NAC Concert: Xylophonia - A Percussion Ensemble

Showings

Studio Theater Sun, Apr 7, 2019 2:00 PM
INFORMATION
Rating:Unrated
Run Time:2hr
Release Year:2019
Genre:Live Concert
Category:Concerts
CAST/CREW
Executive Producer:Nantucket Arts Council

Description

XYLOPHONIA  celebrates the golden age of the xylophone from c.1900 until c. 1930, and especially the music of George Hamilton Green, the greatest xylophone virtuoso of his time. Green was also a prolific composer, arranger and recording artist, and a hugely influential teacher and instrument designer. Along with his brother Joseph Green, and other great xylophonists such as Sammy Herman, Harry Breuer and Red Norvo, George Hamilton Green made the xylophone a favorite and much-respected presence on both the concert and vaudeville stages.

XYLOPHONIA is a group of 5 professional percussionists who perform these famous ragtime xylophone solos accompanied by four players on two marimbas. (The group takes its name from the title of one of Joseph Green’s famous compositions.) We also include some “musical surprises” on our concerts – classical music, folk music, jazz, traditional Mexican and Guatemalen music – pieces that help to showcase the history and diversity of our instruments.