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