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Meehan/Perkins Duo: Performing Paul Lansky's "Travel Diary", mvt III
Picking up where our last podcast left off, this video features the Meehan/Perkins Duo performing the third movement of Paul Lansky's "Travel Diary".
"The third movement, "Lost in Philly," was inspired by a minor disaster I once had after packing my wife and two small children in the car for a trip from Princeton to Los Angeles and promptly taking a wrong turn leaving us searching for a way to get past Philadelphia (with the younger child asking "Are we there yet?")." - Paul Lansky
The fourth and final movement of "Travel Diary" will be featured in our next concert podcast.
To learn more about Todd Meehan and Doug Perkins, you can visit them online at: www.mpduo.com.
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Meehan/Perkins Duo: Performing Paul Lansky's "Travel Diary", mvts I and II
Travel Diary is a kind of meditation on travel, particularly for those who don't do it that much. While not literally programmatic, each movement has some characteristics that reflect the sense of its title. The first movement, "Leaving Home," surveys the percussion ensemble, looking around to see what we've packed for the trip, making sure we have what we need. In the second movement. "Cruising Speed." we get onto the highway or into the air and are on our way. Movements III and IV will be featured in next week's podcast.
To learn more about Todd Meehan and Doug Perkins, you can visit them online at: www.mpduo.com.
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Percussion 101: Alternative Sounds for Snare Drum
Direct from Vic Firth's PERCUSSION 101 video library, this video demonstrates how to achieve new sounds on the concert snare drum using some alternative implement choices.
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Percussion 101: Rolling on Keyboard Percussion Instruments
From Vic Firth’s popular education resource, PERCUSSION 101, this video provides a guide for developing consistent sounding sustained rolls on all keyboard instruments, as well as how to connect rolls from note to note.
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Percussion 101: Timpani Muffling Techniques
This video is excerpted from Vic Firth’s new educational resource entitled PERCUSSION 101. Covering the fundamentals on all the common percussion instruments, PERCUSSION 101 is an essential guide for young percussionists and band directors alike. Watch this video on timpani muffling techniques.
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Attacca Percussion Group: A Discussion and Performance of Ginastera's "Tres Piezas, Mvt 3: Criolla"
This podcast demonstrates performance challenges the Attacca Percussion Group has encountered in arranging and performing a solo piano work for 3 players on 1 marimba. Alberto Ginastera's "Tres Piezas, Mvt 3: Criolla" is arranged for 3 people on one marimba by Adam Green.
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Attacca Percussion Group: A Discussion and Performance of Ginastera's "Tres Piezas, Mvt 1: Cuyano"
This podcast illustrates how to select the appropriate mallets for marimba ensemble. In this selection, Adam Green details the process of selecting mallets for marimba trio using a formula that can be applied to any type of mallet playing. The Attacca Percussion Group performs Alberto Ginastera's "Tres Piezas, Mvt 1: Cuyano" arranged for 3 people on one marimba by Adam Green.
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Ed Saindon performs "Black Orpheus"
Vic Firth signature artist Ed Saindon performs "Black Orpheus" with the Rodrigo Villanueva Trio – using his new signature vibe mallets! Recorded April 20th, 2009 in DeKalb, Illinois.
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Discussion of Lukas Ligeti's "Pattern Transformation"
Third Coast Percussion’s Robert Dillon discusses Lukas Ligeti's "Pattern Transformation": the construction the piece and interesting aspects of rehearsal strategies Third Coast uses in preparing for performance.
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Third Coast Percussion performs Lukas Ligeti's "Pattern Transformation"
The pattern in "Pattern Transformation" is the 34 note continuous running line heard solo at the beginning of the piece. It is immediately echoed by the other 3 players, resulting in intensely clashing dissonances. As rests are gradually inserted into the pattern and it expands outward, the tension is gradually released and the music slowly opens up into beautiful lines formed by the composite of all the players’ individual notes.
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Third Coast Percussion performs Clay Condon’s “Quad Helix”
This week’s podcast features Third Coast Percussion (Clay Condon, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin and David Skidmore) performing Clay Condon’s “Quad Helix” for two marimbas and percussion. This Chicago-based group has swiftly gained national attention with their performances at the Kennedy Center and the Chicago Cultural Center, as well as their concert and festival appearances in Florida, California, Texas, and throughout the Chicago-land area.
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PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT - Ted Atkatz Symphonic Signature Series Drumstick
In this video demonstration, Vic Firth signature artist, Ted Atkatz explains the design of his Symphonic Signature Stick. Crafted in persimmon, a wood known for its density, durability and high impact resistance, the Ted Atkatz signature drumstick produces a full bodied and slightly darker sound than sticks made from maple or hickory.
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Gwen Burgett Thrasher performs “Boomslang” by Roshanne Etezady
The boomslang snake is a poisonous snake native to sub-Saharan Africa. A tree-dwelling snake, the boomslang strikes quickly and without warning, although it does not usually attack humans unless provoked. It is united by an undulating motive (marked "insidious" in the score) that recurs throughout the piece. It is periodically interrupted by dramatic gestures that mimic serpentine characteristics.
Boomslang was commissioned in 2007 by Gwendolyn Burgett Thrasher and was made possible by a grant from Michigan State University.
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Spotlight Discussion: Todd and Doug of the Meehan/Perkins Duo discuss J.F. Roger’s “Once Removed”
Todd Meehan and Doug Perkins discuss J.F. Roger’s marimba duo, “Once Removed” – inside the piece, covering the ups and downs of performing with a click track and more. For more information on the Meehan/Perkins Duo, visit www.mpduo.com.
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Spotlight Performance: Meehan/Perkins Duo performing J.F. Roger’s “Once Removed”
In the first of 2 videos, Todd Meehan and Doug Perkins perform John Fitz Roger’s “Once Removed” for 2 marimbas (and click track). Up next week: a discussion of the piece.
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Spotlight Performance: Ney Rosauro, Concerto for Marimba, Mvt. I
In this exclusive video, world renowned composer and performer Ney Rosauro performs the first movement of his own “Concerto for Marimba” with the University of Miami Percussion Ensemble.
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Education Spotlight: Attacca Percussion Group
In this featured podcast, Scott Pollard discusses the process of choosing mallets for legato playing. Excerpts from his transcription of Barber's Adagio for Strings are used to consider stylistic integrity, balance between players, dynamic range and mallet changes.
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Attacca Percussion Group
performing Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings”, transcribed for 5 octave marimba by Scott Pollard.
The Attacca Percussion Group includes Marc Dinitz, Adam Green and Scott Pollard. Mallets used in this video are: Virtuoso Series M212 (top) and M210 (middle); Giff Howarth M160 and Pesante M201 (bottom).
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Gwen Burgett Thrasher and Svet Stoyanov
Performing Anders Koppel’s “Toccata”
TOCCATA for vibraphone, marimba and orchestra, is constructed as a rondo with a main part of rhythmically driving character which gives space for other parts, only to return with renewed strength. After a fanfare and a presentation of the main theme, a powerfull tango follows, then a “memento” in the shape of a waltz, after that a point of standstill, which leads to a slow melody - returning to the tango which reaches its climax in a rapid 7/8 fugue. - Anders Koppel, 1991
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Percussion 101: Concert Bass Drum, Part III
This video is excerpted from Vic Firth’s new lesson series entitled PERCUSSION 101. Covering the fundamentals on all the common percussion instruments, PERCUSSION 101 is an essential guide for young percussionists and band directors alike. Watch this video on concert bass drum technique.
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“Bell Plates” by Scott Lindroth, featuring Vic Firth Artist David Skidmore
"Bell Plates is scored for percussion solo and electronic sounds. The
soloist plays brake drums, aluminum pipes, woodblocks, bongos, tom toms, and
suspended cymbals. The electronic part consists of samples of various
drums, cymbals, and gongs. These are heard at the beginning of the piece in
their original form. Later, these instruments are processed in Csound to
resemble a variety of gongs and bells."
David adds, "From my perspective, part of the fun and challenge of the piece
is in building the setup. This includes going to a hardware store to have
aluminum pipes cut to the specified lengths, building a rack to mount those
pipes, and finding woodblock sounds, drum sounds, and metal sounds that fit
the sounds of the pre-recorded track. Once you've found your sounds, playing
the piece is a matter of getting a good balance between the live sounds and
the recorded sounds. In a good performance, the audience may not even be
able to distinguish between live sounds and electronic sounds. The
combination of the two makes for something greater than the sum of its
parts: a sort of "meta-instrument" that is equal parts electronics and
drums, metals, and woods."
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Interview Spotlight: So Percussion
Discussing Steve Reich’s “Drumming, Part One”
Watch Eric Beach and Adam Sliwinski of SO PERCUSSION discuss Steve Reich's "Drumming, Part One", in-depth.
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Performance Spotlight: So Percussion
Performing Steve Reich’s “Drumming, Part One”
"Drumming Part I, for small tuned drums, begins with a single sound in a 12-beat cycle; there are rests on all other beats. Gradually, one at a time, other sounds replace the rests, until the basic rhythmic pattern of Drumming is constructed. When this pattern has been established by two drummers in unison, one of them gradually increases his tempo, while the other does not, so that in a few seconds he is one beat ahead of his partner; that is, they are one beat out of phase. They now maintain this new relationship, so that the combination of their parts produces new patterns, which in turn become the basis for the third and fourth players' parts. This process of shifting phases, holding to the newly-formed relationship and making use of the resulting patterns, is then repeated with two and then three drummers, each one beat away from the other." - Steve Reich
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Performance Spotlight: Ed Saindon
This week’s podcast features Ed Saindon performing “The Last Goodbye” at Berklee College of Music’s Vibe Night in 2008. This performance also features Rick DiMuzio-sax, David Clark-bass and Mark Walker-drums. Don't miss Ed's full performance of this and "The Healing" on his Vic Firth artist page. A special thanks to Berklee Video Services for providing the video for us. © 2008 Berklee College of Music, Used with Permission.
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Performance Spotlight: Gwen Burgett Thrasher
performing “Gigue” from Bach’s Cello Suite #5 in C minor.
This week’s podcast is the final installment in our 6 part series from Gwen Thrasher. This series features Gwen performing the entire Cello Suite #5 by Bach. To learn more about her recording of all 6 Bach Cello Suites, visit www.bluegriffin.com.
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Performance Spotlight: Gwen Burgett Thrasher
performing “Gavottes I & II” from Bach’s Cello Suite #5 in C minor.
This week’s podcast is part 5 of a 6 part series from Gwen Thrasher. This series features Gwen performing the entire Cello Suite #5 by Bach. To learn more about her recording of all 6 Bach Cello Suites, visit www.bluegriffin.com.
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Performance Spotlight: Gwen Burgett Thrasher
performing “Sarabande” from Bach’s Cello Suite #5 in C minor.
This week’s podcast is part 4 of a 6 part series from Gwen Thrasher. This series features Gwen performing the entire Cello Suite #5 by Bach. To learn more about her recording of all 6 Bach Cello Suites, visit www.bluegriffin.com.
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Performance Spotlight: Gwen Burgett Thrasher
performing “Courante” from Bach’s Cello Suite #5 in C minor.
This week’s podcast is part 3 of a 6 part series from Gwen Thrasher. This series features Gwen performing the entire Cello Suite #5 by Bach. To learn more about her recording of all 6 Bach Cello Suites, visit www.bluegriffin.com.
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Performance Spotlight: Gwen Burgett Thrasher
performing “Allemande” from Bach’s Cello Suite #5 in C minor.
This week’s podcast is part 2 of a 6 part series from Gwen Thrasher. To learn more about her recording of all 6 Bach Cello Suites, visit www.bluegriffin.com.
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Performance Spotlight: Gwen Burgett Thrasher
performing Prelude from Bach’s Cello Suite 5 in C Minor.
In the next several podcasts, we will bring you Gwen Thrasher performing the entire Cello Suite #5 by Bach.
Gwen Burgett Thrasher was winner of the Keiko Abe Prize at the second World Marimba competition in Okaya, Japan, and the top prize winner at the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts’ ARTS competition. She was awarded the performer’s certificate from the Eastman School of Music and has also been the recipient of the Outstanding Young Musician award from the Peabody Conservatory and the Yale Alumni Award.
Thrasher has studied with world-renowned professors Robert van Sice, Keiko Abe, and John Beck. She holds degrees from the Interlochen Arts Academy, Eastman School of Music, Peabody Conservatory, and the Yale School of Music.
To learn more about her recording of all 6 Bach Cello Suites, visit www.bluegriffin.com
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Performance Spotlight: Third Coast Percussion
performing David Skidmore’s “Ritual Music (Variations on the Numbers 2 &4).”
Ritual Music was written for the Chicago dance company Raizel Performances and was premiered in collaboration with that group in the spring of 2005. Ritual Music can be heard on Third Coast Percussion’s debut recording. For more information, visit www.thirdcoastpercussion.com
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Performance Spotlight: Victor Mendoza
This concert podcast features Vic Firth Artist Victor Mendoza performing a rendition of “Autumn Leaves” on jazz vibraphone.
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Percussion 101: Tambourine, Part II
This video is excerpted from Vic Firth’s new lesson series entitled PERCUSSION 101. Covering the fundamentals on all the common percussion instruments, PERCUSSION 101 is an essential guide for young percussionists and band directors alike. Watch this video on tambourine technique to learn how to play shake rolls and thumb rolls, including crescendo rolls.
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Percussion 101: Tambourine, Part I
This video is excerpted from Vic Firth’s new lesson series entitled PERCUSSION 101. Covering the fundamentals on all the common percussion instruments, PERCUSSION 101 is an essential guide for young percussionists and band directors alike.
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Performance Spotlight - Xylophonia
Featuring the Lassiter High School Percussion Ensemble performing Green’s “Xylophonia” with soloist Viet Cuong. In this performance, the ensemble is using the Vic Firth ENSEMBLE SERIES mallets.
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Performance Spotlight - Lassiter High School Percussion Ensemble - Mike Lynch, Dir.
“The Doomsday Machine” by Michael Burritt
“The Doomsday Machine is named for an episode from Star Trek, my favorite science fiction series of all time. The "Doomsday Machine" is an enormous weapon, both in size and strength, that was left adrift in space. This war machine was capable of destroying whole planets and was discovered, of course, by Captain Kirk and his crew. The Enterprise ultimately conquered the "Doomsday Machine" by feeding it another star ship that was set to self destruct. My "Doomsday Machine" is meant to be an aurally and visually captivating work that explores a multitude of wood, metal and membraned sounds in an explosively energetic dance."
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Performance Spotlight - U. North Carolina Greensboro "Paschal Dances" by David Gillingham
Cort McClaren, Conductor
"Paschal Dances is based on the first two lines of the famous Gregorian
Easter sequence,"Victim paschali laudes" (Praises to the Paschal Victim).
Motives and phrases of the chant are used to unify the work which comprises
an Invocation, 4 Dances, 2 Interludes, and a Benediction." - D. Gillingham
"Paschal Dances" can be purchased online at www.c-alanpublications.com
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Interview Spotlight - So Percussion
Called "astonishing and entrancing" by Billboard, "brilliant" by the New York Times, So Percussion came together in the green pastures of New Haven at Yale's graduate program. So Percussion has created a fresh voice to what co-founder Jason Treuting calls "funky contemporary music."
Check out part one of our interview series with SO Percussion in this featured concert podcast!
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Performance Spotlight - Jeff Jones "Figures in a Landscape" by Peter Klatzow
Jennifer Chen, flute
In this week's featured concert podcast, Vic Firth education team member Jeff Jones performs Peter Klatzow's "Figures in a Landscape" for marimba and flute.
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Performance Spotlight - Arabesco Infinito by Alejandro Viñao
Performed by Svet Stoyanov and Gwendolyn Burgett Thrasher
"I first thought of writing an 'arabesque' for marimba and vibraphone as I
was hearing my son Matteo practice Debussy's second arabesque at the piano.
Shortly afterwards I considered Debussy's piece in the context of ideas
about repetition derived from classical Islamic art, Chaos Theory and
fractal geometry.
In traditional Islamic art, ornamental textures are often constructed from a
single geometrical figure multiplied in all direction in one plane creating
an infinite pattern. In Arabesco Infinito I attempted to emulate this kind
of construction.
Similar ideas of 'creative unpredictable repetition' are found in fractal
geometry and chaos theory. However, chaos theory also introduces the idea of
attractors, defined as states towards which a system or process may evolve.
What I found fascinating in this concept was that although a system may be
moving towards an attractor, it may appear to be doing so in a chaotic way.
This suggests that order may be created out of chaos and that perhaps an act
of creation may need chaos as a necessary condition. I wanted to have a
similar kind of motion in my piece, a directionality that at times might
seem chaotic but was always driven by the repetition of an initial cell or
pattern. I wanted to create music where a very simple rhythmic and melodic
figure - and arabesque- would evolve in unpredictable ways but always in the
direction of a node or point of attraction. These points of attraction
appear in the piece as 'grooves', repetitive periodic or quasi periodic
rhythms that our body may comfortably settle into. The movement or
gravitation from one groove to the next is the central process of the piece,
its complex story, in short, what the piece is about.
In Arabesco Infinito I was interested in the notion that repetition (that
dreaded monster of contemporary culture) can be mindless and even
dehumanising or truly creative in a profound and mysterious way."
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Performance Spotlight - So Percussion "The So-Called Laws of Nature" (David Lang)
"The So-Called Laws of Nature” explores the 'meaning' of various processes and formulas. The individual parts are virtually identical -- the percussionists play identical patterns throughout, playing unison rhythms on subtly different instruments. Some of the patterns between the players are displaced in time, some are on instruments which have a kind of incoherence built into their sound.
Called "astonishing and entrancing" by Billboard, "brilliant" by the New York Times, So Percussion came together in the green pastures of New Haven at Yale's graduate program. So Percussion has created a fresh voice to what co-founder Jason Treuting calls "funky contemporary music."
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Performance Spotlight - Jeff Jones, "Day Dreams" for marimba and electronics
In Day Dreams for marimba and electronics, Philippe Boesmans has
created a uniquely broad palette of timbres by devising a
collaboration between marimba sounds and computer-generated sounds.
Through the use of a program called Max/MSP, Boesmans uses
electronics to serve one of three purposes: to complement
the marimba line with a secondary line of music; to compete with the
marimba line by pushing itself to the foreground; and to actually bend
the pitch of the marimba, certainly a pushing of the envelope for
keyboard percussion.
The use of the Daydreams software was freely granted to Jeff Jones by
the CRFMW - Centre de Recherches et de Formation Musicales de
Wallonie, Liège, Belgium.
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Robert Van Sice - Discussion of James Wood's “Village Burial with Fire”
A continuation of last week's performance spotlight featuring the Yale Percussion Group, this week’s podcast features commentary from Robert Van Sice, Chair of Percussion Studies at Yale School of Music & The Peabody Conservatory of Music. In this video, Robert Van Sice discusses a few of the compositional elements behind James Wood’s “Village Burial with Fire.”
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Performance Spotlight: Yale Percussion Group - “Village Burial with Fire” (James Wood)
This concert podcast features the Yale Percussion Group performing James Wood’s “Village Burial with Fire” (1989). Here the memories are of a Hindu, princely funeral ceremony—for two months the villagers have been making
preparations—hundreds have turned out wearing their most lavish and colourful clothes, and carrying offerings of food on their heads. First, there is the noisy procession down to the river for purification of the soul, then a short ceremony, and then the vast funeral pyre is set alight. At this moment it seems as though the whole village has exploded into music and dancing—soon, some go into trance. Gradually the physical form of the pyre disintegrates, and the spirit of the deceased is formally set free to mingle with the spirit world. In the evening, when the festivities have moved on to another place, some mourners lament beside the glowing embers.
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Performance Spotlight: James Madison University
The James Madison University Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Bill Rice, performs Nathan Daughtrey’s “Limerick Daydreams.” The piece is available from C. Alan Publications.
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Performance Spotlight: Westfield High School Percussion Ensemble
This week's concert podcast features the Westfield H.S. Percussion Ensemble from Chantilly, VA. Under the direction of John Kilkenny, Westfield HS performs John Mackey’s “Mass for Percussion Ensemble”, recorded at the 2007 Music For All National Percussion Ensemble Festival in Indianapolis, IN.
Mackey’s “Mass” was commissioned by The Julliard School’s Dance Division, with choreography by Robert Battle. You can learn more about this piece at www.ostimusic.com.
For more information about recordings or performances at the National Percussion Festival as well as programming at Music for All and Bands of America, go to www.musicforall.org.
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Performance Spotlight: Victor Mendoza
This week’s podcast showcases the talents of vibraphonist Victor Mendoza in a Tribute to Milt Jackson playing his arrangement of “For Someone I Love.” Including Milton Fletcher, piano, Ron Mahdi, bass and Kendrick Scott, drums.
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Performance Spotlight: Nathan Daughtrey - "Marimba d'Amore" (Keiko Abe)
Hailed as "one of the leading voices on marimba," Nathan Daughtrey has already achieved much success and acclaim as a solo performer. He frequently appears as soloist and clinician in concert halls and universities throughout the United States. This week’s concert podcast features Vic Firth artist Nathan Daughtrey performing Keiko Abe’s “Marimba d’Amore.”
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Vibraphone Masterclass: Gary Burton - Pedaling and Dynamic Playing
In this week's concert podcast, Gary Burton discusses pedaling and dynamic playing on the vibraphone. Dont forget to visit www.vicfirth.com to see Gary's entire vibraphone masterclass!
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Vibraphone Masterclass: Gary Burton - The Burton Grip (4 Mallets)
Our Vibraphone Masterclass with Gary Burton continues with a breakdown of the famous "Burton Grip"! Hear Gary's story about how he developed his grip and four-mallet technique!
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Vibraphone Masterclass: Gary Burton - Lesson 3
In the third installment of our vibraphone masterclass with Gary Burton, Gary discusses technique and shows us how the proper stroke can get the best sound out of the instrument!
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Vibraphone Masterclass: Gary Burton - Lesson 2
We are excited to present Gary's 8-part Vibraphone Masterclass series to you, recorded backstage in Boston's Symphony Hall. In this second installment, Gary talks about some of the important early vibraphone performers as well as vibe characteristics.
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Vibraphone Masterclass: Gary Burton - Lesson 1
We are excited to present Gary's 8-part Vibraphone Masterclass series to you, recorded backstage in Boston's Symphony Hall. In this series, Burton covers the full gamut of common questions on the instrument – from it's history to his famous 4 mallet grip. Check out the first installment of Gary's masterclass in this week's concert podcast!
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UMASS Marimba Band: 'Big Country', Arr. Olin Johannessen
'Big Country' is a catchy and inspired composition by world renowned banjo picker and jazz musician Béla Fleck from the album 'Left of Cool' by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. Its simple melody encapsulates the folksy sound of Americana, and is wonderfully captured in this score for percussion ensemble.
Arranged by Vic Firth Assistant Director of Education, Olin Johannessen, Fleck's original banjo part translates well to the percussion ensemble through 4-mallet independent techniques for marimbas and xylophone. As seen in this performance by the UMASS Marimba Band, this arrangement also features a small rhythm section (drumset and bass guitar) to drive the two-step feel.
To purchase this arrangement of 'Big Country', or to check out more of Olin's concert ensembles, visit: www.tapspace.com.
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Product Spotlight: Tim Genis - STG2
Tim Genis' STG2 signature drumsticks are specially designed for playing fast musical passages softly, producing clean double strokes and clear articulation on the concert snare drum. Watch Tim demonstrate these unique drumsticks in this week's concert podcast.
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Performance Spotlight: Ney Rosauro - Serenata Mvt. III: "The Journey "
Vic Firth is excited to bring you a video of Ney Rosauro performing his latest composition, Serenata on its June 18th, 2007 World Premiere!
"Movement III celebrates life. A joyful introduction preceeds the lively main theme in a 12/8 time signature. After the main theme exposition the bridge gives way to Leitmotiv 2 leading to a musical climax. A capacious cadenza allows the soloist to explore variations on Leitmotiv 1 with intermittent orchestral accompaniment. Movement III concludes with a recapitulation of the central themes and motives followed by primary rhythmic passages from the introduction." - Ney Rosauro
Special thanks to the Orquestra do Theatro São Pedro (Antonio Carlos Cunha, conductor) and TV Educativa.
Ney is using his M228 signature mallet. An all purpose mallet for rich, full sound on any keyboard. L = 16 1/4"
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Performance Spotlight: Ney Rosauro - Serenata Mvt. II: "In Heaven"
Vic Firth is excited to bring you a video of Ney Rosauro performing his latest composition, Serenata on its June 18th, 2007 World Premiere!
"Movement II starts and finishes with two canticles of the catholic church – “In Heaven” and “Heavenly Mother.” I composed this music while taking long walks through the city of Porto Alegre, RS (Brazil) during the last weeks of my mother’s life. The marimba cadenza has roots in the prayer “Gloria ao Pai” (Glory to the Father) and was inspired by an old choral composition of mine." - Ney Rosauro
Special thanks to the Orquestra do Theatro São Pedro (Antonio Carlos Cunha, conductor) and TV Educativa.
Ney is using his M228 signature mallet. An all purpose mallet for rich, full sound on any keyboard.
L = 16 1/4"
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Performance Spotlight: Ney Rosauro - Serenata Mvt. I: "The Continent"
Vic Firth is excited to bring you a video of Ney Rosauro performing his latest composition, Serenata on its June 18th, 2007 World Premiere!
"My family is from Rio Grande do Sul (the southern most Brazilian state). Movement 1 is based on the rhythm of Guarania. Guarania is one of the most popular styles from this region of South America, called Saint Peter’s Continent by the early settlers. After an energetic and virtuosic introduction the first part of theme A is presented with chords and melody that suggest tension and instability. The mood created evokes the emotions of a mother constantly worried over the well being of her children. During the second part of theme A this tension is resolved and a new melody that is presented (*Leitmotiv 1) will be used throughout the piece. After the bridge theme B (*Leitmotiv 2) is introduced and like Leitmotiv 1 it will reemerge in other movements. Following an elaborate solo interlude on the vibes and marimba, themes A and B are restated and the same chromatic material from the introduction closes the movement."
Special thanks to the Orquestra do Theatro São Pedro (Antonio Carlos Cunha, conductor) and TV Educativa.
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Artist Spotlight: Ed Saindon
A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Ed Saindon has performed and/or recorded with artists such as Peter Erskine, Jeff Hamilton, Louie Bellson and Ken Peplowski to name a few! In addition to his career as a performer, Ed also dedicates his talents to the field of education as a clinician, an author and a faculty member at Berklee College of Music. Check out this week's podcast to watch Ed perform the jazz standard, Black Orpheus.
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Performance Spotlight: UT Arlington Percussion Ensemble
Performed by the UT Arlington Percussion Ensemble, “Tala” by Michael Varner
is a grade 5 piece on the Texas Class I Percussion Ensemble list. Based on
a rhythmic pattern of twelve beats it is divided into groupings of 5 and 7
subdivided into 2-3-2-2-3, “Tala” allows performers and audience to
experience some of the unique aspects of Classical Indian music. Available
through Michael Varner Music and many retail music stores.
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Performance Spotlight: Barry Dove
In this week's concert podcast, Vic Firth Education Team member, Barry Dove performs Dmitri Shostakovich's "Polka" from "The Golden Age". Arranged for solo marimba, this piece features the Vic Firth Ensemble Series keyboard mallets.
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Performance Spotlight: Svet Stoyanov
Vic Firth artist Svet Stoyanov is featured in this week's concert podcast playing Paul Lansky’s “Hop” for marimba and violin, featuring violinist Annaliesa Place. "Hop" is available through G Schirmer Publications (www.schirmer.com).
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Video Interview: Tim Genis, Part III
Tim discusses some of the different roles he has played in the orchestra over the years, including his current role as the principal timpanist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Tim talks about the lessons he learned from his predecessor Vic Firth as well as what it is like to follow such an iconic and legendary timpanist.
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Video Interview: Tim Genis, Part II
In this second installment of our interview series with BSO principal timpanist Tim Genis, Tim talks about his experience auditioning for and performing with major symphony orchestras at a young age as well as overcoming nerves in the audition process!
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Video Interview: Tim Genis, Part I
Tim Genis is the principal timpanist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra as well as the head of the percussion department at Boston University. In this first installment of our interview series, Tim discusses his early years studying with Anthony Cirone and Saul Goodman.
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Performance Spotlight: George Clements and Robert Marino
This video is the live performance of the duet “Eight on 3 and Nine on 2” written by Robert Marino and performed by George Clements and Robert Marino at the Eastman School of Music. Both Clements and Marino are graduates of the Eastman School, as well as alumni of the Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps bass drum line. "Eight on 3 and Nine on 2" is a unique multi-percussion piece that showcases the
skills Clements and Marino honed playing split parts during their time with the Cadets.
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UTA Percussion Ensemble: Limerick Daydreams
This week's concert podcast features the UTA Percussion Ensemble performing Nathan Daughtrey's piece, "Limerick Daydreams." The UTA Percussion ensemble uses the Vic Firth Pesante Series in this piece to produce dark, bold sounds that project with a beautiful sonority.
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Artist Spotlight: Stefon Harris
Vic Firth artist Stefon Harris is a graduate of The Manhattan School of Music, a recipient of the prestigious Martin E. Segal Award from the Lincoln Center and a back-to-back Grammy nominated artist. Watch this video of Stefon performing in this week's concert podcast.
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Performance Spotlight: Nathan Daughtrey
Agustin Barrios Mangore (1885-1944) was one of the most successful and influential guitarist/composers of the first half of the twentieth century. His compositions range from simple etudes to wildly virtuosic multi-movement works. In this week's concert podcast, Nathan Daughtrey performs Mangore's Una Limosnita por Amor de Dios.
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Yale Percussion Group: Threads by Paul Lansky (part II of II)
Threads, written by Paul Lansky for So Percussion in 2005, is a ‘contata’ for percussion quartet in ten short movements. There are three ‘threads’ that are interwoven in the piece: Arias and Preludes that focus on the metallic pitched sounds; Choruses in which drumming predominates; and Recitatives made largely from Cage-like ‘noise’ instruments. The aims of the different threads are to highlight the wide range of qualitities that percussion instruments are capable of, from lyrical and tender to forceful and aggressive, and weave them into one continuous texture. Presented this week are movements 6-10.
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Yale Percussion Group: Threads by Paul Lansky (part I of II)
Threads, written by Paul Lansky for So Percussion in 2005, is a ‘contata’ for percussion quartet in ten short movements. There are three ‘threads’ that are interwoven in the piece: Arias and Preludes that focus on the metallic pitched sounds; Choruses in which drumming predominates; and Recitatives made largely from Cage-like ‘noise’ instruments. The aims of the different threads are to highlight the wide range of qualitities that percussion instruments are capable of, from lyrical and tender to forceful and aggressive, and weave them into one continuous texture. Presented this week are movements 1-5.
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Performance Spotlight: Eduardo Leandro and Ian Hale Perform Manoury's “Duo de Marimbas”
PHILIPPE MANOURY was born in Tulle, France in 1952. The “Duo de Marimbas” is the second of six parts from Manoury’s “Le Livre des Claviers” – written as an instructional work for the study of keyboard percussion instruments. Manoury explained his intention for the piece was to “construct phrases with a series of points that connect together, cross, intersect and collide.”
EDUARDO LEANDRO was born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He attended Sao Paulo State University, Rotterdam Conservatory in the Netherlands, and Yale University. He has performed with the Steve Reich Ensemble, the New York Chamber Symphony Orchestra, the American Symphony Orchestra, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Sequitur Ensemble, and the Bang on a Can All-Stars. Currently, Eduardo is Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Artist-in-Residence at the State University of New York-Stony Brook.
IAN HALE recently completed his master's degree in percussion performance from the University of Massachusetts where he studied with Eduardo Leandro and Thom Hannum. Hale has performed with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and Land's End Chamber Ensemble. Ian has been heavily involved in drum corps activity, having taught several drum corps including the Glassmen, Magic of Orlando, the Madison Scouts, Allegiance Elite, and Carolina Crown.
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Performance Spotlight: Gary Burton
This week's podcast features Gary Burton performing a medley of two tunes by bassist and composer Steve Swallow entitled "I'm Your Pal" (originally recorded with Chick Corea on “Crystal Silence”) and “Hullo Bolinas” (from “Alone At Last”).
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Ji Hye Jung, Marimba - Nothern Lights by
Eric Ewazen
A faculty member of the Julliard School
of Music since 1980, Eric Ewazen was born in 1954 in Cleveland,
Ohio. Receiving a B.M. At the Eastman School of Music, and M.M.
and D.M.A. degrees from The Juilliard School, his teachers include
Milton Babbitt, Samuel Adler, Warren Benson, Joseph Schwantner
and Gunther Schuller. He is a recipient of numerous composition
awards and prizes. His works have been commissioned and performed
by many soloists, chamber ensembles and orchestras in the U.S.
and overseas.
Ji Hye Jung is the 2006 winner of the International
Marimba Competition in Linz, Austria. On Northern Lights, Ji Hye
uses the Robert Van Sice M113 in the bass and M115's in the top
three positions.
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Performance Spotlight: Eric Beach - And Legions Will Rise by Kevin Puts
Hailed by the press as “one of the best young composers in America”, KEVIN PUTS has had works commissioned and performed by leading orchestras, ensembles and soloists throughout North America, Europe and the Far East. “And Legions Will Rise” was composed for Makoto Nakura with a commission from Kobe Shinbun. According to Mr. Puts, “And Legions Will Rise is about the power in all of us to transcend during times of tragedy and personal crisis.”
Eric Beach holds Bachelor of Music and Graduate Performance Degrees from the Peabody Conservatory and recently completed his Master’s of Music Degree from the Yale School of Music where he studied with virtuoso percussionist Robert Van Sice.
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Performance Spotlight: Nathan Daughtrey -WarHammer by Daniel McCarthy
WarHammer by Daniel McCarthy was composed in 1999 and first recorded by Nathan Daughtrey on his “Spiral Passages” release of solo marimba works. Like much of McCarthy's marimba music, this piece was inspired by the music of Frank Zappa. McCarthy is currently chair of the Composition and Theory Section at the University of Akron School of Music.
Nathan Daughtrey frequently appears as soloist and clinician in concert halls and universities throughout the United States. Praised for his "virtuosic facility and extraordinary musical sensitivity," Mr. Daughtrey has appeared as the featured soloist with several ensembles, including the North Carolina Symphony and the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, Slovakia. His compositions and CDs, as well as Daniel McCarthy’s “WarHammer” are available from C. Alan Publications.
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Performance Spotlight: Svet Stoyanov - Rotation
IV by
Eric Sammut
Bulgarian-born Svet Stoyanov has captivated audiences
internationally with his virtuosic technique both on the marimba
and a wide variety of other percussion instruments. Winner of the
2003 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, as well as
numerous other competition awards, he has garnered accolades from
audiences and professionals throughout Europe and the United States
for his dynamic concerto performances, his theatrical recital presentations
and the elegance of his chamber music collaborations.
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Performance Spotlight: James Madison University
The James Madison University Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Bill Rice, performs David Gillingham’s “Concerto for Piano and Percussion Orchestra” with pianist Dr. Lori Piitz. The piece is available from C. Alan Publications
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Performance Spotlight: James Deitz
This week's concert podcast features an excerpt from Georges Aperghis' composition "Le Corps a Corps," as performed by Vic Firth Artist James Deitz. "Le Corps a Corps" tells the story of a gruesome motorcycle race, which takes a surreal turn as it flashes back to days of ancient chariots. Aperghis' composition and Deitz's performance of it expertly navigate the fine line between musical performance and theatrical performance.
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Performance Spotlight: Giff Howarth performs Schwantner's "Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra"
Watch Giff Howarth perform "Movement III: Ritmico Con Brio" from Joseph Schwantner's "Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra" with the Michigan State University Orchestra.
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Performance Spotlight: Giff Howarth performs Schwantner's "Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra"
This week's concert podcast features Giff Howarth performing "Movement II: Misterioso" from Joseph Schwantner's "Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra" with the Michigan State University Orchestra.
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Performance Spotlight: Giff Howarth performs Schwantner's "Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra"
Joseph Schwantner's "Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra" was originally commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for its 150th anniversary. The piece features an expanded percussion section, as well as an extended cadenza section for the percussion soloist. This week's concert podcast features Giff Howarth performing Schwantner's "Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra" with the Michigan State University Orchestra.
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Artist Spotlight: Ed Saindon
A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Ed Saindon has performed and/or recorded with artists such as Peter Erskine, Jeff Hamilton, Louie Bellson and Ken Peplowski to name a few! In addition to his career as a performer, Ed also dedicates his talents to the field of education as a clinician, an author and a faculty member at Berklee College of Music. Check out this week's podcast to watch Ed perform the jazz standard, Do You Know What it Means (to Miss New Orleans).
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Performance Spotlight : Ji Hye Jung
Korean percussionist Ji Hye Jung has been studying marimba since the age of five. She has studied under Robert Van Sice and collaborated with composers such as Martin Bresnick and Erza Laderman. This week's concert podcast features Ms. Jung performing a transcribed solo by pianist Keith Jarrett. Originally performed in 1975, this excerpted solo has been transcribed by Manuel Barruenco, Guitar Professor at the Peabody Conservatory.
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Performance Spotlight : Svet Stoyanov and James Deitz
James Deitz made his concerto debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra in October of 2003 and has shared the stage with such artists as Lisa Moore, Keiko Abe, Robert Van Sice, Emmanuel Sejourne, William Cahn, and Barbara Gavatos. Bulgarian-born Svet Stoyanov, winner of the 2003 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, made his New York City debut at the Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. Both percussionists currently study under Robert Van Sice as members of the Yale percussion studio. This week's podcast features Deitz and Stoyanov's performance of Peter Klatzow's Ambient Resonances.
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University of Miami Percussion Ensemble
Watch The University of Miami Percussion ensemble under the direction of Ney Rosauro and featuring Esther Jane Hardenbergh perform "Bachiana Brasileiras No. 5, Aria" by Hector Villa-Lobos and arranged by Rodrigo Morte.
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Product Spotlight: Ney Rosauro Signature Mallets
Ney Rosauro designed this special series of marimba and vibraphone mallets to reflect the sound he desires for his award winning compositions. Watch Ney's product demonstration to hear about this line of mallets from the designer himself.
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Product Spotlight: Tim Genis Signature Drumstick
In addition to his current position as the Principal Timpanist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tim Genis has performed with the Rochester Philharmonic, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Honolulu Symphony, the Philharmonia Virtuosi and the Radio City Music Hall Orchestra. Watch Tim demonstrate his symphonic signature drumstick in this week's podcast!
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Performance Spotlight: Yale Percussion Group Featuring James Deitz
Percussionist James Deitz has studied at the Juilliard School, the Curtis Institute of Music and is currently pursuing his Associates Degree as a member of the Yale Percussion Studio. This week's podcast features James' performance of Six Elegies Dancing, movement II: Intensely
by Jennifer Stasack. This piece is published by Honey Rock Publications.
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Performance Spotlight: Wan Chun Liao
Check out this video of the UMiami Percussion Ensemble performing "Concerto #2 for Marimba, 2nd Movement" by Ney Rosauro. This piece features Wan Chun Liao on marimba.
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Composer Interview: Martin Bresnick
Martin Bresnick's compositions, from chamber and symphonic music to film scores and computer music, are performed throughout the world. We had a chance to sit down with Martin and talk about his marimba concerto "Grace." Check out the interview as well as performance clips featuring Robert Van Sice and Eduardo Leandro in this week's podcast.
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Artist Spotlight: Eduardo Leandro
Vic Firth artist and educator Eduardo Leandro is a Professor of Percussion at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Accompanied by Yeon-Su Kim on violin, Eduardo performs Astor Piazzolla's "L'histoire du tango, Café" in this week's concert podcast.
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Artist Spotlight: Ney Rosauro
Ney Rosauro is currently the Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Miami and has developed a successful international career as an educator, a percussionist and a composer. Watch as Ney performs his composition "Brazilian Landscape" - a musical journey through his native Brazil.
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Performance Spotlight: UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MARIMBA QUARTET
This week's concert podcast features a performance from the University of Miami Marimba Quartet, under the direction of Ney Rosauro.
Watch as Lizzie Galvan (mar. 1 with M224), Simon Gomez (mar. 2 with M223), Jessica Muniz (mar. 3 with M222) and Dani Marham (mar. 4 with M221) perform "O burrico de Pau" by Antonio Carlos Gomez (arranged by Fernando Hashimoto). The four different models from the Rosauro Signature Series produce completely contrasting sounds that enhance the 4 voices of the piece. DOWNLOAD VIDEO VISIT OUR FEATURES LINK PAGE FOR MORE VIDEOS |
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Performance Spotlight: YALE PERCUSSION GROUP
Written in 1941 for percussion quartet, Third Construction by John Cage is one of the premier percussion compositions of the 20th century. Check out a performance of this piece by Svet Stoyanov, John Daub, Josh Quillen and Jeff Jones of the Yale Percussion Group.
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Performance Spotlight: LALO
From her New York City apartment come the unique sounds of jazz with a contemporary twist. Dubbed "The Vibe Queen" by the Village Voice, vibraphonist and composer Lalo has a musical style all her own. Check out this video of Lalo performing "Dance" from her self-titled debut CD. In addition, this piece will soon be published in a collection of solos for vibraphone.
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Performance Spotlight: STUART MARRS
Elliott Carter's solo timpani works of the 1960s represent the benchmark by which all subsequent compositions of this genre have been measured. Check out this video of timpanist Dr. Stuart Marrs performing Carter's solo piece, "March."
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Vic Firth Video Factory Tour
From the sawmill to your local music store, Vic Firth sticks and mallets are held to the highest standards of quality. Take a virtual tour of our production facilities in Newport, ME and see why the worlds best and most demanding drummers choose the "Perfect Pair" - Vic Firth.
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Performance Spotlight: JI HYE JUNG
Watch this exciting new talent from South Korea perform Keiko Abe's Variation
on Children's Songs! Stay tuned to vicfirth.com for our video
interview with Ji Hye, including more performance videos.
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Gary Burton on His Signature M25 Mallet
As a 5 time Grammy winner and 12 time nominee, Gary Burton has shared
the stage with countless artists, including Chick Corea, Pat Metheny,
Roy Haynes, and Dave Holland. In this video, Gary explains the
development of his signature vibe and demonstrates with a 12
bar blues improvisation.
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ROBERT VAN SICE: MALLET DEMO
Respected internationally as a soloist, teacher and masterclass instructor,
Robert Van Sice designed this series of yarn would marimba mallets
with an exclusive hand-wrapping technique that virtually eliminates
the sound of bar contact.This video includes Robert's thoughts
behind the design and implementation of each mallet, as well as a
demonstration with excerpts from the marimba literature.
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VIC FIRTH: ON HIS COMPANY'S HISTORY
For over 40 years, Vic Firth has been
a leader in design, innovation and technology. He has pioneered new
concepts and methods to constantly improve upon the manufacturing process,
resulting in the world's best drumsticks and mallets. In this video
feature, Vic traces the development of the company, from its humble
beginnings (when
he hand whittled the first pair of SD1's) to the automated computer
pairing system we use today.
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EDUARDO LEANDRO PERFORMS "KHAN VARIATIONS"
Vic Firth artist and educator Eduardo Leandro,
Professor of Percussion at the University of Massachuetts at Amherst
performs Alejandro Viñao's "Khan Variations" at
the Percussive Arts Society's International Convention in Columbus,
Ohio.
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