by S Z Solomon | Jun 4, 2021 | Chamber Music
Darian Thomas – Stephon Clark (2018) 4 players For four players on two toms “Stephon Clark was shot and killed March 18, 2018 by the Sacramento Police Department. The two cops were looking for someone reportedly smashing windows, and found Clark in...
by S Z Solomon | Jun 4, 2021 | Chamber Music
Yaz Lancaster – POWER/gone (2018) 4 players 4 tables of auxiliary. Kitchenware, clapping This is a percussion quartet piece premiered by So Percussion in 2018, written for auxiliary instruments and clapping, body languages. the limited instrumentation i...
by S Z Solomon | Jun 4, 2021 | Chamber Music
We Are Heros (2020) Adam Tan Percussion trio, 2x 5 octave marimba + drumset “All of you are heroes in your own special way. We are heroes.” – Adam Tan, to the audience at Percussion All-Stars Season 4 (2020) We Are Heroes is the largest work...
by S Z Solomon | Jun 4, 2021 | Chamber Music
737-800 By Jessie Marino, b.1984 For 3 players As a composer based in Long Island, NY, her works feature the repetition inside common activities, ritualistic absurdities, and uncovering nostalgic technologies. The use of external elements, such as lighting, sound,...
by S Z Solomon | Jun 3, 2021 | Chamber Music
The Season of Big Rain (Mbura ya Njahi) (2021) — Nyokabi Kariuki (1998) Marimba Trio (5-octave) From the Composer: “I never hesitate to look for guidance and inspiration for my piece in home, Kenya. My ethnic group, the Kikuyu, are farmers, and seasons are based...
by S Z Solomon | Jun 3, 2021 | Chamber Music
Distance (2017) — Shawn Okpebholo (1981) Duo for Marimba and Cello From the Composer “In the dark months following the terrible losses, I found myself needing to turn to the language of poetry, if only to preserve the phrase Roger spoke after his...
