NEXUS marks its 40th Anniversary season with another ground-breaking performance featuring special guest Toronto Symphony Orchestra timpanist David Kent in music by Cahn, Carter, Ichiyanagi, Philidor and Vivier.
NEXUS’ Night Ride, March 12, Toronto
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NEXUS in Barrie: “Wildly Exhilarating”
Yes, I know you can click over to the PDF posted on our site – but sometimes you don’t have time for that “extra click” and I wanted to make sure you saw this wonderful review! Sandra Ruttan of the Barrie Examiner reviewed the NEXUS performance with the University of Toronto Winds, conducted by Gillian… Read more »
NEXUS performs in Barrie, Ontario – March 2011
Click HERE to read about NEXUS’ performance with conductor Gillian MacKay and the University of Toronto Winds on March 5, 2011.
NEXUS featured in Whole Note magazine article – March 2011
Click HERE to read an article by Andrew Timar about the current state of percussion in the concert hall. Andrew specifically looks at the NEXUS March 12, 2011 concert at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto.
Creative Music Making at Eastman – Jan./Feb., 2011
In the middle of my third year as an Associate Professor of Percussion at the Eastman School of Music, I entered into a new musical experience. On Tuesday, January 11 a new course of study at Eastman titled, “Creative Music Making,” began in its first of seven weekly 2-hour sessions through January and February. The… Read more »
NEXUS in Barrie Ontario on Saturday night
On March 5th at 7:30 p.m., NEXUS is appearing in the Barrie Concerts series an hour north of Toronto with the very fine University of Toronto Wind Ensemble conducted by Gillian MacKay.
NEXUS has a wonderful week with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
Click HERE to read about the amazing week NEXUS had with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra.
NEXUS “spun us into breathlessness”: the review from Syracuse
The reviews are in from Syracuse and they are excellent: Here are highlights from the Syracuse Post-Standard today (Linda Loomis and James Welsch): NEXUS didn’t vex us, it spun us into breathlessness.
Garry and Ryan TV Interview in Syracuse, NY
Click HERE to view the interview with Garry and Ryan on Channel 9 – WSYR – discussing the upcoming NEXUS concert with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. Click on “A Feast for the Eyes and Ears” on the right hand side of the page in the video player. The date of the video is 2-24-11.
Influences of Non-Western Music
This is the perfect time for a posting about Bill Cahn’s workshop The Influence of Non-Western Music In Western Art Music. Several upcoming NEXUS concerts contain globally-influenced music. In Syracuse on Feb 25 and 26, and again in Austin TX at the beginning of April, NEXUS will perform Takemitsu’s From me flows what you call… Read more »
NEXUS with Syracuse Symphony Feb 25 and 26
NEXUS will From me flows what you call Time, Reich’s crowd-pleasing Music for Pieces of Wood, and Sibelius’ Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 43. The Takemitsu piece was written specifically for NEXUS at Carnegie Hall. Reviewers have called it a ‘strangely beautiful, lushly erotic work”, played on “a dazzling array of instruments” including… Read more »
NEXUS at Marlboro – ’64, ’68 and ’72
MARLBORO MUSIC FESTIVAL – 60th SEASON 2010 The NEXUS Connection 1964 Little did I know in 1964, my first summer after high school, that the telephone call I received from my friend Lee Gurst would be a pivotal event in my life. Lee, who had also just graduated from high school near Philadelphia was calling… Read more »
From the Archives #9: NEXUS and Atom Egoyan
In October 1996, NEXUS celebrated their 25th anniversary with an appearance in Toronto with members of the Steve Reich ensemble, accompanying images by the highly acclaimed Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan.
The Acoustical Society of America and Garry Kvistad
On an icy January day it was a pleasure to hear from Garry about a springtime project. He has been asked to present a paper in May in Seattle at the biannual meeting of the Acoustical Society of America.
My 15 Minutes of (Mexican) Fame
I recently visited the famous eco-park lagoon at Xel-Ha on the Mayan Riviera between Playa del Carmen and Tulum in Mexico. This is an amazing sanctuary of sea and land creatures and a fun place to spend a day. For a reasonable entrance fee, you can swim with giant tropical fish and enjoy unlimited amounts… Read more »
