Concert: Steven Schick with Iowa Percussion

Schedule

Sat Oct 05 2024 at 07:30 pm

Location

Voxman Music Building | Iowa City, IA

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Presented in collaboration with Iowa Percussion at the University of Iowa School of Music
In celebration of Steve Schick’s residency, Iowa Percussion will present a gala concert. The performance will feature Edgard Varese’s seminal work Ionisation, conducted by Schick. In addition, Schick will conduct the best-known piece by his Iowa teacher and mentor Thomas L. Davis In the 1960s, Davis' composition, Mau Mau Suite, became one of the most performed percussion pieces worldwide among youth ensembles.
Iowa Percussion will also perform works that have been noteworthy to the ensemble over the last 66-years, premiering a new work by alumnus Peter Naughton titled Eroica (a contemporary reimagination of Beethoven’s Symphony #3).
PROGRAM:
Edgard VARÈSE: Ionisation
Thomas DAVIS: Mau Mau Suite
Peter NAUGHTON: Eroica
As well as work by Robert Moran, Paul Elwood, Dick Schory, and David Lang.
Part of Hancher's 52nd Season
Part of the Steven Schick Residency
Learn more about Steven Schick's residency at https://hancher.uiowa.edu/steven-schick-artist-residency
Learn more about this event at https://hancher.uiowa.edu/2024-25/schick-iowa-percussion

Where is it happening?

Voxman Music Building, 93 E. Burlington St.,Iowa City,IA,United States

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Host or Publisher Hancher

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