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Re: Steve Reich & Musicians



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-----Original Message-----
From: murkie <murkie@panther.middlebury.edu>
To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>
Date: Thursday, April 06, 2000 3:50 PM
Subject: OT: Steve Reich & Musicians


>
>i was lucky enough to have in my concert hall (well the one i manage at
>Middlebury College, anyway) a performance by Steve Reich and his company 
>of
>musicians.  it was a remarkable evening made even more enjoyable by 
>meeting
>a fellow looper's-d contributor, Todd Reynolds.  geek talk was kept to a
>relative minimum, though how to unsubscribe was touched upon.
>
>the program was:
>
>Clapping Music
>New York Counterpoint
>Drumming, pt 1
>Nagoya Marimbas
>Different Trains
>
>it's one thing to hear recordings of Reich's works and a totally different
>thing to be in the room while the musicans are performing.  really
>inspirational!  the only downside was my looping rig wasn't up and running
>when i finally got home.  that's okay though.  hearing Different Trains
>made me head for my sampler instead.
>
>Mr. Reich also spoke at the beginning of the concert and dedicated that
>evenings performance to four Middlebury College students who were killed 
>at
>the beginning of the week in an auto accident.  a very nice gesture.
>
>'scuse me, i gotta go practice now.
>
>m
>
>p.s. - another highlight?  watching Reich do some of the house sound mix
>himself.
>
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>=         M  a  r   k      C  h  r  i  s  t  e  n  s  e  n          =
>=     Cramped Quarters Studio / Jasperpottamus Music Publishing     =
>=                  internet: murkie@middlebury.edu                  =
>=          http://www.middlebury.edu/~mchriste/murkie.html          =
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