Percussion Quartet (2015), by Thomas Oboe Lee

Percussion Quartet (2015)

by Thomas Oboe Lee

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1.	Back-beat ... Moderato 02:21	info
2.	Arioso ... Moderato 03:36	info
3.	Funk March ... Moderato 02:17	info
4.	Nachtmusik I ... Adagio 04:19	info
5.	Fast and Furious ... Presto 00:54	info
6.	Nachtmusik II ... Moderato 02:52	info

about

I met Brian Calhoon when he performed at a Boston Conservatory of Music recital featuring students of marimba godhead, Nancy Zeltsman. I remember vividly he sang a jazz standard while accompanying himself on the marimba.
It was a Chet Baker moment I will never forget.

I noticed a year ago that Brian had started a percussion ensemble with some friends called the Boston Percussion Group. I have always been fascinated with John Cage’s early explorations with percussion instruments: First, Second and Third Constructions; Imaginary Landscape Nos. 1, 2 & 3; etc. These percussion pieces eventually led to his invention of the prepared piano.

Brian and I got together one day for lunch last fall, and I asked him if he would be interested if I wrote a piece for his group. He said, Yes!!!

Enjoy!!!

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released September 7, 2015

Boston Percussion Group: BPeG

Brian Calhoon, vibraphone
Matt Sharrock, marimba
Jonathan Hess, drum set
Greg Simonds, multi-percussion

Music by Thomas Oboe Lee

© Departed Feathers Music, Inc. - BMI - 2015

Recorded on August 9, 2015

Studio 401 @ Boston Conservatory Theater
31 Hemenway Street
Boston, Massachusetts

Recording engineer and editor, Ken Silber

Photo credit: Liz Linder

YouTube link: youtu.be/84eYusI6XT0

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Thomas Oboe Lee Cambridge, Massachusetts

Thomas Oboe Lee was born in China in 1945. He lived in São Paulo, Brazil, for six years before coming to the United States in 1966. After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh, he studied composition at the New England Conservatory and Harvard University. He has been a member of the music faculty at Boston College since 1990. ... more

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