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| Gene Koshinski |
| Gene Koshinski has received international acclaim as a percussionist and composer (ASCAP) and is currently director of percussion at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He is in demand as a performer, most recently completing tours in Germany, Austria, Jordan, Slovenia, Canada, and throughout the US. Mr. Koshinski won the National MTNA Collegiate Artist Percussion Competition and finished 3rd in the prestigious Universal Marimba Duo Competition in Sint-Truiden, Belgium. He is active as a performer and freelance percussionist having worked with numerous performing organizations and artists including the Late Show with David Letterman, Mary Wilson (the Supremes), David Samuels, Wycliffe Gordon, Philadelphia Boys Choir, The Lettermen, Lehigh Valley Choral Arts, Minnesota Ballet, and is currently a percussionist for the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra and a member a Nebojsa Zivkovic’s Jovan Perkussion Projekt. For his work with NFL Films he can be heard on the Emmy award winning soundtrack “A Century of NFL”. Performances have also been heard on the CBS, PBS, EPSN television networks as well as NPR (National Public Radio). His debut CD entitled “Klung” is carried by the Equilibrium record label. Gene is also a member of the Quey Percussion Duo, a touring group established to generate new works for percussion while also bringing standard repertoire to a broad audience. Mr. Koshinski is director of percussion at the annual 6-week international Performing Arts Institute summer music festival. Recently, he published a new method book entitled The Additive Method of Two-Mallet Study which focuses on keyboard percussion technique and performance. He has also commissioned and premiered works by renowned composers including Stuart Saunders Smith, David MacBride, Dave Hollinden, and Alejandro Viñao. Mr. Koshinski holds degrees from West Chester University (BA), The Hartt School (MM) and is currently completing a doctoral degree (DMA) at the Hartt School. He is endorsed by Korogi, Sabian Cymbals, Remo, Innovative Percussion, and HoneyRock Publications and his method book and compositions are distributed internationally by The Percussion Source. |
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