Interchanging Idioms

CAGE 100: THE BOOTLEG SERIES ISSUED MARCH 27 ON CANTALOUPE CAGE-THEMED PROGRAM IN CAMBRIDGE, TORONTO, + AUSTIN, ARRIVING AT ZANKEL HALL ON MARCH 26 No leading ensemble better embodies the fearless, trailblazing spirit of John Cage than Sō Percussion. In honor of Cage’s centenary year, Sō Percussion is touring a program titled We Are All Going in Different Directions to Cambridge (MA), Toronto, and Austin, culminating in an appearance at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall on Monday, March 26 (7:30 pm), as part of the American Mavericks series. Along with classic Cage scores like Credo in Us, Imaginary Landscape #1, and Third Construction, We Are All Going in Different Directions features original compositions by the group, plus contributions by electronic artists Matmos, Cenk Ergün, and Dan Deacon. Matmos, Ergün, and violist Beth Meyers (janus trio and QQQ) will perform with the quartet. Program details and tour dates follow. Given Cage’s use of indeterminacy in this program, every concert...

Internationally acclaimed cello virtuoso Maya Beiser and Scottish percussionist extraordinaire Dame Evelyn Glennie return to UCLA Live in a rare combined appearance that will feature inspiring sets from each artist and a joint performance of a short as-yet-untitled new work from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang. As two of the most eclectic and innovative musicians on the scene today Glennie and Beiser constantly redefine the goals and expectations of their instruments, creating performances of such vitality that they almost constitute a new genre altogether. For more details ...

Brian Pecthtl is a composer and percussionist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. He composed this piece performed by the Lamont School of Music Percussion Ensemble under the direction of John Kinzie, percussionist with the Colorado Symphony. I am the one narrating.

Deutsche Grammophon is pleased to announce the signing of an exclusive recording-agreement with the “incomparable” (Wiener Zeitung) percussionist Martin Grubinger, whose “mind-boggling fusion of meditation and wide-awake involvement” is celebrated by Germany’s Die Welt. Martin Grubinger’s first Deutsche Grammophon recording, to be released this autumn, is Drums ‘n’ Chants , in which he performs alongside the Gregorian chants sung by the Monks of the Benedictine Abbey Münsterschwarzach providing a tapestry of his vibrant percussion. Martin Grubinger’s second release, on DVD in 2011, will be a live recording of his acclaimed project The Percussive Planet, featuring performers from every corner of the globe. “This gifted young artist creates a sensation wherever he appears — and Deutsche Grammophon looks forward to these exceptional projects with a musician for whom, in his own words, ‘nothing is impossible’.” - Michael Lang, President of Deutsche Grammophon On signing t...