Clovis North Educational Center Percussion Ensemble
~ Wednesday, April 29, 2026 ~
~ 7:00 pm ~
~ Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall ~
David Gabrielson, Director
Program
Alarm!
Brian Blume (b.1985)
Fanfare
Gary P. Gilroy (b.1958)
William Gabrielson, trumpet; Avery Marino, multi percussion; David Gabrielson, timpani
Overture for Timpani
Kirk Gay (b.1967)
Avery Marino, timpani
Escape: Quartet for Triangles
Drew Worden (b.1988)
Budding Behemoth
John Herndon (b.1885)
Brooke Liang, marimba with electronic accompaniment
Motion No. 2
Nicholas Hall (b.1991)
Avery Marino and Chris Guzman, multi percussion
Jo-Ha-Kyn
Ryan Meeboer (b.1978)
Ghost Garden
Adam Hopper (b.1985)
Gurshabad Janjua, marimba
Mossy Cobblestone (Block)
Jaxson Wilson (b.2009) and Chris Guzman (b.2008)
Jaxson Wilson & Chris Guzman, multi percussion
Low Tide
Ralph Hicks (b.1976)
Apocalyptic Etude
Dave Hall (b.1983)
Avery Marino, marimba
In the Sky
Patrick Speranza (b.1991)
Etude No. 25 from Portraits in Rhythm
Anthony Cirone (b.1941)
Edward Liu, snare drum
Sharpened Stick
Brett William Dietz (b.1972)
CNEC
Percussion Ensemble
Members
Sofia Almazan
Kai Batrez
Brycen Bernard
Jannat Bhangoo
James Brough
Ysaiah Domingo
Caelyn Donnelly
Elijah Erkenbrecher
Remingten Escovedo
John Falcon
Chris Goed
Iker Gutierrez Gomez
Chris Guzman
Jaylah Hoston
Deleram Jamshidy
Gurshabad Janjua
Eric Jennings
Brooklynn Johnson
Elliot Johnson
John Kirkpatrick
Alec Kissoon
Mia Lakey
Logan Lee
Roselyn Lee
Brooke Liang
Edward Liu
Benjamin Lopez
Avery Marino
Aran Marok
Brody McGhee
Brianna Mercado
Malina Merilos
Emma Nasr
Ravtaaj Nayyar
Natalie Ozan
Gavin Reda
Hunter Saum
Alexander Serna
Leah Serrano
Aaryan Singh
Jackson Werth
Jaxon Wilson
Alexander Wright
Benjamin Yau
Tyler Yoneda
David Gabrielson
Clovis North Educational Center
Assistant Director of Bands
& Percussion
David Gabrielson serves as Assistant Director of Bands at Clovis North Educational Center in Fresno, CA. Mr. Gabrielson is also a member of the Adjunct Faculty at California State University, Fresno, a position he has held since 2001.
The music program at Clovis North has seen tremendous success with the wind ensemble, percussion ensemble, indoor percussion and marching band. Notable honors include performing at the 2017 Midwest Clinic, being a featured band at the 2016 Music For All National Festival, performance at the 2016 Sandy Feldstein National Percussion Ensemble Festival, performing at the 2017 CASMEC conference, serving as the lab band for Robert Sheldon at the 2014 CASMEC conference, serving as lab percussion ensemble at the 2015 CASMEC conference, serving as the lab band for Travis Cross at the 2017 Midwest Clinic, serving as the lab band for the CBDA Conductors Symposium 2017-2023, multiple SJVCGPR and WBA championships. The band recently performed in the 2022 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Mr. Gabrielson presented his clinic titled “If You Build It, They Will Come - Using Percussion Ensemble to Build Well Rounded Percussionists: Why and How?” at the California All-State Music Education Conference in February 2015. A very active freelance musician, Mr. Gabrielson is a member of the Sacramento Choral Society Orchestra, Music in the Mountains Summer Orchestra, Bear Valley Festival Orchestra and keeps an active performing and adjudicating schedule including regularly performing with the Fresno Philharmonic, Modesto Symphony, as well as others.
Mr. Gabrielson is the principal percussionist of the Wind Symphony of Clovis who performed at the 2018 Midwest Clinic. Mr. Gabrielson currently serves as a Vice President of the California Chapter of the PAS, is a founding committee member of the PAS-CA Solo/Ensemble Competition and cohosts the Central CA Day of Percussion. Mr. Gabrielson is proud to be an artist for Vic Firth, Remo, and Yamaha.
Acknowledgements
Corrine Folmer, Ed. D.
Clovis Unified School District Superintendent
Norm Anderson
Clovis Unified School District Deputy Superintendent
Marc Hammack, Ed. D.
Clovis Unified School District Associate Superintendent, School Leadership
Darin Tockey
Clovis Unified School District Assistant Superintendent, Clovis North Area
Geoffery Dean
Clovis Unified School District Visual and Performing Arts Director
Joshua Shapiro, Ed. D.
Principal, Clovis North High School
Jonathan Bowns
Deputy Principal, Clovis North High School
Alicynne Chaney
Deputy Principal, Clovis North High School
Andy Dominguez
Learning Director, Clovis North High School
Heather Bishop
Performing Arts Department Chair, Clovis North High School
David Lesser
Director of Bands, Clovis North Educational Center
David Gabrielson
Assistant Director of Bands & Percussion, Clovis North Educational Center
Jose Vargas
Assistant Director of Bands, Clovis North Educational Center
Erik Dewhirst
Jazz Band Director, Clovis North Educational Center
Key Poulan
Director of Orchestras, Clovis North Educational Center
Jim Rogers
Program Assistant, Clovis North Educational Center
Robin Wilson
Booster President, Clovis North Educational Center
Vince Keenan
Director of Performing Arts Center, Clovis North Educational Center
Genevieve Barnes
Cluster Secretary, Clovis North High School
Vacha Vang
Plant Operations, Clovis North Educational Center
Shawn Glyde
Designer, Composer, Marching Percussion Director
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Percussion Staff
Oliver Bullock
Frank Buma
Ian Glyde
Seth Fletcher
Kaiden Garza
John Holmes
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~ Alana, Nicholas, William ~
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CN Bronco Band Stable Masters
Aaron Noordmans
Hany & Marianne Nasr
Donna Nakamura & Geoff Fisher
Sam & Faith Namdarian
CN Bronco Band Stable Hands
Harpreet & Sonia Bains
Earl & Steffanie Hartman
Darren & Searon Huntley
Biff & Lisa Stockdale
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CN Bronco Band Buckaroos
Carol Banta
Juan & Ruth Falcon
Sam & Faith Namdarian
Emilo & Agnes Ramirez
Daniel & Sabrina Behrens
Law Fu
Sheryl Yu & Edison Yau
Maher Eldadah
Mark & Shalea Pitman
Shaun & Somer Keenan
Joseph Alley
Won Hoi Hwong & Sujeong Kim
Maria Christenson
Joe & Leanne Calderaro
Andrea Ortega
Sheng Xiong
Gabriel Almanza
Adriana Amezcua Martinez
Lora Kinnison
Latha Rao
Xiaojun Li & Liyun Chen
Allison Hovsepian
Loren & Tamara Werth
Sharry Heberer
Allison Giacobbe & Jim Giacobbe
Claudia Chaudhari & Jefferey Chaudhari
Gagandeep Singh & Kiranpreet Gurshabad
Todd Pilosi & Virginia Pilosi
Juan Carlos Paz & Sara Vela
Kristin McClain & Chris Mericle​​
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We are immensely grateful to the amazing individual for the generous donation to our band program!
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Your support will have a profound impact on the musical education and experiences of our talented students for generations to come.