ETHOS PERCUSSION GROUP

03.11.10
Evening with Groucho A Remarkable, Zany Revue
'Evening with Groucho' a remarkable, zany revue

03.03.10
Turtle Island Quartet Celebrates Coltrane, Hendrix in Denver
Turtle Island Quartet wowed the audience with "A Love Supreme: The Music of John Coltrane."

03.15.10
Turtle Island Quartet
A Love Supreme
Collegedale, TN

03.17.10
Danu
Overture Center - Madison, WI

03.19.10
Luna Negra Dance Theater
with Turtle Island Quartet and Paquito D'Rivera
Strathmore- N. Bethesda, MD

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Explorers & Heroes - Touring 09-10

With this diverse and compelling program, Ethos Percussion Group presents landmark works by John Cage, Lou Harrison, Steve Reich and Frank Zappa.  Each of these iconic composers featured (and challenged) percussionists in new and innovative ways: Cage, Harrison and Reich added uniquely American dialects to their Asian and African influences, while Zappa brought rock and roll instrumentation and a healthy dose of humor to the rhythmic and tonal complexity associated with the European avant garde.  Together, their percussive textures and individual sensibilities indelibly shaped the sound of 20th and 21st century American music. With a battery of instruments, including the “found objects” written for by Harrison and Cage, Ethos breathes fresh life into these groundbreaking chamber works.

Classic repertoire from the 1940’s and 1970’s will be juxtaposed with new arrangements created especially for these events.  The performances will also include recent Ethos Percussion Group commissions from young composers carrying on the tradition established by these “fathers of invention” into the 21st century.