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Steven Schick with Iowa Percussion
Oct 5, 2024
07:30 PM
Voxman Music Building, Concert Hall
93 East Burlington Street, Iowa City, IA 52240
![Steven Schick with Iowa Percussion Steven Schick on left, Iowa Percussion on right](https://content.uiowa.edu/sites/content.uiowa.edu/files/steven_schick_iaprecussion_content_hub_1080x1080.jpg)
TICKETS
Free / No ticket required
Part of the Steven Schick Residency
Presented in collaboration with Iowa Percussion at the University of Iowa School of Music
In celebration of Steve Schick’s residency, Iowa Percussion will present a gala concert. The performance will feature Edgard Varese’s seminal work Ionisation, conducted by Schick. In addition, Schick will conduct the best-known piece by his Iowa teacher and mentor Thomas L. Davis In the 1960s, Davis' composition, Mau Mau Suite, became one of the most performed percussion pieces worldwide among youth ensembles.
Iowa Percussion will also perform works that have been noteworthy to the ensemble over the last 66 years, premiering a new work by alumnus Peter Naughton titled Eroica (a contemporary reimagination of Beethoven’s Symphony #3).
PROGRAM:
Edgard VARÈSE: Ionisation
Thomas DAVIS: Mau Mau Suite
Peter NAUGHTON: Eroica
As well as work by Robert Moran, Paul Elwood, Dick Schory, and David Lang.
HANCHER EVENT PARTNERS
Stephen & Victoria West
West Music
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