NEXUS Bob Becker, Bill Cahn, Robin Engelman, Russell Hartenberger, Garry Kvistad Original Soundtrack Music Featured on New Award-Winning Documentary Film “Inside Time” Produced by the National Film Board of Canada Since its first all improvised concert in 1971 NEXUS, the Toronto-based percussion quintet, has performed its music in solo recitals and with symphony orchestras… Read more »
Creative Music Making at Eastman – July 14 to 18, 2008
As one of the Eastman School of Music’s World Music Institutes in July 2008, Bill Cahn presented a week-long workshop on “Creative Music Making” for participants from Canada and the U.S. The daily 3-hour sessions, based on Bill’s book (“Creative Music Making” – Routledge, 2005) gave participants – many of whom had never improvised on… Read more »
Woodstock Concert
The Woodstock Beat Concert July 17, 2004 Woodstock, New York
Bill in Japan – VIDEO
Here is a video of Bill in Japan performing with Mika Yoshida. You can read more about Bill on his personal page.
Tiki Time – World Premiere
Tiki Time by Garry Kvistad World Premiere: July 29, 2006 Walter Hall – University of Toronto
A Night at the Movies
Toronto Summer Music Festival
August 10, 2007 – University of Toronto
Featuring “A Page of Madness” and
“Teddy at the Throttle”
Page of Madness – Newspaper Article
A new documentary film – “Inside Time” features NEXUS
NEXUS Bob Becker, Bill Cahn, Robin Engelman, Russell Hartenberger, Garry Kvistad A new documentary film, “Inside Time“ featuring an original score by NEXUS, receives a 2008 Yorkton Golden Sheaf award for best social/political documentary The 30-minute documentary film, ‘Inside Time,’ was produced in 2007 for the National Film Board of Canada. The story is centered… Read more »
Wings Reviews
from Wholenote Magazine Among contemporary music fans, NEXUS has long been considered one of the world’s premiere percussion ensembles – and they have been making music of the percussive persuasion for an astonishing 37 years. I think I just may be dating myself when relating that I attended some of their early memorable all-improvised concerts… Read more »
Has the Reich Stuff at The Ojai Music Festival
June 8, 2008 NEXUS Bob Becker, Bill Cahn, Robin Engelman, Russell Hartenberger, Garry Kvistad Has the Reich Stuff at The Ojai Music Festival In a pair of towering programs at the Ojai (CA) Music Festival, NEXUS, the internationally acclaimed percussion ensemble, brought audiences to standing ovations with performances of masterworks by Steve Reich, this year’s… Read more »
Various Quotes from the NEXUS appearance at Ojai, California – June 2008
“one of the peak experiences of my musical life…At the sudden ending…ecstatic whoops and cheers forced three curtain calls… It was a performance for the ages.” – Brett Campbell, San Francisco Classical Voice “Ojai felt, for that hour, like holy ground.” – Mark Swed, L. A. Times music critic “I’m writing this a few hours… Read more »
NEXUS at Cool Drummings 2008
NEXUS Bob Becker, Bill Cahn, Robin Engelman, Russell Hartenberger, Garry Kvistad Performs Minimalist Classics At the ‘Cool Drummings’ Festival Toronto – May 23, 2008 Since the ensemble’s first concert in 1971 NEXUS, the Toronto-based percussion quintet, has participated in many international music festivals around the world. NEXUS has been credited with extending the modern percussion… Read more »
Bob’s interview with Shannon Wood
The following excerpt is from an interview with Shannon Wood, originally published in the Artist Insight section of the July, 2005 issue of Mallet Shop Quarterly. MSQ: Two names come to mind when one thinks of virtuoso xylophone playing: the late George Hamilton Green and Bob Becker. Bob has raised the bar of xylophone soloing… Read more »
Photos from the Faculty Artist Series at U. of Toronto
Photos from The University of Toronto – Faculty Artist Series April 4, 2008 with guest artists John Rudolph, percussion, and Lydia Wong, piano
Photos from the Music Gallery March 2008
Photos from The Music Gallery March 2008 with guest pianists Midori Koga and Lydia Wong
