Rehearsal for the COOL DRUMMINGS! Concert May 25, 2007
Photos from “Cool Drummings” – May 2007
NEXUS FEATURED ON NEW NAXOS CD
Announcing . . . NEXUS Bob Becker, Bill Cahn, Robin Engelman, Russell Hartenberger, Garry Kvistad NEXUS FEATURED ON NEW NAXOS CD ‘the high priests of the percussion world’ (New York Times), Naxos CD# 8.559268. (52² 02³)ZWILICH: Violin Concerto, Rituals for five Percussionists and Orchestra. Pamela Frank (violin), NEXUS, IRIS Chamber Orchestra, Saarbrücken Symphony Orchestra, Michael… Read more »
Photos from the Music Gallery – March 2007
Toronto, Ontario – March 24, 2007
Out of the Blue – NEXUS CD #10814
March 1, 2007 NEXUS Bob Becker, Bill Cahn, Robin Engelman, Russell Hartenberger, Garry Kvistad Releases A New Compact Disc “Out of the Blue” – NEXUS CD #10814 Recorded Live with Guest Soloist, Fritz Hauser While NEXUS has been credited with expanding the modern percussion ensemble’s world of possibilities, Fritz Hauser is doing the same for… Read more »
Photos from CD Launch at the Music Gallery – February 2007
NEXUS and Fritz Hauser launch their new CD “Out of the Blue” at the Music Gallery in Toronto February 27, 2007
Photo from backstage at the Lyric Theater – Kansas City – February 2007
NEXUS with Michael Stern backstage at the Lyric Theater Kansas City Symphony February 16, 17 & 18, 2007
Kansas City Star Review – February 2007
Kansas City Star – February 19, 2007 The Kansas City Symphony’s percussion-themed program for this weekend looked ingenious and fun on paper. Haydn’s ‘Drum Roll’ Symphony with its opening timpani lick was paired with Stravinsky’s raucous ‘The Rite of Spring,’ and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s recent ‘Rituals’ for percussion and orchestra was sandwiched between. On the… Read more »
NEXUS with the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra
NEXUS Bob Becker, Bill Cahn, Robin Engelman, Russell Hartenberger, Garry Kvistad with the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra Michael Stern, conducting Bob Becker, Bill Cahn, Robin Engelman, Russell Hartenberger, Garry Kvistad February 16, 17 & 18, 2007 In three performances with the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Michael Stern, NEXUS, the internationally acclaimed… Read more »
In Memoriam: JOHN WYRE May 17, 1941 – October 31, 2006
In Memoriam:JOHN WYRE May 17, 1941 – October 31, 2006 John Wyre (second from left) with Bill Cahn, Steve Gadd, and Robin Engelman at PASIC 2005 in Columbus, Ohio (Photo by Lauren Vogel Weiss) John Wyre, one of the founding members of the world renown percussion ensemble NEXUS, passed away on October 31, 2006 in… Read more »
NEXUS in an International and Educational Context
Concepts and Past Examples of Programs INFLUENCE: NEXUS is in the unique position of being influential in many contexts. They are the Ensemble in Residence at the University of Toronto. Two members teach regularly at the University and others are often available for student consultation. NEXUS has become a resource for almost every other performing… Read more »
Photos from NEXUS at Rice University
TOUR WRAP-UP Robin Engelman, your tour guide . . . in Texas no doubt! It is certainly a display of favoritism to pick one or two performances among all we heard as being special, but for this reviewer, two students must be mentioned. Stephen F. Austin freshman Kevin Rice’s performance of Etude #35 from Portraits… Read more »
out of the blue – NEXUS & Fritz Hauser – Nexus Records 10814
NEXUS & Fritz Hauser – out of the blue Nexus Records 10814 Away without Leave – 5:09 time flies – 14:45 out of the blue – 25:08
Photos from 2006 Toronto Summer Music Academy and Festival
July 24 – 29, 2006 University of Toronto
Works for Symphony and Chamber Orchestra for Subscription Series Programs
A List of Programming Options 1) From me flows what you call Time (1990) by Toru Takemitsu – 30:00 Since the premiere in Carnegie Hall with Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Nexus has given more than eighty performances of this magical work. From Los Angeles to Chicago, to Philadelphia, London, Hamburg, Lyon, and… Read more »
Iowa Days of Percussion
Bob Becker, Bill Cahn, Robin Engelman, Russell Hartenberger, Garry Kvistad at the Iowa Days of Percussion The Ensemble performs and presents workshops at the Days of Percussion in Grinnell, Iowa NEXUS, the Toronto-based percussion group, is now in its 35th year of performances in solo recitals and with symphony orchestras worldwide. On April 11 and… Read more »
