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5/23/2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Patrick Grant (646) 359-3856
sTRANGEmUSIC & Egizio Panetti present
SO PERCUSSION
Live at OPIA
130 East 57th St.
New York City
JUNE 13, 2005
So Percussion will perform on Monday, June 13, 6:30 p.m., in the performance space at Opia, 130 East 57th Street (at Lexington). Tickets are $15 at the door and the doors open at 6:00 p.m.
On this performance, So Percussion will perform music from their two CDs: Part One of Steve Reich's "Drumming" and Part Two of David Lang's "The So-Called Laws of Nature."
So Percussion (Douglas Perkins, Adam Sliwinski, Jason Treuting, and Lawson White) is a captivating group, hailed for their "brilliant" and "consistently impressive" performances by the New York Times. Formed in New Haven, CT in 1999, So has already made a name as one of the most exciting young ensembles in the country. Recently, they've been featured at Carnegie Hall, the Bang on a Can Marathon, the BAM Next Wave Festival, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Miller Theatre, Joe's Pub, the Other Minds Festival, Merkin Hall, The Roundtop Festival, and on WNYC's New Sounds and Soundcheck.
So's continuing commissioning project has already produced many new works, including David Lang's groundbreaking the so-called laws of nature, written in 2002. In the near future, this project will yield new pieces by Martin Bresnick, Paul Lansky, Muhal Richard Abrams, and Dennis DeSantis. Recently, So received the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Adventurous Programming award for these efforts.
So's educational initiatives have resulted in residencies at The University of Texas at Austin, Princeton University, Duke University, Williams College, King's College, and performances with the Harvard Group for New Music and Columbia Composers. In 2004-2005, So is the ensemble in residence at The Yellow Barn in Putney, Vermont, participating in both the summer festival and a year-round outreach project. So's first two albums are now available on Cantaloupe Music.
As percussion instruments have become central to our diverse musical culture, the music written for them has reached a new level of excitement and maturity. So Percussion�s goal is to challenge and enable the creation of new music that combines all kinds of musical, theatrical, and artistic elements. We seek composers, collaborators, and audiences who are open to pulling these instruments out of their usual contexts to create new aural and visual experiences. Percussion has a unique ability to thrill and captivate. Its expressive possibilities range far beyond beats and rhythms, speaking to the impact of sound on our very lives.
A So performance seeks to convey this impact. From the pure joy of drumming to the strange beauty of everyday objects, audiences are uniquely moved and entertained by this total immersion in sound and imagination. These shows are presented at many different venues: concert halls. clubs, art museums and more. In addition to these performances, we bring educational programs to universities, public schools, and other locations across the USA. So is a form of the Japanese verb meaning, �to play.� For us, it means sharing the joy and spirit of music making with whomever we can!
More iNFO at: http://www.strangemusic.com
posted by Coming Events
5/23/2005 11:29:00 PM
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