Whew! What a busy week! NEXUS is on Facebook! And while you are there, click “Like” to stay connected to NEXUS for updates. We are going to have fun with photos, news, soundbytes, links to videos – check it out!
Summer vacation is over. Mine featured a 4000 km. road trip (2000 km. each way), with two musicians (husband and son), so we made tracks to the accompaniment of wonderful music showcasing some great jazz drummers. It got me thinking about the great drum-set artists with whom NEXUS has performed: Peter Erskine, Ed Thigpen, Steve… Read more »
Check out this YouTube posting and see members of NEXUS and friends at work at the recording of “Stars & Stripes: Canadian Brass Salute America”.
If you are in upstate New York around Woodstock and area this weekend, check out Garry Kvistad’s Drum Boogie Festival, a part of the Byrdcliffe Festival of the Arts. Drum Boogie is scheduled for Saturday at 4 PM (a concert of world class percussionists playing world class music) and Sunday at Noon (a very cool… Read more »
The November 1987 issue of Percussioner Audio Magazine featured NEXUS in three separate articles. The cover says: “NEXUS On Tour: The World’s Best Drummers”
Bloggers have been boosting NEXUS since their June 18th appearance at (le) poisson Rouge in New York City. This surreal photo of NEXUS at work accompanies Tom Brett’s article at his blog Brettworks.
NEXUS enjoyed a wonderful night at LPR on Bleeker Street yesterday, and e-mails are coming in from some of those who were lucky enough to enjoy this International Night of Awesome(ness). Garry Kvistad created some instruments for last night’s performance, and that reminded me of his Baschet. Like all the NEXUS members, Garry has lots… Read more »
Click here to see what the New Yorker has to say about the upcoming International Night of Awesome(ness) June 18th, 7 p.m. at Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleeker Street – with NEXUS, So Percussion, Meehan/Perkins Duo, Mantra Percussion, Akros Percussion Collective, Tigue and Siren. What an incredible night it will be! NEXUS will be performing… Read more »
I’ve been reading ‘”Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)”. Physicist Richard Feynman (1918-1988) was a Nobel laureate, and he also happened to be a drummer, and one of the most entertaining characters I’ve ever “met” between the covers of a book! Our own Lorrie Dillard (who has created a great many… Read more »
Now here’s a fitting cake for NEXUS, who celebrates their 41st Birthday today. (The cake is a creation of The Twisted Sifter. You can see more of their inspired bakegoods at www.TheTwistedSifter.com. This one is 3 layers of red velvet cake with cream cheese filling, covered in red and white fondant. The drum sticks are… Read more »
After hearing NEXUS perform at Percussion Rochester, Tim Wagner wrote to us with an interesting question. Tim is a film technician from the George Eastman House museum and archive in Rochester, NY and also a charter member of the Carousel Organ Association of America, a group dedicated to the preservation and enjoyment of these outdoor… Read more »
NEXUS will be performing at (le) Poisson Rouge in NYC on June 18th, 158 Bleecker Street between Thompson and Sullivan. Tickets are $15. Doors open at 7 pm, the music begins at 8 pm.
NEXUS is home from a great performance of Zwilich’s Rituals at Percussion Rochester! Here is an excerpt from Rochester City Newspaper’s review by Ron Netsky: “One look at the Kodak Hall stage at Saturday’s Percussion Rochester finale told you all you needed to know about the balance of power. “With conductor Neil Varon at the… Read more »
This week I have been writing to presenters about NEXUS’ wind ensemble/chamber orchestra repertoire. On Saturday night NEXUS is performing with the Eastman Philharmonia conducted by Neil Varon, and it struck me that perhaps you don’t know about this area of NEXUS performances. A couple weeks ago I blogged about Zwilich’s “blockbuster piece”commissioned for NEXUS… Read more »
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