Liminality by Dave Hall
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- Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2024
- Performed by the University of Nebraska Percussion Ensemble at PASIC 2019.
Dr. Dave Hall, director
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Program Notes:
This past summer I spent nearly two weeks on Martha’s Vineyard in a rental house with my wife’s extended family, with a nice TV we never turned on and mercifully unreliable cell service and internet connection. My sister-in-law Katie (who I have always looked up to for her humor, creativity, and quiet clairvoyance), lives inland on the island and we were there for her wedding. I spent most of each day outside reading books, going on strolls, or playing with our children. At night we would come together as a family and eat a meal made from a beautiful mélange of food grown on Island. I have known for a while that all I really need (beyond basic food and shelter) is time, beauty, and love, and all three were available in abundance on the Island.
The trip was right on time as I had become ambivalent about my role as an academic and expectations (both internal and external) to adhere to stale paradigms. I am certainly thankful for the opportunities and security of my position and am aware of the extreme privilege I fell into by way of my race, gender, upbringing, and dumb luck and am doing my best not to scuttle the opportunities that so many others are not afforded. I considered this retreat to be a hard reset for my mind and soul.
Some of the most profound things I read on the porch outside our rental house included Michael Pollan’s How to Change Your Mind: a rigorous and personal account of groundbreaking research in neurochemistry and guided psychedelic therapy (to treat addiction, depression, anxiety, trauma, and to help the terminally ill navigate the end of life). I became enamored with the concept of deliberate ego dissolution and removing myself from the art I hoped to create. Jenny Oddell’s How to Do Nothing compelled me to connect more deeply with other people and our natural world. I let go the last shred of interest I had in having a reputation or a categorizable job title after reading Austin Kleon’s Keep Going. His marching orders to “forget the noun, do the verb” reminded me that Players gotta play and Artists gotta art. We should make things and share them with our friends.
I am a shameless fanboy of pianist Brad Mehldau and have been particularly fond of his duo collaborations with both mandolinist Chris Thile and drummer Mark Guiliana, so I set out to expand the spirit of these duos to a larger ensemble. Recent residencies at Nebraska with Snarky Puppy, Stefon Harris, Andy Akiho, and the Jonathan Scales Fourchestra also infiltrated my subconscious as I sketched out the work. I also hoped to capture an aural cross-section of the diversity, virtuosity, artistry, creativity, and collaborative spirit of my students both past and present. All of this is a tall order for a six- to seven-minute piece of coherent music, but eventually Liminality emerged, its creation only possible at this time with these exact artists. We hope the result transcends ourselves as well as the dogmatic and ultimately ineffective borders that are hastily thrown up between particular musical genres and idioms.
It is true that I did sit at a desk and a piano for months looking at blank manuscript paper and scratching my head, and eventually at a computer attempting to translate all of the above into decipherable musical notation, but it truly feels like my students wrote this piece. It has reaffirmed to me that healing and transcendent experiences of beauty are available when given enough time and love. -Dave Hall
Found this piece again in a mix called “classical music”. Its not quite what i think of when classical music comes mind. But its gonna be a classic for sure!
My mom says I'm not allowed to listen to music this good.
So glad this is on RUclips, man.
Loved seeing this at pasic
The changes in velocity is mesmerizing. Such a treat to have this end up in my daily RUclips Mix
The tonality and inflections in this piece just scratch my brain in a special way. I love it.
Another masterpiece! Always inspiring. This composition breaks boundaries harmonically while blending tension, groove, ferocity, and beauty all in one. :)
I know right! Dave Halls music is so creative! 😊
My bad Dr. Dave Hall
Dr. Hall, I would like to inquire about purchasing your composition. I have an ensemble performing at TMEA this February and would like to perform Liminality. I could not find it on C. Alan's web sight or on Steve Weiss Music.
Our percussion group directly contacted him via email. Maybe try that? Also good luck at TMEA!
Bravo to Dr. Hall and all of the performers, especially the drum set player!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
@@andrewwray8778 Yo! This is JT. Is this you playing on this?
@@JTonthedrums JT!! You’re the man! It is me indeed
@@andrewwray8778 Dude🔥Beautiful playing man. I’m literally about to play this song with a Highschool perc ensemble here in Dallas. This tune, especially your part, is Kicking My A🤭😂!! LOL!!
@@JTonthedrums that is so cool!!!! Just do your thing man! 😂
Do I hear some Tigran Hamasyan in there as well?
Bloo22
Can anyone please tell me the drummers name for this performance? Thanks
-JT
Hey JT- his name is Andrew Wray and he’s amazing! Let me know if you need help getting in touch.
@@DHallPercussion Hey Dave. Thanks so much. I found him in the comments. You wrote a Monster tune man. Bananas🤪 So glad I got a chance to play it.