People Are Talking About…So Percussion
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Carlo Gesualdo was a prince and landholder in Venosa in southeastern Italy. Around 1588 his wife began an affair with a gentleman in the vicinity. In 1590 Gesualdo, found the pair in bed together, stabbed them both, and hung their corpses in front of his castle for all to see. The story was retold repeatedly by poets of the day in a sixteenth-century equivalent of headline news. Was Gesualdo really a renegade as well as a murderer? Was he even a “modernist” of his time?
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These shows definitely stood out as a personal highlight for me during my few years' tenure here at UMS. Unfamiliar with the overwhelming bulk of Reich's work, I'll admit that I expected it all to be a bit too cerebral for my unaccustomed ears. Suffice it to say that I was pleasantly surprised! I especially loved the Mallet Quartet. (Did anyone else notice the cool reflection of the vibes on the curvature of the balcony over the stage during this piece?)
The late night set was something special. For the lucky few who made it into the show–it was great joining in the music-making with you! I've never heard crickets sound so lovely! How often do performers actually solicit cricket chirping from the audience? Oh the irony!
The So Percussion fellows are real cool dudes–genuine, funny, and passionate about what they do. On Sunday, they led a fantastic masterclass for the tremendously talented students of the U-M percussion department. It was a privilege to watch.
Mary's got it right: SO is incredible at communicating new and exciting and unfamiliar content to a disparate set of ears and eyes and brains. They get it done! Their masterclass was an incredible opportunity for the UM percussion students and percussion guests to work with these great, hip musicians. 6 UM Percussion majors got to play and there was a lively Q and A. Well done SO and UMS!!!!!