Featuring percussion students of Matthew Strauss. The audience is invited to sit on stage with the performers for this program.
Free event, general admission
Repertoire
Bloom by Michael Torke (2024)
Bloom is an eleven movement work that is about 55 minutes in duration. It was composed for and premiered by the percussion quartet, Sandbox Percussion, who recently visited the Shepherd School and coached percussion students on this piece.
Program notes
BLOOM uses interlocking rhythms which, when played together, create a groove expressed through each player’s pitched and non-pitched instruments. Just as shoots push through dirt erupting in blooms, so too do the vibes and marimbas burst forth from the drums. In other words, this music has an organic profile, unlike other recent pieces of mine. —Michael Torke
