2010s

November 26, 2019

Three Cuban Pieces (1935) . . . . . . William Russell

Signals (2017) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lior Navok

Retro Variations* (2018/19) . . . . . . . . Christopher Shultis

Water Lilies (2012) . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Becker

Träd from a Forest of Hands . . . . . . John Eriksson

mo(nu)ment 129 (2015) . . . . . Reiko Füting

*Premiere, composed for OPG

April 3, 2018

Credo in US (1942) . . . . . . . . John Cage

Sam Hoffacker, piano

Prepared by Rachel Gibson

Kalavinka (2017) First Performance . . . . . James Wood

American Songbook II- A Journey Beyond Time (2008) . . . George Crumb

Timothy LeFebvre, baritone; Mai Mitayaki, piano

April 18, 2017

Second Construction in Metal (1940) . . . . . . John Cage

**InC (In Common Time) . . . . . Tom Lopez

Drum of the Deathless (2016) . . . . . . . . Param Vir

Ritual for Five Percussionist

I. II. III

Constricted Restraints: No Ceilings . . . . . . Hunter Brown '17

The Steamboat Passes the Harbour (1987) . . . . . . Edison Denisov

Simon Baron, accordion; Mai Myagaki, piano

The University of Akron Percussion Ensemble

** First Performance, Written for the Oberlin Percussion Group

* American Premiere

April 14, 2016- OPG at Roulette in New York

Orbits (2014) . . . . . . Adam Rudolph ’76

Written for OPG

April 5, 2016

Suite en Concert (1965) . . . André Jolivet

Modéré, Frémissant; Stabile; Haridiment; Calme, Véloce, Apaisé

Alexa Still, Flute

Concerto for Violin and Percussion (1940/59) . . . Lous Harrison

Allegro Maestoso; Largo, Contabile; Allegro, Vigoroso, poco presto

Marilyn McDonald, violin

Four Caprices for Clarinet and Percussion (2016) . . Theophilus Chandler ’14

Shimmering; Spry, Slick; Ominous; Coarse, Building

Elegy: Snow in June (1991) . . . . . . . . Tan Dun

Amir Eldan, cello

April 14, 2015

Synchronisms No.5 (1969) . . . . Mario Davidovsky

Kvadrat (1989) . . . . . Vinko Globokar

waiting, despondently (2008/9) . . . . Nicholas Deyoe

*Hitmen (2015) . . . . . . Russell Currie

*World Premiere

Ritual Dances (2009) . . . . . Eric Guinivan

Candy Chang, tine whistle, ocarina

April 15, 2014

**Water (2013) . . . . Alejandro Viñao

III. Todos los ríos El río

Yi Qiao Li, piano

*As we are Speaking (2004) . . . Fritz Hauser

Cacerolazo for Taksin Gezi Park (2014) . . . . Allen Otte ’72

Danielle Cheiken, soprano

Score, Collage #1 (2014) . . . . Andrew Burke ’05, Case Simmons

John Burnett, Judy Jackson, James Quintana, Yuta Takagi, electronics

Dream Landscape (2012) . . . . Amy Williams

Orbits (2014) . . . . . . . Adam Rudolph ’76

*Written for OPG, First Performance

April 13, 2013

30: The First & Thirs Decades (2012) . . . Mark Applebaum

Sean Dowgray, percussion solo

Postludes, No. 8 (2012) . . . . . . . Elliot Cole

Flute Concert0 (2007) . . . Chihchun Chi-sun Lee

I (flute); II (alto flute); III (piccolo)

Alexa Still, flutes

Postludes, No. 7 . . . . . . . Ellit Cole

-aura- /-ára- (2011) . . . . . . Anna Thorvaldsdottir

30: The First & Second Decades (2012) . . . . Mark Applebaum

Sean Dowgray, solo percussion

April 24, 2012

Second Construction (1940) . . . John Cage

*Four Places, many more times (2011) . . . . . Joshua Levine

Amores (1943) . . . . . . . John Cage

I. Solo; II. Trio: III.Trio; IV. Solo

Matthew Young, prepared piano

Percussion Sonata No. 2 "Woodstock" (2006) . . Peter Schickele

I. Variations; II. Pastorale, Toccata

First Construction (in Metal) (1939) . . . . John Cage

* Premiere Performance

April 19, 2011

Three Dance Movements (1933) . . . . William Russell

I. Waltz; II. March; III. Fox Trot

Tintinnabulations (2008) . . . . Eliot Carter

Straitjacket (2009) . . . . . Mark Applebaum

I. Palindrome; II. Isopangram; III. Lipogram; IV. Taquinoid

Okho (1991) . . . . . . . . Iannis Xenakis

Six Marimbas (1986) . . . . Steve Reich

Construction, No. 3 (1939) . . . . . John Cage

**American Premiere

November 10, 2011- PASIC ’11

*Cloud-Polyphonies (2011) . . . . . James Wood

I, Starlings; II. Clouds; Buffalos

* Written for the Oberlin Percussion Group

* World Premiere-North American Consortium Project

April 20, 2010

Dance Music for Elfrid Ide (1940) . . . . John Cage

I- Fast; II- III- With Spirit

*Zytraffer (1992) . . . . . . . . Fritz Hauser

DaDiRimGil (2003) . . . . . Seung-ah Oh

The Guiros Talk (2006) . . . . . . Dafnis Prieto

City of Fallen Angels (2006) . . . . Liza Lim

*American Premiere