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PercuFest International Percussion festival in Valencia Spain June 2010

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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

Marimba + electronics “Woods Walker” commission seeking donors

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Composer Lynn Job has written a new marimba + electronics piece entitled “Woods Walker”. This piece will be performed at PASIC 2010 this year in Indianapolis, Indiana by Dr. Aaron Ragsdale. I just learned that this commission is seeking 5 more marimbists to donate to the commission. I have recently joined this commission myself after reviewing the sample pages from the score.

The great thing about this particular commission is the number of things that you get for participating:

Your name on the score, a copy of the full score, a separate marimba part, a performance CD (stage ready), a Demo CD, 2 year exclusive ability to perform the work, free publicity for life and a number of other gifts.

For more information please visit the commission web site for more details. Time is running out on joining (they want to close the commission this summer) so move fast! This could be a great graduation present (or in my case a Father’s Day present) for your favorite marimbist!

Marimba 2010 – Photos

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The Marimba One Facebook page has a number of other great photos from the event that you can view at the following links:

Marimba One Girls with organizer Fernando Meza. From left to right, Beverley Johnston, Katarzyna Mycka, Fernando Meza, Nancy Zeltsman, Ivana Bilic.
Beverley Johnston at the Weisman Art Center
Ivana Bilic performing “Concert for Ivana” by Igor Kuljeric
Katarzyna Mycka
Katarzyna Mycka and Fernando Meza
Nancy Zeltsman, Beverley Johnston, and Ivana Bilic in the city
Maraca2, Nancy Zeltsman, Ivana Bilic, and Nanea Mimura
Nancy Zeltsman at the Weisman Art Center
National Marimba Ensemble from Guatemala
Valerie Naranjo
Eriko Daimo
The photos below are the ones that I took during the event. Enjoy!
Beverley Johnston

Beverley Johnston

Valerie Naranjo

Valerie Naranjo

Svet Stoyanov

Svet Stoyanov

Ivana Bilic

Ivana Bilic

Ji-Hye Jung

Ji-Hye Jung

Javier Nandayapa

Javier Nandayapa

Nebojsa Zivkovic and Jeff Sass

Nebojsa Zivkovic and Jeff Sass

Mark Ford, Jeff Sass and Momoko Kamiya

Mark Ford, Jeff Sass and Momoko Kamiya

Marimba Nandayapa and Jeff Sass

Marimba Nandayapa and Jeff Sass

Fred and Carolyn from Canada and Jeff Sass

Fred and Carolyn from Canada and Jeff Sass

My Marimba One at the St. Paul Cathedral

My Marimba One at the St. Paul Cathedral

Ivana Bilic Marimba Week 3rd Edition

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Ivana Bilic will be hosting the 3rd edition of her Marimba Week at Samobor Croatia this September 24-29th, 2010. This year the festival will feature Ivana Bilic and guest artists Dane Richason and Pius Cheung.

Besides the masterclasses, drumming circles, private lessons and chamber music, there will be three concerts:
–    Participants’ concert,
–    Dane Richeson (marimba, percussion) concert with guest artists Ivana Bilic (marimba and vibes), Elvis Penava (jazz guitar), Goran Rukavina (bass), Davor Dedic (piano), Samobor strings – programme: premiere of Julie Spencer: Timeless river – new work for vibes, marimba and strings; Piazzola Tango Suite, some jazz standards, a Fred Sturm and Bobby McFerrin piece Rajasthan, improvised percussion solos…
–    Pius Cheung concert (marimba) with guest artists Ivana Bilic (marimba), Dane Richeson (percussion). – programme – Cheung, Schoenberg, Bach.

This event is sponsored by Yamaha and Marimba One.

The following PDF file has all of the details and contact information as well as the festival web site. You need to register by September 10, 2010. For more information contact Goran Gorse at gorse [dot] goran [at] gmail [dot] com.