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| Mon Oct 17 2011 | Toronto, ON |
| University of Toronto, Walter Hall | |
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Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $30 Adult/$20 Seniors & Students. Address: 80 Queens Park, Toronto, ON M5S 2C5. 2×10: Midori Koga & Lydia Wong, piano duo
On the heels of their critically acclaimed series debut, the innovative pairing of percussion and duo pianos opens the Faculty Artist Series with music by two of the most influential musical figures from the Eastern and Western hemispheres. PROGRAM |
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| Sat Sep 17 2011 | Kingston, NY |
| Cornell Park | |
| Time: 9:30am. Admission: FREE. Address: 52 Wurts St, Kingston, New York, United States. This Festival runs from 9:30 am until 8:00 pm. NEXUS joins a cast of renowned drummers and percussionists who will perform on two stages: The Jack DeJohnette Quartet, Liam Teague, POOK, Energy Dance Company, The Jerry Marotta Band, Dennis Yerry and Native American Singers & Drummers, Jonathan Singer Ragtime Band, NYU Steel Band, HIP Pickles, The Valerie Naranjo Group (members of the Lion King Cast), Orlando Hernandez Tap Dancer and The Not-So-Traditional Rudimental Drummers. Read more here. | |
| Sun Jul 31 2011 | Ottawa, ON, Canada |
| Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts | |
| Time: 8:00pm. NEXUS performs a 40th Anniversary performance on Sunday, July 31 at 8pm followed by a performance of Steve Reich’s Drumming at 10:30 at the same venue. Drumming will be performed with TorQ Percussion ensemble (based in Toronto) and David Schotzko (Toronto) + singers and piccolo. Singers Monica Whicher and Kristina Szabo. | |
| Sat Jul 02 2011 | Woodstock, NY |
| Maverick Concert Hall | |
| Time: 8:00pm. Admission: various. Address: 120 Maverick Road, Woodstock NY. NEXUS is joined by The Canadian Brass for this concert. Read more here. | |
| Sun Apr 10 2011 | Winchester, VA |
| Shenandoah University - Armstrong Concert Hall | |
| Time: 3:00pm. Admission: $25, $23 Seniors, $10 Non-SU Stu. Address: 1460 University Drive, Winchester, VA. Nexus performs at 3 p.m. in Armstrong Concert Hall. For almost 40 years, the premiere ensemble Nexus has been a phenomenon in the percussion world. Nexus is also a leader on the contemporary classical music scene and is known for its collaborations with today’s most distinguished composers as well as its diversity of repertoire, spanning contemporary classical music to world music. Complimentary tickets are available in advance for Shenandoah faculty and students with SU I.D. Call the box office at 540/665-4569. | |
| Sat Apr 09 2011 | Winchester, VA |
| Shenandoah University - Brandt Student Center | |
| Address: 1460 University Drive, Winchester, VA. NEXUS will present a clinic during the Virginia Day of Percussion in the afternoon. Time and details TBA. | |
| Fri Apr 01 2011 - Sat Apr 02 2011 | Austin, Texas |
| Long Center for the Performing Arts | |
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Time: 8:00pm. Address: 701 W. Riverside Dr., Austin, Texas. The NEXUS Percussion Ensemble guests on April 1st and 2nd for a performance that includes “Menuet Antique” by Ravel, “From me flows what you call Time” by Takemitsu (with NEXUS), and “Pictures at an Exhibition” by Mussorgsky-Ravel. |
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| Sat Mar 12 2011 | Toronto, ON |
| Glenn Gould Studio | |
| Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $40, Senior $20, Student $10. Address: 250 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario. The percussion group NEXUS has been at the forefront of Canadian chamber music for over three decades. On March 12, 2011 the ensemble is joined by Toronto Symphony Orchestra timpanist David Kent in music by Cahn, Carter, Ichiyanagi, Philidor and Vivier. The concert will include the Canadian premiere of Bill Cahn’s “The Crystal Cabinet”, and a new trio arrangement of Claude Vivier’s “Cinq Chansons pour Percussion”. Mr. Kent will be featured in Bill Cahn’s “Night Ride” for solo timpani and percussion quartet, as well as in Toshi Ichiyanagi’s “Variations from the opera White Nights” for percussion quintet. | |
| Sat Mar 05 2011 | Barrie, ON |
| Hi-Way Pentecostal Church | |
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Admission: contact presenter. Address: 50 Anne Street North, Barrie, ON. Barrie Concert Association presents NEXUS and Conductor Gillian MacKay with the University of Toronto Winds. The concert will include Eric Ewazen’s “Eternal Dance of Life” written for NEXUS, performed with the University of Toronto Winds. |
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| Fri Feb 25 2011 - Sat Feb 26 2011 | Syracuse, NY |
| Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center | |
| Time: 8:00pm. Address: 411 Montgomery St., Syracuse, NY. NEXUS performs Takemitsu’s “From me flows what you call Time”, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conducting. | |
| Sat Nov 20 2010 | Ulster, NY |
| Quimby Auditorium – SUNY Ulster Community College | |
| Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 491 Cottekill Road, Stone Ridge, New York, 12484. The Toronto based group NEXUS will top off the series with a concert of all percussion music. This concert will include works by Steve Reich (SUNY Ulster’s own Chris Earley will join NEXUS in the performance of Reich’s Music For Pieces of Wood), John Cage (his seminal 1941 Third Construction for Percussion) African influenced drumming, many Ragtime xylophone selections and the world premiere of a work by NEXUS member Bill Cahn written for this occasion. For more information, call 845-687-5000 or 1-800-724-0833. | |
| Mon Nov 01 2010 | Toronto, ON |
| Walter Hall - Faculty of Music - University of Toronto | |
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Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $25.00/$15.00 students&seniors. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 80 Queen’s Park, Toronto, ON, M5S 2C5. NEXUS + 2×10 A striking series opener featuring the inimitable NEXUS percussion ensemble and the sensational piano duo, 2×10 (Midori Koga and Lydia Wong) in rarely heard arrangements of two orchestral masterpieces, The Rite of Spring and The Planets, for two pianos and percussion. Box Office: 416-978-3744 Email: boxoffice.music@utoronto.ca for ticket information. |
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| Fri Sep 10 2010 - Sun Sep 12 2010 | Kobe City, Japan |
| Hyogo Performing Arts Center | |
| Time: 3:00pm. Admission: 1,000-4,000 Yen. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 2-22 Takamatsu-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8204. NEXUS performs Takemitsu’s “From me flows what you call Time” with the Hyogo PAC Orchestra with Maestro Yutaka Sado conducting. | |
| Sat Jul 31 2010 | Woodstock, NY |
| Maverick Hall | |
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Address: 120 Maverick Road, Woodstock, NY. Woodstock Beat 2010 This all Reich concert includes “Drumming” (complete), “Nagoya Marimbas” and “Music for Pieces of Wood” played by Steve Reich and Musicians with NEXUS and So Percussion |
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| Tue Jul 06 2010 | Winona, MN |
| St. Cecilia Theater, Cotter High School | |
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Time: 7:30pm. Address: 1124 W. Seventh Street, Winona, MN. Minnesota Beethoven Festival
Music for Pieces of Wood by Reich |
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| Sat Jun 26 2010 | Toronto, ON |
| The Shops at Don Mills | |
| Time: 3:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 1090 Don Mills Road, Toronto, ON, M3C 3R6. This is an outdoor concert, so dress accordingly! | |
| Sat May 29 2010 | Woodstock, NY |
| Kleinert/James Hall | |
| Time: 7:30pm. Address: 34 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY. NEXUS will accompany the silent film “A Page of Madness” by Teinosuke Kinugasa (1896-1982). Also on the program will be ragtime selections featuring marimbas and solo xylophone! | |
| Thu Apr 29 2010 | Toronto, ON |
| Koerner Hall at the Royal Conservatory of Music | |
| Time: 8:00pm. Admission: Check with Koerner Hall. Address: 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON M5S 1W2. Pulitzer Prize winning composer Steve Reich returns to Toronto in a concert featuring two of his most recent works, including the Canadian Premiere of “Mallet Quartet”, commissioned by members of Toronto’s NEXUS ensemble. Reich, several members of NEXUS and other luminaries perform at the spectacular new Koerner Hall at the RCM. | |
| Sat Mar 20 2010 | Toronto, ON |
| Glenn Gould Studio | |
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Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $40 - $20 seniors & $10 students. Address: 250 Front Street West, Toronto, ON. Canada’s percussion group NEXUS presents “Tribute”, a mixed program on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at Glenn Gould Studio. It includes the world premiere of “R.E.member-ing” by NEXUS founding member William Cahn, and the Canadian premiere of “Handmade Proverbs” by Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu.
The concert also includes performances of John Cage’s “Credo in US”, additional pieces by Takemitsu, as well as “Remembrance” and “Lullaby for Esmé” by NEXUS founding member Robin Engelman. The group will be joined by guest artists, pianist Midori Koga and percussionists Paul Ormandy and Ryan Scott. The programming for “Tribute” was inspired by the recent retirement of NEXUS founding member Robin Engelman. During his time with NEXUS Engelman introduced the group to John Cage’s “Credo in US” and conducted it a number of times. He was a close friend of Toru Takemitsu from the time they met when Engelman was principal percussion in the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, under Seiji Ozawa. Takemitsu invited NEXUS to tour in Japan several times, and composed their most successful concerto “From me flows what you call Time”. NEXUS performed the piece more than 80 times with orchestras all around the world. It will be Engelman’s arrangements of the pieces by Takemitsu that will be performed in this concert. The opening piece “Ancient Military Aires” is a collection of traditional military drum beatings. The performance of this is also a tribute to Engelman as the composer and percussionist has a great interest and expertise in this historical area. He has also composed many pieces in this style (for fife and drums). He brought a great zeal to NEXUS for learning more about the tradition from which NEXUS’ instruments and techniques originate. Robin Engelman’s arrangements of songs by Takemitsu may be heard on NEXUS’ most recent CD “Wings”. His piece “Lullaby for Esmé” is featured on the NEXUS CD “Lullaby”, and “Remembrance” is included on the NEXUS CD NEXUS Now. John Cage’s “Credo in US” will appear on NEXUS’ upcoming CD featuring percussion works of John Cage. |
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| Fri Mar 19 2010 | St. Catharines, ON |
| Sean O’Sullivan Theatre - Brock University | |
| Time: 7:30pm. NEXUS with guest artists Ryan Scott, Paul Ormandy and Midori Koga perform an eclectic program including pieces by Cage, Engelman and selections from NEXUS’ famous ragtime repertoire! | |
| Mon Nov 23 2009 | Toronto, ON |
| Walter Hall - Faculty of Music - University of Toronto | |
| Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $25.00 - seniors and students - . Address: 80 Queen’s Park, Toronto, ON, M5S 2C5. NEXUS performs music by John Cage, Steve Reich, Arvo Part and NEXUS members Bill Cahn and Russell Hartenberger. Box Office: 416-978-3744 Email: boxoffice.music@utoronto.ca for ticket information. | |
| Sat Nov 21 2009 | Toronto, ON |
| MacMillan Theatre - Faculty of Music - University of Toronto | |
| Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $14.00 - seniors & students $8.0. Address: 80 Queen’s Park, Toronto, ON, M5S 2C5. Canadian premiere of Eric Ewazen’s “Eternal Dance of Life” with the University of Toronto Wind Ensemble. Also on the program: John Adams - Lollapalooza, Michael Colgrass - Bali, Chen Yi - Suite from China West. Email: boxoffice.music@utoronto.ca for ticket information. | |
| Sat Oct 31 2009 | Annandale-on-Hudson, NY |
| Sosnoff Auditorium, Fisher Center | |
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Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $15.00. Age restrictions: All Ages. Bob Becker, Bill Cahn, Russell Hartenberger and Garry Kvistad, with special Guests Frank Corliss and Jason Treuting.
(Note: All works by John Cage unless otherwise noted) |
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| Tue Oct 06 2009 - Thu Oct 08 2009 | Bowling Green, OH |
| Kobacker Hall - Bowling Green State University | |
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Time: 8:00pm. NEXUS schedule follows: Tuesday, October 6 7:00 pm - Master Class at Kobacker Hall at BGSU Wednesday, October 7 Thursday, October 8 |
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| Sat Oct 03 2009 | Windsor, ON |
| Windsor Symphony Orchestra at the Chrysler Theatre | |
| Time: 8:00pm. Address: 201 Riverside Dr. W.. Check back for further details | |
| Wed Sep 30 2009 | Windsor, ON |
| The University of Windsor - Assumption University Chapel | |
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Time: 7:30pm. Address: 400 Huron Church Road, N9C 2J9. Please Note: This is a change of venue!
Completed in 1908, the Chapel at Assumption University is an acoustical gem and an ideal setting for chamber performances. Use the entrance on the north side of the Assumption University building to easily access the upstairs chapel. Our Schedule at the University follows: Thursday, Oct. 1 at 1:00 pm Thursday, Oct. 1 at 7:30 pm Saturday, Oct. 3 at 2:00 pm |
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| Sun Apr 05 2009 | Toronto, ON |
| Glenn Gould Studio at the CBC Building | |
| Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $40.00. Address: 250 Front Street West. The percussion group NEXUS has been at the forefront of Canadian chamber music for over three decades. Join them for a special concert featuring world premieres of works by New York composer Eric Ewazen and marimba virtuoso Gordon Stout. The program also includes new arrangements for keyboard percussion of John Cage’s enigmatic “Chess Pieces” (1944) and Arvo Pärt’s haunting “Spiegel im Spiegel” (1978). Special Pricing: $20 Seniors, $10 Students. | |
| Fri Apr 03 2009 | Orangeville, ON |
| Orangeville Opera House | |
| Time: 8:00pm. Address: 87 Broadway. | |
| Thu Jan 22 2009 | Toronto, ON |
| Walter Hall - Faculty of Music - University of Toronto | |
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Time: 7:30pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 80 Queen’s Park, Toronto, ON, M5S 2C5. This improvised concert will feature guest artists Phil Nimmons, David Braid, Suba Sankaran, Parmela Attariwala and Mark Laver. |
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| Thu Nov 06 2008 | Austin, Texas |
| Austin Convention Center | |
| Time: 8:00pm. Address: 300 Trinity Street, 78701. Performance of new Ewazen concerto for NEXUS and the Meadows Wind Ensemble at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention Read more here. | |
| Tue Nov 04 2008 | Dallas, Texas |
| Caruth Auditorium | |
| Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $13 for adults, $10 for seniors,. Address: 6101 Bishop Boulevard, 75275. World Premier of Eric Ewazen’s “Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble”, composed on commission for the Meadows Wind Ensemble of Southern Methodist University, NEXUS and Jack Delaney. The program also will include the late Warren Benson’s Danzon-memory, written on commission for Jack Delaney and recorded by the MWE on the Gasparo label, and Bradley Bodine’s Concerto for Marimba and Wind Orchestra with marimba soloist and Meadows faculty member Drew Lang. | |
| Wed Oct 08 2008 - Fri Oct 10 2008 | Toronto & Mississauga, ON |
| various | |
| Sponsored by the Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto | |
| Mon Aug 11 2008 | Kincardine, ON |
| Knox Presbyterian Church | |
| Time: 8:00pm. | |
| Sat Aug 09 2008 | Collingwood, ON |
| New Life Brethren in Christ Church | |
| Time: 7:30pm. | |
| Sat Jul 05 2008 | Woodstock, New York |
| Maverick Hall | |
| Time: 8:00pm. | |
| Thu Jun 05 2008 - Sun Jun 08 2008 | Ojai, California |
| Various events and venues | |
| Fri May 23 2008 | Toronto, ON |
| Walter Hall - Faculty of Music - University of Toronto | |
| Time: 8:00pm. | |
| Fri Apr 04 2008 | Toronto, ON |
| Walter Hall - Faculty of Music - University of Toronto | |
| Time: 7:30pm. | |
| Sun Mar 30 2008 | Toronto, ON |
| The Music Gallery | |
| Time: 8:00pm. Address: 197 John Street. | |