Electric Counterpoint
Presented by Soundstreams, part of the Ear Candy series
A minimalism concert that takes flight from Soundstreams’ 80th birthday concert for Pulitzer-Prize winning composer Steve Reich in April.
Electric Counterpoint is a journey through the movement’s masterworks and current influences experienced through the talents of five local artists: Owen Pallett collaborator Matt Smith aka ‘Prince Nifty’, Brandon Valdivia aka ‘Mas Aya’, Dan Morphy, Germaine Liu, and SlowPitch Sound.
Hear Reich’s Electric Counterpoint, Nagoya Marimbas, and It’s Gonna Rain, as well as new works by SlowPitch Sound, Mas Aya and Prince Nifty.
More about the piece:
“Electric Counterpoint (1987) was commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival for guitarist Pat Metheny. It was composed during the summer of 1987. The duration is about 15 minutes. It is the third in a series of pieces (first Vermont Counterpoint in 1982 for flutist Ransom Wilson followed byNew York Counterpoint in 1985 for clarinettist Richard Stolzman) all dealing with a soloist playing against a pre-recorded tape of themselves. In Electric Counterpoint the soloist pre-records as many as 10 guitars and 2 electric bass parts and then plays the final 11th guitar part live against the tape.” – Steve Reich
Watch Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood perform Electric Counterpoint below.
Guitar & Electronics, Matt Smith aka ‘Prince Nifty’
Percussion, Germaine Liu
Percussion, Dan Morphy
Percussion & Electronics, Brandon Valdivia aka ‘Mas Aya’
Resident DJ, SlowPitch Sound
March 19, 2016
Tickets are $15 Advance | $20 Door
The Theatre Centre
Saturday, March 19, 2016 – 8pm
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