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6/28/13 Steve Schick, So Percussion, Doug Perkins & Mantra Percussion perform Gordon/Lang/Wolfe at PASIC

Steve Schick, So Percussion, Doug Perkins & Mantra Percussion perform Gordon, Lang & Wolfe @ PASIC 2011

On November 9 and 10, the Percussive Arts Society click below for audio, scores, video and more! International Convention features music of www.redpoppymusic.com/percussion Michael Gordon, , and .

Co­founders of the iconic new music organization Bang On A Can, the works of these three influential composers have inspired a generation of musicians. Their solo and ensemble music for percussion continues to be both essential and innovative.

On Nocember 9, an all­star cast of musicians performs on the inaugural concert of the convention, which celebrates the Percussive Arts Society's 50th Anniversary and the music that has defined the percussion­genre.

Steve Schick, the original percussionist of the Bang On A Can All­Stars, plays Lang's solo the anvil chorus. Commissioned and premiered by Schick in 1991, his recording and performances of the work have become legendary.

Percussion ensemble extraordinaire So Percussion presents an excerpt from Wolfe's riveting drum set quartet, Dark Full Ride, as well as the second movement from their staple work, Lang's the so­called laws of nature.

Doug Perkins (soloist, founding­member of So Percussion and director of percussion at Dartmouth College) performs his firey version of Gordon's endurance­laden solo, XY.

Completing the program, and hot off their critically­ eblasts.redpoppymusic.com/pasic/pasic.html 1/2 6/28/13 Steve Schick, So Percussion, Doug Perkins & Mantra Percussion perform Gordon/Lang/Wolfe at PASIC acclaimed premiere North American tour, Mantra Percussion performs an excerpt from Gordon's latest work, Timber for six amplified 2x4s. Mantra Percussion presents the entire virtuosic 60­minute sextet the following night (Thursday November 10) at 10pm (after the Indianapolis Symphony Concert) at the stunning Indianapolis Artsgarden, a few blocks east of the Convention Center.

The music of Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe represents some of the most adventurous, breathtaking, passionate, and powerful music of the past quarter century. Their works for percussion are inspired. Building on the music of luminaries before them — , and Edgar Varese to name a few — Gordon, Lang and Wolfe compose works that are an indelible source of unique and influential music that is a testament to the vibrant state of classical music today.

PASIC's recognition of their contribution to the percussion­genre is notable. These important concerts are not to be missed.

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