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The event
ExperiencethemesmerizingrhythmsofRoyal Holloway’s21-piecepercussionensemble.Featuring aneclecticmixofmodernpercussionchamber pieces,thisconcertpromisesathrillingexplorationof sound rhythm,andmusicalexpression Dontmiss thisuniqueopportunitytowitnessthepowerand precisionofpercussion broughttolifebythetalented performersoftheRoyalHollowayPercussion EnsembleandtheirDirector,DrTomWagner
ThiseventispresentedaspartoftheNewSounds Festival2025,inpartnershipwiththeInternational ConcertSeriesatRoyalHollowayUniversityofLondon
Whatyouwill
hear
Thisprogrammewillincludethefollowingmusicalworks:
BrianNozny(b1977):BakkenOvertureforfourormore percussionists
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JohnCage(1912-1992):LivingRoomMusic
LivngRoomMusicisaquartetforunspecifiednstrumentsa ofwhichmaybe foundinalvingroomofatypicalhouseAclasscofthepercussonensembe repertoiretheworkconsistsoffourmovements"ToBegn","Story""Meody"and "End"Cageinstructstheperformerstouseanyhousehodobectsorarchtectural elementsasinstrumentsandgivesexamples:magazinescardboard,"largish books"floorthewoodenframeofawindowetcThefrstandthelastmovements arepercussionmusicforsadinstrumentsInthesecondmovementthe performerstransformntoaspeechquartetthemuscconsistsentrelyofpieces ofGertrudeStensshortpoem,"TheWorldIsRound"(1938)Thethrdmovementis optionalandncludesamelodyplayedbyoneoftheperformerson"anysutable instrument"
RalphHicks(b1976):MiMilagroforpercussionensemble
SetinthestyleofMexicanmarimbabandsMiMagrosacharmingpecefor youngplayersThepiecedoesnotseektobeanyonedistnctLatnstyerather, thefocusisonasmple,three-beatmetermeanttobefetinoneThreepayers shareonestandardmarimbawhiletherestoftheensembleactsasaLatin rhythmsection
SteveReich(b1936):MusicforPiecesofWood
MusicforPiecesofWoodsaquintetthatbuldsonthemanyoftheideasexplored nClappingMusicwhichthisensembleperformedastyearInparticular,the pecesbuiltonavariatonofanAfrcanbe patternItswrttenforcavespeces ofptchedwoodthataudiencesmaybemostfamliarwithunderpinningLatn AmericandancessuchastheRhumba
BenCato:HiddenUniverseforsixhandsononemarimba
HddenUniverseisapieceforthreeplayersonasinglefive-octavemarmba t wascomposedasanodetothewondrouscompexityofthecosmos,bothknown andunknownWthtwopayersoperatngfromthenormalsideofthenstrument whethethirdplayerplaysfromtheaccidentalssidetheworkisscoredsuchthat thetwoplayersatthetopoftheinstrumentoftenactasasngleplayerwithfour handswhlethethirdplayerperformsanaccompanst’sroeThesyncopatedand spitnatureofthepartsrequresahighlevelofrhythmicconfidence ndependence,andinterdependenceamongsttheperformers
KillianWright(b.2004):Chanceforpercussionensemble(World Premiere)
Chanceisadynamicexporationofminimalismandndeterminacywhere structureandrandomnesscoexistScoredformarimbavbraphonexylophone panoandtmpanithepiecenvitesperformersintoaconstantyshiftngmusca andscapeshapedbytherollofadeWithsxpossibepassagesassignedto eachdicerol theplayersnavgateanevovingtextureofnterwovenrhythmsand harmoncfragments
Rootedinminimalistprinciples whererepetitonandgraduatransformation createahypnotceffect Chancentroducesanaleatoricelementensuringthat notwoperformancesareeverthesameThebaancebetweenorderand unpredictabiityresutsnapecethatunfoldsunqueyeachtmeitisplayed, shapedbothbystructureddesgnandthewhmoffate
KiianWrghtsasecond-yearundergraduatestudent(BMus)atRoyalHoloway UnversityofLondon
JamesHLatimer(b1934):MotifforPercussionforsevenplayers
MotfforPercussonforsevenpayers sbasedprimarlyonasnglemotfwhichis clearlystatedbythesnaredrumintheopeningtwobarsThepiecedeveops acrosstwopermutatonsoftimesignaturecumnatnginavrtuosicdispayof syncopatononthesnaredrumtomtoms,andtemplebocks
BrianNozny:Numerologyforpercussionensemblewithsolo marimba
Numeroogybeganasasketchthatthecomposerusednacompostionclassto demonstratecertantechniquesHelaterdevelopedtntoafullpiecefor percussionensembleThetitleofthepiecereferstotheuseofnumbersfromthe ntialthematicmaterialusedasthesourcefortherestofthecompostionYouwi noticegroupsthemateriacompressedandeongatedingroupsofsyncopated3 5,and7notes,whchmoveacross(andsometmesagainst)asteady4/4 foundation
