Student Life - Percussia Chamber Music Ensemble- Queens Campus

December 01, 2011 6:00 PM
Dr. M. T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery, Queens Campus

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On Thursday, December 1st at 6 PM Percussia will be teaming up with harpist Susan Jolles in a program of harp and percussion music.

This program features two works by the great composer Lou Harrison, and a piece by the Greek-American composer Dinos Contantinides for harp and multiple percussion. It also features several newly commissioned works, including pieces by the Californian composer Bill Clark for vibes, xylophone, glockenspiel and harp, and a piece by New York composer Seth Bedford for Orff xylophone and harp. We will also be presenting the second performance of a brand new piece by the Brooklyn composer Angélica Négron. Rounding out the program will be a duo arrangement of the video game Super Mario Brothers for xylophone and harp.

Personnel
Susan Jolles: celtic & concert harps
Ingrid Gordon: Orff xylophone, glockenspiel, vibraphone and multiple percussion

Program
Dinos Constantinides: Genteel Dialog
Angélica Négron: Was I the Same When I Woke Up This Morning?
Seth Bedford: A Year in New York
Bill Clark: Moiré
Lou Harrison: Avalokiteshvara, Jahla

Free admission, no tickets needed.

Date: Thursday, December 1st, 2011
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Dr. M. T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery, Queens Campus

More Information
Parvez Moshin
(718) 990-7476