Brett EE Paschal

Department: Music
Office: 122A Evans Center
Campus mail: MSC 18
Phone: 503-768-7470 fax: 503-768-7475
E-mail: paschal@lclark.edu

Instructor of Percussion, Drumset, Mallet Percussion, Various Hand Percussion, Music theory, Aural Skills, and Music Appreciation.

Percussionist, Brett EE Paschal, joined the faculty of Lewis & Clark College in August 2002. Paschal has earned degrees from Eastern Washington University (B.A. Music Composition, B.M. Percussion Performance), the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (M.M. Percussion Performance and Pedagogy), and has completed coursework towards his D.M.A. from the University of Iowa.

Paschal is an active soloist, composer, chamber musician, and contemporary music practitioner. He has performed with numerous Symphonic Orchestras throughout the United States including the Oregon Symphony, Knoxville Symphony, Spokane Symphony, Oakridge Symphony, Kingsport Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Percussion Pops Orchestra 2000, Portland Baroque Orchestra, and is currently Principal Timpanist with the Portland Chamber Orchestra.

On the Lewis & Clark campus, Paschal has given numerous performances with many ensembles including the Wind Symphony, LC Orchestra, and Percussion Ensemble, in addition to several faculty solo and duo recitals. Paschal is also an active performer and conductor of the Lewis & Clark College  Friends of Rain new music ensemble.

Off campus, Paschal has given many solo performances throughout the United States including: Marimba Soloist with the Spokane Symphony, Duo Soloist with the North Idaho Symphony, guest artist/soloist and clinician at the Western Colorado Percussion Festival, and a faculty soloist at the Northwest Percussion Festival. He is a frequent adjudicator in the Northwest, judging regularly on the local, state and regional levels. In 2007 , Paschal released his first solo CD entitled About Time, available at www.honeyrock.net .

Brett is a published and internationally recognized composer. His recent composition for solo marimba entitled Rosebush has been required repertoire the past two year at Italy’s International Percussion Competition. Most of his compositions are published by PERMUS Music Publications and HONEYROCK Music Publications (www.honeyrock.net). The Percussive Arts Society has selected ALL of his published compositions for review in their internationally distributed journal Percussive Notes, all receiving outstanding reviews. He is also a published writer for Percussive Notes with his most recent article, “Chord Color Exercise”.

At Lewis & Clark College, Paschal teaches Percussion Lessons, Percussion Ensemble, Sound & Sense Understanding Music, Pre-Theory, and Aural Skills I. During the Spring semester 2010 Paschal will fill in as the Director of Bands.

Videos of past solo and ensemble performance by Brett EE Paschal can be found at: www.youtube.com/user/pdxbrett