http://www.chrispthompson.com The personal website of NYC-based percussionist Chris Thompson Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:00:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.chrispthompson.com/2010/02/27/dirty-projectors-getty-address-with-alarm-will-sound/ http://www.chrispthompson.com/2010/02/23/music-of-caleb-burhans-with-alarm-will-sound/ http://www.chrispthompson.com/2010/02/19/dirty-projectors-getty-address-with-alarm-will-sound-2/ Home Grown: Alexandra Gardner Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 8 p.m. @ Metro Gallery She may look like the sweet and innocent girl next door, but Washington D.C.-based composer Alexandra Gardner pens music that definitely makes the boys shake in their boots. In a language distinctly her own, Alexandra seamlessly melds the often ... http://www.chrispthompson.com/2010/02/03/mobtown-modern-music-of-alexandra-gardner/ http://www.chrispthompson.com/2010/01/30/acme-with-simone-dinnerstein-2/ ACME has a great program prepared with pianist Simone Dinnerstein; it airs live tomorrow night on WQXR (and WQXR.org) and we will perform it again Saturday night, 8 PM, at Miller Theater. As a percussionist I never assume I'll get opportunities to play Bach (except the occasional orchestral suite timpani ... http://www.chrispthompson.com/2010/01/29/acme-live-on-wqxr-with-simone-dinnerstein/ Just when all inspiration had evaporated and the blah boring same old music is all there seems to be EVERYwhere, oh hello! the most awesomest electric sounds and synchronized moving pictures were on The Internet just waiting to be discovered: Acid Girls - Lightworks OFFICIAL VIDEO dir. Steven Ilous from Steven ... http://www.chrispthompson.com/2010/01/18/this-video-is-unrelated/ Dual Portrait of John Cage & Phil Kline ACME: American Contemporary Music Ensemble ACME presents a dual portrait of composers John Cage (1912-1992) and Phil Kline (b. 1953), exploring the similarities of their sonic worlds. The concert will include Cage’s minimalist precursor 'Credo in Us' (1942) as well as one of the ... http://www.chrispthompson.com/2009/12/17/acme-portrait-of-john-cage-phil-kline/ http://www.chrispthompson.com/2009/11/13/radio-city-christmas-spectacular/ 10/27: Line C3 releases Carl Schimmel's Serving Size 4 Bunnies. Serving Size 4 Bunnies is now available on iTunes, or as a CD single (email me and I'll send you one). Line C3 wants to thank Carl Schimmel for allowing us to independently record and release his music, as well as ... http://www.chrispthompson.com/2009/10/28/ss4b/ http://www.chrispthompson.com/2009/10/23/alarm-will-sound-in-hamburg/ 10/8: ACME performs music of John Cage, Andrew Hamilton, Frederic Rzewski, and Louis Andriessen at Galapagos Art Space in Dumbo, Brooklyn. http://www.chrispthompson.com/2009/10/08/acme-at-galapagos/ 9/25: Line C3 shares a bill with Nadia Sirota for the opening night of New Amsterdam Records' "Archipelago" series at Galapagos Art Space. Happy almost fall! Everyone is playing concerts. Tonight I have to decide between like 5 different friends' shows and that is such a good problem to have! Line ... http://www.chrispthompson.com/2009/09/25/line-c3-with-nadia-sirota/ 9/15: Nonesuch releases Alarm Will Sound's "a/rhythmia," a collection of works "taking ideas akin to minimalism and refracting them through a fun house mirror." I'm so excited about September because it would seem this is the month in which all the recordings I've worked on the past 2 years are magically ... http://www.chrispthompson.com/2009/09/15/nonesuch-to-release-alarm-will-sounds-arhythmia/ http://www.chrispthompson.com/2009/09/02/acme-with-craig-wedren-music-by-jefferson-friedman/ http://www.chrispthompson.com/2009/08/04/acme-with-craig-wedren-music-of-jefferson-friedman/ http://www.chrispthompson.com/2009/07/22/alarm-will-sound-performs-aphex-twin/ http://www.chrispthompson.com/2009/07/19/vermont-mozart-festival-2/ http://www.chrispthompson.com/2009/06/14/alarm-will-sound-the-music-of-derek-bermel-at-lpr/ http://www.chrispthompson.com/2009/05/17/west-village-chorale-chichester-psalms-and-carmina-burana-2/