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Upcoming Percussion Ensemble Programs

Fall 2009

Percussion Ensemble Classics: December 3, 2009

Second Construction - John Cage
Ionisation - Edgard Varese
Pulse - Henry Cowell
Lift-off - Russell Peck
Double Music - Lou Harrison, John Cage
Appleblossom - Peter Garland

Spring 2010

The Music of Andrew Beall: March 4, 2010

Program TBA

Percussion Park by David Macbride: April 16, 2010

Percussion Park is a unique concert experience as the audience travels throughout the building to experience new works by David Macbride!

Recent Percussion Ensemble Programs

Mallet Mania: October 13, 2009

Omphalo Centric Lecture - Nigel Westlake
Daybreak - Jack Stamp
Minuano - Pat Metheny
Metric Lips - Bela Fleck

Threads: April 9, 2009

Threads - Paul Lansky
Three European FolkSongs - Kit Mills
Normandy Beach - David Gillingham
Suite for Solo Drumset - David Mancini

The Art of the Minimal : December 5, 2008

In C - Terry Riley
Drumming Part I - Steve Reich
1 + 1 For Percussion - Phillip Glass
15 years (After Reich) - David Macbride, World Premiere

Japanese Music for Percussion Ensemble: April 10, 2008

Padma in Meditation - Akira Nishimura
Wind Across Mountains - Keiko Abe
Cross Hatch - Toru Takemitsu
Marimba Spiritual - Minoru Miki
Kinocho Daiko - Minoru Miki

The Nexus Project: November 29, 2007

New-Thaan - Bob Becker
Beat Ballet - Richard Levan
La Negra - William Cahn
Marubatoo - John Wyre
Improvisation - Percussion Studio

Drumming: April 12, 2007

Drumming - Steve Reich

Hands On: November 30, 2006

Warthog no. 9 - Austin Wrinkle
Piru Bole - John Bergamo
Rumba Clave - Robert Vizcaino
Musique de Table - Thierry de May
Improvisation - Percussion Studio

Chamber Contemporain: April 20, 2006

Trio Per Uno - Nebojsa Zivkovic
Adriadne - Lou Harrison
Idyll for the Misbegotten - George Crumb
Composition for Three Voices - John Cage
Crystal Cannon - James Tenney
Clashmusik - Nicholas Huber

Against the Silence: December 1, 2005

Strange Loops - Patrick Long
Against the Silence - Thomas DeLio
Five Islands - Ken Shorely (US Premiere)

Mallet Mania: April 29, 2005

Marimba Spiritual - Minoru Miki
Marimba Quartet Mvt. II - Matthew Briggs
Omphalo Centric Lecture - Nigel Westlake
Oh Beautiful - Gary Gackstatter
Millett Music - Matthew Davidson
Swedish Folk Song - arr. Cort McClaren
Impetus - David J. Long

Accessories and Things: November 23, 2004

Intentions - Eugene Novotney
Crash Course - James Campbell
Piru Bole - John Bergamo
Steel Band Selections TBA

Lift-Off: April 29, 2004

Lift-off - Russell Peck
Appleblossom - Peter Garland
Normandy Beach: 1944 – David Gillingham
Amores - John Cage
Autumn Scenes - Tom Morgan
Story - John Cage

Global Influences: November 18, 2003

Akadinda Trio - Emmanuel Sejourne
Hoo – Daiko - Robert J. Damm
Warthog no. 3 – Austin Wrinkle
Mexican Marimba Tunes – arr. Steve Chavez
Music for Pieces of Wood - Steve Reich


Updated: Friday, October 30, 2009

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