BaDaBoom Percussion Wednesday 17 September 7.00pm – Ian Hanger Recital Hall Connor Dinneen Jaymee Homemig Sana Rane Holly Tate Thomas Quelhurst
Jack Gilbertson Hunter Burgess Ally Quin Marcelle Gunning
Omphalo Centric Lecture - Nigel Westlake 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. ……/