The Ohio State Percussion Ensemble and guests are pleased to present a John Cage "Musicircus" at the Wexner Center. A musicircus is an overlapping musical collage or "happening" presented in a live surround-sound environment, far removed from a traditional concert format. Audience members and gallery attendees are free to move around the entire performance space at their leisure, as the performances will be situated in multiple locations. This program includes over twelve chamber compositions by the iconic American composer John Cage, to be performed over the course of a one-hour timeline; guests from the School of Music as well as multiple recent percussion alumni are featured.
Specific pieces to be performed include:
- Second Construction
- Imaginary Landscape No. 2
- Amores
- Dance Music for Elfrid Ide
- Third Construction
- Forever and Sunsmell (featuring Sadiyah Babatunde, voice)
- Living Room Music
- Composed Improvisation for One-sided Drums with or without Jangles
Ohio State Percussion Studio Alumni Participants
Mike Bailey (BM/BME 2006)
Kevie Bovaird (BM/BME 2018)
Noah Demland (BM 2003, MM 2005)
Jim Lindroth (MM/MA 2018)
Mario Marini (BM 2011, DMA 2016)
Assisting School of Music Participants
Sadiyah Babatunde, voice
Maddey Brickner, clarinet
Laura Portune Cordell, voice *
Dustin Gourley, bassoon
Danny Hong, clarinet
Matt Kinnear, violin
Annabella Petronsi, voice
Marco Rojas, clarinet
Claire Rottman, oboe
Jordan Saul, percussion *
Jarod Yoder, piano
* School of Music faculty
This event is free and open to the public. Susan Powell, director.
Masks are optional on campus. They remain required in health care settings and on campus transportation.
