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Next Concert! Sunday 10/21 2:00pm Mills Concert Hall!

Clocks in Motion with Jamie Van Eyck, soprano; Paul Rowe, baritone; and Justin Stolarik, conductor.

The sixth of George Crumb’s American Songbook cycles consists of American songs from north, south, east, and west, including well known folk songs such as Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “When the Saints Go Marching In,” and Pete Seeger’s “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”  This unique and rarely performed work requires over 100 different percussion instruments on stage at once.  You won’t want to miss it!


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Next Concert at Madison Museum of Contemporary Art! Friday, October 5th 7:00pm

Our season is in full swing now!  With the success our season opener behind us, we are now looking forward to our next concert THIS FRIDAY at MMoCA.  We will once again be using our new instrument, funded by the New Ventures Grant, the quarimba on this concert!  If you missed us on September 29th, then you still have a chance to hear the quarimba AND John Jeffrey Gibbens’ new composition Allhallows (Prelude) on Friday October 5th.

 

Clocks in Motion is performing for the opening of a new gallery by visual artist, Robert Lostutter.  For more information on the event, here’s a link to the advertisement in the Isthmus Daily Page:

http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=287160

MMoCA Nights Celebrates The Singing Bird Room of Robert Lostutter.  The Singing Bird Room of Robert Lostutter opens on October 5 in MMoCA’s State Street Gallery. This MMoCA Nights will celebrate the exhibition with a talk by the artist, live music from Clocks in Motion, hors d’oeuvres, and a cash bar!  The event begins at 5:00, is free of charge, and Robert Lostutter will be at the event!  Clocks in Motion will be performing from 7:00pm – 9:00pm.

Bring your friends to this exciting event that is sure to please art and music lovers alike!  Hope to see you there!

Robert Lostutter, Red Throated Bee-Eater, 1978

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Clocks in Motion – New Beginnings

Clocks in Motion will be performing our first concert of our 2012-2013 season THIS SATURDAY 9/29 at 8:00pm in Mills Music Hall.  The concert will feature the world premiere performance of a new composition by John Jeffery Gibbens called Allhallows (Prelude).  A special thanks to the Arts Enterprise New Ventures Grant for supporting the building of our quarter-tone marimba (Quarimba). We will be using this instrument for two pieces on this concert!

Check out our preview video on this Youtube link!

Also, please visit our website at www.clocksinmotionpercussion.com for more information about the performers, detailed program notes, interviews, and upcoming concerts!

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