sequoia - Yaz Lancasterfolx percussion duo performs Sequoia by Yaz Lancaster.
A throwback that was recently published through Western Carolina University's Percussion Studio. Read about the piece and Yaz here.
Program Notes:
This piece is about the recognition of biodiversity loss, through the specific and personal example of redwood trees. It is also about taking time to notice and appreciate nature around you, as this loss is happening. For the performance of this piece, two of the performers (or two groups of performers) are required to first choose a spot in a natural location that they enjoy, and to record 3 minutes of sound in a single, continuous recording. These sounds will then be triggered at two points during the piece, the first being at bar 35 by one performer, the second being at bar 48 by the other. |
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Our first performance as a duo for an audience occurred at Squires' final undergraduate recital!
folx performed Sequoia by Yaz Lancaster and was joined by 3 other (wonderful) percussionists for Emma O'Halloran's meditation for metal pipes. Program Notes Video |
Ceci N'est Pas Un Jouet by Gene Koshinski is a piece that I have had sitting in my stack of random pieces of music for a couple of years now, but I've never played it. The only other person that I knew of that had a hand-crank music box was Kendall Rhymer, so we sat down the other day and played through it. I am obsessed with the sounds that we created and this wonderful piece! Make sure to go check out Quey Percussion's original version and the dance that goes with the piece!!
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vous Avez Du Feu?Quarantine hit everyone differently and when my junior recital was cancelled I decided that I still wanted to be creative. The ladies of the percussion studio and I were supposed to perform Vous avez du Feu? by Emmanuel Séjourné. Since the piece is very accessible we moved online. I immediately forgot about it in all the chaos but I finally finished it. May I present four of the six Womxn of the WCU Percussion Studio performing Vous avez du feu? Enjoy!
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