Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Percussionist perform ‘Cross Fit’ here:
With her cat Nacho making a special appearance, Cynthia Yeh, principal percussion of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, performs a segment of Cross Fit, the fourth movement of Robert Honstein's "An Economy of Means" (2015), written for prepared vibraphone.
First off, the video of Everything Now Right Now, performed by the amazing Evan Chapman, was published by Vic Firth this past Friday.
Second, this work will be included on his solo album “Caustics”, due to be released on April 10th, 2020! The album also includes works by Ian Chang of Son Lux, Molly Joyce, Alexis C. Lamb, Anna Meadors, Alicia Walter, and Ted Babcock. Stay tuned for more album release updates.
ABOUT THE PIECE:
Everything Now Right Now is a piece for drum set and track featuring high-energy, driving rhythms and a free-wheeling, synth-soaked track. Moving in lock-step with the drums, the track becomes a kind of super-drum, highlighting every sound in the kit as if the kit itself triggers the track’s bombastic frenzy. After a careening opening section, full of jump-cuts and jagged rhythms the track abruptly shifts to an ominous drone while the drummer adds a layer of improvised cymbal sounds. As we are lulled into an ambient haze of cymbals and shifting synth-pads, the music suddenly turns back to material reminiscent of the opening. The quick change leads to few brief missteps, but the drummer soon locks in with a series of increasingly disjunct grooves, driving the music to a bombastic finish.
Hub New Music is set to release their debut album, featuring the complete Soul House. This promo video is one of nine movements, which will feature choreography from Urbanity dance and my attic as the set.
Produced by Four/Ten Media (Kevin Eikenberg & Evan Chapman)
Audio by Immersive Music Project (Jesse Lewis)
Produced by Four/Ten Media and presented by New Amsterdam Records, featured on Ashley’s album “ASH”
In this rehearsal video, the Nashville ensemble Chatterbird works on the quartet version of Down Down Baby. Stayed tuned for the release of their official video!
The following video features choreography to Conduit from Eighth Blackbird’s album Hand Eye. With choreography by Jennifer Backhaus and performed by Ellen Akashi, Tawny Chapman, Amie Lee Kilgore, McKell Lemon, Katie Natwick, Kaitlin Regan, Chihiro Sano, Megan Seagren, Samantha Waugh, Amanda Kay White, this is an excerpt from the premiere of “One Continuous Line” at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, Irvine, CA.
Credits:
Choreography by Jennifer Backhaus
Premiere: Irvine Barclay Theatre, Irvine, CA
Music: Conduit I, II, III by Robert Honstein; South Catalina by Christopher Cerrone, Performed by Eighth Blackbird
Lighting Design: Michael Korsch
Costume Design: Rachael Lorenzetti
Running Time: 20 minutes
Performed by Ellen Akashi, Tawny Chapman, Amie Lee Kilgore, McKell Lemon, Katie Natwick, Kaitlin Regan, Chihiro Sano, Megan Seagren, Samantha Waugh, Amanda Kay White
Jennifer Backhaus’ latest work for the company features an all-female cast of 10 dancers. Expressing a strong sense of unity and celebration of women, it lyrically reveals their strength, determination and ability to move forward.
Known for her quick and clever choreography, Backhausdance’s founder and artistic director explores themes of continuity, flow and perpetual motion. Taking its cue from life, the work follows a non-linear line of momentum where one movement leads to another and ricochets, bouncing back and forth and creating radiant vivacity.
Performance footage and interviews surrounding the world premiere of my percussion concerto ‘Juvenalia’, premiered in March 2019 by Colin Currie with the Albany Symphony Orchestra and Music Director David Alan Miller.
Audio and Video by Four/Ten Media
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Excited to finally share the video for An Economy of Means with the incredible Doug Perkins! Produced and filmed by Evan Chapman and Four/Ten Media.