The Fall concert season is officially off and running, and we are thrilled to welcome a new album from Darian Donovan Thomas this Friday on Sō Percussion Editions: Individuate.
Individuate features a new, flexible-instrumentation piece from the brilliant and fabulously talented Darian — with multiple performances, by Sō, and by fellow-commissioners and spectacular artists, Bergamot Quartet.
Also featured on the album are Darian’s works, Kid Gunner Brother, and Stephon Clark.
Celebrate the release this Sat, Oct 22 at 8pm.. in a Brooklyn Bound concert at our studio! Darian and Bergamot will be there.
“As we individuate, we connect and identify with the entire human family.”
– Carl Jung
Individuate was commissioned through the Sō Percussion New Work Development Program by Sō Percussion and Bergamot Quartet. It is composed in a way that allows any instrumentalist to perform the piece, and the piece can also be performed by groups of multiples of four players. On this album, there are three versions – by Sō Percussion, by Bergamot Quartet, and by Sō Percussion and Bergamot together.
Kid Gunner Brother and Stephon Clark were both written for the Sō Percussion Summer Institute.
Performers:
Sō Percussion (Eric Cha-Beach, Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, Jason Treuting)
Bergamot Quartet (Ledah Finck and Sarah Thomas, violins; Amy Tan, viola; and Irène Han, cello)
Shelby Blezinger-McCay
Kasey Blezinger
All works composed by Darian Donovan Thomas
Producers: Darian Donovan Thomas and Eric Cha-Beach
Mixing Engineer: Matt Poirier
Album Art: MEDIAQUEER (Darian Donovan Thomas and Phong Tran)
