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The University of Kentucky Percussion
Ensemble under the direction of James Campbell will present the world
premiere performance of "Pines Long Slept in Sunshine" composed by
Christopher Adler. The concert program will also include a period for the
audience to experience the music and instruments up close at the end of the
event. The free public concert featuring Adler's work will take the stage at
3 p.m. Sunday, April 5, in the Concert Hall of the Singletary Center for the
Arts.
A noted composer, Adler's compositions encompass
cross-cultural hybrid forms drawn from contemporary concert and traditional
music of Thailand and Laos, algorithmic composition, and the integration of
improvisation into structural composition. His works have been performed at
Carnegie Hall, Chicago Symphony Center, Tanglewood, Merkin Hall, Sumida
Triphony Hall in Tokyo, and at new music festivals and universities across
the U.S.
A consortium of university and professional percussion
ensembles throughout North America commissioned "Pines Long Slept in
Sunshine," a project organized by Kyle Forsthoff, a doctoral candidate at
the UK School of Music.
Other featured works on the concert program include “Warthog
No. 3” for hand drums by Austin Wrinkle, John Cage’s long-lost work “Dance
Music for Elfrid Ide,” “The Surface of Life” by Mark Ford, and David Heuser
‘s work for 12 percussionists, “Not Here, But There.”
For the concert's closing work for six percussionists, "Stonewave"
by Rolf Wallin, the audience will be invited to come onstage for an
in-the-round up-close performance.
After the concert, audience members are invited to stay for a
tour and demonstration of all the percussion instruments used.
This event and composer Christopher Adler's residency are
funded in part through Meet the Composer's Creative Connections programs.
During his week at UK, Adler will also present two additional lectures and
workshops.
For more information on the UK Percussion Ensemble concert
featuring music by Christopher Adler, contact James Campbell, director of UK
Percussion Studies, at (859) 257-8187.
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Morehead
State University's Percussion Ensemble and Steel Band along with
guest artist Ari Colares, a Brazilian percussionist, will offer 'An
Evening of Brazilian Music' on Thursday, April 9, at 8 p.m. The concert will be held in the Duncan Recital Hall in the Baird Music Hall on the MSU campus. MSU's Percussion Ensemble and Steel Band are under the direction of Frank Oddis, associate professor of music and percussion coordinator. A percussionist, professor and recording artist specializing in Brazilian percussion, Colares has taught workshops in Brazil and worldwide and teaches at Universidade Livre de M'sica and Universidade Anhembi Morumbi. He also is musical director of Aba'a' - Cultura e Arte, a group that researches folklore and performs shows of traditional Brazilian music and dances. Six new musical arrangements of Brazilian music for percussion ensemble will be premiered and will feature traditional styles of Brazil music including, Samba, Maracatu, Chorinho, along with a tribute to Oxaguian. The musical arrangements will combine instruments of the traditional western percussion ensemble with Brazilian instruments to offer a unique marriage of sounds from both hemispheres. In addition to the concert, Colares will be artist-in-residence and teach workshops on the topics of Brazilian music and culture. The campus visit is made possible through the support of the Buckner and Sally S. Hinkle Endowment for the Humanities MSU's Caudill College of Humanities, Department of Music, Arts and Humanities Council, Office of Communications and Marketing and Morehead State Public Radio, and Brazilian Percussion manufacturer Contemporanea. The concert is free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted. Additional information is available by calling Dr. Oddis at (606) 783-2487. |
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Brazilian Percussion and Culture Tour - August
of 2009.
Professor Frank Oddis, Morehead State University
and Professor Jason Koontz, Eastern Kentucky
University are conducting a Brazilian Percussion
and Culture Tour in August of 2009. The 14-day
tour will visit three cities in Brazil, Salvador
de Bahia, the African Capital of Brazil,
beautiful Rio de Janeiro, and the metropolis of
Sao Paulo, to study many different genres of
traditional Brazilian music. Two tracks of study
will be offered; Brazilian Percussion and
Brazilian Percussion with Drumset emphasis. The
instructors are all leading professionals and
virtuosos on their respective instruments and
classes and workshops will be offered in all
three cities.
Participants will attend Brazilian music
concerts, cultural shows, religious ceremonies,
visit important cultural landmarks and travel to
a tropical island combining to make this tour a
unique cultural experience. Additionally, a
guided tour of the Contemporanea percussion
instrument factory in Sao Paulo will give
participants an opportunity to see Brazilian
instrument manufacturing on a large scale, and
handpick personal instruments for purchase at
special prices.
We will stay in very nice accommodations (3 and
4 stars) and have included several meals, in
addition to daily Brazilian breakfast in all of
the hotels and Posada. The food in Brazil is
truly great!
We encourage you to contact us with questions
and ask that you help us publicize this tour by
printing and posting the attached poster and
forwarding this email to your lists
of friends and colleagues who might be
interested in getting a taste of Brazil. We
will respond promptly with a detailed itinerary
and brochure including all information necessary
to enroll.
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The Kentucky
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