Live! at the Library: Sō Percussion with Dominic "Shodekeh" Talifero
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- Dominic "Shodekeh" Talifero, beat boxing/vocal percussion
- Eric Cha-Beach, percussion
- Josh Quillen, percussion
- Adam Sliwinski, percussion
- Jason Treuting, percussion
Angélica Negrón — Gone
Angélica Negrón — Go Back
Nathalie Joachim — Note to Self
Pauline Oliveros — Rolling Meditation
Jason Treuting — Extremes
Dominic "Shodekeh" Talifero — Vodalities: Paradigms of Consciousness for the Human Voice
Submerge in an evening of sonic possibilities with one of the most innovative contemporary percussion ensembles that continues pushing musical boundaries. With a music style described as an "exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam" (The New Yorker), the fierce Sō Percussion partners with breathing artist and composer Dominic "Shodekeh" Talifero for his piece Vodalities: Paradigms of Consciousness for the Human Voice! The program includes music by Puerto Rican composer Angelica Negrón, Nathalie Joachim, Eric Cha-Beach, Pauline Oliveros, and Jason Treuting.
Pre-concert Conversation with the Artists: 6:30pm, Whittall Pavilion.
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About Dominic "Shodekeh" Talifero, beat boxing/vocal percussion
Dominic "Shodekeh" Talifero is a Baltimore-based beatboxer, vocal percussionist, and breath artist whose work pushes the boundaries of the human voice. He currently serves as faculty, musical accompanist and composer for Towson University's Department of Dance and is the founding director of Embody, A Music Series of the Vocal Arts, which strives for artistic and cultural unity through the many vocal traditions in the world from opera and throat singing to beatboxing.
Beatboxing is a form of vocal percussion in hip hop culture. Imitating and often replacing a drum set, drum machine or drum loop through a series of vocal effects or percussive sounds produced primarily by the larynx, nasal and oral cavities, beatboxing exemplifies the hip hop philosophy of creating meaningful artistic expressions with the most limited resources; it replaces the source of the timeless breakbeat—with the human voice. Beatboxing has become a ubiquitous feature of the American city experience and soundscape.
In recent years, Talifero has moved from beatboxing's hip hop roots to explore innovative collaborations with a wide range of traditional artists, including Tuvan throat singing, Lithuanian folk music, experimental, funk, jazz, rock, classical, ballet, and various forms and techniques of modern dance. He is constantly striving to channel rhythmically the vast spectrum of sounds around him, not just through music but also through science, culture, history, mathematics, and ethnomusicology.
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About Josh Quillen, percussion
About Adam Sliwinski, percussion
About Jason Treuting, percussion
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