BaDaBoom Percussion
Wednesday 17 September 7.00pm – Ian Hanger Recital Hall
Connor Dinneen
Jaymee Homemig
Sana Rane
Holly Tate
Thomas Quelhurst
Omphalo Centric Lecture - Nigel Westlake
Jack Gilbertson
Hunter Burgess
Ally Quin
Marcelle Gunning
Written in 1984 for Synergy Percussion, Omphalo Centric Lecture’s title comes from a painting by Paul Klee, that Westlake quotes as “the direct & centered simplicity of which was an inspiration to me during the writing of this piece.” The piece also owes much to African Balofon (or xylophone) music, with its persistant ostinati, cross – rhythms & variations on simple melodic fragments. Like African music it seeks to celebrate life through rhythm, energy & movement. It is a seminal work for percussion, having been performed regularly, globally, since it’s creation
Uniformity - Molly Joyce
Written in 2019. Commissioned by the New Works Project, Uniformity explores a desire for such through a pitch to non-pitch process, seeking to realize its complexities, opportunities, and impossibilities. The material asks if uniformity is a gradual movement or one of ups and downs, highs and lows, and perhaps transformable to subjective perspectives. The motive to explore such comes from personal experiences and explorations into the social model of disability, which states that disability is caused by the way society is organized rather than by a person's impairment or difference, and in my opinion illustrates how human uniformity is perhaps an impossible and flawed undertaking
Duet with Blindfold - Bree van Reyk
Written for Ensemble Offspring in 2010, Duet with Blindfold asks of performers to wear blindfolds and perform from memory. It features interlocking patterns often played out of phase with each other, at times chasing each other with a simple motif, getting busier until finally returning together.
Fractalia - Owen Clayton Condon
Third Coast Percussion member Owen Clayton Condon writes music influenced by minimalism, electronica and taiko drumming. His piece, Fractalia, written for Third Coast Percussion in 2011, is a sonic celebration of fractals, geometric shapes whose parts are each a reduced-size copy of the whole (derived from the Latin fractus, meaning “broken”). The kaleidoscopic fractured melodies within Fractalia are created by passing a repeated figure through four players in different registers of the marimba. Condon’s acoustic and electronic works, including Fractalia, have been featured as the soundtrack to video and light installations at Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Fallingwater” and Anish Kapoor’s “Cloud Gate,” the famous sculpture (affectionately referred to as “The Bean”) in Chicago’s Millennium Park
HISS - Tsoof Baras
Hear the desert hiss. The sun on skin. The sand on the dunes. The wind. The wildlife. HISS is a composition for shakers, blocks and bass drums. An exploration of limb independence for percussion with a tasty groove. Written for percussion Quintet, each player must balance playing shaker and blocks, weaving melodies between parts and creating a sonic landscape of mystery.
The meaning of your name - BaDaBoom Percussion
Generated from the names of performers in the ensemble, The meaning of your name is an improvised work of multiple movements, exploring the meaning of names within the ensemble. Performers were asked to research the meaning of their names and return with a description and inspiration to share with the ensemble. Each improvisation is based on the exploration of these descriptions and the combination of meanings from multiple names.
Kadan - Traditional
As performed by Famoudou Konaté and Ensemble Hamana Dan Ba
Kadan comes from the Mandinka tradition in Guinea, West Africa. Kadan is referred to as a "Dunumba" rhythm played for "Bilakoro" boys who dance wearing liana bracelets on their ankles that rattle as they move. "Bilakoro" are boys who are not yet considered men. Made famous globally by Famoudou Konaté and Ensemble Hamana Dan Ba, this arrangement is transcribed from Guinée: Percussions & Chants Malinké volumes 1 & 2 released in 1998.