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.

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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