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Chamber Music Circle releases 2024-25 schedule Akiko Sasaki, the music director at the Howland Chamber Music Circle, always tries to book top talent for the nonprofit's annual concert series. This year, she worked her connections and pulled off a huge coup by bringing pianist Emanuel Ax to Beacon for a solo recital. One of the biggest names in classical music, Ax just played with cellist Yo-Yo Ma in Luxembourg and is performing Mozart's Piano Concerto 14 with the New York Philharmonic on Sept. 13 and 15. "When I tell people, their jaws drop," she says. That show is scheduled for Oct. 1, a Tuesday. Nearly all the others are on Sundays at 4 p.m., like the kickoff on Sept. 15 with the Brentano String Quartet, which will perform quartets by Haydn and Beethoven and the world premiere of Madrigal Mongolia by Chinese American composer Lei Liang. The series' fall session includes six concerts through the Ulysses Quartet on Nov. 17. A piano festival with four performances begins Jan. 12 with the Cann Duo and ends with Shai Wosner on March 2. The spring session opens with the Daedalus Quartet on March 23 and concludes on May 18 with Imani Winds, a quintet that pushes the musical envelope, says Sasaki, who likes to book at least one wind ensemble each year. Another boundary-stretcher is ArcoStrum (Oct. 6), with Strauss Shi (violin) and TY Zhang (guitar). The duo met at The Juilliard School and perform a jumble of styles from traditional Chinese instrumental music, progressive rock and what they call "original transcriptions of classical repertoire." There is no rock on their program, which includes Baroque (Vivaldi, Scarlatti), Spanish influences (Astor Piazzolla, Manuel de Falla), three Asian composers (Li Zhihul, Haihuai Huang, Choi Jun Young) and the theme of Schindler's List. Sasaki admires their "virtuosic energy." A first this year is an appearance by four singers from the Metropolitan Opera (May 4) who will perform "aria hits we might know and some we might not know," says Sasaki. "Sometimes we have solo vocal recitals, but it's nice to provide a taste of opera." To cultivate a generation of classical musicians and people who appreciate them, the circle collaborates with Arlington High School in Lagrangeville and the Jasper String Quartet to provide a chamber music experience for string students. So Percussion Imani Winds Brentano String Quartet (Photo by Juergen Frank) ArcoStrum (Photo by Karina Rodriguez) Emanuel Ax (Photo by Lisa Marie Mazzucco) In November, the innovative So Percussion will perform at Beacon High School for music students in the fifth grade and higher. "They use everyday items to make their sounds, not just percussion instruments," says Sasaki. The Brooklyn-based quartet will perform a Classics for Kids concert at 1 p.m. on Nov. 3. Later that afternoon, they'll play a program geared toward adults. Three more shows for the wee ones are planned this season. Sasaki contracts some acts so far in advance that no music programs are available for performers in 2025. She also has fun with pop-up concerts booked a month ahead and held where "people wouldn't normally expect to find classical music," such as the Howland Public Library, an art gallery, churches and the outdoor space across from Hudson Beach Glass. "People will have to stay on their toes to find out when it's happening," she says.
Las hermanas gemelas afrocubanas y francesas Ibeyi y su nuevo sencillo, Juice of Mandarins; nuevos temas de Makaya McCraven en su In these times; Sō Percussion y Caroline Shaw con Let the soil play its simple part; Josin, Piers Faccini y Ladyblackbird completan hoy el espacio. O Inle Foreign Country Juice of Mandarins Ibeyi Lullaby In these times So Ubuji The Knew Untitled Makaya McRaven Lay All Your Love On Me Some Bright Morning So Percussion y Caroline Shaw The Darkness Josin The longest night Piers Faccini Fix it Lady Blackbird Escuchar audio
Mizzou Masters Degree in Percussion Performance Graduate Emily Miclon stops by to talk about her Masters recital, Assistantship, teaching Percussion Techniques and Percussion Ensemble, and organizing the So Percussion residency (05:00), leading the Mizzou Student IDE Collective, performing outside of Mizzou, and playing a lot of new music (20:00), growing up in Connecticut, her piano background, having a life outside of music, being High School Class President, and her theater background (30:45), going to Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU) for her undergrad and studying with Jeff Calissi (51:15), and getting to Mizzou, working under Megan Arns, and staying for a third year with other Masters graduates (01:09:00).Finishing with a Rave on the 2022 film Marcel the Shell With Shoes On (01:25:45).Links:Emily Miclon's Wildlight Publications pageEmily Miclon's Master's Degree Recital in 2022Jennifer JolleyValerie NaranjoDrew Worden's 2016 appearance on the podcast“Cranes” - TigueSo PercussionPeter LeaAlfred's Premier Piano CourseFaber Piano AdventuresThe Missouri SymphonyMissouri Contemporary BalletWontanaraEmmanuel AgbeliJeff Calissi's 2017 appearance on the podcast“Revolutionary Etude” - Frederic Chopin“Liebstraum No.3” - Franz Liszt “Rain Dance” - Alice GomezConcerto for Vibraphone - Nathan Daughtrey“March” - Elliot CarterMegan Arns on the podcast in 2016Michael BurrittGordon Stout“Sextet” - Steve ReichCort McClaren on the podcast in 2022Stephen Landy on the podcast in 2022Jordan Nielsen on the podcast in 2022Raves:Marcel the Shell With Shoes On trailer
*In English Language* »Die Spieler scheinen telepathische Kräfte entwickelt zu haben«, staunt die New York Times über das Zusammenspiel der vier Musiker von Sō Percussion. 1999 als Studentenensemble gegründet, hat das Quartett während seines gut 20-jährigen Bestehens die Kammermusik für Schlagwerk neu definiert. Es tritt in den größten Konzerthäusern weltweit auf und hat viele spannende Kooperationen gestartet, die von klassischer Musik über Pop, Indie-Rock bis zu zeitgenössischem Tanz und Theater reichen. Bei seinem ersten Hamburg-Besuch im Mai 2022 wirkte So Percussion bei der Aufführung von John Luther Adams' großem Open-Air-Stück »Inuksuit« im Park Planten un Blomen mit und präsentierte im Kleinen Saal der Elbphilharmonie ein kammermusikalisches Programm. Hierbei spielten die vier (teils mit neuen Instrumenten und ausgefallenen Spieltechniken) Musik von Angelica Negron und dem The-National-Gitarristen Bryce Dessner. Und sie stellten das Album »Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part« vor, das sie mit der gefeierten Komponistin und Sängerin Caroline Shaw herausgebracht haben.
Neal is a professor of political science at NYU and a supporter of So Percussion. We talk about his early experiences in modern music as well as causality in the social sciences. This was a fun one!
Broadway Drumming 101 is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Mariana is an NYC-based freelance percussionist who began her music studies at the National Conservatory of Mexico in Mexico City. She received her Bachelors of Music in Percussion at Rutgers University.Mariana Ramirez broke historic ground in 2018, becoming the first female Mexican percussionist to perform on a Broadway show while subbing on Once On This Island. It led to sub on two more Broadway shows: Head Over Heels and Ain't Too Proud, The Life and Times of the Temptations. Currently, she is one of just two female Mexican drummer/percussionists performing on Broadway. Off-Broadway shows include subbing Merrily We Roll Along and Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, among many others.With that solid foundation, Mariana went on tour with the drums/percussion chair of Once on This Island Broadway National Tour.In addition to Broadway, she has performed in Europe, Asia, and Mexico, playing with Mexican Traditional Music bands, Symphonic Ensembles, Chamber Orchestras, and Pop Bands. Mariana has also performed on TV shows, including the Steven Colbert Late Night Show, and TV series such as Mozart in the Jungle NBC Universal Upfronts at Radio City Music Hall.Mariana also founded Percussion Quartet Excelsis, praised as “one of the most innovative and exciting percussion ensembles to emerge in the golden age of chamber music that we are presently in” by Jonathan Hass head of the New York University Percussion Department. Excelsis has performed twice at NPR Radio in From the Top show, the Percussive Arts Society New York Weekend Of Percussion in 2014 and 2015, Brooklyn Bound with So Percussion, Zeltsman's Marimba Festival, Tippet Rise Music Festival in Montana, and most recently presented a Master Class at Salem University in Massachusetts. Sabian Cymbals endorse Excelsis. As a symphonic percussionist, Mariana has performed with orchestras in Mexico and the United States, including the National Symphony of Mexico, Orquesta de Minería, Dartmouth Symphony, South Florida Symphony, the first all-Women Orchestra of Mexico, New England Ensemble, Fairfield Orchestra, and most recently with The Dessoff Choir, premiering works for Choir and Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall. For more: https://www.marianapercussion.comBroadway Drumming 101 is your one-stop shop for everything you'll need to know about playing drums for broadway musicals. When you subscribe to The Broadway 101 Newsletter, you'll learn about what it takes to be a successful pit musician with content delivered directly to your email inbox two to three times a week.As a paying subscriber, you will receive behind-the-scenes access to the life of a musician who makes a living on Broadway. For $5 a month, or $50 a year, you'll have a backstage pass to the world of a broadway drummer playing on a hit show. You'll also be able to read every post (not just the occasional free ones), you'll get access to all newsletter issues in the archives, and have the ability to participate in subscriber-only comments and events.The Broadway Drumming 101 Podcast is on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.The podcast features conversations with my colleagues who currently hold drums chairs, showcases talks with broadway drumming legends and highlights up-and-coming drummers breaking into the scene.There is a lot to learn. Subscribe now, so you don't miss out on the latest posts and podcasts!Clayton Craddock hosts the Broadway Drumming 101 Podcast and Newsletter. He has held the drum chair in several hit broadway and off-broadway musicals, including Tick, tick…BOOM!, Altar Boyz, Memphis The Musical, Lady Day At Emerson's Bar and Grill and Ain't Too Proud.The Broadway Drumming 101 Instagram page: InstagramThe Broadway Drumming 101 YouTube page: YouTubeFor more about Clayton, click HEREThank you for reading Broadway Drumming 101. This post is public, so feel free to share it. Get full access to Broadway Drumming 101 at broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/subscribe
Since graduating from the University of Michigan years ago, Dr. Annika Socolofsky has cemented herself as a powerful voice in the contemporary classical space as a singer, composer, and performer collaborating with artists from around the globe. It had been a few years since I sat down and chatted with her, and what a wonderful conversation that followed with this podcast chat! We catch up and chat about our lives, including her move to Colorado and the challenges that came with it during 2020, her upcoming creative projects with Latitude 49 and her new artist collective Anticx, and the joys of music-making and teaching reigniting the passion being able to teach in-person again and after performing at Gaudeamus Muziekweek in Utrecht this month! ▶▶ Support Dr. Annika Socolofsky! Website: http://www.aksocolofsky.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annika.socolofsky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annikasoco/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYdKxTeFUmDkbL-CKAPQRfg Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5rRO8OlJaGh5kTPDxlB0Qw?si=mriCxdY-RyK2H8jzg0_QDw&dl_branch=1 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/aksoco Anticx: https://anticx.art/ Gaudeamus Muziekweek: https://gaudeamus.nl/en/pioniers/annika-socolofsky/ Performances: w/ Eighth Blackbird: https://youtu.be/KOzzxNx5t-k w/ So Percussion: https://youtu.be/KOzzxNx5t-k w/ Latitude 49: https://youtu.be/YiGNAqojIgI Mitten Backstage is a podcast hosted by Michigan artist Dutcher Snedeker and centering on conversations around life, the industry, creative pursuits, and navigating the scene as Michigan creatives. Each week, you can see discussions on YouTube and wherever you listen to podcasts, and if you subscribe on Patreon you can get early access to episodes and behind-the-scenes access to streamed tapings where you can join in on the conversation! ▶▶ Early access and private streams every week! Also, bonus merch and access to lessons, consultations, and remote studio recording! https://www.patreon.com/dutchersnedeker ▶▶ Follow me on other socials for additional music and video content! Linktree (Website, Socials, etc): https://linktr.ee/dutchersnedeker BIG THANKS to my patrons! Tracy Snedeker Chris Bota George Herschel Cody Wilson Jim Lutz Kevin DePree Lee Heerspink --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dutcher-snedeker/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dutcher-snedeker/support
Todd is a founding member of So Percussion and prof of percussion studies at Baylor University. He is also the founder of Liquidrum. We chatted this morning about the concept of doubt.
Doug is a founding member of So Percussion and is currently professor of percussion at the University of Michigan. We chat about the last year and look forward to the future, all the while trying to figure out what to keep and what to let go of from this past year. Always enjoy my time with Doug.
On Easter Sunday in 1939, contralto singer Marian Anderson gave a concert to 75,000 people on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. This moment has been called a prelude to the Civil Rights Movement that would come to the nation's forefront 25 years later. The concert was never supposed to happen. This episode explores the racism and segregation of a city that led to the momentous performance. Then we invite So Percussion's Josh Quillen on the show to quiz him! Bonus episodes and content available at http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent
Playlist: Kathleen Allan, Halifax Camerata Singers - Ave Maris StellaCaroline Shaw, So Percussion, Dawn Upshaw - Narrow SeaFrank Horvat - Music for Self-Isolation (Excerpts)Harry Stafylakis, Norwegian Radio Orchestra - Brittle FractureShawn E. Okpebholo, Will Liverman, Paul Sanchez - Two Black ChurchesFerence Snetberger, Keller Quartett, Gyula Lazar - Concerto for Guitar & OrchestraTalivaldis Kenins, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra - Symphony No. 4Rain Worthington, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra - Within Deep Currents
Lainie Fefferman is a composer, performer, teacher, organizer, and general proponent of new and forward-thinking music. Her most recent commissions have been from JACK Quartet, Tenth Intervention, and So Percussion. "White Fire," her electroacoustic meditation on the heroines of the Hebrew Bible has been touring internationally and is coming out as an album in 2021. She is a co-founder and director of New Music Gathering. She got her doctorate in composition from Princeton University and is a programming/performing member of Princeton-based laptop ensemble Sideband. She is currently a professor of Music & Technology at Stevens Institute of Technology and recently concluded her time as artist in residence at Nokia Bell Labs. Music: Overshare by Lainie Fefferman, performed by Ensemble Decipher Follow Lainie on Facebook and Instagram. lainiefefferman.com Co-hosts: Joseph Bohigian and Taylor Long Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. ensembledecipher.com Contact us at decipherists@ensembledecipher.com. Decipher This! is produced by Joseph Bohigian; intro sounds by Eric Lemmon; outro music toy_3 by Eric Lemmon.
Saturday 30 January: NYC composer Caroline Shaw's Narrow Sea features soprano Dawn Upshaw, pianist Gilbert Kalish and Sō Percussion. And an exploration of Nadia Boulanger's musical legacy as a teacher, performer, conductor and composer.
All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen shares surprising collaborations between Vagabon and Courtney Barnett, Buke and Gase with So Percussion and more great discoveries.Featured Artists And Songs:1. Vagabon Feat. Courtney Barnett: "Reason to Believe" 2. Gia Margaret: "Solid Heart" 3. Shame: "Nigel Hitter" from Drunk Tank Pink4. Buke and Gase / So Percussion: "Hold It In" from A Record Of...5. awakebutstillinbed: "beauty" from stay who you are6. Another Sky: "It Keeps Coming" from Music For Winter Vol. 1
Loving the idiosyncratic and the zany, Lainie Fefferman is a composer, performer, and experimenter in the performative application of emergent music technologies. Her most recent commissions have been from Tenth Intervention, So Percussion, Make Music NY, Experiments in Opera, ETHEL, Kathleen Supové, TILT Brass, James Moore, Eleonore Oppenheim, JACK Quartet, and Dither. Her one-woman voice & electronics feminist song performance project "White Fire," an electroacoustic meditation on the heroines of the Hebrew Bible, premiered at Merkin Hall in 2016 and she has been touring it internationally ever since. She is a co-founder and director of New Music Gathering, an annual conference/festival hybrid event for the international New Music Community. She got her doctorate in composition from Princeton University and is a programming/performing member of Princeton-based laptop ensemble Sideband. She is currently a professor of Music & Technology at Stevens Institute of Technology and recently concluded her time as artist in residence at Nokia Bell Labs.The question of the week is, "How can classical musicians balance their identities as people and as musicians?" Lainie and I discuss the dichotomy of living in the classical music world during the twenty-first century, why she likes to include fun facts about herself in her biography, how she thinks about audiences during her compositional process, and how she would define a happy, healthy, and balanced musician. You can find out more about Lainie on her website, lainiefefferman.com, and on Instagram @lainiebobainie.
An eclectic and super Top 5 with Chris Tusa. We talk wrestling, new composer's, Evelyn Glennie and Bjork, So Percussion and Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover... All this, plus Weezer, concert halls and dive bars in Wuhan. But not all at the same time! You can listen to episode 27 in full on Spotify and Apple podcasts. Follow Chris at Expat Drummer - http://www.expatdrummer.com/ From this episode: Weezer - Say It Aint So - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQcMOI8dMas Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABXtWqmArUU David Lang's "man made," So Percussion with the LA Philharmonic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6ve23awPJY Björk - My Spine (Ft. Evelyn Glennie) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eNjGnIJ8OE Can't Find My Way Home https://linktr.ee/cantfindmywayhome --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/craig-branch/message
Episode 20 with Josh Quillen from So Percussion Jamel and Tim talk with Josh about personal and professional life during the pandemic and the months following George Floyd's murder. Subscribe and listen to Josh's podcast, Concert Honesty here: https://www.joshquillen.com/concert-honesty Learn more about So Percussion's community projects here: https://sopercussion.com/service/ Learn more about carbon offsets with Native Energy here: https://native.eco/help-buildtm-carbon-offsets/ - - - - Connect with Josh https://www.joshquillen.com/ https://sopercussion.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/josh.quillen.3 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshuaquillen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCICY4MxrdwhQKGOUavTwEwg/featured - - - - Get Social with Black Swamp: Newsletter: http://bit.ly/BSPFam BSP Fam: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BSPFam/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blackswampperc/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackswamppercussion/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/blackswamp --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Robert van Sice is the professor of percussion at Yale University and the Peabody Conservatory of Music. Eric is a member of So Percussion. We talk about Bob’s teaching ethos and how it affected So’s work and approach to chamber music.
Bobby is the composer of the piece for So Percussion and improvisors called Terminals. He and I talk about his life as a drummer growing up in Buffalo and then going on the road and improvising. He’s an amazing person.
Daisy is an amazing singer who has been a friend of mine and So Percussion’s since I moved to NYC in 2006. She does a weekly online drone/chant class and is one of the biggest inspirations for me getting a tattoo…which I didn’t tell her. I love Daisy Press, and you will too. Chat starts around: 5:00
Josh Quillen is a member of So Percussion, and is an active steel band player in the percussion community. Josh gratefully gave a hour of his time to have a conversation with me about many different things from how to deal with identity issues to strange audition experiences. Thanks Josh for being my first guest!
#70—Shelby Blezinger-McCayShelby and I sit in the So studio and chat about her life growing up in Texas, 4-H, raising animals, and her percussion trio, Troika. Shelby is So Percussion’s Operations Director.
Bill and I talk about his life as a percussionist and his work with Nexus, the percussion group. Bill’s approach to music making, improvisation, and instrument curation and collecting has always interested me. Bill is a great guy and a driving force behind what So Percussion does today.
Episode 3 features BSP Artist, Todd Meehan! Todd currently is the Associate Professor of Percussion at the Baylor University School of Music, but also is the co-founder of the Meehan/ Perkins Duo with percussionist Doug Perkins, a founding member of So Percussion, and founder of the percussion company Liquidrum. Follow Todd online: https://liquidrum.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liquidrum/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/liquidrum/ Get Social with Black Swamp: BSP Fam: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BSPFam/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blackswampperc/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackswamppercussion/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/blackswamp --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Chris is a jazz fusion guitarist. We sit in the So studio and talk about his process in approaching the guitar and improvising. He’s a great player and a good friend of our mutual friend Nelson Dorado, So Percussion’s live sound engineer. Any friend of Nelson is a friend of mine. Chris is a great guy and a great player. Check him out.https://www.chrisbedward.com
David and I sit in the So Percussion studio and talk life as a percussionist, growing up as a singer in really good high school church choir, and finding the dulcimer at a renaissance fair as a child. I had no idea of the history of that instrument, and it blew my mind. I would have never known. David is a good friend, colleague, and former student, and is the husband of better half of his marriage, Abby Rix Degge. He’s a brilliant dude and a really great percussionist. Check out his work with Meredith Lustig, called The Drivers.
Margarette is a student of theology in Berkeley, CA. We sit in my hotel room while on tour with So Percussion and talk about advocacy for the LGBTQ+ community and the challenges of how to bring change to institutions, including the church. I met Margarette and her wife Abby at Grace Lutheran Church in Scarsdale, NY through my wife, Stephanie, the pastor there. Margarette and Abby are saints and are doing the Lord’s work. She’s brilliant, so enjoy. I certainly did.
Dan is the owner of LA Percussion rentals in Los Angeles, CA. He’s been supplying So Percussion and California in general with high quality instruments and service for a good while now. He’s a great pan player as well and he and his wife Abby are two of the West Coast’s biggest percussion advocates and ambassadors.
Brooks and I chat over Skype about his compositional work and approach to being an artist as well as his time working in the belly of the beast w/ So Percussion
Everyone is familiar with MIT and the university's reputation as a serious force in the world of science, tech, and research, but how many are aware of MIT's legacy in the arts? Did you know that MIT's founder had envisioned incorporating the arts from the very beginning?In this episode we speak with Leila Kinney and Evan Ziporyn of MIT's Center for Art, Science, and Technology (CAST) about MIT's culture of creativity and exploration, the institution's mission to humanize science and tech, and the exciting projects that have emerged from CAST, like Tomás Saraceno's Arachnid Orchestra.-About Leila Kinney-Leila W. Kinney is the Executive Director of Arts Initiatives and of the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST), working with Associate Provost Philip S. Khoury, the School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P), the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS), the Creative Arts Council, the Council for the Arts at MIT, the MIT List Visual Arts Center, and the MIT Museum, to advance the arts at MIT in the areas of strategic planning, cross-school collaborations, communications and resource development.Kinney is an art historian with experience in both SA+P, where she was on the faculty in the History, Theory and Criticism section of the Department of Architecture (HTC) and SHASS, where she taught in the Program in Women’s Studies and in Comparative Media Studies. She specializes in modern art, with an emphasis on media in transition, arts institutions and artists’ engagement with mass culture. She is a member of the Executive Committee of a2ru (Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities) and of the Advisory Committees of the Catalyst Collaborative at MIT, the MIT List Visual Arts Center and the MIT Museum.-About Evan Ziporyn-Evan Ziporyn makes music at the crossroads between genres and cultures, and between East and West. He studied at the Eastman School of Music, Yale University, and UC Berkeley with Joseph Schwantner, Martin Bresnick, and Gerard Grisey. He first traveled to Bali in 1981, studying with Madé Lebah, Colin McPhee’s 1930s musical informant. He returned on a Fulbright in 1987.Earlier that year, he performed a clarinet solo at the First Bang on a Can Marathon in New York. His involvement with Bang on a Can continued for twenty five years. In 1992, he co-founded the Bang on a Can All-stars (Musical America’s 2005 Ensemble of the Year), with whom he toured the globe and premiered over one hundred commissioned works, collaborating with Nik Bartsch, Iva Bittova, Don Byron, Ornette Coleman, Brian Eno, Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, Thurston Moore, Terry Riley, and Tan Dun. He co-produced their seminal 1996 recording of Brian Eno’s “Music for Airports,” as well as their most recent CD, “Big Beautiful Dark & Scary” (2012).Ziporyn joined the MIT faculty in 1990, founding Gamelan Galak Tika in 1993, and beginning a series of groundbreaking compositions for gamelan & Western instruments. These include three evening-length works, 2001’s “ShadowBang,” 2004’s “Oedipus Rex” (Robert Woodruff, director), and 2009’s “A House in Bali,” an opera which joins Western singers with Balinese traditional performers, and the Bang on a Can All-stars with a full gamelan. It received its world premiere in Bali that summer and its New York premiere at BAM Next Wave in October 2010.As a clarinetist, Ziporyn recorded the definitive version of Steve Reich’s multi-clarinet “New York Counterpoint” in 1996, sharing in that ensemble’s Grammy in 1998. In 2001, his solo clarinet CD, “This is Not A Clarinet,” made Top Ten lists across the country. His compositions have been commissioned by Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road, Kronos Quartet, American Composers Orchestra, Maya Beiser, So Percussion, Wu Man, and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, with whom he recorded his most recent CD, “Big Grenadilla/Mumbai” (2012). His honors include awards from the Massachusetts Cultural Council (2011); The Herb Alpert Foundation (2011); USA Artists Walker Fellowship (2007); MIT’s Gyorgy Kepes Prize (2006); the American Academy of Arts and Letters Goddard Lieberson Fellowship (2004); as well as commissions from Meet the Composer/Commissioning Music USA and the Rockefeller MAP Fund. Recordings of his works have been been released on Cantaloupe, Sony Classical, New Albion, New World, Koch, Naxos, Innova, and CRI.He is Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Music at MIT. He also serves as Head of Music and Theater Arts, and in 2012 was appointed inaugural Director of MIT’s Center for Art Science & Technology. He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts, with Christine Southworth, and has two children, Leonardo (19) and Ava (12).-About MIT CAST-The MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST) creates new opportunities for art, science and technology to thrive as interrelated, mutually informing modes of exploration, knowledge and discovery. CAST’s multidisciplinary platform presents performing and visual arts programs, supports research projects for artists working with science and engineering labs, and sponsors symposia, classes, workshops, design studios, lectures and publications. The Center is funded in part by a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Joining us this week is one of Ben's former teachers: Ricardo Flores.Ricardo regularly plays various styles of music and was gracious enough to chat with us about So Percussion's new A Gun Show and its director, Ain Gordon, as well as the topic of mindful self-motivation, an ever-present issue in the minds of today's teachers and mentors.Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element 0:00 Intro and hello0:58 PASIC recap and highlights4:41 Ricardo’s current projects8:28 Megan: So Percussion's "A Gun Show"13:17 Director Ain Gordon / music as a response to politics17:57 Playing “Yellow After the Rain” for Keiko Abe at a young age20:09 Ricardo’s circus gig29:27 Laurel: Finding motivation / personal stories / incentivizing51:19 Improvising from a young age54:04 Ben’s giant duck call55:25 The “Distraction Effect” and the “What the Hell Effect”1:00:38 Wrap
Joining us this week is Doug Perkins. Doug has commissioned and premiered over 100 pieces and works with such composers as David Lang, Steve Reich, Paul Lansky, John Luther Adams, Nathan Davis, Larry Polansky, Christian Wolff, Glenn Kotche, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Tristan Perich. He founded the So Percussion and the Meehan/ Perkins Duo, and performs regularly with Signal, eighth blackbird, the Chicago Symphony’s MusicNOW, and others. He currently teaches at The Boston Conservatory.Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element 0:00 Intro and Hello 1:15 What's up? Being the Dept. Chair? 3:27 Where/how did you fall in love with drums? 7:16 TBC merging with Berklee? 9:44 New Music Gathering in Boston? 13:41 Casey: What's the sound? Acoustic Dispersion. Massive and excellent laser sound/laser tag tangent 26:00 Getting big projects off the ground? Chosen Vale percussion seminar? 35:09 Ben: Bang On a Can -Julia Wolfe and Michael Gordon 47:10 Doug's podcast series, 5 Days With Doug. 50:43 How you see electronic music as it relates to percussion?
In January 2018 JMU was fortunate to host SO Percussion for a feature concert and masterclass. During their residency on campus, Caleb Pickering, a frequent guest co-host on the podcast, conducted an hour interview with them. Many thanks to Caleb, as well as the guys in SO Percussion.Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element 0:00 Intro and hello1:10 So...Todd Meehan? 2:58 Why so serious?6:32 "Sometimes Music"12:30 Performing different styles and genres 19:44 Collaborating with the band, The National33:12 15 years collaboration 34:21 Little missed joke at PASIC36:16 Mixed performance art pieces, your large programmatic works49:21 Advice to young percussionists who would like to create their own performing group?
Mušamųjų ansamblis „So Percussion”.Laidos vedėjai Šarūnas Nakas ir Mindaugas Urbaitis.
Mušamųjų ansamblis „So Percussion”.Laidos vedėjai Šarūnas Nakas ir Mindaugas Urbaitis.
This week I speak with Evan Ziporyn, composer and clarinetist, who makes music at the crossroads between genres and cultures, east and west. As a clarinetist he performs as a soloist and as a member of the Eviyan Trio (with Iva Bittova and Gyan Riley); he also works regularly with Yo-yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, and the Steve Reich Ensemble, with whom he shared a Grammy for Music for 18 Musicians. He is founder and director of Gamelan Galak Tika. His opera A House in Bali was featured at BAM Next Wave in 2010. From 1992-2012 he was a founding member of the Bang on a Can All-stars, finishing his tenure with the group with an appearance on an episode of PBS' Arthur. His compositions have been commissioned and performed by Kronos Quartet, Wu Man, the American Composers Orchestra, Steven Schick, So Percussion, and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. He has collaborated with – among others - Brian Eno, Paul Simon, Ornette Coleman, Thurston Moore, Meredith Monk, Bryce Dessner, Philip Glass, Terry Riley, Louis Andriessen, Shara Worden, Cecil Taylor, Henry Threadgill, Matthew Shipp, and Ethel. His most recent project is the hour-long In My Mind & In My Car (w/Christine Southworth), for bass clarinet, electronics and video, His recording of Don Byron's Clarinet Concerto, which he commissioned, was named one of Downbeat Magazine's 2015 Albums of the Year. At MIT he is head of Music & Theater Arts and director of the Center for Art, Science & Technology. We discuss Evan's life, influences, career accomplishments and go deep into the recording session for the definitive version of Steve Reich's "New York Counterpoint" in 1996. This is a must listen episode for any new music fans. Links: Website: www.ziporyn.com Social Media: Twitter: @evanziporyn Facebook: EvanZiporynMusic Purchase Music: BandCamp: evanziporyn.bandcamp.com BandCamp: eviyan.bandcamp.com BandCamp: gamelangalaktika.bandcamp.com iTunes: iTunes Artist Page Discussion Topics: Calgary's year round snow Balinese Music Gamelan Fate and Spirituality Realizing the intent of the composer Don't mistake a bad performance for a bad piece What draws you to minimalist music? Bang on a Can All Stars Terry Riley - "In C" Steve Reich - Music For 18 Musicians Steve Reich - New York Counterpoint Recording New York Counterpoint Evan's First CD "This Is Not a Clarinet" The album as an art in itself Extended techniques (multiphonics, singing and playing) Lightning round questions David Bowie Tribute Concert People Mentioned: Josef Schwantner John Lennon Steve Reich Terry Riley Philip Glass La Monte Young John Cage Lightning Round Questions and Answers: If I were to walk over to your music stand right now, what would I find? An iPad (but it depends on which music stand!) What is your all-time piece of music? Rameau - Les Trois Mains and David Byrne - Marching Through The Wilderness If you could meet any musician throughout history would it be? Pythagoras What's your favorite book and why? Blindness by Jose Saramago and Go, Dog Go Is there anything else you'd like to share? Working on a new piece called "In My Mind and In My Car"
Tim Feeney, Todd Meehan, Alex Wroten, and Doug Perkins talk about creating things on the internet. We also honor our So Percussion family as Todd goes all wrestling promo on Josh and other fun... Check out: www.vimeo.com/liquidrum www.welldang.com https://www.youtube.com/user/timfeeneyav
Knowing how a piece of classical music came to be is often a bit of a guessing game. What inspired Bach to write the Goldberg Variations, or Beethoven to write his 9th Symphony? Context clues, letters, composers’ notes help us put the story together; we fill in the rest with our imaginations and mythology. But no more! In this episode of Classical Classroom, you’ll hear the entire story of a piece of modern classical music, Music for Wood and Strings, from commission to performance. Even the instruments on which the piece is played didn’t exist before this story began. You’ll meet composer Bryce Dessner (The National), instrument maker Aron Sanchez (Buke and Gase), and the members of So Percussion. You’ll hear a lot of awesome music. You’ll laugh! You’ll cry. Your life will be affirmed. But seriously, it’s a compelling (and thoroughly American) story about ingenuity, modernist music, and most importantly, joy. Music in this episode: Music for Wood and Strings. Bryce Dessner. Played by So Percussion. “Don’t Swallow the Cap.” The National, from the album Trouble Will Find Me. “Seam Esteem.” Buke and Gase. So-Called Laws of Nature. David Lang. Played by So Percussion. Appalachian Grove I. Laurie Spiegel. Audio production by Todd “Tex” Hulslander with giddyups from Dacia Clay and editing by Mark DiClaudio. For more So Percussion: www.sopercussion.com For more Bryce Dessner: www.brycedessner.com For more Aron Sanchez (and great pics of the chordsticks and other instruments he’s made): www.polyphonicworkshop.com Thanks to Emily Motherwell, Stuart Wolferman, Da Camera of Houston, and the people at Brassland for their help with this episode.
Hear some sax players leading the way on this edition of New Sounds, including new music from sax player Tamar Osborn and her London-based Afro-Eastern-space-jazz band, Collocutor. Listen to their dreamy Turkish & Middle Eastern percussion meets Sun Ra jazz with electronics. Then, there's lyrical and swinging new music from sax & clarinet wizard/composer Ken Thomson and his outfit Slow/Fast. There's also the brand new recording of the "Terminals" concertos by drummer/composer Bobby Previte for percussion ensemble and soloists, his "Terminal 2" for saxman Greg Osby. The series of works was inspired by the schematic-like terminal maps that Previte has noticed in airports around the world. The recording also features So Percussion. Plus, there's music from Peter Gordon and Love Of Life Orchestra, and more. PROGRAM #3659 Sax Leads the Way (First aired on 11/10/2014) ARTIST(S) RECORDING CUT(S) SOURCE Ken Thomson and Slow/Fast Settle Settle, excerpt NCM East Records ktonline.net Collocutor Instead Gozo [6:00] On The Corner Recordsonthecornerrecords.bandcamp.com Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra Symphony 5 Homeland Security [9:54] Foom foommusic.bandcamp.com Ken Thomson and Slow/Fast Settle Settle [10:12] NCM East Records ktonline.net So Percussion feat. Greg Osby Bobby Previte: Terminals Bobby Previte: Terminal 2 [16:00] Cantaloupe Music CA21102 Amazon Fred Frith and John Butcher The Natural Order Faults of His Feet [6:27] Northern Spy Records northernspyrecords.com
Called one of the best drummers of all time by Gigwise magazine, Kotche is also a talented and multi-faceted composer who has worked with powerhouse groups like eighth blackbird, So Percussion and Kronos Quartet. Hosted by Seth Boustead Produced by Jesse McQuarters Kotche: Anomaly, II, III, IV, V, VII Kronos Quartet; Kotche, perc. Kotche: The Haunted (excerpts) Lisa Kaplan & Yvonne Lam, pnos.; Doug Perkins & Matthew Duvall, perc. Kotche: Triple Fantasy Various artists Kotche: The Traveling Turtle (excerpt) Gamelan Galak Tika/Ziporyn
Sam is a New York based composer and improviser. He is Technical Director and electronics performer for the Wet Ink Ensemble, and has been commissioned and premiered by Mivos Quartet, Yarn/Wire, ICE, Timetable Percussion, RIOT Trio, and So Percussion. You can hear more of his music at www.sampluta.com.In our conversation we talk about his transition from computer science to electronic music, the time he spent working and studying in the UK, and the inherent aesthetic preferences of computer music programs.
"Operation Neptune Spear Part 1 Live Mix Rehearsal" by Vatican Shadow from Ornamented Walls; "November" by Seirom from 1973; "Blurring My Day" by Black Moth Super Rainbow from Cobra Juicy; "Cross" by Matmos and So Percussion from Treasure State; "Fool's Rhythm" by Two Fingers from Stunt Rhythms Disc 1; "Wooden Head, Feet and Seat" by Mirror to Mirror from Body Moving Slowly. Courtesy of the artist; "Sleepwalker" by Moon Duo from Circles. Courtesy of Sacred Bones; "Crush" by Soft Moon from Zeroes. Courtesy of Captured Tracks; "Adrenochrome" by Emeralds from Just to Feel Anything; "The Letter" by Oneohtrix Point Never from the split EP with Rene Hell; "Innuintendo" by MEDIAFIRED from The Pathway Through Whatever
"Operation Neptune Spear Part 1 Live Mix Rehearsal" by Vatican Shadow from Ornamented Walls; "November" by Seirom from 1973; "Blurring My Day" by Black Moth Super Rainbow from Cobra Juicy; "Cross" by Matmos and So Percussion from Treasure State; "Fool's Rhythm" by Two Fingers from Stunt Rhythms Disc 1; "Wooden Head, Feet and Seat" by Mirror to Mirror from Body Moving Slowly. Courtesy of the artist; "Sleepwalker" by Moon Duo from Circles. Courtesy of Sacred Bones; "Crush" by Soft Moon from Zeroes. Courtesy of Captured Tracks; "Adrenochrome" by Emeralds from Just to Feel Anything; "The Letter" by Oneohtrix Point Never from the split EP with Rene Hell; "Innuintendo" by MEDIAFIRED from The Pathway Through Whatever
1 - "L´amour est un oiseaux rebelle" de/from opera "Carmen" (Bizet). Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano. 2 - Hedwig´s theme (John Williams) 3 - "Searchin´"(Adam Gyorgy). Adam Gyorgi, piano. 4 - "Melody competition" (Evan Ziporun). So Percussion. 5 - Canto do sabiá una/ Brazilian birdcall 6 - "Little Johnny Brown" (Sam Amidon). Sam Amidon.
1 - Canto da tradição Karajá/ Karaja indian chant 2 - Scherzo do/from "Quarteto de Cordas N. 1/ String Quartet N. 1" (Tchaikovsky). Jerusalem String Quartet 3 - Teasure. Matmos e/and So Percussion. 4 - Danza de/from "Notturno e Danza" (Rautavaara). Pekka Kuusisto, violino/violin. Paavali Jumppanen, piano. 5 - Canto do Azulão do Paraná/ Brazilian birdcall 6 - Pascal Rag (Paul Chihara).Pascal & Ami Roge, piano duo. 7 - Imagina (Tom Jobim/Chico Buarque). Chico Buarque e/and Monica Salmaso, voz/voice.
1 - "Drumming, Part III" (Steve Reich). So Percussion. 2 - Canto da tradição karajá/ Karajá indian chant. 3 - "Più mosso" de/from "Katabasis, concerto para violino e orquestra Op. 131" (Jaime Zenamon). Camerata Filarmônica de Goiás. Alessandro Borgomanero, violino e direção/ violin and direction. 4 - "O que é que a baiana tem?" (Dorival Caymmi). Carmen Miranda. 5 - "Rio, Part XIV" (Keith Jarrett). Keith Jarrett, piano. Gravação ao vivo no Rio de Janeiro em abril 2011/ Live recording, Rio de Janeiro, April 2011.
1 - "Angel" (Jimi Hendrix). Jimi Hendrix. 2 - "It is time: II. Steel Drums" (Steve Mackey). So Percussion. 3 - Canto do xexéu de bananeira/ Brazilian birdcall 4 - "Asa Branca" (Luiz Gonzaga-Humberto Teixeira). Ivan Vilela, viola capira/ brazilian folk guitar
So Percussion with Matmos, Natacha Atlas, Left Hand Right Hand and Zero 7
(January 7, 2010) So Percussion, a percussion quartet from Brooklyn, leeds a lunchtime "Clap-Along" and teach the audience to perform Steve Reich's seminal work Clapping Music, and they also perform selections from their diverse repertoire.
Spacemusic presents: Global Feed - the BIG end of the year podcast with the best electronic and ambient music available - we look back at 2008 and decide what to play on today's show. The Best Of..... and more. It might be the term to use, though this show is like you've never heard before! New Mixes. New sounds. New tracks. Almost in a Trance-state we will have a lift-off for quickchats with artists from Europe and the USA: meet 'I Awake', 'Off the Sky' and David Helpling / Jon jenkins. Recorded and edited on New Year's Eve. This Spacemusic show has a duration of over 3 hours...Yesss. We hope it will reach you in full effect. Drop us your feedback via our Gmail account, spacemusic.nl@gmail.com Happy New Year to all fans of the Spacemusic podcast, muchos lovos! START (00:00) - Spacemusic ::: Global Feed ::: (01:27) - Lift-off! (Music by Vangelis - Chariots of Firenbsp;) (04:35) - The Eagle has landed (05:37) - David Helpling #38; Jon Jenkins - The Knowing (LIVE) (14:25) - Near the Parenthesis - Nidae (18:54) - Lukas Termena RMX - Timbaland ft. One Republic, Apologize (22:11) - Planet Boelex ft. Lisa's Antenna - Fill me Up (27:45) - Das Kraftfuttermischwerk - Ankommen (31:31) - Env(itre) - The upper clouds in the water (35:16) - Sleepy Town Manufacture - Fortnight (39:06) - Listeners Audio Comments (41:23) - Robert Douglas - October Sun (43:40) - Michael Fyrek - a Dream I never had (50:23) - Ulrich Schnauss - Blumenthal (55:40) - Ulrich Schnauss - Nothing happens in June (1:01:20) - Fireworks Alarm! (1:03:33) - Sleepy Town Manufacture - Not a big deal (1:06:46) - Kenji Kawai - Gray Lady (Ash) (1:11:19) - David Helpling - Worlds (1:15:07) - Craig Padilla - Wandering Thought (1:18:54) - Rudy Adrian - Pathway (1:20:59) - I Awake - Inferno (1:23:58) - Quickchat: I Awake from Sweden (1:34:55) - I Awake - Magicians and Fairies (PROMO) (1:40:26) - Logic System - Person to Person (1:44:22) - Binarysoundworx - Glacier (1:51:54) - Intelligentsia - End of Civilization (1:56:12) - Time will tell.... Countdown 2009... Thank You for Your Support! (2:00:03) - Happy New Year !!! (HUVA Network plays: Moontown and Overload) (2:07:15) - Listeners Audio Comment (Music bed by Lukas Termena) (2:13:21) - Quickchat: Off the Sky from the USA (2:31:18) - Off the Sky - Virtigo (ft. Sineweaver) (2:36:31) - Quickchat: David Helpling #38; Jon Jenkins from San Diego USA (2:58:21) - Listeners Audio Comment (2:58:53) - Logic System - Orient Express (1982) (3:02:40) - End Titles... (Klaus Doldinger plays Skyscape from the album Constellation) (3:05:00) - Happy New Year 2009 !!! END BACKGROUND INFORMATION I Awake from Sweden - links and info - http://spineworld.com http://playdo.com http://myspace.com/iawake http://lucidmusic.se === Special attention for Kenji Kawai: the Avalon Soundtrack is on the playlist again. After receiving so many e-mails since last sho (City 13) we thought it was a great idea to include the album again. Go to Amazon for buying it, it's good, very good! Avalon - The Movie - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_(Japanese_film) Buy it from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Avalon-Original-Soundtrack-Kenji-Kawai/dp/B00005HR7J === Off the Sky - links and info - Personal installation concept projects via http://phonograffiti.org Tips by Jason Corder: Morgan Packard - airships fill the sky (anticipate records) So Percussion - amid the noise Colleen - Colleen et les Boites agrave; Musique === Treasure LIVE performances by David Helpling / Jon Jenkins in San Diego (August 2008). Released on CD and available via Deepexile.com Order the 'Beyond Words' album now. There's 1,000 pieces available. Hurry! === Logic System - links and info - Logic System is a musical project of Hideki Matsutake. Hideki started as an assistant for Isao Tomita n the 70's and is well-known as the sequencer programmer and modular synthesizer operator for the...
Spacemusic presents: Global Feed - the BIG end of the year podcast with the best electronic and ambient music available - we look back at 2008 and decide what to play on today's show. The Best Of..... and more. It might be the term to use, though this show is like you've never heard before! New Mixes. New sounds. New tracks. Almost in a Trance-state we will have a lift-off for quickchats with artists from Europe and the USA: meet 'I Awake', 'Off the Sky' and David Helpling / Jon jenkins. Recorded and edited on New Year's Eve. This Spacemusic show has a duration of over 3 hours...Yesss. We hope it will reach you in full effect. Drop us your feedback via our Gmail account, spacemusic.nl@gmail.com Happy New Year to all fans of the Spacemusic podcast, muchos lovos! START (00:00) - Spacemusic ::: Global Feed ::: (01:27) - Lift-off! (Music by Vangelis - Chariots of Firenbsp;) (04:35) - The Eagle has landed (05:37) - David Helpling #38; Jon Jenkins - The Knowing (LIVE) (14:25) - Near the Parenthesis - Nidae (18:54) - Lukas Termena RMX - Timbaland ft. One Republic, Apologize (22:11) - Planet Boelex ft. Lisa's Antenna - Fill me Up (27:45) - Das Kraftfuttermischwerk - Ankommen (31:31) - Env(itre) - The upper clouds in the water (35:16) - Sleepy Town Manufacture - Fortnight (39:06) - Listeners Audio Comments (41:23) - Robert Douglas - October Sun (43:40) - Michael Fyrek - a Dream I never had (50:23) - Ulrich Schnauss - Blumenthal (55:40) - Ulrich Schnauss - Nothing happens in June (1:01:20) - Fireworks Alarm! (1:03:33) - Sleepy Town Manufacture - Not a big deal (1:06:46) - Kenji Kawai - Gray Lady (Ash) (1:11:19) - David Helpling - Worlds (1:15:07) - Craig Padilla - Wandering Thought (1:18:54) - Rudy Adrian - Pathway (1:20:59) - I Awake - Inferno (1:23:58) - Quickchat: I Awake from Sweden (1:34:55) - I Awake - Magicians and Fairies (PROMO) (1:40:26) - Logic System - Person to Person (1:44:22) - Binarysoundworx - Glacier (1:51:54) - Intelligentsia - End of Civilization (1:56:12) - Time will tell.... Countdown 2009... Thank You for Your Support! (2:00:03) - Happy New Year !!! (HUVA Network plays: Moontown and Overload) (2:07:15) - Listeners Audio Comment (Music bed by Lukas Termena) (2:13:21) - Quickchat: Off the Sky from the USA (2:31:18) - Off the Sky - Virtigo (ft. Sineweaver) (2:36:31) - Quickchat: David Helpling #38; Jon Jenkins from San Diego USA (2:58:21) - Listeners Audio Comment (2:58:53) - Logic System - Orient Express (1982) (3:02:40) - End Titles... (Klaus Doldinger plays Skyscape from the album Constellation) (3:05:00) - Happy New Year 2009 !!! END BACKGROUND INFORMATION I Awake from Sweden - links and info - http://spineworld.com http://playdo.com http://myspace.com/iawake http://lucidmusic.se === Special attention for Kenji Kawai: the Avalon Soundtrack is on the playlist again. After receiving so many e-mails since last sho (City 13) we thought it was a great idea to include the album again. Go to Amazon for buying it, it's good, very good! Avalon - The Movie - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_(Japanese_film) Buy it from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Avalon-Original-Soundtrack-Kenji-Kawai/dp/B00005HR7J === Off the Sky - links and info - Personal installation concept projects via http://phonograffiti.org Tips by Jason Corder: Morgan Packard - airships fill the sky (anticipate records) So Percussion - amid the noise Colleen - Colleen et les Boites agrave; Musique === Treasure LIVE performances by David Helpling / Jon Jenkins in San Diego (August 2008). Released on CD and available via Deepexile.com Order the 'Beyond Words' album now. There's 1,000 pieces available. Hurry! === Logic System - links and info - Logic System is a musical project of Hideki Matsutake. Hideki started as an assistant for Isao Tomita n the 70's and is well-known as the sequencer programmer and modular synthesizer operator for the...