@Percussion - 280 Daniel Levitan
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0:11 intro 1:31 today in music history: April 15 birthday of “The Empress of Blues,” Bessie Smith 4:48 Welcome Dan Levitan! 5:48 Dan’s piece, Marimba Quartet 12:50 Opening and form of Marimba Quartet 15:57 Approach to articulation on the marimba 18:43 Dan’s beginning as a literature and creative writing major 21:18 Speaking through music 24:25 “Ink on a page” vs. interpretation and Dan’s Baroque Suite 29:51 Dan’s affinity for percussionists as performers 31:38 What if Brahms wrote for percussion? 32:44 Does music have to say something? 36:32 Dan’s tabla studies 43:47 Cross meter, polyrhythm? Gray areas of rhythm and meter 47:30 Perceptions: composer vs. performer vs. listener 49:55 Ithaca College eliminating Master’s in Music in performance, conducting, composition, and Suzuki string pedagogy 1:03:02 Piano tech questions 1:05:41 Dan’s piece, Marimba Singular