Excerpt from the piece TIGHT SWEATER by Marc Mellits. Nick Photinos (cello), Brian Archinal (percussion), and Isabelle O'Connell (piano) 2007 BOAC Festival
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
CSULB New Music Ensemble

The CSULB Cole Conservatory New Music Ensemble will be performing Steve Reich's Drumming.
The concert will be presented in the University Studio Theater. The theater is located on Upper Campus and is a theater in the round. It will be a unique opportunity to hear all of Drumming.
For directions to the theater, please visit: http://daf.csulb.edu/maps/campus/south.html
Parking is available in Lot 7.
The group So Percussion performs the first part of Drumming in 2007 at Ameoba Records in Hollywood, CA.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Tribute (African Drum Duo) - Mvt. 1
IronWorks Percussion perform the first movement of "Tribute" by Dave Gerhart. The IronWorks Duo gave the premiere performance on October 12, 2008.
Program Notes: Tribute, a three-movement work for any six drums for two players, was written as a tribute to three figures that have had an influence on my musical career. I wrote Tribadacious (movement 1) as a homage to one of my teachers, Brad Dutz, and his composition Ewe Day. The syncopated rhythms and different tone colors (rim, dead strokes, drum shell and open tones) are all inspired by the African drumming from the Ewe tribe (Ghana). ||: Tribute :|| (movement 2) is a homage to Steve Reich and the minimalist musical movement. The ostinato figures and additive processes are reminiscent of Reichs compositional style. The third movement, Djunute, is a homage to the Djembe music of the Ivory Coast. This fast, aggressive movement uses repeated rhythmic interlocking figures and soloistic phrases invoking the spirit of the music from Guinea and Mali. The performance features 6 Ewe drums being played with sticks, brushes and felt mallets.
—Dave Gerhart
Program Notes: Tribute, a three-movement work for any six drums for two players, was written as a tribute to three figures that have had an influence on my musical career. I wrote Tribadacious (movement 1) as a homage to one of my teachers, Brad Dutz, and his composition Ewe Day. The syncopated rhythms and different tone colors (rim, dead strokes, drum shell and open tones) are all inspired by the African drumming from the Ewe tribe (Ghana). ||: Tribute :|| (movement 2) is a homage to Steve Reich and the minimalist musical movement. The ostinato figures and additive processes are reminiscent of Reichs compositional style. The third movement, Djunute, is a homage to the Djembe music of the Ivory Coast. This fast, aggressive movement uses repeated rhythmic interlocking figures and soloistic phrases invoking the spirit of the music from Guinea and Mali. The performance features 6 Ewe drums being played with sticks, brushes and felt mallets.
—Dave Gerhart
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
Jack DeJohnette & Foday Musa Suso plays Sunjatta Keita
Jack DeJohnette (Drum Set) & Foday Musa Suso (Kora) play Sunjatta Keita at the Philips Music World Festival - 2004
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
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