The UW Percussion Ensemble (Bonnie Whiting, director), explores North American Experimentalism from 1942-present in its collage concert "Credo in US (you and me)," performing John Cage's Credo in US, as well as works by Jonathan Bingham, Rich Burkhardt, Randolph Coleman, inti figgis-vizueta, Edward Miller, Juri Sea, and Sebastian Zhang.
Program Detail
John Cage's Credo in US, one of the earliest examples of Postmodern collage techniques in music, juxtaposes pre-recorded canonical classics, live radio, fanciful text, and found as well as traditional percussion. UWPE presents this work from 1942 alongside newer music from North America in a collage concert that features innovation in notation, performer choice, improvisation, text, groove, and spatialization. Come celebrate Cage's classic work as well as music by Jonathan Bingham (Essay for Percussion, 2020), Rick Burkhardt (Simulcast, 2002), Randolph Coleman (Soundprint III, 1972), inti figgis-vizueta (to give you form and breath, 2019), Edward Miller (Around, 1972), Juri Seo (Wah, 2014), and Sebastian Zhang (Birdfrog, 2024.)
Program
Soundprint III: A Requiem for Ezra Pound (1972: Randolph Coleman (b. 1937)
Wah (2014): Juri Seo (b. 1981)
Simulcast (2002): Rick Burkhardt
Essay for Percussion (2020): Jonathan Bingham (b. 1989)
To give you form and breath (2019): inti figgis-vizueta (b. 1993)
Birdfrog (2024): Sebastian Zhang (b. 2003)
Around (1972): Edward Miller (1930-2013)
Credo in US (1942): John Cage (1912-1992)
The UW Percussion Ensemble
Aiden Lok Fung Chan, Cyan Duong, Abigail George, Colin Lehman, Taryn Marks, Jamison Maciel, Alexander McLean, Rose Martin, Ivy Moore, Zane Raissis, Luigi Salvaggio, Tyler Smith,Nat Yamamoto
Bonnie Whiting, Director
Guest performers on Soundprint III
Dancer: Cameo Lethem, Trombone: Richie Torres: Percussion: Alex Ford, Tobias Miller, Matthew Walton
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to: Taryn Marks (our TA and grad student worker), Abigail George (our student worker), the Meany Center staff, Doug Niemela and the School of Music staff, as well as our Director Joël-François Durand
The University of Washington acknowledges the Coast Salish peoples of this land, the land which touches the shared waters of all tribes and bands within the Suquamish, Tulalip and Muckleshoot nations.
Randolph Coleman’s SOUNDPRINT III: a REQUIEM for EZRA POUND integrates whispered passages from Pound’s Canto 90; the majority of the percussive sound world that delicately surrounds the hall tonight is derived from the sibilance of the consonants in this passage. Listen for slow shifts in texture, timbre, and pitch as you watch nearly-imperceptible movement from the dancer.