Elemental Landscapes; A Sound Bath with Garrett Mendelow

"Elemental Landscapes" focuses on the four core elements; Water, Earth, Fire, and Air, and bring the listeners along for a relaxing journey.
About this Event

Garrett Mendelow is a solo and collaborative percussionist from the United States. Though his interest in percussion extends to many different facets of the art, he dedicates muchof his time to contemporary and theatrical percussion performance practices and new music in a wide variety of settings. Over the last decade, Garrett has appeared in national and international venues throughout North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia. Venues include major concert halls, such as the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Muziekgebouw Eindhoven, De Doelen Concert Hall in Rotterdam, Hill Auditorium, the Vienna Muziekverein, and the Salzburg Großes Festspielhaus. Major festival appearances include the Cross-Linx Festival (2014), the Tromp Percussion Festival (2014), the Transplanted Roots Festival (2015), the International Society for Performing Arts convention in New York (2017), and the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (2021).

Currently, Garrett resides in the Bay Area, and specializes in teaching neurodiverse youthpercussion and music appreciation. He also has a number of adult students who are active sound facilitators. “My students have not only given me new purpose and direction as a musician, but I have also grown as a performer and person having been around such a diverse and driven group of kids and adults.” This sound bath represents a merger of Garrett’s classical/improvisatory experience with newfound skills and influences accumulated during his almost 5 years of living in California. We at The Gong Shop hope that this sound bath not only provides a period of relaxation and personal fulfillment for listeners, but also serves as a bridge between classical music and sound therapy.