Concerts
2022
Guest Artists:
Russell Hartenberger
Michael Burritt
Participants:
Percussionists:
To be announced
Resident Composers:
To be announced
Repertoire:
Bullfrog – Russell Hartenberger
Eagles (4 or 5 players) – Russell Hartenberger
Rattler – Russell Hartenberger
Clapping Music (for 12 players) – Steve Reich/Arr. Russell Hartenberger
Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices, and Organ – Steve Reich
Music for Pieces of Wood (5 players) – Steve Reich
Home Trilogy (five players) – Michael Burritt
I. Painted Hills
II. White Pines
III. Home
Spero (4 players plus piano) – Michael Burritt
180 (four marimbas) – Michael Burritt
Ionisation – Edgard Varèse
Plus two World Premiere Pieces TBA
2019
Guest Artists:
Bob Becker (NEXUS, Steve Reich Ensemble)
Anders Åstrand (Swedish keyboard percussion virtuoso)
Matthew Burtner (Composition, University of Virginia, ECOSONO Institute)
Participants:
Percussionists:
Porter Ellerman
Marcus Hawkins
Ian Mast
Michael Pratt
Jacob Ransom
Barbara Freischlad
Austin Rigg
Colin Malloy
Tiffney Johnson
Zachary White
Sidney Rovney
Elizabeth LaBrie
Resident Composers:
Aaron Hendrix
Joshua Gastelum
Jakub Rojek
Neal Warner
Repertoire:
Sabino Roadrunners* – Anders Åstrand
Gigue – Anders Åstrand
Metroplex Drive – Anders Åstrand
Ensemble No. 10 – Anders Åstrand
Turning Point – Bob Becker
Unseen Child – Bob Becker
Water Lilies – Bob Becker
A Selection of Novelty Ragtime Tunes – Bob Becker, xylophone
Caprice Valsant, Castle Valse Classique, Graveyard Blues, Alabama Moon
Selection of Marimba Solos – Bob Becker, Marimba
In a Mist – Bix Beiderbecke (arr. Becker)
Bye Bye Blackbird – Joe Henderson (arr. Becker)
Dance of the Octopus – Red Norvo (arr. Becker)
Mists – Matthew Burtner
Six Ecoacoustic Quintets – Matthew Burtner
No. 2, Wood (pitch)
Impatient Clock* – Joshua Gastelum
Ever Rising* – Aaron Hendrix
Paradise Unimagined* – Jakub Rojek
50 for 315* – Neal Warner
*World Premiere Performance
2018
Guest Artists:
Bill Cahn (NEXUS, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra)
Casey Cangelosi (Percussion Virtuoso, James Madison University)
Participants:
Porter Ellerman
Marcus Hawkins
Gavin Thatcher
Ian Mast
Michael Pratt
Jacob Ransom
Barbara Freischlad
Austin Rigg
Colin Malloy
Tiffney Johnson
Zachary White
Repertoire:
Arizona Fantasy (2018)* – Bill Cahn
Night Ride (2005) – Bill Cahn
Theatric no. 10 – Casey Cangelosi
Theatric no. 1 – Casey Cangelosi
Jazz on Saturn – Casey Cangelosi
Theatric no. 11 (2018)* – Casey Cangelosi
Drumming (Part I – bongos) (1970-71) – Steve Reich
*World Premiere Performance