“A HARD RAIN”
CELEBRATING PERCUSSIONIST STEVEN SCHICK at 70
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“...THE ‘PHILOSOPHER KING’
OF PERCUSSION MUSIC...” – Michael Gordon |
“ONE OF OUR SUPREME LIVING VIRTUOSOS, NOT JUST
OF PERCUSSION BUT OF ANY INSTRUMENT.” – Alex Ross (The New Yorker) |
Steven Schick rehearsing. Photo by Bill Dean.
TICKETS:
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PROGRAM:
Vinko GLOBOKAR – TOUCHER (1973) [8']
Karlheinz STOCKHAUSEN - ZYKLUS (1959) [10']
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Alvin LUCIER – SILVER STREETCAR FOR THE ORCHESTRA (1988) [10']
Rand STEIGER – FOR ROBERT ERICKSON * (2024) [20']
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Brian FERNEYHOUGH – BONE ALPHABET (1992) [12']
Vinko GLOBOKAR – ?CORPOREL (1985) [8']
* World Premiere
PERFORMERS:
Steven SCHICK, solo percussion
Vinko GLOBOKAR – TOUCHER (1973) [8']
Karlheinz STOCKHAUSEN - ZYKLUS (1959) [10']
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Alvin LUCIER – SILVER STREETCAR FOR THE ORCHESTRA (1988) [10']
Rand STEIGER – FOR ROBERT ERICKSON * (2024) [20']
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Brian FERNEYHOUGH – BONE ALPHABET (1992) [12']
Vinko GLOBOKAR – ?CORPOREL (1985) [8']
* World Premiere
PERFORMERS:
Steven SCHICK, solo percussion
ARTIST BIOS:
STEVEN SCHICK:
Percussionist, conductor, and author Steven Schick was born in Iowa and raised in a farming family. Hailed by Alex Ross in the New Yorker as, “one of our supreme living virtuosos, not just of percussion but of any instrument,” he has championed contemporary percussion music for more than fifty years. In 2014 Schick was inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame.
As conductor, Schick was Music Director of the La Jolla Symphony and Artistic Director of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and the Breckenridge Music Festival, and Co-Artistic Director with Claire Chase of the Banff Centre’s Summer Classical Music program. In 2020, he was awarded the Ditson Conductor’s Award, given by Columbia University, for his commitment to the performance of American music.
Schick’s publications include a book, “The Percussionist’s Art: Same Bed, Different Dreams,” and numerous recordings including complete collections of the percussion music of Iannis Xenakis and the early percussion works of Karlheinz Stockhausen. His most recent project, “Weather Systems,” a multi-part retrospective of solo percussion music released on Islandia Music Records, was listed among the best recordings of 2023 by both The New York Times and The New Yorker.
In 2019, he and his wife Brenda began The Brenda and Steven Schick Commissions to foster new creative work that embraces qualities of optimism in themes dealing with community or the environment.
Steven Schick is Distinguished Professor of Music and the inaugural holder of the Reed Family Presidential Chair at the University of California, San Diego.
As conductor, Schick was Music Director of the La Jolla Symphony and Artistic Director of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and the Breckenridge Music Festival, and Co-Artistic Director with Claire Chase of the Banff Centre’s Summer Classical Music program. In 2020, he was awarded the Ditson Conductor’s Award, given by Columbia University, for his commitment to the performance of American music.
Schick’s publications include a book, “The Percussionist’s Art: Same Bed, Different Dreams,” and numerous recordings including complete collections of the percussion music of Iannis Xenakis and the early percussion works of Karlheinz Stockhausen. His most recent project, “Weather Systems,” a multi-part retrospective of solo percussion music released on Islandia Music Records, was listed among the best recordings of 2023 by both The New York Times and The New Yorker.
In 2019, he and his wife Brenda began The Brenda and Steven Schick Commissions to foster new creative work that embraces qualities of optimism in themes dealing with community or the environment.
Steven Schick is Distinguished Professor of Music and the inaugural holder of the Reed Family Presidential Chair at the University of California, San Diego.