The Boston Conservatory Percussion Ensemble plays works by David Fulmer, Agata Zubel, John Cage, Lei Liang, Nyokabi Kariuki, and Ernesto Lecuona. This concert is dedicated to the memory of John Grimes (1946–2013, Boston Conservatory faculty 2005–2013).
Program Information
Repertoire
DAVID FULMER(b. 1981): Steeples swam in Amethyst (2022) Christian Bartholomew Erin Burke Mingrui Wang Jai Dhiman Josh Bellis Jialu Du John Hanchey Grant Mellone Dennis Smith
AGATA ZUBEL (b. 1978): Nelumbo (2003) Yun-Chen Chou April Ong Christian Wiemer Ritvik Yaparpalvi
JOHN LUTHER ADAMS(b. 1953): Qilyaun (1998) Erin Burke Christian Bartholomew Dustyn Carter John Hanchey
LEI LIANG(b. 1972): Tian and Di from Garden 8 (2000) Erin Burke Lesley Silva-Garcia Grant Mellone Jialu Du Dennis Smith Dustyn Carter
JOHN CAGE(1912–1992): But what about the noise of crumpling paper which he used to do in order to paint the series of "Papiers froissés" or tearing up paper to make "Papiers déchirés?" Arp was stimulated by water (sea, lake, and flowing waters like rivers), forests (1985) Mingrui Wang William (YueYang) Shi Erin Burke Josh Bellis Alexa Clawson Dustyn Carter John Hanchey Grant Mellone Lesley Silva-Garcia Dennis Smith
NYOKABI KARIUKI(b. 1988): the season of Big rain (Mbura ya Njahi) (2021) William (YueYang) Shi Alexa Clawson Jin Cho
ERNESTO LECUONA(1895–1963) arr. Laurent Warnier: La Comparsa (1912) Jin Cho William (YueYang) Shi Josh Bellis Christian Bartholomew Jai Dhiman Dustyn Carter John Hanchey Lesley Silva-Garcia
Ensemble
Samuel Solomon, director Christian Bartholomew (B.M. '24) Josh Bellis (M.M. '25) Erin Burke (M.M. '25) Dustyn Carter (B.M. '27) Jin Cho (B.M. '26) Yun-Chen Chou (M.M. '24) Alexa Clawson (B.M. '25) Jai Dhiman (B.M. '24) Jialu Du (B.M. '26) John Hanchey (B.M. '27) Grant Mellone (B.M. '27) April Ong (B.M. '24) Yueyang (William) Shi (M.M. '25) Lesley Silva-Garcia (B.M. '27) Dennis Smith (B.M. '27) Mingrui Wang (M.M. '24) Christian Weimer (B.M. '25) Xingyue Xue (M.M. '24) Ritvik Yaparpalvi (B.M. '25)
Concert Services Staff
Senior Manager of Concert Services – Luis Herrera Concert Production Coordinator – Matthew Carey Concert Production Manager – Kendall Floyd Performance Technology Technicians – Sara Pagiaro, Goran Daskalov
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