ABOUT THE ARTISTS Anthony Maldonado, percussion Anthony Maldonado is a fifth-year student at West Chester University, completing dual bachelor’s degrees in Music Education and Percussion Performance this semester. He has performed in many different ensembles at WCU, such as Percussion Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, Chamber Winds, Symphony Orchestra, RamBand, and others. With these ensembles, he’s had the privilege to perform in several outstanding venues, including Messiah University’s Parmer Hall, the 2021 PMEA Festival at Kalahari Resort in the Poconos, the 2023 National Association for Music Education regional conference in Rochester, New York, and internationally in the towns of Ubstadt-Weiher and Staufen, Germany. Anthony also has had the opportunity to perform alongside some of the world’s most talented percussionists, including Percussive Arts Society Past President and Eastman School of Music professor Michael Burritt, Chicago Symphony Orchestra associate principal timpanist, Vadim Karpinos, and Kutztown University’s Wells-Rapp Center for Mallet Percussion Research executive director and curator, Dr. Matthew Coley. Anthony has performed several new works and commissions by talented composers such as Molly Joyce, David Trum, Carl Schimmel, Erik Texter, and Jim Stephenson. He has performed as a soloist with the WCU Percussion Ensemble and Wind Ensemble, and is a founding member of Mosaic Percussion, a percussion quartet based in West Chester, PA. Anthony has been mentored by some of greater Philadelphia’s finest educators, including Opera Philadelphia’s Dr. Ralph Sorrentino, No Name Pops and Lancaster Symphony timpanist Prof. David Nelson, Prof. Brent Behrenshausen, Dr. Marc Jacoby, and Dr. Stephen Ng. Anthony is also the recipient of several awards, including the 2021 Wells School of Music’s Jamie Herbert Memorial Scholarship.
Mosaic Percussion, percussion quartet Anthony Maldonado, Jacob Scheidt, David Sabella, and Craig DiGiamarino are Mosaic Percussion, a quartet based in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Throughout their undergraduate studies at West Chester University, they have performed several concerts and recitals. They have been featured with the WCU Wind Ensemble at the NAfME regional conference in Rochester, New York, as well as throughout Pennsylvania. They have had the privilege to perform many exciting new works, including Viet Cuong's Re(NEW)al and the world premiere of James Stevenson's "Games" Concerto with the WCU Wind Ensemble. They have also performed several percussion ensemble pieces, such as Andy Akiho’s Pillar III, Ivan Trevino’s Watercolor Sun, and Robert Sanderl’s Schnabel.