November 4, 2008 – Photos from the premiere of “The Eternal Dance of Life” by Eric Ewazen. Written for NEXUS and the Southern Methodist University Wind Ensemble, Jack Delaney conductor.
Premiere of Ewazen’s “The Eternal Dance of Life”
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Making Movies With NEXUS
I’ve been thinking about NEXUS and their film programmes and film scores. NEXUS has two fascinating programmes of Silent Film Accompaniments: the fun “Teddy At The Throttle“, Mack Sennett’s great silent comedy starring Keystone Teddy the dog, who saves the girl tied to the railway tracks. (This summer NEXUS performed “Teddy” in the Ottawa Chamber… Read more »
Dress Rehearsal for Ewazen Premiere – Nov. 4
Photos from the final dress rehearsal for the premiere of Eric Ewazen’s concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensmeble The Eternal Dance of Life“
Video from Dress Rehearsal for the Ewazen Premiere!!
Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble by Eric Ewazen World Premiere: November 4, 2008
Rehearsal for the Ewazen at SMU-Dallas – Nov. 3
NEXUS rehearsal with conductor Jack Delaney and the Southern Methodist University Meadows School Wind Ensemble for the premiere of Eric Ewazen’s Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble – The Eternal Dance of Life.
Small Percussion Instruments in the Orchestra
A lecture/demonstration on approaches and techniques applied to performance on standard orchestral small percussion instruments: cymbals triangle tambourine wood block tam tam/gong Included in the presentation are taped examples from the standard symphonic repertoire with simultaneous live performance. Time: 90 minutes Requirements: audio-cassette tape recorder (+ amp & speakers), 3 gooseneck cymbal stands), 6 music… Read more »
Performing Live with Midi (a lecture/demonstration)
A lecture/demonstration aimed at musicians who are already performing on acoustic instruments and who want to have a closer look at the possibilities for musical expression offered by the MIDI revolution. Topics may include: COMPUTER INSTRUMENT ENVIRONMENTS – Personal Computers, Dedicated Components, What Electronic MIDI Instruments Can Do, Limitations of Electronic MIDI Instruments HELPFUL CONCEPTS… Read more »
Introduction to the Business of Music
An interactive discussion on various aspects of the music business of interest to those who want to pursue careers in music. Topics may include: advocacy for music – developing communication skills artist/management contracts auditions for symphony orchestras career planning copyrights ensembles – forming and operating them membership in unions music publishing and contracts
Ewazen week begins in Dallas!
NEXUS begins the week of rehearsals and concerts of the new Eric Ewazen concerto in Dallas at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. On Sunday night, November 2nd, things got under way with a wonderful meal hosted by Meadows Wind Ensemble conductor Jack Delaney. Here are some of us returning from that wonderful dinner!
EWAZEN WRITES INUIT-INSPIRED PIECE FOR NEXUS
NEXUS is on their way to the Percussive Arts Society International Convention this week in Austin, Texas. It’s an exciting time! NEXUS will be performing the world premiere of “The Eternal Dance of Life” by acclaimed composer Eric Ewazen. The new piece was written specifically for NEXUS with wind ensemble. For the premiere, the Meadows… Read more »
Welcome to the NEXUS site!
Welcome to the NEXUS site and my blog. All five Nexonians were in Toronto this week preparing the new piece by Eric Ewazen to be premiered in Dallas and Austin next week at PASIC. The 4-movement work is scored for five percussionists and wind ensemble. The final version of the solo parts arrived only a… Read more »
Skype to the Rescue
Welcome to the new NEXUS website! It’s a total revamp with information and resources for presenters, students, fans and fellow artists, and blogs for each of us so we can keep you up to the minute with NEXUS news, answer queries and provide you with some interesting peeks behind-the-scenes. Coming soon will be a new… Read more »
Welcome!
Hello everyone and welcome to my blog on the new Nexus website.
2009-10 Events
Sept. 2009 through June 2010 – Bill is an Associate Professor of Percussion at the Eastman School of Music, along with Professor Michael Burritt and Charles Ross, the Principal Timpanist of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. October 29, 2009 – Bill will present a one-hour “Creative Music Making” workshop for the percussion studio class at the… Read more »
Hello World!
Hi, this is Garry and welcome to my blog. I’d be happy to communicate to you about any of the Nexus activities. In our workshops I offer a session dedicated to the acoustics of percussion I call Sound Advice. I am interested in instrument building and tuning. In fact, you might want to check out… Read more »
