20th century stuff

[Tubadork]

Hey,
I'm in a new group called the Gold Dust Ensemble (bonus points for anyone who knows the reference) and we are a chamber group that does 20th century music.
It's a sax, clarinet, a guy who plays guitar and iPad and me on tuba and euph.

Here are some sound cloud links to our 1st concert. I hope you enjoy it.

Set Sail for the Sun by Stockhausen:
https://soundcloud.com/creative-music-h ... tockhausen" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

Les Moutons De Panurge by Rzewski:
https://soundcloud.com/creative-music-h ... ge-rzewski" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

Connection by Stockhausen:
https://soundcloud.com/creative-music-h ... connection" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

And the last piece is Pendulum Music by Reich:
It is written for 3 or 4 microphones suspended over amps to create feedback. The mice are the swung over the amps like a pendulum (there is a video on my Facebook page if you want to see it in action).
https://soundcloud.com/creative-music-h ... usic-reich" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

We also did Clapping Music by Reich, but we forgot to hit record. Hope you like it, if you do or don't let me know and if you have any questions, let me know too.

Bill

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[circusboy]

Bravo!!

I'm so glad to see folks doing this important, difficult music.

My fave was the Rzewski. It's probably the most accessible, though I always appreciate the challenges posed by Stockhausen. Ever try any Scelsi?

How did your group form? I'd love to play with a little, modern chamber group one day.

Soldier on!

[AHynds]

Awesome stuff! I'll echo what has already been said and say that it's great to see the tuba in non-traditional ensemble settings. And the rep for this concert is very good--the Stockhausen is always fun, and the Rzewski and Reich pieces are fantastic in their own way. Please keep us informed about future concerts!

Aaron H.

[TonyZ]

Well done! Excellent interpretations!

[Tubadork]

Shanks!
I play sousaphone in a group with the sax player and the guitarist called The 4th Ward Afro-Klezmer Orchestra:
http://afroklezmermusic.com" target="_blank
The albums that they have out don't have me on them, it's a bass player, but we will hit the studio soon (maybe this year).

The clarinet player is a friend of the sax guy (Jeff). He runs a music series and one of the groups couldn't make it, so he had been wanting to play these pieces since he first heard about them in college and we got the group together and we are planning to keep it going and we may do a recording this year.

Jeff sent out the charts and most of us knew them or knew of the pieces. We did a couple of rehearsals, took a couple of pictures, put it in the local paper and off we went.

I did some Scelsi in grad school, but haven't done it since then, it's cool stuff.

We may be doing a show (unconfirmed) June 14th. It's going to be pretty out there. Jeff's wife is a doctor who does research on monkeys and how they develop and learn language. One of them was particularly communicative and also like to write and draw. A local artist took those drawings and added to them. He hired a poet to take the scribbles that it did and convert that into syllables. The monkey (forgive me I forget her name) was also given staff paper and it will be our job to play that music along with the poetry at the gallery where her art is. She passed away about 6 months ago and this project is quite special to Jeff's wife. It might be a magical evening and it might be weird as crap. Either way it should be fun. I'll keep you updated.

Thanks,
Bill