May 18, 2022–May 18, 2022 from 7:00pm–8:00pm
Introducing a new collection of historically important percussion instruments from the personal collection of the ground breaking composer Chou Wen-chung (1923-2019), the percussion group red fish blue fish in partnership with the Transplanted Roots Percussion Conference will present a concert entitled "Exploring Legacy" on May 18 in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall at 7:00 p.m. Featured will be Professor Chou's master work for percussion quartet, Echoes from the Gorge, which will be performed for the first time using the original instruments for which it was written.
These instruments, thanks to a generous gift from the Chou family, are now the core part of UC San Diego's "Chou Percussion Collection." They represent not just Professor Chou's music, but his spirit of cross-cultural collaboration and the partnership between Chinese and Western musicians. The collection will the basis for an annual "Chou Percussion Commission," given to a UC San Diego graduate composer to compose a piece of music using or inspired by the collection.
PROGRAM:
Iannis Xenakis - Komboi
Edgard Varese - Density 21.5
Chou Wen-chung - Echoes from the Gorge
intermission
Erin Graham - Shape of Silence
May 18, 2022–May 18, 2022
from 7:00pm–8:00pm
Registration is not required for this event.
Free
Susan Zau • jszau@ucsd.edu • 858-822-1698
Faculty, Staff, Students, The General Public
Music Department and 21st Century China Center