ted hearne
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NEW AUDIO:
vessels (2008) // make it out (2008) // you have aids (2008)
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mass for st. mary's (2008) // i remember (2007)
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cordavi and fig (2007) // patriot (2007)
bio // calendar
// music // links
// sounds
// katrina ballads
NEW AUDIO:
vessels (2008) // make it out (2008) // you have aids (2008)
//
mass for st. mary's (2008) // i remember (2007)
//
cordavi and fig (2007) // patriot (2007)
mass for st. mary's (2008) // i remember (2007) //
cordavi and fig (2007) // patriot (2007)
The Third Coast (is actually freezing even though it is well into the month of April)
i’m home! living it up in chicago, and true to form it’s 31 degrees and raining/snowing and the wind is blowing my face off - but it feels right somehow. i treated myself to a nice car and have been cruising around hanging with my old friends, meeting new babies, catching up with the moms, etc…
what brings me to the chi? it’s THIRD COAST PERCUSSION. colleague and friend david skidmore’s group has commissioned and is premiering my new piece THAW at a concert this tuesday at the ever-hip chopin theater. this piece uses three glockenspiels for nearly all its pitched material, and getting the music to move exactly how i want has proven to be really difficult. in fact, i’m still tweaking things. but third coast has tackled it and they all sound great, so i’m really excited for the show. i’ll also be performing the narration part on Rweski’s Coming Together - although this piece is a classic in new music circles, it’s the first time i’ve done this part and it is thrilling.
also on the program is a high-octane performance of Andriessen’s Workers Union (featuring Clay Condon hammering away at a disembodied piano, pictured below), Rweski’s To The Earth and David T. Little’s Speak Softly, an aggressive and muscular work for big sticks, which the dudes play while kneeling (also pictured).
if you’re in chicago, you should definitely come out to this show. my mom will be there. here’s the info:
THIRD COAST PERCUSSION
Tuesday, April 7 at 7:30pm
Chopin Theater
1543 W. Division Ave.
advance tickets here
