The reviews are in from Syracuse and they are excellent: Here are highlights from the Syracuse Post-Standard today (Linda Loomis and James Welsch): NEXUS didn’t vex us, it spun us into breathlessness.
Click HERE to view the interview with Garry and Ryan on Channel 9 – WSYR – discussing the upcoming NEXUS concert with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. Click on “A Feast for the Eyes and Ears” on the right hand side of the page in the video player. The date of the video is 2-24-11.
NEXUS is featured in the July 2010 issue of “Percussive Notes”. The article by Daniel R. Smithiger. Click HERE to view a PDF file of that article.
Click here to read the Review in the LaCrosse Tribune – July 7, 2010.
Click HERE to go to the page where you can download a PDF file of Dan Smithiger’s wonderful article on NEXUS!
You can catch a recent article about NEXUS by clicking here. The Varsity, the newspaper of the University of Toronto, ran the article in mid-March, this time featuring NEXUS’s Bob Becker, who talks about the genesis and evolution of both NEXUS and himself as a musician. Enjoy!
In case you missed it, John Terauds ran a great article in the Toronto Star a couple of weeks ago about percussion today. The article features NEXUS’ own Russell Hartenberger
Last year (2009) percussionist Daniel Smithiger asked the members of NEXUS to answer a number of interesting questions for an interview now posted on the Percussive Notes magazine. Below are my answers to a few of Daniel’s questions. DS: Of what things are you most proud, in the accomplishments and history of NEXUS? BB: I… Read more »
What do Ling Lun, Antonio Stradivari, Robert Moog, Harry Partch and Pat Metheny have in common? They have all built musical instruments that have had a profound influence on the music which followed. Pat Metheny’s music and his playing style is unique, complex and masterful. Yet, it is accessible, fun and beautiful. He has gone… Read more »
George Lawrence Stone’s Stick Control for the Snare Drummer first appeared in 1935. With a terse two-page introduction followed by a mere 21 pages of what he called “practice rhythms”, Stone unleashed a new and powerful method of technical development for all styles of drumming. The “HOW TO PRACTICE” page alone is worth the price… Read more »
Dear Bob, It was great to talk to you the other day, and have the opportunity to hang out with you while here in Banff. Thanks again for your willingness to answer some questions for my doctoral dissertation and larger project to collect anecdotes and interviews from various important senior/accomplished percussionists in our field. Your… Read more »
My name is Gene Koshinski, Professor of Percussion at University of Minnesota Duluth. I am currently finishing a document as my final step to completing my doctoral degree at The Hartt School in Hartford, CT. The title of my paper is: “From West Africa, through Vaudeville, to the Concert Hall: The Evolution of Two-Mallet Keyboard… Read more »
Click here to read an interview with Garry Kvistad about the upcoming NEXUS events at Bowling Green State University.
This article was published on September 29, 2009, in advance of the NEXUS performance with the Windsor Symphony. Read it here.
Click here for an article in The Windsor Star about upcoming events in Windsor, Ontario.
