Percussion Ensemble

Last Thursday, November 29th, I had the opportunity to see a percussion corps de b on the wholeet directed by Galen Lemmon at San Jose State Universitys project Hall. Before the fork out, I didnt know what to expect. I wasnt sure that a percussion ensemble was going to be very interesting or not. Surely after the show, it was very interesting.

        The first maculation was Canticle No. 1 composed by Lou Harrison. This piece consisted of round hand-made percussion instru workforcets such as some pottery and some bells. It reminded me of a soundtrack to a suspenseful characterisation because of the rattling of the thunder-maker instrument they had. The succeeding(a) piece was Clapping medicinal drug composed by Steve Reich. This was strictly done by, of course, clapping hands. The men and the women had separate parts. The women looped a sort of beat everywhere and over while the men were sort of the melody to the whole piece. This was a very head-nodding performance; very interesting. Starry Nights, Doggy geezerhood for Mallet Quartet by Larry London was the piece that came after. It consisted of all mallet instruments such as the xylophones and vibraphones. It was their first piece to in reality contain different notes and pitches which made it relaxing to hear. It was a terce movement piece where the first movement was slow, then the next movement was faster, and the exit movement went back to the regular tempo. subsequently this piece came an extremely odd, but interesting piece called feeler to the Skin Symphony & Skin Symphony composed by Bill Strauss and John Beck. About five people were seat around in a half-circle. They started out by literally making practice of medicine slapping, ripping, tearing, and crumpling pieces of paper! Then they started making music with their hands and parts of their bodies. This is surely something I have neer seen before. Bonham composed by Christopher Rouse was the ensembles last performance.



This piece, in my opinion, was the best. They used all kinds of flaps, even the ultramodern puzzle set was used including timpani drums, a gong, and a bout of other different types of percussion instruments that I could not identify. The piece had some modernity to it because of its direct reference to Led Zeppelin. The modern appeal was heard through the sound of the modern drum set which was probably why I liked it so much. This surely was a grand ending and a swell performance by the ensemble.

        This was a surely enjoyable show. even though it was a free show, I would have pay to see it. I recommend this concert to everyone because I brought a friend along to see the performance with me and he enjoyed the show as well.

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