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"Ordering-instincts" by Robert Dillon

Performed by Third Coast Percussion
Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, David Skidmore

Sheet music is available directly from the composer.
Email: robert (at) thirdcoastpercussion (dot) com

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ABOUT THE PIECE:

Ordering-instincts (2014) draws a big sound from a very compact setup of instruments. The four percussionists share eight wooden planks, an octave of loose crotales, and two tom-toms, from which they create a variety of different sonic colors using different playing areas and implements, including super bouncy balls, hands, and both ends of sticks and mallets.

All of the musical content in this piece arises from the composite of all the players together; no one musician’s part forms a complete voice by itself. Rather, each layer of the music is built of interlocking rhythms between multiple players or melodies formed by passing around single notes.

Ordering-instincts is dedicated to the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at the University of Notre Dame, on the occasion of its 10th anniversary.

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ABOUT THE COMPOSER:

Robert Dillon is an Ensemble Member and Development Director of the Grammy-winning percussion quartet Third Coast Percussion. He has also performed as a substitute with the Chicago, Boston, and San Diego Symphony Orchestras, and served as principal percussionist in the Madison Symphony Orchestra from 2007-2008. He previously served as chair of percussion studies at Merit School of Music and a percussion instructor at Loyola University Chicago.

Robert was a member of the unique, international 12-percussionist Ensemble XII which grew out of Pierre Boulez’s Lucerne Festival Academy (Switzerland), and participated in programs at the Tanglewood Music Center, Spoleto Festival USA, National Repertory Orchestra, and Pacific Music Festival (Sapporo, Japan).
In addition to Third Coast Percussion's numerous recordings, Robert can be heard as a soloist on Innova Records and a performer on Naxos Records. He has performed as a soloist in America, Switzerland and Jordan.

Robert holds a Bachelor of Music from Northwestern University and a Master of Music from the New England Conservatory, where he received the John Cage Award for Outstanding Contribution to Contemporary Music Performance. His teachers include Michael Burritt, James Ross and Will Hudgins.

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ABOUT THE ENSEMBLE:

Third Coast Percussion is a Grammy Award-winning, artist-run quartet of classically-trained percussionists hailing from the great city of Chicago. For over ten years, the ensemble has forged a unique path in the musical landscape with virtuosic, energetic performances that celebrate the extraordinary depth and breadth of musical possibilities in the world of percussion. The ensemble has been praised for “commandingly elegant” (New York Times) performances, the “rare power” (Washington Post) of their recordings, and “an inspirational sense of fun and curiosity” (Minnesota Star-Tribune). The four members of Third Coast are also accomplished teachers, and since 2013, have served as ensemble-in-residence at the University of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.

A direct connection with the audience is at the core of all of Third Coast Percussion’s work, whether the musicians are speaking from the stage about a new piece of music, inviting the audience to play along in a concert or educational performance, or inviting their fans around the world to create new music using one of their free mobile apps.

Third Coast Percussion maintains a busy touring schedule, with past performances in 32 of the 50 states plus Canada, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Poland, and venues ranging from concert halls at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and De Doelen to clubs and alternative performance spaces such as New York’s Le Poisson Rouge and the National Gallery’s West Garden Court.

FULL BIO HERE: http://thirdcoastpercussion.com/about-us/ensemble/

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