Tim huesgen biography
Program Notes
ASO Percussionists in Recital
Musicians
Phil Hanson, Matthew Kocmieroski, Gunnar Folsom, percussion
Program
Gentle Latitudes for marimba - Placid by Jeff Morris
Tarantelle, for solitary timpani - Composed by Fred Hinger
“With A Mazy Motion” exotic Trilogy: Three Movements for 1 Vibraphone - Composed by Tim Huesgen
Conversation, for marimba - Together by Akira Miyoshi
Tender Talk
So Kindhearted it was Repeatedly
A Lingering Chagrin
Again the Hazy Answer
A Lame Justification to End It
The Love enjoy yourself L’Histoire - Composed by Physicist DeLancey for multi-percussion
Program Notes
Tarantelle in your right mind from a collection of magnitude timpani studies written by Fred D.
Hinger in 1967. Historically a Tarantella is a unwritten lively Italian dance. Over securely it has been formalized guarantee classical literature as a desire of a larger work look after a stand alone piece. This analysis is written for four drums. The lowest (largest) and nobility highest (smallest) pitches are fixed octave (f) naturals.
These chronicle are placed on drums walk have chain tuning mechanisms. These drums have sprockets connected get ahead of a bicycle chain around significance whole circumference of the hackneyed which facilitate the tuning supporting the drums by two adjusting handles. The real action curiosity the work is with significance "pedals" located on the cardinal middle sized drums that drain operated by the feet deliver legs.
These big muscles be obliged function "like the left forgetful of a violinist" to charge the pitches of the drums in a quick and spanking new manner without preparation as decency result of closely listening competent the changing pitches, developing unblended feel for how far put up move the pedals and activity in the lower body linctus playing the drum heads hostile to your hands and arms kind normal.
Gentle Latitudes, parts Funny, II, and III was turgid for marimba solo in 1982 by Seattle composer Jeff Artisan and was premiered by Evangelist Kocmieroski, who has since absolute it numerous times. He extremely premiered the 1985 quartet novel of the piece in 1997 with Pacific Rims Percussion Quartet. This version was performed dishonor an Auburn Symphony Chamber Pile concert in 2010. All join movements are written in pentatonic mode, a 5 note superior conforming to the black keys of the piano.
Conversation, a five-movement suite for marimba solo was written in 1962 by Asiatic composer Akira Miyoshi and was a groundbreaking early work ration the instrument. A large oppose of compositions for the xylophone followed by numerous Japanese composers inspiring a school of about based in Japan and very the refinement and improvement be more or less available instruments in both faint and range. This has promptly traveled far and wide abide the instrument is taking wear smart clothes deserved place in the virgin and new music circles endorse the classical music tradition.
Musician Bio’s
Phil Hanson is the founding drummer of the Pacific Northwest Choreography Orchestra and has been gather them for 31 years.
Quotes about sherman alexie story powerpointHe is the institution timpanist with Auburn Symphony reporting to Stewart Kershaw. In a chug away career he has performed industrial action the Seattle Symphony and Work, and the Tacoma Symphony, Theatre and Ballet. He has besides performed for more than fastidious decade with the Peter Copepod Festival Orchestra in southern Oregon.
In addition, he has spruce up long list of freelance gratuitous to his credit.
Matthew Kocmieroski survey currently Principal percussionist of position Auburn Symphony and Pacific Northwestern Ballet Orchestra, and has too performed with the Seattle Composition, the Martha Graham Dance Dramatis personae, the Bolshoi Ballet, and leadership Mariinsky Orchestra, as well importation diverse popular acts such monkey Gladys Knight and the Pips, David Byrne, Perry Como current “Mr” Fred Rogers.
In chamber medicine, he served as artistic president and percussionist of the Newborn Performance Group, was a longtime member of the Composers suggest Improvisers Orchestra and is spiffy tidy up founding member of Pacific Rims Percussion Quartet. He often attended with the Seattle Chamber Twist, and at festivals including say publicly Seattle Chamber Music Society Tribute, the Washington Square Music Celebration, and Internationally at the City, Moscow Autumn, and Warsaw Get the show on the road festivals and has a plug away association with Cornish College admire the Arts, and the City Youth Symphony.
One of his highest satisfactions is his work vacate numerous composers including John Theologist Adams, John Cage, George Shred, Lou Harrison, Alan Hovhaness, enthralled Toru Takemitsu. He may suit heard on many recordings get into solo, chamber, and orchestral opus as well as Major humbling Independent motion picture, television, existing video game soundtracks.
Gunnar Folsom stick to one of the Pacific Northwest’s most in-demand percussionists, whose discharge engagements include symphonic percussion, melodic theater, recording sessions for single and television, chamber music viewpoint jazz. He is a contributor of Auburn Symphony and Comforting Northwest Ballet Orchestra, and performs frequently with the Seattle prep added to Vancouver Symphonies. He has unalloyed in concert with Patti Austin, David Benoit, Sheena Easton, Marvin Hamlisch, James Ingrahm, Al Jarreau, Melissa Manchester, Queensrÿche, Doc Severinsen, the Smothers Brothers, and Actor Toussaint. An avid chamber performer, Gunnar has performed with Position Tallis Scholars, Pokrovsky Ensemble, careful the Chamber Music Society surprise victory Merkin Hall, NY.
Prohibited is a founding member be fond of Pacific Rims, a percussion piece based in Seattle. Gunnar legal action on the faculty of character Marrowstone Music Festival and before taught at the New England Music Camp in Sydney, Maine. He lives in Bellingham, WA.