Wow am I impressed! I went looking for John Luther Adams music and found this terrific performance. I love the little looks the performers give each other, especially that grin just before the end. Being able to see the set-up was a great way to visually see the different rhythms at play with each other - one side against the other usually.
Hi Ben, tough for sure but doable. There are long stretches of polymetric polyrhythms, but practice will do it and it is a great piece to practice ensemble communication. Staying together (the top two parts really) is the thing. My kids took one look at it and "what....there's no way we can play this" and then were making good headway on it much quicker than they thought. I think a HS group can do it :)
Bravo! What a terrific propulsive performance, and a fascinating new visual perspective on the drums. Thanks for sharing with us all!
Thanks very much, Noah :)
Wow am I impressed! I went looking for John Luther Adams music and found this terrific performance. I love the little looks the performers give each other, especially that grin just before the end. Being able to see the set-up was a great way to visually see the different rhythms at play with each other - one side against the other usually.
Thanks, Megan! We had a blast. This will always be one I look forward to teaching again.
I would like to try this piece with my HS percussion class. What difficulties would I have in teaching it? I know the rhythms get pretty complex.
Hi Ben, tough for sure but doable. There are long stretches of polymetric polyrhythms, but practice will do it and it is a great piece to practice ensemble communication. Staying together (the top two parts really) is the thing. My kids took one look at it and "what....there's no way we can play this" and then were making good headway on it much quicker than they thought. I think a HS group can do it :)