{"id":2791,"date":"2018-07-02T13:48:01","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T17:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=2791"},"modified":"2018-07-02T14:36:16","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T18:36:16","slug":"sean-andres-awarded-2018-pas-yamaha-terry-gibbs-vibraphone-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=2791","title":{"rendered":"Sean Andres awarded 2018 PAS\/Yamaha Terry Gibbs Vibraphone Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"

MANSFIELD, PA – Mansfield University junior Sean Andres of is the 2018 recipient of the Percussive Arts Society (PAS)\/Yamaha Terry Gibbs Vibraphone Scholarship. The $1,000 scholarship is awarded annually to a full-time student registered in an accredited college or university school of music for the following academic year.<\/p>\n

The student must also be a member of PAS. \u00a0Contestants for the scholarship were judged on a live and unedited jazz vibraphone performance they submitted.<\/p>\n

\"\"Andres, a music business major from Tunkhannock,\u00a0 PA, selected \u201cConfirmation\u201d by famed jazz composer Charlie Parker for his performance piece\u00a0<\/a>as a tribute to the scholarship\u2019s namesake and acclaimed jazz vibraphonist Terry Gibbs.<\/p>\n

Gibbs frequently collaborated with Parker.\u00a0 Andres said he \u201cwanted to stay true to style of Terry Gibbs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Accompanying Sean on the winning performance were professor and Jazz Band Director Dr. Jeffrey Jacobsen on string bass, and fellow Mansfield student Cole Ramsey on drums.\u00a0 He also credits Conrad Alexander, MU percussion faculty, for his tutelage in preparing for the performance.<\/p>\n

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The PAS awards 8 scholarships in various percussive disciplines, with winners from prestigious schools such as Indiana University, Baylor University, Berklee College of Music, and the Eastman School of Music.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a great honor to be included with other musicians from some of the top schools,\u201d Andres said.<\/p>\n

He will be attending PAS International Conference in Indianapolis this fall. \u00a0He also has started his own percussion company, producing handmade mallets, using his own creations in the scholarship winning performance.<\/p>\n