Music Performance
Welcome to my music performance page! Below I will try to update performances, projects, and things that I am interested in.
deconstructionMy masters recital at NYU. Presented on April 30th, 2023.
Composers: Yaz Lancaster, Emma O'Halloran, Emily McPherson, Molly Joyce, Annika Socolofsky read more here: program notes |
folx Percussionfolx percussion duo performs Sequoia by Yaz Lancaster.
A throwback that was recently published through Western Carolina University's Percussion Studio. |
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NYU Performances
Performances from my 2021-2023 Year at NYU can be viewed at the attached document here!
Everything from Percussion Ensemble to Orchestras to Steel to AGPE. World premieres and music that pushes me to my limits allowing me to grow.
Everything from Percussion Ensemble to Orchestras to Steel to AGPE. World premieres and music that pushes me to my limits allowing me to grow.
NYU Quartet ExperienceKicking Pigeon's Percussion Ensemble
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In the Air Tonight ESPNNYU's Percussion Studio's performance of In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins for the Sunday Morning Tribute.
Javier's video can be viewed here! I do not own the rights to audio or video, other than that I am a performer in the recording/ensemble. |
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Final Undergrad Recital: Dyad
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Reese Maultsby: Coalescence
Hubard: Soda Song Xenakis: Rebonds B O'Halloran: meditation for metal pipes Druckman: Reflections on the Nature of Water mvts 1-3 Aeryn Santillon: Silent Town (with electronics) Chad Heiny: Auroras mvt 2,3,4 (with electronics) Molly Joyce: Head to Toe Yaz Lancaster: Sequoia Program Notes |
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Everybody HitsWCU Percussion Ensemble Concert Spring '21
I was beyond lucky to perform on this wonderful showcase of the Everybody Hits Commission for percussion pieces. I performed meditations for metal pipes by the esteemed Dr. Emma O'Halloran! |
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Some Fun with Magic Flute (by Mozart)
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While recording my audition materials for Graduate School Auditions, I met with Josh Quillen (So Percussion, NYU) to talk about some of my videos. We discussed the timing of Magic Flute (as well as some of my other pieces). He suggested I put on a backing track, so here is my new and improved version of Magic Flute.
Calypso beat used: https://youtu.be/b5eVGshlneM |
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Ceci N'est Pas Un Jouet (This is Not a Toy)
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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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Grad School Pieces
I'm currently working on my Graduate school applications and want to share my final videos with all of you! More information on the process as well as videos of my pieces can be found here.
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Repertoire:
SOLO REPERTOIRE Marimba Druckman : Reflections on the Nature of Water “Crystalline” “Fleet” Bach: “Bourree” from Lute Suite in E minor Snare Drum Delecluse: "Etude 9" from Douze Etudes Pour Casse-Claire Delecluse: “Etude 1” from Keiskleiriana Tompkins: “Solo No. 9” from Nine French-American Rudimental Solos Timpani Carter: “Moto Perpetuo” from Eight Pieces for Four Timpani Multiple Percussion Xenakis: Rebonds B |
ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS
Snare Drum Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, mvt. 3 - reh. K (with condensed rests) Prokofiev: Lt. Kije Suite, Op. 60 - reh. 1-2 Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, mvt 3 - D-E and mvt 4 - P-R Keyboard Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite, No. 5 Valse - m. 144-176 Gershwin: Porgy and Bess - m. 4-17 Messiaen: Exotic Birds - reh. 6-7 Mozart: Magic Flute excerpt Timpani Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, mvt. 1 - m. 513-end Schuman: New England Triptych, mvt 1 - m. 1-13 Mozart: Symphony No. 39, mvt. 1 - m. 1-21 (with condensed rests) |
WCU Quarantine PEDuring the pandemic when we were allowed to return to the Whee but were not allowed to perform together in ensembles we filmed and performed Sarah Hennies Everything Else. It has finally been released to the world and I cannot wait for people to hear our version!
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Harmony Project with SoI was invited to join So Percussion's recording project for the Harmony Program (based in NYC)!
Harmony at Home Lesson 1 - Rhythm and Percussion, featuring So Percussion John Cage - Living Room Music Performed with So Percussion for the Harmony Project Summer 2020 Performance starts at 28:04 |
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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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SoSI 2020
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This Summer I was fortunate to be able to participate in So Perucussion's Virtual Summer Institute! I cannot express how amazing this was and how amazing everyone who participated in it made my experience. The playlist of videos and collaborations can be found here!
Projects I participated in: Clapping Music by Steve Reich Codex Mvt II by Lawton Hall Shifting Ground by Elijah Smith In C by Terry Riley Why Don’t We Go Where There It Is What The Time by Theo Trevisan Just Waves by Martin Schmidt Tuning Meditation by Pauline Oliveros Our Amore Vieni – Jason Treuting Our Amore Vieni - Cenk Ergun Amore Vieni – Jack Herscowitz Amore Vieni – Dan Langa Living Room Music - John Cage |
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Eastman's Virtual Summer Percussion Festival
I was fortunate to have to opportunity to interact with lots of wonderful and kind percussionists in the summer of 2020 through Eastman School of Music's first annual Summer Percussion Festival. I had hoped to be able to travel to this festival in-person, but had a wonderful experience online and would highly recommend this to any percussionist. Some artists that I interacted with were Michael Burritt, Ivan Trevino, John Beck, EscapeX Duo, Doug Perkins, and Todd Meehan!
Junior Recital at Home
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2020 is crazy so far, but I had the amazing opportunity to get back into the recital hall after weeks away to record my repertoire. Enjoy!
Rondo by Joe Demarco Vous avez du feu? by Emmanuel Séjourné Texas Hoedown by David Friedman A Cool Gadget for Tambourine by Casey Cangelosi Breaking Point by Rob Smith Swerve by Gene Koshinski |
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Macy's Thanksgiving Parade 2019I was fortunate to travel with the Price of the Mountain's Marching Band to New York City to perform cymbals during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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Electronic Music
I am fortunate to have had an amazing Electronic Music Professor that allowed me to experiment and create music in formats that I was unfamiliar with. I can't wait to have the opportunity again! Below is my arrangement of the jazz standard Dancing on the Ceiling in the style of the Beatles and my compositions: A Heroes Theme and Electronics.
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WCU Percussion Ensemble + Jason TreutingThe first time I met a member of Sō Percussion was during my freshmen year at WCU. Jason Treuting came to visit the Whee in the spring of 2018. He inspired me that day more than many percussionists had to date. I've never stopped pushing forward. Enjoy this throwback video!
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