It’s quiz time!

CUSO principal timpanist William Moersch brings the timpani forward from the back of the stage to play a selection of excerpts from the most famous orchestral timpani pieces. See if you can guess each piece from hearing just the timpani part!

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CUSO Principal Timpanist William Moersch is Professor and Chair of Percussion Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Internationally renowned as a marimba virtuoso, chamber, and symphonic percussionist, recording artist, and educator, he has appeared as soloist with orchestras and in recital throughout North and South America, Europe, the Far East, and Australia. A regularly featured artist at international percussion festivals, Mr. Moersch has performed on more than seventy recordings and is perhaps best known for commissioning much of the prominent modern repertoire for marimba. In addition, he was the first marimbist ever to receive a National Endowment for the Arts Solo Recitalist Fellowship and has also been honored by NEA Recording and Consortium Commissioning grants. Mr. Moersch is also Principal Timpanist of Sinfonia da Camera and Artistic Director of New Music Marimba. He has been a member of CUSO since 1998.

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