Percussion Ensemble

     The Kiski Area High School Percussion Ensemble is under the direction of Mr. Steve Pachesky.  Comprised of students in grades 9-12, and part of the Kiski Area High School curriculum, Percussion Ensemble has two sections per semester and rehearses every-other-day for roughly ninety minutes.   All of the students in Percussion Ensemble are actively involved in the music program at Kiski High School.  Each student is a member of one of the three concert bands and many are involved in the jazz ensembles, marching band, the school musical and even the choir ensembles. In April, the ensemble performs their annual "Drumapalooza - An Evening of Percussion", which features solos, chamber music and large ensemble repertoire by both all High School ensembles and the Intermediate School Percussion Ensemble.  The Kiski Area High School Percussion Ensemble has performed at the Percussive Arts Society's “Pennsylvania Day of Percussion”, has performed at several Norwin Percussion Solo and Ensemble Festivals and will perform at the 2017 Sandy Feldstein National Percussion Ensemble Festival.

Past Repertoire


Seth Adams - The River
​Michael Aukofer - Lullaby for a Street Child
Brian Blume - Alarm!, Detour
Ian Briskey - Continuum
James Campbell - Batik
Jim Casella - Cyclone, Dystopia, Stormbreak
Julie Davila - Recycled
Nathan Daughtrey - Sizzle
Claude Debussy/arr. Heiny - La fille aux cheveux de lin
Rick Dior - Minor Infraction
Michael Eubanks - Songo Concertino
Josh Gottry - When Leaves Fell Playfully
Chad Heiny - recharge, Undisclosed
Morten Lauridsen/arr. Dietz - O Magnum Mysterium
David Mancini - Suite for Drum Set and Percussion Ensemble
Robert McClure - In My Mother's Garden
Joe W. Moore III - Denkyem
Astor Piazolla/arr. Schietroma - Oblivion
Susan Powell - The Gilded Cage
Dustin Schulze - Raspberry Tango, The REM Cycle
Bradley Slayter - Breakdown
Blake Tyson - Not Far From Here
John Willmarth - Now the Day is Over
Clif Walker - Promise Music
Austin Wrinkle - Warthog No. 3