Artist Biography
red fish blue fish Percussion ensemble
red fish blue fish is the resident percussion ensemble of the University of California, San Diego. The group functions as a laboratory for the development of new percussion techniques, sounds and music. It has toured widely including performances at Lincoln Center and the Henry Street Settlement in New York City, the Agora Festival (Paris), the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Green Umbrella Series, the Centro des Bellas Artes in Mexico City, and the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in addition to its regular series at the University of California, San Diego. red fish blue fish was the ensemble in residence at the 2007 June in Buffalo festival and featured ensemble at the Tapei International Percussion Conference in 2008. The group has recorded for John Zorn's Tzadik label and has recently released a 3-CD set of the complete percussion works of Iannis Xenakis on Mode records to great critical acclaim. In the fall of 2007, red fish blue fish premiered Roger Reynold's evening-length Sanctuary — a collaborative project that has developed for more than four years — at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
“King of New Music” —LAist.com
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