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MTL Percussion -
A Malletech Artist Ensemble
25th Anniversary Season
You are listening to: Limerick Daydreams from the 2008 Evening of Percussion Concert Series
Welcome to the web site for the Mt. Lebanon Percussion Program.
Twenty - five years ago, the Mt. Lebanon Percussion began with 15 high school students, performing one song at the Concert Band's spring concert. Since then, the program has grown to include 195 students in grades 4-12 and features over 15 performances per season. The Mt. Lebanon Percussion is directed by Richard T. Minnotte.
With seven concert ensembles, four specialty ensembles and the marching percussion section, the Mt. Lebanon Percussion has become recognized as one of the premier public school percussion programs in the United States. WQED-FM (Pittsburgh's NPR station) calls the Mt. Lebanon Percussion, "...a success beyond belief." In 1997, the adjudication panel for the Golden Gate Music Festival in San Francisco, CA. called the Mt. Lebanon Percussion, "One of the finest examples of music education we have ever seen." The National Association of Music Educators (MENC) has identified MTL Percussion as "One of the Best of the Best."
The 2008/2009 school year marks the 25th season for the percussion program. Throughout its history, the Mt. Lebanon Percussion has received both local, state, and national recognition. Most recently, the Concert Percussion Ensemble was selected by Music for All / Bands of America as one of the outstanding Percussion Ensembles in the nation and has invited the ensemble to perform at the National Percussion Festival this coming March in Indianapolis, IN. This will mark the second performance in the past three years at NPF for MTL Percussion. Last season, Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) selected the Concert Ensemble as one of the finest musical ensembles in the Commonwealth and invited the students to perform for the PMEA Annual Conference in Hershey,PA. In April 2006, the Concert Ensemble was selected by the National Association of Music Educators (MENC) to perform for their national convention in Salt Lake City, UT. The Mt. Lebanon Concert Percussion Ensemble was the only percussion ensemble in the country to be invited to perform for the national conference.
In 2002, and again in 2005, the Concert Percussion Ensemble was selected by the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) to perform for their annual convention. In 2003, PMEA selected the Mt. Lebanon Percussion as one of only three musical ensembles in the Commonwealth to be recommended to perform at the Music Educator's National Conference.
In addition, since 1996 the Concert Ensemble has been honored to perform the live music for the KDKA-TV Children's Hospital Free Care Fund Telethon.
Under the direction of Mr. Minnotte, the Concert Ensemble has recorded three compact discs:
HOLIDAY BELLS, MALLETS & DRUMS - featuring music from their popular holiday concert series
and
20th Anniversary EVENING OF PERCUSSION - featuring selections from the past 20 seasons of their spring concert series.
and
Holiday Bells, Mallets & Drums Volume II - featuring many of our recently commissioned holiday selections.
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