Syrinx Music & Media – SXP 130079 CD # 2 1-8 – Various artists 9 – NEXUS – Kebjar-Bali (9:40) by William Cahn from African Suite: 10. NEXUS – Mbira (7:40) arr. by Nexus 11. NEXUS – Kobina (9:19) arr. by Nexus
TOCCATA – Nexus Records 10410
a live recording celebrating NEXUS’ 25th Anniversary season 1. Kichari (14:56) NEXUS Recorded in Studio 10, DeutschlandRadio, Berlin, Germany on October 6, 1995. Recorded live for radio broadcast with a studio audience. Recording Engineer: Hans Martin
FAREWELL TO PHILOSOPHY – The Music of Gavin Bryars – Point Music 454 126-2
Point Music 454 126-2 NEXUS plays “One Last Bar, Then Joe Can Sing” 1-7 – Cello Concerto (Farewell to Philosophy) One Last Bar, Then Joe Can Sing, for percussion ensemble -Dedicated to NEXUS- * 8 – Lento (8:28) * 9 – Più mosso (7:41) * 10 – coda (2:49)
About Playing The Xylophone (lecture delivered at PASIC 1995)
I have to say, it’s becoming more and more difficult for me to think of things to say about playing the xylophone these days. Even though it’s an instrument that I still play fairly regularly on NEXUS concerts, it’s not something that I spend much time with outside of that context. It’s interesting to me… Read more »
VOICES – Nexus Records 10317
Nexus Records 10317 Music For Percussion and Symphony Orchestra NEXUS with The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Peter Bay, conducting Connexus by John Wyre (20:30)
THE STORY OF PERCUSSION IN THE ORCHESTRA – with the Rochester Philharmonic – Nexus Records 10306
Bill Moyers, narrator with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Variation and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell (1947) by Benjamin Britten (Excerpts) Thésée Overture (1675) by Jean-Baptiste Lully (Excerpt) March for Kettledrums (1685) by Jacques Philidor (Excerpt) La Marche from Thésée (1675) by Jean-Baptiste Lully
ORIGINS – Nexus Records 10295
Nexus Records 10295 Live Improvisations This recording is a vivid reproduction of the kind of spontaneous, unrehearsed improvisation that can be experienced at a live NEXUS concert. The music on this disc was recorded directly from the studio floor to two track digital tape. Balance and mix were monitored and controlled in real time with… Read more »
The Responsibilities of a Professional Principal Percussionist
This article was written for the Atlanta Percussion Newsletter in October 1991 by Bill Cahn A symphony orchestra, or for that matter any large organization comprised of many different people, is a complex and frequently difficult-to-understand entity. Seventy to one-hundred highly educated professionals – all having unique backgrounds in the study of their particular musical… Read more »
DANCE OF THE OCTOPUS – NEXUS with Judy Loman – CBC 2-1037
CBC 2-1037 1 – Palta (7:13) Bob Becker 2-4 – Red Norvo Suite (13:16) Red Norvo, arr. William Cahn 5 – In Ancient Temple Gardens (13:55) William Cahn 6 – Fra Fra (5:59) arr. NEXUS 7 – African Funeral Song (4:38) arr. NEXUS 8-9 – Annexus (17:04) Milton Barnes
Melodic Snare Drumming and Rudimental Arithmetic
Melodic Snare Drumming is a conceptual approach to playing snare drum that involves physically hearing or – equally well – imagining a melodic accompaniment while performing or practicing. This idea is in fact very old, and for centuries was the system through which military-style drumming was taught, practiced and played. The first part of the… Read more »
The Paradoxes of Percussion
In 1989 I was approached with the prospect of editing an issue of the Bristish publication Contemporary Music Review about contemporary percussion. At the time, I thought it would be very interesting to give percussion performers a forum in which to present some of their feelings about the professional situations into which they are drawn… Read more »
NEXUS NOW – Nexus Records 10262
Nexus Records 10262 Marubatoo (13:05) John Wyre [audio:Maruba.mp3] Fauna (13:17) William Cahn Cymbal (11:55) Bob Becker Rain Tree (11:10) Toru Takemitsu Remembrance (9:36) Robin Engelman
THE BEST OF NEXUS – Nexus Records 10251
Nexus Records # 10251 Kobina Nexus (6:23) Triplets G.H. Green/Becker (2:31) Xylophonia J. Green/Becker (3:43) Passage Nexus (4:42) Amazing Space Nexus (4:04) The Birds William Cahn (9:38)
NEXUS PLAYS THE NOVELTY MUSIC OF GEORGE H. GREEN – Nexus Records 10273
Nexus Records 10273 Featuring Bob Becker, Xylophone Soloist Fluffy Ruffles (2:31) G.H. Green/Cahn Rajah (3:16) G.H. Green/Becker Frivolity (2:59) G.H. Green/Cahn An Indian Story (2:59) G.H. Green/Becker Valse Brillante (6:28) G.H. Green/Becker
RAGTIME CONCERT – Nexus Records 10284
Featuring Bob Becker, Xylophone Soloist Bob Becker, Bill Cahn, Michael Craden, Robin Engelman, Russell Hartenberger, John Wyre Triplets (2:27) G.H. Green/Becker Cross Corners (3:54) G.H. Green/Becker The Whistler (2:05) G.H. Green/Becker Nola (3:34) F. Arndt/Green & Cahn