Ney Rosauro and Jeff Moore will host the 5th annual summer camp at the University of Central Florida from July 17th to the 23rd. Other faculty include Dr. John Parks and Brian Potts.
More information can be found at the camp’s website.
There is a great project underway at Kickstarter called “Compose. Perform. Inspire. New Voices in Percussion Music.” Kickstarter is a program that attempts to get funding for a project, in this case new percussion compositions, and only if the minimum funds are pledged does the project happen.
This one is started by the Evolution Percussion Duo and has four great composers: Casey Cangelosi, Dave Hall, Baljinder Sekhon, and David Skidmore writing compositions.
Jake and Maria have more information at the Kistarter site. They are within $600 of their goal with 7 days left to meet it. Please join me by donating so the whole percussion community receives some new compositions.
Here is a photo of my new DeMorrow 4.3 octave at Faith Lutheran Church.
DeMorrow Marimba
Charlie at marimbalogy.com has released episode 10 of his marimba video blog series. He walks you through unpacking a 5-octave Marimba One and reviews the various features of the instrument.
You can see the episode at marimbalogy.com right now.
Ney Rosauro will be the guest artist at the MacPhail Center for Music “Percussion Showcase” tomorrow 2/26/2011 from 1-5pm. Area high school ensembles will be performing as well as Ney himself.
The event is free for MacPhail students and costs $5 for the general public. For more information see the following brochure.
Momoko Kamiya has released her new CD “Pieces of Peace”. You can read more about it at her Facebook announcement page.
I had the privilege of meeting Momoko Kamiya at the Marimba 2010 International Festival and Conference. She premiered a piece called “Blossoms in the Sunlight” on the opening concert and was part of my previous blog post about the festival.
At minimum everyone should go spend $1 and buy that track right now. It is similar to “Land” and very lyrical and gorgeous. Another favorite is “HATO-OTO” which has a surprisingly jazzy section and is another one of my marimba solo favorites of recent years.
She teams up with Bodgan Bacanu on “Atom Hearts Duo” as well which I will be spending more time listening to this week.
Go support another marimbist and purchase these tracks today!
Gordon Stout was interviewed by the DrumChattr crew as he was attending this years PASIC.
While answering one of the questions that I submitted for the interview he had a very timely announcement about next year’s PASIC.
The Marimba Orchestra will return to PASIC 2011. Gordon Stout will be conducting the group and also writing a brand new piece for the event! It will be a 50 minute concert comprised of both college students and “pros” performing together. I cannot wait to hear more information about this event.
The other question I asked was about whether or not Gordon will write a book about his marimba experiences. He has already written Ideo Kinetics A Workbook for Marimba Technique but I feel like something between an autobiography and a North American marimba history would be a success. Something similar to Rebecca Kite’s book “Keiko Abe-A Virtuosic Life: Her Musical Career and the Evolution of the Concert Marimba“.
Note to all of the readers: If you collaborate over at DrumChattr you can have your questions answered by the guests on the podcast.
To listen to the entire podcast, go to iTunes and search for DrumChattr or go directly to this link on their site.
The amaAmbush marimba group performed at the “World Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child” in Sweden. You can see their performance online. They are the group playing primarily at the beginning of the event. It is great to see the marimba get this much international attention at a large event.
A new percussion/marimba resource has been added to the Internet recently. That resource is the website http://www.drumchattr.com.
This site is the brainchild of Thomas Burritt, Shane Griffin and Dave Gerhart. More information about their story can be found at their About Page.
It has only been a month or so since they have been live and already the quality of content is pretty amazing. There is a podcast where the hosts talk amongst themselves and cover topics from the forums. They also interview famous percussionists like Peter Erskine, and Paul Rennick, and others.
Sites like the Percussive Arts Society already have percussion forums for discussion and I don’t believe it is the intent of DrumChattr to replace that. But this does give another place to discuss specific topics from graduate auditions to being a professional. They also post high quality percussion performance videos.
I have added this site to my RSS feed and will be visiting frequently and I encourage you to do so as well. If I think of a really good idea, maybe I will even contribute an article in the future!
The following text is from Hilari Mari, the director of the PercuFest International Percussion Festival.
Dearests all friends,
A huge pleasure to announce and confirm the last concert at BaKetes International Percussion Festival 5th. Edition with the Conservatorio Superior de Música “Oscar Esplá” of Alicante, Spain Alumni Percussion Group under artistic director professor Joan Soriano. This will be the first time that the Festival welcomes very high level students to perform. This is to certify our best commitment with the future of the percussion art in Spain by promoting and motivating the percussion students who will become the next generation of spanish professional performers.
Also will take place the 2nd. BaKetes NP Drums Snare Drum Competition with a very special jury: the greatest orchestral percussionists Josep Furió & Francisco Inglés. Also to express our wish to share this percussion events with all of you that maybe are around Benetússer at this time and of course to welcome you to enjoy this fantastic concert. To promote the event, all will be FREE. We expect you!
Planning:
12 Junio 2010
June 12th. 2010
17:30 h.
Concurso Nacional de Caja BaKetes NP Drums – Remo Spain, Benetússer – Valencia – Spain
BaKetes NP Drums – Remo Spain Snare Drum Competition, Benetússer – Valencia – Spain
20 h. Concert
Grupo del Aula de Percusión del Conservatorio Superior de Música “Óscar Esplá” de Alicante, Spain
Programme
I Parte
Humet, Ramón (1968)……………………………………………..…………Mantra II (2002)
Erkoreka, Gabriel (1969)…………………………………………………………Fauve (2003)
Giner, Bruno (1960)………………………………………..……….Images de Peaux (1996)
Solista: Joan Soriano
II Parte
Humet, Ramón (1968)…………………………..……………………….…….Nkunga (2000)
Taïra, Yoshihisa (1937-2005)……………………………..………….…Hierophonie (1974)
Intérpretes del concierto: Conrado Moya Sánchez, David Nadal Bonet, Héctor Castelló Sánchez, Jorge Pons Gil, Lluís Martínez Esbrí, Ramón Llopis Ferrer y Sergio Juan Gironés.
Director: Joan Soriano Morales
Todo ello en:
All will be in:
Centre Cultural “El Molí”
C/. del Molí, 30
46910 Benetússer, València, España
+ INFO.-
http://www.benetusser.net/noticia.php?id=155
http://www.npdrums.com
Moltíssimes gràcies!!
¡Muchísimas gracias!
Thanks a lot
Salut!!
¡Salud!
All the best!
Hilari Marí
Director, PercuFest IX FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE PERCUSIÓN, La Font de la Figuera – Valencia – España www.PercuFest.com
Artistic director, PercuFest 9th. INTERNATIONAL PERCUSSION FESTIVAL, La Font de la Figuera – Valencia – Spain
Asesor artístico, BaKetes V Festival Internacional de Percusión, Benetússer – Valencia – España www.benetusser.net
Artistic advisor, BaKetes 5th. International Percussion Festival, Benetússer – Valencia – Spain
Director Artístico, Concurso Nacional de Caja BaKetes NP Drums – Remo Spain, Benetússer – Valencia – Spain
Artistic Director, BaKetes NP Drums – Remo Spain Snare Drum Competition, Benetússer – Valencia – Spain