April & Beyond!
April, 2010
Yikes! It's been since November! OK, here's all the latest...
Performances: sur Incises with Steve Schick conducting in San Diego (4/22), LAPQ at Calarts (4/26), Chapman Percussion Ensemble (4/29)
Hosting & Judging at the 2nd SCPEF Marimba Solo Competition at the end of April (4/30 - 5/2)
Everyone please check out the LAPQ at Newman Hall (USC) on May 27. It will be a memorial concert, to be sure!
But the major project remains organizing the LAPQ's recording projects that will be happening May - July. What an exciting time! We will be recording fantastic pieces of music of the following composers: Istvan Marta, Shaun Naidoo, Jeffrey Holmes, Eric Guinivan, David Johnson, and Steve Forman
Also, I'm happy to report that we're close to announcing/welcoming the new freshman class of percussion majors at Chapman University. We had a great number of talented auditions, and I can't wait to tell you all about them!
Also, there are many updates to this website, so take a look around....you may come across something new!
More to come! All the best,
-Nick
Performances: sur Incises with Steve Schick conducting in San Diego (4/22), LAPQ at Calarts (4/26), Chapman Percussion Ensemble (4/29)
Hosting & Judging at the 2nd SCPEF Marimba Solo Competition at the end of April (4/30 - 5/2)
Everyone please check out the LAPQ at Newman Hall (USC) on May 27. It will be a memorial concert, to be sure!
But the major project remains organizing the LAPQ's recording projects that will be happening May - July. What an exciting time! We will be recording fantastic pieces of music of the following composers: Istvan Marta, Shaun Naidoo, Jeffrey Holmes, Eric Guinivan, David Johnson, and Steve Forman
Also, I'm happy to report that we're close to announcing/welcoming the new freshman class of percussion majors at Chapman University. We had a great number of talented auditions, and I can't wait to tell you all about them!
Also, there are many updates to this website, so take a look around....you may come across something new!
More to come! All the best,
-Nick
November
November, 2009
Funny now, looking at my schedule when back in the summer months I was "laying low" getting ready for the busy months (which is right now)! HA!
So, to catch up...
The LAPQ has been going full steam ahead with concerts at Woodbridge High School, the Renaissance School of the Arts, Chapman University, Occidental College, the Arts & Ideas Festival in Pasadena. We have met energized and enthusiastic audiences, artists, and composers, and are looking forward to a fantastic spring and summer when we will present performances at CalArts, USC, and a Monday Evening Concert in March!
Sharp Three rocked a weekend in Palmdale at the Ani-Magic Animation Convention, and just last weekend at the 1st Annual Asian-American Festival in downtown LA.
I had a great time performing with Eighth Blackbird as part of USC's Visions and Voices arts series. What a fantastic ensemble...a much needed artistic boost in the midst of a hectic fall!
And finally, PARTCH is gearing up to travel to Guadalajara, Mexico the first week of December!
Next thing first, though.....if you read this in time, please come support the Chapman Percussion Ensemble as they perform Thursday night, November 12 in Memorial Hall, on the campus of Chapman University. This will be a fun night, in a great hall, playing beautiful music by Ryan Streber, Nico Muhly, Reich, Tenney, and John Bergamo! Can't beat the price, which is free, and dress code, which is come as you are....its a percussion concert afterall! ;)
So, to catch up...
The LAPQ has been going full steam ahead with concerts at Woodbridge High School, the Renaissance School of the Arts, Chapman University, Occidental College, the Arts & Ideas Festival in Pasadena. We have met energized and enthusiastic audiences, artists, and composers, and are looking forward to a fantastic spring and summer when we will present performances at CalArts, USC, and a Monday Evening Concert in March!
Sharp Three rocked a weekend in Palmdale at the Ani-Magic Animation Convention, and just last weekend at the 1st Annual Asian-American Festival in downtown LA.
I had a great time performing with Eighth Blackbird as part of USC's Visions and Voices arts series. What a fantastic ensemble...a much needed artistic boost in the midst of a hectic fall!
And finally, PARTCH is gearing up to travel to Guadalajara, Mexico the first week of December!
Next thing first, though.....if you read this in time, please come support the Chapman Percussion Ensemble as they perform Thursday night, November 12 in Memorial Hall, on the campus of Chapman University. This will be a fun night, in a great hall, playing beautiful music by Ryan Streber, Nico Muhly, Reich, Tenney, and John Bergamo! Can't beat the price, which is free, and dress code, which is come as you are....its a percussion concert afterall! ;)
August Update
August, 2009
Ensemble XII just completed an incredible recording residency...17 pieces in 17 days, including 5 of our Lucerne Festival commissions, and the complete works for percussion by Swiss percussionist/composer Fritz Hauser. Taken all together, these works capture some of the most dazzlingly complex writing for percussion, to the most sublime sonic immersions...in 5.1 surround, of course!
The studio was filled with such beautiful instruments, Steve Schick shaped and conducted the compositions masterfully, and Joe Kucera is a recording wizard! Look for multiple releases from E12 within the year.
Now, moving forward with many exciting LAPQ concerts in the coming weeks!
-Nick
The studio was filled with such beautiful instruments, Steve Schick shaped and conducted the compositions masterfully, and Joe Kucera is a recording wizard! Look for multiple releases from E12 within the year.
Now, moving forward with many exciting LAPQ concerts in the coming weeks!
-Nick
Big Ensemble XII news!
July, 2009
"EnsembleXII represents the next generation in the evolution of modern percussion." -Pierre Boulez
EnsembleXII, an international percussion group, will give two performances featuring world-renowned percussionists Steven Schick (USA) and Fritz Hauser (Switzerland) along with twelve gifted young percussionists from around the world.
These concerts will be the culmination of a 17-day recording residency at UCSD's new Conrad Prebys Music Center.
Saturday August 15th
UCSD's Conrad Prebys Music Center
9500 Gilman Dr. (corner of Gilman and Russell Drive on UCSD's campus)
La Jolla, CA 92037
$15.00/$10.00 students
- Pre-concert talk 7:15
- Concert 8pm
- post-concert 100 instrument "petting zoo"
The group will present five works for twelve percussionists creating an unprecedented variety of percussion sounds. Preceding the concert will be a 7:15pm pre-concert talk to help the audience gain access to the 100+ instruments on stage. Under the direction of distinguished UCSD faculty Steven Schick, the group will perform works by Liza Lim (Australia), Yann Robin, Philippe Shoeller, Yan Maresz (France), and Johannes Fischer (Germany). After the concert, the audience will have the opportunity to examine the instruments for themselves in an "instrument petting zoo."
Sunday August 16th
Fresh Sounds in Summer
Sushi: A Center for the Urban Arts
390 Eleventh Avenue (Eleventh at J St)
San Diego, CA 92101
$15.00/$10.00 students
- Pre-concert talk 7:15
- Concert 8pm
- post-concert instrument "petting zoo"
The concert will highlight the work of Hauser. Schick and Hauser will perform new works and semi-improvised sound-scapes with the 12 percussionists of EnsembleXII in Sushi's intimate theatre setting in downtown San Diego near Petco Park. Preceding the concert will be a 7:15pm pre-concert talk to help the audience gain access to the 100+ instruments on stage. After the concert, the audience will have the opportunity to examine the instruments for themselves in an "instrument petting zoo."
The Residency
On August 3rd, percussionists from five countries will land in San Diego to participate in a unique residency at UCSD. For seventeen days, the group will rehearse, record, and perform at UCSD's Conrad Prebys Music Center and Warren Studios. Under the direction of distinguished UCSD faculty Steven Schick, the group will record and perform works by prominent European composers including Fritz Hauser and the composers featured on Saturday's performance.
EnsembleXII
Ensemble XII began in 2004 as the percussion section for the Lucerne Festival Academy, performing modern orchestral works under the direction of Pierre Boulez and the guidance of the percussionists from Ensemble Intercontemporain. At that time, they performed Pierre Boulez's Notations for Orchestra. From the success of Notations, the section was asked to return to the Academy in 2005 to perform the works of Varese alongside a large percussion work by Yan Maresz ENtitled Festin. The enthusiasm for that performance was the impetus for the group's residency at the Lucerne Festival in 2006, 2007, and 2008.
During that time, under the name Lucerne Festival Percussion Group, the group commissioned works from Dai Fujikura, Philippe Schoeller, Liza Lim, Fritz Hauser, Yann Robin, Johannes Fischer, and Gary Berger. All of these works were composed for twelve performers on an assembly of pitched percussion instruments that remain constant from piece to piece. The group also held two workshops for advanced young composers from all over the world. These six works were given a polished performance in Lucerne and provided an invaluable opportunity for the students to learn about the intricacies of percussion composition. The group continues its pedagogical endeavors by organizing events for children around the world.
The group's work with Fritz Hauser on his piece Bricco Lu lead to experimental performances of structured improvisation in a variety of settings. Hauser worked closely with EnsembleXII to explore the potential of a 12-person percussion force as well as the subtleties of the extended techniques of their unique instrumentation.
The group has performed these and other works at the Lucerne Festival, on Austria's Klangspuren Festival, and on Germany's Essen Philharmonie Series.
EnsembleXII members: Matthieu Chardon (France), Tom De Cock (Belgium), Loic Defaux (France), Robert Dillon (Chicago), Eugene Ughetti (Australia), Ross Karre (San Diego), Domenico Melchiorre (Switzerland), Kevin Sims (New York), David Skidmore (New York), Jared Soldiviero (New York), Nicholas Terry (Los Angeles), Nicholas Tolle (Boston). More information, including CDs with musical excerpts and photos are available from Ross Karre of EnsembleXII at +1 (440) 935-2489 or ensemblexii@gmail.com.
Support
EnsembleXII is generously supported by the Harry and Alice Eiler Foundation, the University of California San Diego, Zildjian Cymbals, Pro Helvetia, and the French-American Fund for Contemporary Music, a program of FACE with major support from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, SACEM, CulturesFrance and Florence Gould Foundation.
www.ensemblexii.com <http://www.ensemblexii.com>
music.ucsd.edu <http://music.ucsd.edu>
www.fritzhauser.ch <http://www.fritzhauser.ch>
EnsembleXII, an international percussion group, will give two performances featuring world-renowned percussionists Steven Schick (USA) and Fritz Hauser (Switzerland) along with twelve gifted young percussionists from around the world.
These concerts will be the culmination of a 17-day recording residency at UCSD's new Conrad Prebys Music Center.
Saturday August 15th
UCSD's Conrad Prebys Music Center
9500 Gilman Dr. (corner of Gilman and Russell Drive on UCSD's campus)
La Jolla, CA 92037
$15.00/$10.00 students
- Pre-concert talk 7:15
- Concert 8pm
- post-concert 100 instrument "petting zoo"
The group will present five works for twelve percussionists creating an unprecedented variety of percussion sounds. Preceding the concert will be a 7:15pm pre-concert talk to help the audience gain access to the 100+ instruments on stage. Under the direction of distinguished UCSD faculty Steven Schick, the group will perform works by Liza Lim (Australia), Yann Robin, Philippe Shoeller, Yan Maresz (France), and Johannes Fischer (Germany). After the concert, the audience will have the opportunity to examine the instruments for themselves in an "instrument petting zoo."
Sunday August 16th
Fresh Sounds in Summer
Sushi: A Center for the Urban Arts
390 Eleventh Avenue (Eleventh at J St)
San Diego, CA 92101
$15.00/$10.00 students
- Pre-concert talk 7:15
- Concert 8pm
- post-concert instrument "petting zoo"
The concert will highlight the work of Hauser. Schick and Hauser will perform new works and semi-improvised sound-scapes with the 12 percussionists of EnsembleXII in Sushi's intimate theatre setting in downtown San Diego near Petco Park. Preceding the concert will be a 7:15pm pre-concert talk to help the audience gain access to the 100+ instruments on stage. After the concert, the audience will have the opportunity to examine the instruments for themselves in an "instrument petting zoo."
The Residency
On August 3rd, percussionists from five countries will land in San Diego to participate in a unique residency at UCSD. For seventeen days, the group will rehearse, record, and perform at UCSD's Conrad Prebys Music Center and Warren Studios. Under the direction of distinguished UCSD faculty Steven Schick, the group will record and perform works by prominent European composers including Fritz Hauser and the composers featured on Saturday's performance.
EnsembleXII
Ensemble XII began in 2004 as the percussion section for the Lucerne Festival Academy, performing modern orchestral works under the direction of Pierre Boulez and the guidance of the percussionists from Ensemble Intercontemporain. At that time, they performed Pierre Boulez's Notations for Orchestra. From the success of Notations, the section was asked to return to the Academy in 2005 to perform the works of Varese alongside a large percussion work by Yan Maresz ENtitled Festin. The enthusiasm for that performance was the impetus for the group's residency at the Lucerne Festival in 2006, 2007, and 2008.
During that time, under the name Lucerne Festival Percussion Group, the group commissioned works from Dai Fujikura, Philippe Schoeller, Liza Lim, Fritz Hauser, Yann Robin, Johannes Fischer, and Gary Berger. All of these works were composed for twelve performers on an assembly of pitched percussion instruments that remain constant from piece to piece. The group also held two workshops for advanced young composers from all over the world. These six works were given a polished performance in Lucerne and provided an invaluable opportunity for the students to learn about the intricacies of percussion composition. The group continues its pedagogical endeavors by organizing events for children around the world.
The group's work with Fritz Hauser on his piece Bricco Lu lead to experimental performances of structured improvisation in a variety of settings. Hauser worked closely with EnsembleXII to explore the potential of a 12-person percussion force as well as the subtleties of the extended techniques of their unique instrumentation.
The group has performed these and other works at the Lucerne Festival, on Austria's Klangspuren Festival, and on Germany's Essen Philharmonie Series.
EnsembleXII members: Matthieu Chardon (France), Tom De Cock (Belgium), Loic Defaux (France), Robert Dillon (Chicago), Eugene Ughetti (Australia), Ross Karre (San Diego), Domenico Melchiorre (Switzerland), Kevin Sims (New York), David Skidmore (New York), Jared Soldiviero (New York), Nicholas Terry (Los Angeles), Nicholas Tolle (Boston). More information, including CDs with musical excerpts and photos are available from Ross Karre of EnsembleXII at +1 (440) 935-2489 or ensemblexii@gmail.com.
Support
EnsembleXII is generously supported by the Harry and Alice Eiler Foundation, the University of California San Diego, Zildjian Cymbals, Pro Helvetia, and the French-American Fund for Contemporary Music, a program of FACE with major support from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, SACEM, CulturesFrance and Florence Gould Foundation.
www.ensemblexii.com <http://www.ensemblexii.com>
music.ucsd.edu <http://music.ucsd.edu>
www.fritzhauser.ch <http://www.fritzhauser.ch>
Inauthentica - NEW RECORDING OUT NOW!
July, 2009
Be sure to check this new release from Innova Records! Inauthentica performs sublime and complex works by Bruno Ruviaro, Jason Federmeyer, and Per Bloland (listen for his work Negative Mirror II, which features among other things, a custom fitted electromagnet device which sets a grand piano's undampened strings to vibrate when triggered via macbook...hear a grand piano truely SING...HA!)
Ensemble XII Summer Residency
June, 2009
Hi everyone...I wanted to share some exciting news concerning Ensemble XII. This August, the 12 of us will travel from six different countries to San Diego where we will record the complete percussion works (a double CD!!) of Swiss composer & percussionist Fritz Hauser. Also, we will record a full album of our great commissions from our years spent in Lucerne, Switzerland. This particular recording will be conducted by the great Steven Schick! Finally, Ensemble XII will give several performances of Fritz Hauser's improvisation-instilation, Rundum. Trust me when I say that all percussionists, improvisors, composers will not want to miss these concerts. Some of the wildest, most sublime music that I've been a part of was made with Ensemble XII in these free improvisations....
For more information on these events, check back on my site, or head to www.ensemblexii.com
Best,
-NT
For more information on these events, check back on my site, or head to www.ensemblexii.com
Best,
-NT
nickterrypercussion.com is up and running!
June, 2009
Welcome to my new website! I am excited to finally have a central location for all news and events related to my performing and teaching. I hope you take a moment to look around, and please share your thoughts or simply say hello!
-Nick
-Nick