nief-norf Chronicles

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Projects: Doug Perkins and Make Music NY

Doug needs your help in New York on Monday June 21st! Very sorry about the choppy video - I’m working on getting this solved, but felt the cause was important enough to post regardless. Please try to get behind Doug and his efforts on this Xenakis project.

Make Music NY Site

We’ve talked often about thinking big - email doug at perkinsdf@gmail.com to help him out!

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Collaboration: US Premiere of John Luther Adams’ Inuksuit

A preview of a very exciting weekend playing the music of John Luther Adams. Inuksuit will get its US premiere this Friday at Furman University, hosted by Omar Carmenates. 

More info on JLA’s Inuksuit

JLA’s website

Who has played JLA’s music? What are you favorites works? Have you read his book? What collaborations do you dream about or are you working on?

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Premiere: Steve Reich’s Mallet Quartet (Part 3 of 3)

March is here already, but I’ve finally had time to discuss Steve Reich’s Mallet Quartet with Jason Treuting of So Percussion. This is the final portion of the interview!

Please leave your comments here on Tumblr and let me know your thoughts surrounding Reich, his impact on the repertoire, and this piece particularly.

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Conversation with Patrick Schleker

After returning from an inspiring week at PASIC 09, I decided to sit down with a long-time friend for a conversation. Patrick Schleker, Principal Timpanist for the Cincinnati Orchestra, recently presented at PASIC and many of the ideas from his masterclass easily transfer outside of orchestral timpani performance. This episode features a conversation between Pat & I surrounding the exploration and research of repertoire and how that helps us develop an interpretation.