Garry Kvistad and the Woodstock Chimes Fund Presents:

The Drum Boogie Festival
www.drumboogiefestival.com
The Drum Boogie Festival is a free one day music festival on the lawn of Cornell Park, Rondout Historic District of Kingston, New York on Saturday, September 19th, 2009 (rain date Sunday, September 20th) from 12 Noon to 7 PM. One hundred drummers will participate in an opening ceremony followed by an afternoon of concerts of top name performers of various styles of drumming from around the world. Jazz, Rock, Contemporary, Native American, Balinese Gamelan, Steel Pan, Kids, American Rudimental are among the styles of music represented.

Groups and Performers:

• THE JACK DEJOHNETTE TRIO
• Jack DeJohnette
• David Sancious
• Roberto Quintero
• NEXUS
• Bob Becker
• Russell Hartenberger
• Bill Cahn
• Garry Kvistad
• Tasa & Rob, Guest Performers
• LIAM TEAGUE
• POOK
• Evry Mann
• JERRY MAROTTA
• Tony Levin
• GIRI MEKAR BALINESE GAMELAN ORCHESTRA
• SILVER CLOUD NATIVE AMERICAN SINGERS & DRUMMERS
• NOT-SO-TRADITIONAL AMERICAN RUDIMENTAL DRUMMERS
• Dominic Cuccia
• Therese Cuccia
• Nick Attanasio

AND MORE?

The Clarence Rhythm Collective and the Percussive Arts Society present:

Recreational Drumming: Celebrating Health and Wellness 
Hosted by Percussionist/Clinician/Composer Bob Accurso 

Friday, October 16, 2009

Clarence High School 
9625 Main Street 
Clarence, NY 14031

Hand Drumming Workshop 3:30 to 4:45 
Open Drum Circle 5:30 to 6:45

YouCanJustParkRightHere (Trio)
Josh Modney on violin
Gregory Chudzik on bass
Matt Donello on percussion

Program will include works by Charles Wuorinen, Tom Johnson, Giancinto Scelsi, and more

Joel Harrison Brings His Unorthodox Instrumentals to Music on MacDougal on October 28th Program to Include "It Seems Like Yesterday" - a reflection on the life of the Artist's Father, legendary Journalist 

Gilbert Harrison

Performers include a "who's who" of the new music scene:
Steve Gosling: piano
Wendy Sutter: cello
Todd Palmer: clarinet
Matt Ward: percussion
Gregory Secor and Judy Moonert from acclaimed Michigan-based chamber music group Opus 21.

Composer, guitarist Joel Harrison ( www.joelharrison.com ) will have  new works premiering at Music on MacDougal at the Players Theatre,115 MacDougal Street, New York, NY  on October 28, 2009 at 8:00. This concert will be Mr. Harrison's first ever evening of all-notated compositions, after a lifetime of jazz performances. He will share the bill with Phil Fried. Tickets are $20 and can be obtained by calling (212) 352-3101.

A wildly diverse improviser/composer/arranger with a penchant for unorthodox instrumental combinations, guitarist Joel Harrison has sustained one of the most unpredictable discographies of the last decade with his chimerical mix of jazz, blues, chamber music, African and Indian folk music, and Appalachian tunes. The program for the October 28 concert will include the world premiere of "Why Has the Hunter Not Returned?" a Marimba Duo influenced by W. African music that will feature Gregory Secor and Judy Moonert from the acclaimed Michigan percussion duo Opus 21. (www.opus21.org/) It recently won a competition sponsored by West Coast percussion duo Ironworks. (www.ironworks.com ) Next up will be Marin Movement for solo percussion - vibes, bass drum, loops, and whistle.  It was inspired by the art of American landscape painter John Marin and was originally commissioned by Opus 21. The centerpiece of the evening is "It Seems Like Yesterday", a Five Movement Suite for piano, cello, clarinet, percussion, a reflection on episodes from the life of composer Joel Harrison's father, legendary journalist Gilbert A. Harrison (1915-2008) who was editor and publisher of The New Republic from 1953 to 1974. During=2 0those tumultuous years, the magazine was a strong voice against the Vietnam War, and a strong promoter of the civil rights and women's liberation movement.

Joel Harrison began to write the piece in 2007. It is about looking back in a haze of memory- father's and son's. It  roams through stories the Senior Mr. Harrison told as he aged. The music is some of Harrison's most inspired writing, full of jazz-influenced fireworks, soaring melodies, gorgeous harmony, riveting rhythmic twists, and an almost novelistic through line that carries the listener on a wild journey.

Some of the episodes that inspired the younger Mr. Harrison include Gilbert Harrison driving with his father cross-country in the 1930's selling diamonds from the trunk of their Packard; a trip to Nagasaki just after the bomb dropped; Gilbert Harrison watching George Gershwin perform "Rhapsody in Blue" and then driving all night to get home; falling asleep at the wheel. He survived a near fatal accident.

In the end, "It Seems Like Yesterday"  tells of  the slow demise from old age and attendant hallucinations and mental time warps.

The creation of "It Seems Like Yesterday" was made possible by generous funding from New York State Council on the Arts. The American Composers Forum underwrote it with funds provided by the Jerome Foundation

"With his clarity of vision and elaborately realized musical moves, Joel Harrison stands head and shoulders above many of his more highly touted contemporaries." Audiophile Magazine

YouCanJustParkRightHere (Trio)
Josh Modney on violin
Gregory Chudzik on bass
Matt Donello on percussion

Program:
Spinoff - Charles Wuorinen
Tilework for percussion** - Tom Johnson
Rates of Change* - Gregory Chudzik
Getting There* - Conrad Winslow
Nuits for double bass - Giacinto Scelsi
Sculpture Idle Ceremony - Richard Carrick
Street Musician for solo violin** - Ronan Shai
This is Water* - Dillon Kondor

* premiere
**US premiere

Due East is proud to be a part of ARCHIPELAGO, a season long monthly contemporary chamber music series organized by New Amsterdam Records at Galapagos Art Space.

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Please join us on October 30th at Galapagos, as we present the American Premiere of a new work by David Lang, "lend/lease", followed by an all new multi-media presentation of John Supko's, "Littoral", with a breathtaking videoscape by artist, Kristine Marx.

This program is a double bill shared with the virtuosic vocal octet, Roomful of Teeth, offering works by New Amsterdam's Judd Greenstein and Rinde Eckert, among others. This is Roomful of Teeth's NYC debut performance. Don't miss it!

We really want to share this wonderful music with you in one of New York City's most perfect environments for multi-media music. Come out and bring your friends!

DUE EAST
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To hear clips of the piece check out: www.talujon.org

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Program:

Christopher Rouse: Ku-Ka-Illimoku
David Little: Speak Softly...
J.S. Bach: Art of the Fugue
Carlos Chavez: Toccata
David Rozenblatt: Body Music
Carl Schimmel: Serving Size 4 Bunnies

The New York University Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Jonathan Haas, will take the stage of NYU's Loewe Theatre on December 5th to present an evening of Masterworks. Known for their commitment to performing both seminal works for percussion ensemble and for continuing to push the envelope by exploring new and contemporary music, this concert will be no exception. Highlights of the evening will include the world premiere of Sakpata, by New York based percussionist Javier Diaz. Diaz explains, "The focus of this work is on combining Afro-Cuban chants and prayers with modern percussion instruments. Although the piece is through-composed, it strives to preserve the spontaneity and freedom characteristic of Afro-Cuban music." Another feature of the evening will be the New York premiere of Elliott Carter's Tintinnabulations for six percussionists. This is Carter's first work for percussion ensemble, and while he may not have written for this combination of instruments before, that certainly did not deter him from creating another carefully crafted and masterful piece of music.

In addition, the ensemble will be performing NYU Professor Julia Wolfe's Dark Full Ride for four drum sets, NYU student Paul Frucht's arrangement of Philip Glass's Prelude to End Game, Harold Farberman's Combinations for six percussionists, and Edgard Varèse's Ionisation, which was the first ever work for percussion ensemble alone and has become a landmark within the repertoire. As is the case with all of NYU Percussion Ensemble concerts, this one promises to provide a night full of interesting, unique, and exciting works for percussion.

Works by Georges Aperghis, Iannis Xenakis, Maurice Ravel, Fabien Levy

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Works by Sebastian Armoza, John Arrigo-Nelson, Joseph Diponio, Dan Koontz, Phillip Schuessler

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Works by Sebastian Armoza, John Arrigo-Nelson, Joseph Diponio, Dan Koontz, Phillip Schuessler

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New Commissions for TimeTable

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New works by Philippe Hurel, Nathan Davis, Alexander Sigman and Bernhard Lang

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1pm - 5:30pm
LEFRAK CONCERT HALL
QUEENS COLLEGE

Hosted by the Talujon Percussion Group, Percussive Arts Society and Queens College (This program was made possible with the support of the New York State Council on the Arts)

Three concerts: 1pm, 2:30pm, 4pm

The Music of Cage, Manoury, Xenakis, Aperghis, Smith, Carter, Ovens Guests include: University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Queens College, Purchase College, Nutley High Sc hool, Muhlenberg College, Mannes College, Alex Lipowski, Tom Goldstein, IKTUS Percussion Quartet, Doug Ovens, James Thoma, Montclair State University and Talujon

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE

Queens College is located by the Long Island Expressway at Exit 24 (Kissena Blvd.). Free parking on campus or on the street. LeFrak Concert Hall is located in the New Music Building (Red brick building next to the smoke stacks) near the corner of Kissena and the LIE.

For more information email : Liptal1@yahoo.com

For directions, please go to the QC website at http://www.qc.cuny.edu/about/directions.php

9:30AM-6:30PM
Campus of SUNY Purchase College
Conservatory of Music
Purchase, NY

9:30 - High school percussion ensemble performs, Purchase Perc Ens performs "Ionisation"
10 - Pablo Rieppi snare drum master class
11 - John Riley drum set master class
12 - Jim Saporito drum set master class
1- Lunch break
2 - Local conservatories perform (MSM, Juilliard, Mannes, NYU, Queens College, Purchase)
3:30 - Talujon concert
5 - Vision Into Art Concert

Hosted by the NYU Steinhardt Classical Percussion Program, Jonathan Haas (Director), and Andrew Beall

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Hosted by Pete DeSalvo and Anthony Romeo

Artists: Greg Giannascoli, NYC Police Dept. Drumline, and more TBD!

We have some heavyweight drummers joining us:

• Drumset legend DAVE MANCINI
• Percussion educator Earl Yowell (Shenandoah Conservatory of Music)
• Ithaca College Marimba Band featuring soloists Gordon Stout and Dave Mancini on xylophone!
• "All Star Honors" Percussion Ensemble, conducted by Prof. Conrad Alexander
• World Premiere of Dave Mancini?s CELEBRATION, for Percussion Ensemble
• Shenandoah Conservatory of Music Percussion Ensemble
• African Drum Circle, raffles, concerts and more!

SCHEDULE:

9:00am Drum Circle
10:00 Earl Yowell - Timpani Clinic
11:00 Dave Mancini lecture/discussion on ?The Business of Music?
12:00 Lunch & Fastest Drummer Contest
1:15 DAVE MANCINI drumset clinic
Door prizes and raffle
3:30 Concert

Cost for the day is $10.00 for PAS members and $20 for non-members.
Tickets will be available at the door. This price includes the concert.
If you wish to attend the concert only, tickets are available at the door for $10.00.

More info: www.BHSsteelband.org

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