The concert will be held on Monday, October 19 at 8 p.m. in the Shea Center for Performing Arts on the campus in Wayne.
Admission is free.
Members of the ensemble include Michael Aberback, Patrick Armann, Alex Bocchino, Jason Brown, Amy Canada, Paul Carroll, Al Cerulo, John Christie, Brian Collins, Sheri Cook, John Ferrari, Ted Firth, Noah Gest, Vincent Inciong, Peter Jarvis, Damon Kaplan, Thomas Kolor, Walter Miller, Nicholas Rosolanko, Benjamin Smith, John Tighe, Paul Vaillancourt and Gary Van Dyke. The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble was founded in 1967 by Raymond Des Roches, a nationally noted percussionist and William Paterson professor of music who co-directs the group with Peter Jarvis and Gary Van Dyke. The acclaimed group is made up of professionals and students from William Paterson University, where it has been in residence since 1972. The ensemble has appeared at Merkin Hall in New York and with the Chamber Music Society at Lincoln Center, the San Francisco Symphony, the Brooklyn Philharmonic and the Group for Contemporary Music, and made its international debut in 1993 during a celebration of percussion music in the Netherlands. They can be heard on the Nonesuch, Composer's Recording Inc., Music and Arts, Koch International, Desoto, New World, Composers Guild of New Jersey and Capstone recording labels.