Percussion Group Cincinnati
Performance Details
Date: Sunday, September 22nd at 7:30pm
Location: Williamsburg Regional Library Theatre
Admission: $10 public/$5 students
Tickets available at the door. Reception to follow performance.
This performance is held in memory of William DeFotis.
About the Performers
The Percussion Group Cincinnati performs classic and experimental music from America, Chile, Bali, South Africa, and China in an entertaining, dynamic, and sometimes humorous manner. Their instruments include marimbas, drums, gongs, prepared piano a computer, a deck of cards, newspapers, and many other items that can be exploited for sound. The Percussion Group Cincinnati is the faculty ensemble-in-residence at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music.
For more information about the Percussion Group Cincinnati, visit their website at www.pgcinfo.com.
Program Selection
| Lift Off (1966) | Russell Peck |
| Mbira Music, Book 1 (1986)* | Alonzo Alexander |
| from Drama (1996)* | Guo Wen-jing |
| Credo in Us (1942) | John Cage |
| Intermission | |
| Solo with Snare Drum (1991)* | William DeFotis |
|
Balinese Ceremonial Music |
Colin McPhee |
| I Read the News Today, Oh Boy (1987)* | collective |
| Chilean Songs | arr. Percussion Group Cincinnati |
*written for Percussion Group Cincinnati
This program is co-sponsored by the Williamsburg Regional Library's Dewel Decibel Series.
