Giovanni Hidalgo performs a solo from from his home in Kissimmee, Florida. Seeing Hidalgo live was a jaw-dropping experience. If you have seem him play in person please share your thoughts. If not, what are your observations/reactions to this video? Leave your comments below.
Originally posted on DrumChattr on December 12, 2010.
This video comes from the documentary “Touch the Sound – A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie”, by Thomas Riedelsheimer. Few percussionists have brought our art into the mainstream like Evelyn Glennie. Evelyn has an impressive diversity of accomplishments in her career. Which of these do you think is most important to our art and its continued development? Leave your comments below.
Originally posted on DrumChattr on November 30, 2010 by Dave Gerhart.
Happy Thanksgiving from the DrumChattr team! Today’s video features an interesting collaboration between Grammy nominated choir “Conspirare” and the University of Texas Percussion Group. Originally part of a PBS pledge special this concert was recorded and distributed world wide via the Harmoni Mundi label in May of 2009. Rumor has it that it may be re-aired in early December on many national PBS stations. Check your local listings. Click here for more collaborative videos from the DVD.
Triptych originally was scored for small string orchestra and in this version was adapted for percussion. What new or interesting combinations/collaborations have you been involved in? Leave your thoughts below in the comments.
Originally posted on DrumChattr on November 25, 2010.
“Life has a rhythm, it’s constantly moving.” Too often most musicians living in the United States don’t think about the functional side of music. This video, by Bjorn Warning and Thomas Bonenkamp, features a documentary filmed during one month in Baro, Guinee Afrika. According to the video’s description, “The word for rhythm (used by the Malinke tribes) is ‘Foli’. It is a word that encompasses so much more than drumming, dancing or sound. It’s found in every part of daily life. In this film you not only hear and feel rhythm but you see it. It’s an extraordinary blend of image and sound that feeds the senses and reminds us all how essential it is.”
Today’s video features eight year old Andy Narell and the Steel Bandits on I’ve Got a Secret from February 28, 1963. While the game show portion of this video is humorous, it great to see Andy playing pans in 1963. Make sure you check out the end of the video! The group is featured playing a calypso on what are now know as “old pans.” There are not many videos of these instruments and it is great that they were featured on network television.
What are your thoughts on this video? Have you ever played an old pan or found one at a garage sale? Leave your comments below.
For more information on Andy Narell, visit his website. Andy’s recordings are some of the top steel drum recordings available.
Originally posted on DrumChattr on November 19, 2010 by Dave Gerhart.
Hold on to your sticks! Scored for “seven sound sources” and written and premiered by Steven Schick, Bone Alphabet by Brian Ferneyhough is one of the most difficult percussion solos ever written. In this video, Brian Ferneyhough talks about the first couple of measures of Bone Alphabet.
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