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Welcome to our news page featuring the latest product updates, Artist Endorser hubub, educational articles and more!
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| So Percussion & The Meehan/Perkins Duo: Pleiades | ||||||
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So Percussion and The Meehan/Perkins Duo, BSP Ensembles, performed Iannis Xenakis' Pleiades at PASIC 2010 last November. Thanks to PAS and Vic Firth for posting the live performance, and Drumchattr.com for helping spread the word. Iannis Xenakis (born in 1922) composed Pleiades over the years 1978 -79 on a commission from the City of Strasbourg. This piece was played for the first time by the Percussions de Strasbourg at a concert with the Ballet du Rhin on 3 May 1979. Although the term Pleiades normally refers to the cluster of stars in the right shoulder of the Taurus constellation,the title Pleiades refers to the six members of the Percussions de Strasbourg. (vicfirth.com) |
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Click the image above to visit the drumchattr website for full performance video.
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| Coalescence Duo: Travels to Honduras | |||||
| Greg Secor and Judy Moonert (Coalescence Duo) spent a week in Honduras for a percussion festival, July 4-8. Greg and Judy performed in concert, presented masterclasses and taught lessons at the Escuela Nacional de Musica y del ensamble ACROPOLIS PERCUSION, in Tegucigalpa Honduras. | |||||
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| Evelyn Glennie: Recording Project | ||||||
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Two Black Swamp drums were sent to a production company in Vancouver, BC for a video shoot featuring Evelyn Glennie. The first was Evelyn's personalized "Bling Drum", a custom retrosonic Evelyn has used for performances around the world the last several years. The second was a new custom drum from Black Swamp Percussion and Dynamicx Drums (a division of BSP). The drum features a Dynamicx Tybrid shell and a Black Swamp Pro10 Studio snare system. The mixture of titanium and wood (zebrawood veneer over 10-ply maple) balances projection and warmth, while the cable snares add articulation and dynamic contrast. Overall, a pretty sweet lookin' drum! |
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| Morris Palter: AMSCPI | ||||||
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Morris recently coordinated the Alaska Midnight Sun Chamber Percussion Intensive program, July 18th to 22nd, featuring guest faculty Bob Becker. Four BSP snare drums were used on a performance of Becker's composition "Away Without Leave". Snare drums pictured left to right: |
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left to right: Eric Retterer, Jennie Herried,
Morris Palter and Matthew Geiger. |
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| Dan Smithiger: Taiwan Tour | |||||
| Dan Smithiger, BSP Education Consultant, traveled to Taiwan with the Southern Illinois University Wind Ensemble and percussion section in early July. The ensemble visited Chiayi City to perform at the World Association of Symphonic Band Ensembles, while dan and the percussion section also presented a clinic for students at the National University of Tainan. | |||||
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| Pedro Carneiro: Music for Snare Drum and Computer | |||||||
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Pedro Carneiro, BSP Artist, recently recorded Cort Lippe's snare drum solo Music for Snare Drum and Computer (2007) using his solid zebrawood snare drum with Multisonic strainer, model MS6514ZWD. |
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