The University at Albany Department of Music
is pleased to present the sixteenth annual Festival of Contemporary Music on
Featured on the program will be the second performance
of three recently commissioned works that will receive their debut on March 8
at the
Glassock’s “Twisted Proverbs”
weaves an exciting tapestry of drums with melodic percussion --- marimbas,
vibraphones, chimes and bells --- in a tour
de force display of interweaving rhythms and sonorities. The Rosauro piece
draws on environmental sounds and Native American culture to present a work of
beauty and rhythmic excitement. “Harry’s Final Journey,” originally composed
for the youngest of the three youth percussion groups, is based on a scene from
the latter part of the last Harry Potter book.
The closing piece on the program will be another work
by Albagli -- “Two Visions,” a duo timpani concerto with percussion ensemble
featuring senior Nick Manning from Shaker High School and junior Nick Tariello
from Guilderland High School. The 13-minute work is based on two passages from
the Bible, Christ weeping over
Also on the program will be “Metal
Concert,” the massive ‘sound sculpture” work of James Drew; another piece by
Glassock entitled “Factions” and the “Windstone Suite” of Jared Spears.
Tickets are $6 for
the general public and $3 for students and may be purchased through the Performing
Arts Center Box Office. For further
information, contact the Box Office at (518) 442-3997 or visit the Performing
Arts Center website at www.albany.edu/pac.
