Spring Concert: Percussion Ensemble & UW Steel Band [LIVE]
Free
John Lennon / Paul McCartney — Yesterday
Shruthi Rajasekar — Selected works
Gabriela Lena Frank — Selected works
Qu Xiao-Song — Selected works
John Lennon — Selected works
Paul McCartney — Selected works
Joe W. Moore III — Selected works
UW Percussion Ensemble and UW Steelband present their annual percussion bash concert, celebrating a year of creativity and resourcefulness during a time of social distance. Percussion Ensemble presents both pre-recorded and truly livestreamed music, featuring works by Shruti Rajasekar, Gabriela Lena Frank, Qu Xiao-Song, and Joe W. Moore III, interspersed with movements from Mauricio Kagel's classic work of percussion theatre, Rrrrrr...
Performing as a socially distanced quintet this year, the UW Steelband highlights the sounds of the steelband’s individual instruments – bass, triple cellos, double seconds and tenor – performing arrangements of Caribbean songs that leave plenty of space for improvisation, and offering a bigger sound in its pre-recorded and overdubbed performance of Yesterday.
The livestream will take place at 7:30pm Pacific.
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About UW Percussion Ensemble
The University of Washington Percussion Ensemble is comprised of graduate and undergraduate percussionists, and it is open to music majors, music minors, and other members of the UW community. This group performs a wide range of music, encompassing world premieres, group improvisation, and historic works for percussion ensemble. The UWPE has performed at the Northwest Percussion Festival, and at outreach events in the Seattle area, such as an interactive performance for Tent City 3 residents, on the Wayward Series, and at the 2017 NUMUS Northwest Festival.
https://music.washington.edu/ensembles/percussion-ensemble