The 91猫先生 Percussion Ensemble presents, 鈥淎ffinity,鈥 featuring San Luis Valley native and special guest Sarah Off on violin, at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, in Richardson Hall Auditorium.
The Percussion Ensemble will perform the monumental 鈥淐oncerto for Violin with Percussion Orchestra鈥 by the late American composer, Lou Harrison. Off, who holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree, will be featured.
The artistic director of the Mt. Blanca Summer Music Conservatory, Off returns to the Valley to perform this exciting and extremely challenging work, under the direction of James W. Doyle, D.M.A., associate聽professor of music and director of the University Percussion Ensemble.
Off, based in Phoenix, has performed in ensembles and events throughout the world. She has been a part of Arizona Contemporary Music Ensemble, the American Composer Alliance, and co-founder and artistic director of the Mt. Blanca Summer Music Conservatory in Colorado.
The concert will also feature Matthew Valverde, D.M.A., assistant professor of music, in Steven Mackey’s unique work for percussion quartet and tenor soloist, 鈥淢adrigal,鈥 and Tracy Doyle, D.M.A., professor of music, in the groove-inspired 鈥淗ammers鈥 by Allison Loggins-Hull for flute and percussion trio.
In addition to three collaborative works with featured artists, the concert will pay homage to the history and development of the contemporary percussion ensemble with a performance of 鈥淭occata for Percussion鈥 by the late Mexican composer, Carlos聽Ch谩vez, and the rudimental drumming traditions of percussion with a performance of Shaun Tilburg鈥檚 鈥淭he Infantryman.鈥
Two award-winning composers are also represented, including the prolific American composer Marilyn Bliss鈥 鈥淎urora Borealis鈥 and Pulitzer聽Prize winner Steve Reich鈥檚 鈥淐lapping Music.鈥 The Adams State Percussion Ensemble will also perform an exciting and unique adaptation of this work, 鈥淐lapping Music Variations,鈥 composed by Glenn Kotche, drummer for the Grammy Award-winning band, Wilco.
The concert is $5 for adults, $1 for students, and free to AS&F and Friends of Music. For more information, please call 719-587-7621.
