20181104 Iowapercussion

Ensemble, Guest Artist, and Faculty Recital: 2018-11-04 -- Iowa Percussion, Kevin Edens, organ and Christine Augspurger, Lucas Bernier, Andy Theirauf and Dan Moore, percussion

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Matthew Anderson BM Cedar Rapids, IA Michal Sue Brauhn BM Ottumwa, IA Phil Bueche BM Orange Park, IL Jilly Cooke BM Iowa City, IA Tom Corbridge BM Naperville, IL Yoni Eisenstein BM Skokie, IL Sabrina Gafrick BM Naperville, IL Craig Hatter BM Roselle, IL Matthew Hayes BM Moline, IL Connor LaPage BM Eldridge, IA Andrew McDonald BM Marion, IA Nick Miller MM Columbia, MO • Peter Naughton, Assistant Conductor DMA Saint Charles, IL • Logan Newhouse BM Estherville, IA Iowa Percussion Travis Newman, Assistant Conductor DMA Des Moines, IA • Dan Moore, director John O'Shaughnessy BBA Oswego, IL Trevor Smith BM Naperville, IL Benjamin Stone BM Des Moines, IA Patrick Vecera BM University Heights, IA • Teaching Assistant

Technical Assistance and Chandelier Crew Don Ladd, Shawn Maxwell, Jenny Hall New, NearlY New, and Not so New Music of Robert Moran with special guests Christine Augspurger The award-winning percussion program at the University of Iowa has a legacy of performance and educational Lucas Bernier excellence, and innovation and leadership in the feld of percussion. Among the oldest university based Andy Thierauf percussion programs, Iowa Percussion was established in 1958 by Professor Thomas L. Davis who led the program until 1996 when Dr. Dan Moore became the second professor of percussion in the school’s more than 100-year history. Iowa Percussion is housed in the beautiful Voxman Music Building in a state of the art center SCHOOL OF MUSIC for percussion rehearsal, recording, and research, fttingly named the Thomas L. Davis Percussion Suite. Voxman Music Building Concert Hall visit Iowa Percussion online at dan-moore.com COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES 3pm, Sunday, November 4, 2018 send a message to [email protected] to receive email notifcation of Iowa Percussion events Iowa Percussion NEW, NEARLY NEW, AND NOT SO NEW MUSIC OF ROBERT MORAN, November 4, 2018 Notes The Mutual Admiration Society between Iowa Percussion and iconic American composer Robert Moran began in 2006 with Kboco. This frst collaboration was the result of a commissioning project by choreographer Armando Duarte for his dance piece De Fúria e Felicidade (Of Rage and Bliss), in which Program the music and dance are abstract interpretations of Brazilian graffti art. Mr. Duarte’s birthplace, São Paulo, is considered the graffti capital of the world, and Kboco is one of its most famous graffti artists. Iowa Percussion's recording of Kboco appeared on Moran’s 2008 CD Mantra (Innova 714) along with our performances of Obrigado, and the premiere of Stirling: It’s Raining Cats and Dogs—the last recording made in The University of Iowa’s Clapp Recital Hall before the food of 2008. Might the food have been set in Kboco (2006) Robert Moran (b. 1937) motion by Moran’s ominously prophetic composition about raining cats and dogs (which it did for the next month after the premiere)? Might it be said that Maestro Moran is partially responsible for the new Voxman Music Building we enjoy today?!

Bank of America Chandelier (1968) Robert Moran Bank of America Chandelier for percussion quartet, composed between November 1967 and January 1968, was premiered at the MacDowell Colony in August 1968 by the Buffalo Percussion Ensemble; it Christine Augspurger, Lucas Bernier, Andy Thierauf, Dan Moore, percussion has not received a second performance until today. It is a joy to have Iowa Percussion alumni Christine Augspurger, Lucas Bernier, and Andy Thierauf join me in reintroducing this work. I have performed the music of Robert Moran with them from Iowa City to Patagonia and back; all three are excellent interpreters of Moran’s music. In fact, Lucas Bernier wrote the book—literally—on the percussion music of Robert Moran for Silent Dance after John Cage (2018) Robert Moran his Doctoral dissertation. premiere performance Silent Dance after John Cage is Moran’s newest work for percussion, composed just a few weeks ago as a companion piece to Star Charts III. Silent Dance explores the mostly uncharted percussive territories of extremely quiet and very fast—possibly the most diffcult combination in music making. Star Charts III (2016) Robert Moran Star Charts III is a meditation on our new performance space at The University of Iowa. When I invited Bob Kevin Edens, organ to compose a piece for the new Voxman Concert Hall, he asked for photographs of the Hall. He wanted to premiere performance take advantage of the entire space and fll it with interesting sounds, including those from the beautiful Klais organ. With each downbeat taking up to 15 seconds, Star Charts III moves at a tectonically slow pace, and the resulting immersion in sound celebrates the amazing acoustics of the Voxman Concert Hall.

By Any Other Name for marimba quartet (2008) Robert Moran Moran describes By Any Other Name: a marimba quartet as a “short, goofy marimba quartet.” He writes: I. Munich Miniature — Variation 1 “The frst movement was inspired by a note written to me (with drawings) by a fve-year-old friend in Munich (son of a choral member there); the note in the most basic of German, told me about his kindergarten class's II. Satyagraha Variation pet ‘haus maus,’ and minimal info on ‘Mimi,’ the mouse.” “The second movement is taken from the Phillip III. Libations Glass opera Satyagraha that features the tenor singing this scale upward for something like thirty times . . . from e to e with no sharps or fats. So, I decided to turn it around and have the marimbas play the same scale but downwards; and that last movement is defnitely a drinking ‘song’ or just some basic party music.” This quartet was written as a challenge to Iowa Percussion students to help take their minds off their troubles resulting from the 2008 food. Since then, we have played the piece several times. It is meant as a reminder that good things can come out of bad situations.

Robert Moran (b. 1937) has followed many musical paths since 1957 when he began his study of 12-tone music in Vienna with Hans Erich Apostel. He has composed for solo instruments and intimate chamber groups; he has created musical compositions incorporating 100,000 performers, radio and television stations, skyscrapers, and airplanes; and he has collaborated with Philip Glass to compose minimalist opera scores. His works point to an underlying philosophy that sees music as a shared experience. Moran's compositions range from the absurd theatre piece Divertissement Number One, in which performers react to the sight and sound of popcorn popping; to the dark, sinister, funny Alice in Wonderland, for the Scottish Ballet; to the achingly beautiful Trinity Requiem, commissioned by ground zero church Trinity Wall Street to commemorate the 10th anniversary of September 11. Throughout his career Moran has been careful not to ally himself with any specifc school of composition, freeing him to pursue whatever musical form interests him at the moment. The music Robert Moran writes today transcends stylistic pigeonholes. It is beautiful In consideration of performers and guests, please silence your noise-making devices: phones, watches, etc. and rhythmic with an undertone of dry humor. It is pure Moran. Iowa Percussion NEW, NEARLY NEW, AND NOT SO NEW MUSIC OF ROBERT MORAN, November 4, 2018 Notes The Mutual Admiration Society between Iowa Percussion and iconic American composer Robert Moran began in 2006 with Kboco. This frst collaboration was the result of a commissioning project by choreographer Armando Duarte for his dance piece De Fúria e Felicidade (Of Rage and Bliss), in which Program the music and dance are abstract interpretations of Brazilian graffti art. Mr. Duarte’s birthplace, São Paulo, is considered the graffti capital of the world, and Kboco is one of its most famous graffti artists. Iowa Percussion's recording of Kboco appeared on Moran’s 2008 CD Mantra (Innova 714) along with our performances of Obrigado, and the premiere of Stirling: It’s Raining Cats and Dogs—the last recording made in The University of Iowa’s Clapp Recital Hall before the food of 2008. Might the food have been set in Kboco (2006) Robert Moran (b. 1937) motion by Moran’s ominously prophetic composition about raining cats and dogs (which it did for the next month after the premiere)? Might it be said that Maestro Moran is partially responsible for the new Voxman Music Building we enjoy today?!