Allen Otte
Touch and Go, computer graphic for solo percussionist
Focus Day Performance
Thursday, 3:00 p.m.

Allen Otte came to the University of Cincinnati in 1977 with The Blackearth Percussion Group which he co-founded in 1972; in 1979, he founded Percussion Group Cincinnati. The three members of the Group are faculty and ensemble-in-residence at the conservatory, with an international touring schedule of concerts, concerto appearances, masterclasses, and children’s programs.  He is a regular summer faculty member at Oberlin where he has also done a course in traditional and creative music for Javanese gamelan. With and without the Group, he has concertized, recorded and taught throughout North America, Europe, and in Asia, including solo concerts and guest presentations in Shanghai, Saarbrucken, Aukland, and at Tanglewood. As both percussionist and composer, he works occasionally with soprano Audrey Luna, poet Don Bogen, the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, and extensively in computer music with Mara Helmuth.  A CD of five collaborative works with Mara Helmuth is available on EMS; Percussion Group Cincinnati is recorded on their own label, ars moderno.

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