Bard College Conservatory of Music
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The Bard College Conservatory of Music presents the first ever Bard Percussion Concert. Performing with the students will be Sō Percussion, the Conservatory's faculty percussion ensemble. "Sō Percussion is thrilled to present the first Bard Percussion concert, featuring students from Bard's new percussion studio," says Sō's Adam Sliwinski. "Our chamber music intensive program highlights great music from the past 100 years of this exciting genre, as well as looking towards the future."
The Wednesday night performance includes works by Steve Reich and John Cage, the founding father and grandfather, respectively, of American percussion music; Toru Takemitsu, who contributed several gorgeous and impressionistic works to the percussion repertoire; Yasuo Sueyoshi, who belongs to a group of Japanese composers that were commissioned by the marimba virtuoso Keibo Abe, creating an important body of solo repertoire; and Bard professor Joan Tower, one of the most notable composers of 20th- and 21st-century American music.
A variety of instruments will be used for this program, including prepared piano, marimbas, vibraphones, congas, handclapping, crotales, sleigh bells, snare drum, and water gong.
Founded in 2011 by program directors Sō Percussion, Bard Percussion is a student group that focuses on important 20th- and 21st-century works for percussion ensemble, as well as working with living composers to create new works. The members of Sō are Eric Beach, Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, and Jason Treuting.
Members of Bard Percussion and Sō Percussion will be performing live on WKZE on Wednesday, March 21 at 9 am. Tune in locally (98.1 FM) or stream online.
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