • Not the D'Arcy Gray Trio (Percussion Quintet - Karen Pincombe, Dale Brendon, Audrey Stephens, Brian McCue)
• New Music Concerts:
  • Eric Stach
  • Various performers
• As Soloist:
  • Milhaude - Percussion Concerto (Orchestra London Canada)
  • Gray - Science - Concerto for Percussion Duo and Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra London Canada)
  • Gray - Science - Concerto for Percussion Duo and Chamber Orchestra (University of Western Ontario)
  • Giron - Concerto for Percussion Duo and Orchestra (University of Western Ontario)
  • Druchetsky - Concerto for Timpani and String Orchestra (Orchestra London Canada)
  • Gray - International Orange for Electronic Percussion and Orchestra (Orchestra London Canada)
• Commissions:
  • Peter Paul Koprowski - Images IV
• Premiers:
  • Images IV - Peter Paul Koprowski
  • Islands - Art Giron (multi-percussion)
  • Wings - Art Giron (keyboard percussion)
  • Four Wishes - Art Giron (speaker, small ensemble with multi-percussion)
  • Duo Concertant - Art Giron (two multi-percussionists and chamber orchestra)
  • Suite for Solo Vibraphone - Alexander Lepak (Canadian Premiere)
• Rock Bands:
  • Freeway
  • Picasso Sun

Educational Activities:

• University of Western Ontario, Percussion Instructor (1986-2003)
• Conductor - UWO Percussion Ensemble (1992-2000)
• Fanshawe College, Percussion Instructor (1979-80)
• Music Camps:
  • Courtney Youth Music Camp (Courtney, British Columbia)
  • Music at the Boyne (Toronto Board of Education)
  • Newfoundland Summer Music Camp (Cornerbrook, Newfoundland)
  • Toronto Board of Education (Toronto)
• Youth Educational Concerts:
  • Bang a Drum!
  • Polka Dots and Flower Pots
  • Math, Music and Art

Recordings:

• Respighi, Hindemith, Fiala - Orchestra London Canada
• Amabile Festival - An African Celebration
• Amabile Boys Choir - Folkalizing
• Glenn Bennett - Hello, I Must be Growing
• Jeans & Classics - Orchestra London Canada
• Picasso Sun (rock band)

Compositions:

• Life (1977) - Percussion Sextet
• Tune II (Four Walls of Dreaming) (1977) - Percussion Trio
• Polymetric Ostinatos (1977) - Percussion Solo
• Swing (1982) - Percussion Duo
• Science (1983) - Concerto for Percussion Duo and Chamber Orchestra
• New Life (1986) - Percussion Quartet
• Four Loops (1989) - Percussion Solo
• Not New Ruof.... (1992) - Percussion Quartet
• Polymetric Ostinatos Squared (2000) - Percussion Solo
• International Orange (2002)- Electronic Percussion Solo with Chamber Orchestra

Articles:

• Theoretical percussion paper - Four Loops - published in Percussive Arts Society Journal - Percussive Notes

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