July 16 & 17, 2004
Bill Cahn Visiting Artist Residencies
Bill Cahn brings decades of experience world-wide in performance, education, arts administration, and community outreach to his residencies. Planned in collaboration with host organization(s), the goal of the residencies is to celebrate the power of music to enrich lives and the joy of music-making through skill development and the interactive sharing of ideas and concepts…. Read more »
San Francisco Review
Symphony, Nexus chime in on Takemitsu’s gentle ‘Time’ by Joshua Kosman, Chronicle Music Critic Saturday, June 12, 2004 Patrons walking into Davies Symphony Hall for Thursday night’s San Francisco Symphony concert could tell right away that something out of the ordinary was afoot. There were multi-colored ribbons stretching from the stage all the way across… Read more »
Photos of Nexus with Phil Nimmons
Photos of NEXUS with Phil Nimmons.
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s “Rituals” Premiere
For Immediate Release : NEXUS Bob Becker, Bill Cahn, Robin Engelman, Russell Hartenberger, Garry Kvistad Premieres New Work by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich with the IRIS Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Principal Conductor, Michael Stern On Saturday March 6, 2004, NEXUS, the internationally acclaimed percussion group based in Toronto, gave the premiere performance of ‘Rituals’… Read more »
Zwilich Premiere Photos
NEXUS in Germantown, TN March 2004 with Michael Stern and the IRIS Orchestra
LULLABY – Nexus Records 10612
with marimbist Leigh Howard Stevens Nexus Records 10612 Lullaby for Esmé – Robin Engelman (13:08) Bob Becker, solo steel pans Recorded in Burton Auditorium, York University(^) Nocturnal – Jo Kondo (15:13)
Pre Concert Press – Zwilich Premiere
Memphis – The Commercial Appeal – Zwilich Premiere
The Commercial Appeal – Memphis, Tennessee Array of percussion brings magic of the world By Christopher Blank March 7, 2004 The arrival of this season’s world premiere commission by the IRIS Chamber Orchestra was accompanied by one of the more eye-catching stage arrays inrecent memory. The chamber orchestra’s percussion section, on risers at the rear… Read more »
NEXUS with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
NEXUS performs Takemitsu’s “From me flows what you call Time” with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Maestro Shinozaki conducting, in their stunning new Walt Disney Concert Hall!
GARDEN OF SOUNDS – NEXUS and Richard Stoltzman- BIS Records CD-1108
NEXUS with Richard Stoltzman, clarinet BIS Records CD-1108 Le Dialogue du bois (7:00) Eternal Triangle Beckons (6:23) Wonderings (7:17) Rhapsody in Green (6:02)
Photos from Kalamazoo, MI Residency
NEXUS – Kalamazoo, MI Residency All Photos by Casey Spring
WORLD DIARY – NEXUS with Tony Levin – Papa Bear Records
Papa Bear Records 1-5 – Various artists 6 – Espresso & the Bed of Nails (4:45) by: Nexus and Tony Levin NEXUS with Tony Levin on Chapman Stick Notes: The first sound on the track is T.L.’s Gaggia expresso machine, the last sound is John Wyre’s nail sculpture. This is the short version of the… Read more »
THE SOLO PERCUSSIONIST – The Music of William L. Cahn – Nexus Records 10339
Music for Percussion by William L. Cahn Partita for Solo Percussion, performed by Patricia Dash, percussion/timpani Boureé (4:03) Sarabande (2:25) Gigue (2:35)
THERE IS A TIME – Bob Becker – Nexus Records 10328
Compositions by Bob Becker Prisoners of the Image Factory (4:25) Bob Becker Noodrem (6:18) Bob Becker Mudra (13:10) Bob Becker Turning Point (7:17) Bob Becker There is a Time (27:18) Bob Becker