Many of us have heard the expression “found art” to describe objects not usually considered art, and generally have some other function, but still can be found to be aesthetic, intriguing and beautiful. Now think of what something like “found music” might sound like and what sort of instruments might be used, how the simplest objects might be plied with the greatest of skill and artistry.
Think tea cups and brake drums, gardening tools and planks of wood. And think orchestration and symphonics, drumming and rhythm, acoustic, electronic and the ordinary becoming extraordinary. Put them all together and you’ve got the fantastic, indescribable sounds and mesmerizing performances of the Brooklyn quartet So Percussion. Since 1999, when they met at the Yale School of Music, this foursome has merged percussion with emotions, resulting in music called “astonishing and entrancing” by Billboard Magazine, and “brilliant” by the New York Times. Join So Percussion in a performance where even a flower pot and a piece of aluminum can sing its inner song.
Imaginary City Fitchburg-style: So Percussion
School program
Friday, May 7 at 10 AM
Weston Auditorium
Tickets: $15/seniors; $5/students
-- Educational co-sponsor Unitil
At last year’s school performance, BF Brown dancers took the stage with pizzazz. This year, student percussionists--with instruments made from “found” objects in Fitchburg and traditional percussion instruments—will jive with members of So Percussion. The video overlay backdrop will be created from images that students and So Percussion discovered together. This is truly a unique multi-media Fitchburg soundscape and video landscape performance! The performance is open to area schools and seniors.
Park at the Wallace Civic Center and take the FSC shuttle.
Spotlight talk: So Percussion & student musicians
Friday, May 7 at 6:15 PM
Weston Auditorium
So Percussion and student performers share their experience in this community arts project—with its unexpected joys and challenges.
