NEC Percussion Ensemble Concert
Frank Epstein, former Boston Symphony Orchestra percussionist, Chair of Brass and Percussion at NEC, and Director of the NEC Percussion Ensemble, has long been an ardent champion of new music. With the NEC Percussion Ensemble, he has commissioned and given first performances of many new works, helping building a 21st century repertory for that instrumental grouping. Percussion Ensemble concerts, then, are a rich and varied mix of styles, colors, and textures.
Members of the ensemble: Parker Olson, Jieping Wu, Austin Andrulis, Austin Cernosek, Luca Esposito, Jack Rutledge, Nathan Vendel, Zesen Wei
Vir: Drum of the Deathless
Zivkovic: Ritual for Five Percussionists Trio Per Uno
Alfieri: Fanfare for Tambourines
Schwantner: Velocities for Marimba
Artists- Zesen Wei, Marimba