Performance from So Percussion with Caroline Shaw and Special Guest Shodekeh
Venue: Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Organizations: So Percussion
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Time: 7:30 - 9:00 PM
Event Types: Music
Cost:

Description:
The Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech presents Performance from So Percussion with Caroline Shaw and special guest Shodekeh on Wednesday, March 20, 2024.

Multi-genre quartet So Percussion joins forces with two preeminent collaborators for an evening of music bridging the worlds of classical and pop. The program includes selections from Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part performed with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw. Groundbreaking breath artist, beat boxer, and composer Dominic “Shodekeh” Talifero joins So for their collaboration, "Vodalities: Paradigms of Consciousness for the Human Voice".

For 20 years and counting, S? Percussion has redefined chamber music for the 21st century through an “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam” (New Yorker). They are celebrated by audiences and presenters for a dazzling range of work: for live performances in which “telepathic powers of communication” (New York Times) bring to life the vibrant percussion repertoire; for an extravagant array of collaborations in classical music, pop, indie rock, contemporary dance, and theatre; and for their work in education and community, creating opportunities and platforms for music and artists that explore the immense possibility of art in our time.

S? Percussion’s recent highlights have included performances at the Elbphilharmonie, Big Ears 2022, and a return to Carnegie Hall. The Nonesuch recording, Narrow Sea with Caroline Shaw, Dawn Upshaw, and Gilbert Kalish, won the 2022 Grammy for Best Composition. Other albums include A Record Of... on Brassland Music with Buke and Gase, and an acclaimed version of Julius Eastman’s Stay on It on new imprint S? Percussion Editions. This adds to a catalogue of more than 25 albums featuring landmark recordings of works by David Lang, Steve Reich, Steve Mackey, and many more.

Links:

• https://sopercussion.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/sopercussion
• https://www.youtube.com/user/sopercussion
• https://instagram.com/sopercussion/
• https://soundcloud.com/so-percussion/sets/so-percussion

Adults tickets range from $25.00-$65.00 and tickets for Virginia Tech student tickets with ID and youth ages 18 & under are $10.00 each.

To purchase tickets online, visit: https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/online/mapSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=3B5BC57F-5825-4692-9A2D-264B167C1638.

The Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech is located at 330 Turner Street NW in Blacksburg, VA.

For more information, visit:
https://artscenter.vt.edu/performances/so-percussion.html or https://www.facebook.com/artscenteratvt or https://www.instagram.com/artscenteratvt/ or call 540-231-5300.