Scott Deal: Electroacoustic Music Discussion
Scott Deal and Michael Drews discuss their trio Big Robot, performing pieces using live processing and how to get started working with electro-acoustic music.
“As One” by Gene Koshinski
Multiple percussion duo scored for 5.0 octave marimba, 2 sets of bongos, 2 congas, 2 toms, 1 concert bass drum, and 2 splash cymbals. Both performers have identical set-ups and work “as one” by complementing each other with complex hocketed music played on marimba (shared: one player on each side) and multiple percussion.
Sound clip performers: Gene Koshinski and Tim Broscious.
While this is one of my favorite percussion duo pieces, “Dance of the Drums” is a close second!
Andy Akiho performs In/Exchange
In/Exchange for String Quartet and Steel Pan. This video was filmed on April 19, 2016 at the Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center.
Friction Quartet: Doug Machiz, Otis Harriel, Taija Warbelow, and Kevin Rogers
Steel Pan: Andy Akiho
Sō Percussion performs “Music for Wood and Strings”
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Sō Percussion creates adventurous compositions with new, unconventional instruments. Performing “Music for Wood and Strings” by Bryce Dessner of The National, the quartet plays custom-made dulcimer-like instruments that combine the sound of an electric guitar with the percussionist’s toolkit to create a hypnotic effect. (From Ted.com)
“Blindnesses” by Isaac Schankler
Performed by Third Coast Percussion
Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, David Skidmore
Blindnesses is scored for four percussionists— sharing one vibraphone— and electronic sound processing. The electronic component of the piece at times adds a cavernous artificial resonance to the sound, while at other times, it plays back distorted fragments of music performed by the live musicians earlier in the piece. The four percussionists- whose movements must be meticulously choreographed to perform together on a single instrument- create their own stark sonic contrasts with a variety of mallets and acoustic pitch bending effects. (more…)
Maria Finkelmeier performs Inner Eye
Inner Eye is inspired by a statue of Shiva at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The “third eye” or “inner eye” of the statue is believed to see beyond sight, and is the portal into the central energy point of a being. This idea of inward reflection, and dizziness felt when observing the multiple faces of the statue, led the the circular motifs and chaotic moments of this piece.
Maria Finkelmeier, marimba and loop
Scott Quade, videography
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