Diego Zavaleta
Welcome everybody! My name is Diego Zavaleta and this my new page where I am going to share all my
23/09/2023
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Thank you 📸
13/07/2023
This album SLAPS though, don’t miss out, go listen to it, this man is an unbelievable composer. The future looks bright.
Now available on Spotify.
09/06/2023
Day 45, Season 2
It took me three hours though.
Reich's Mallet Quartet, third movement cheat sheet.
13/05/2023
Primer logro de muchos. Esto va por todos los sacrificios hechos. Mamá y Papá, los amo mucho ❤️
First milestone of many. This is for all the sacrifices made. Mom & Dad, I love you so much ❤️
First generation baby! 🇵🇪🦙
24/03/2023
Off to the West coast! 🌴🌞
25/02/2023
Day 18, Season 2
Taking a break to celebrate my successfully completed 4 years of music education!
05/02/2023
I don't remember when I took this picture, I just love it.
31/01/2023
Day 9, Season 2
Today I practiced a lot of snare drum. I also conducted a percussion ensemble for the first time. I didn't record myself at all but here is a picture of how I am organizing myself lately.
15/12/2022
Come see me play a conch shell :)
12/12/2022
Last week of undergrad. (I wouldn't have gotten this far without coffee.)
18/08/2022
Chautauqua, thank you for everything. ❤️
1. CHQ Percussion Section 22’ with our conductor, Timothy Muffit.
2. Mahler 1, side by side with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra.
3. Brian Kushmaul and the Gavilan Brothers.
4. Pedro Fernandez.
5. Jeremy Levine.
6. My first professional gig with the Buffalo Phil at Kleiner Hall.
7. Dinesh and Lucy. Glad to finally meet you both in person!
8. Dragonfly HQ.
9. 10 days of Percussion Ensemble with Michael Burritt.
10. Closing Concert, Prokofiev 5 percussion section.
19/06/2022
The is officially over!
These last two weeks have been hectic yet so amazing. I met and worked with people from all around the globe and had one of the best times in my life!
1. The NMF Percussion Studio
2. Our percussion mentor, Diana Loomer
3. Maestro Richard Rosenberg
4. Maestro Michael Köhler
5. Maestro Simon Perçiç
6. Shostakovich No. 10 Snare Drum part
7. Alicia
8. Audrey
9. The Fountain Park
10. The NMF Percussion Studio and Stage Management Crew!
It feels good to know that I am going back home not only being a better musician but a better person as well.
22/05/2022
Second time performing at Carnegie Hall.
Last time performing with the New York Youth Symphony Orchestra.
I learned so much from you all. Thank you for a great experience!
21/05/2022
And that is a wrap up for the 21' 22' Cohort!
1. Farewell Session
2. The Percussion Conservatory
3. Learning how to wrap mallets with Amy Stubbs
4. A lesson with Kyle Zerna
And much much much more in these past 6 months!!!
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!!!
18/05/2022
Today's program!
A link to the Livestream will be posted shortly before 7 pm.
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Sneak peek of Marimba Spiritual by Minoru Miki.
Just 6 days left.
Sneak peek of Rhythm Song by Paul Smadbeck. Choreography by
Wednesday May 18th, 7 pm.
10/05/2022
I guess it's now official. Hope to see you there!
Thanks to .music
for an awesome poster! 🥁
Soon on your nearest hallway.
Come to my Junior Recital on Wednesday the 18th at 7 pm at the Music Building Recital Hall! 🇵🇪
Rebonds B - Iannis Xenakis
I literally can't stay still.
Brady, is all your fault.
Vibing to an old classic.
Rhythm Song by Paul Smadbeck.
Come to my Junior recital on May 18th to see dancing along to this beautiful piece!!!
Practicing Marimba Spiritual.
By the way, my recital is happening on Wednesday May 18th, not Monday 16th, my bad 😩
06/04/2022
I won this drum on a TAPS Tuesday Giveaway!
A Majestic Prophonic 14x5 Walnut with 4 individually adjustable snare cables and an adjustable snare bridge!
I am still playing around with the snares and the sounds I can get so a video will be coming out soon.
Thank you so much!!!
Little timpani moment from our last Purchase Symphony Orchestra concert.
The Tsar's Bride Overture, Rimsky-Korsakov.
22/03/2022
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21/03/2022
Day 100
The waiting is over, I finally got all the results from all the summer festivals I auditioned for.
I am thrilled to announce that this summer I will be attending both, The National and The Chautauqua Summer Music Festival, tuition-and-housing-free!
None of this would have been possible without the , who helped me afford transportation costs during winter break, and made it possible for me to get to campus and practice as much as possible. Without even mentioning all the educational opportunities the network offers like masterclasses, private lessons and mentoring sessions.
And of course, Dr. Christopher Graham, my private teacher at SUNY Purchase, who is probably not going to see this but anyway…I will let him know in person!
Thanks for taking this ride with me, the 100 days of practice challenge is officially over.
JFK Jr. (aka Elvis Presley), Zachary’s Filibuster Saloon.
Very fun collab with the band. Link in Bio.
13/03/2022
First time performing at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium with the .
Swipe for Diego's approval.
Saëta by Elliot Carter.
One of the eight pieces Carter wrote for four timpani, using a big array of extended techniques like playing on the center of the drum or using the wood part of the stick. Carter also used a lot of metric modulation, a big challenge for any instrumentalist.
Almost done with summer festival auditions.
14/02/2022
Today, thanks to the , I got a private lesson with Kyle Zerna, Assistant Principal Percussion of the New York Philharmonic, at the Manhattan School of Music.
We went over rudimental drumming, french snare drum repertoire, xylophone excerpts and timpani playing. This definitely gets me on the right track towards my graduate studies journey.
Thank you for all that you do, NDCP.
Thank you Kyle for teaching me lots of stuff in just a couple hours.
Photo taken at Chris Lamb’s office.
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