Click the link below to download my article about John Cage from the September 2012 issue of Percussive Notes. Encounters with John Cage
Encounters with John Cage
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NEXUS as perfect “first date” material!
Who knew? NEXUS was the perfect “first date” material for a sound match. Check out page 2 of this New York Times Magazine article on Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller.
“A pencil sharpener for the ears”: Fritz Hauser’s Focus and Shraffur
We are delighted that Fritz Hauser has included a visit with NEXUS (Oct 12, University of Toronto) as part of his North American tour. He will be coming from Eastman and heading to Oberlin afterwards.
Facebook, a Free workshop, and a party concert!
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!
Coming up!
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 »
Muster in Deep River, Connecticut – July 20 & 21, 2012
For many years I have thought about attending a New England Fife and Drum muster, but it wasn’t until I was personally invited to one that I made a place on my calendar to do it. The invitation to attend the 59th Annual Deep River Ancient Muster came from Jim Smith, the founder of the… Read more »
Great YouTube video with NEXUS members and friends
Check out this YouTube posting and see members of NEXUS and friends at work at the recording of “Stars & Stripes: Canadian Brass Salute America”.
Drum Boogie this weekend, Woodstock NY
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 »
From the Archives #11: The Percussioner 1987
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”
New York: “the audience was on its feet, cheering for encores”
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.
ROCHESTER’S CLASSIC PERCUSSION – Part 2
A Short History of the Percussion Section of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra – 1922 to 1995 By William L. Cahn Part 2 – 1930 to 1959 The 1930s By the year 1930, the medium of silent movies encountered a rapid decline in popularity due to the advent of “talking” pictures with sound tracks. The Eastman… Read more »
ROCHESTER’S CLASSIC PERCUSSION – Part 3
A Short History of the Percussion Section of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra – 1922 to 1995 By William L. Cahn Part 3 – 1960 to 1979 The 1960s The 1960s was a decade of many changes in the orchestra’s percussion section. In 1962 John H. Beck became the timpanist of the Civic and Philharmonic orchestra’s… Read more »
ROCHESTER’S CLASSIC PERCUSSION – Part 4
A Short History of the Percussion Section of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra – 1922 to 1995 By William L. Cahn Part 4 – 1980 to (1995) The 1980s By the year 1980, the Rochester Philharmonic orchestra was presenting the following programs: a classical subscription series (broadcast regularly on local radio and occasionally on local television),… Read more »
NEXUS is a hit at Le Poisson Rouge in NYC – May 2012
Read a review of the concert HERE. Another review can be found HERE.
ROCHESTER’S CLASSIC PERCUSSION – Part 1
A Short History of the Percussion Section of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra – 1922 to 1995 By William L. Cahn This article was originally published in “Percussive Notes” magazine, Vol.30, No. 8, June, 1992. New opportunities for NEXUS, including a new major work for NEXUS by Toru Takemitsu, “From me flows what you call Time,”… Read more »
