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Mike McCurdy

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About Me

percussionist/teacher
Hi Red Center, Mantra Percussion,
Passenger Fish, Ensemble Inc., Mighty Buttons, Left/Right, Second Cousins.
Hi Fi New Music Festival, the F(x) New Music Marathon,
Electronic Music Midwest, the Sparks Festival of Electronic Music,
Bang On A Can Marathon, the New York City Day of Percussion,
the Festival of New American Music,
April in Santa Cruz New Music Festival, Bang On A Can Music Institute.
Continuum Chamber Ensemble, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players,
the Albany Symphony, the Sacramento Philharmonic, and Sacramento Opera.
Richard Felciano, Karen Tanaka, Ushio Torikai, Annie Gosfield, and Gavin Bryars,
and young composers/new works.
music with dance, music with text and theatre, music with electronics, and interactive
computer.
percussion teachers
Nick Petrella, Steve Schick, Dan Kennedy, Ray DesRoches, and Eduardo Leandro.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/2/2007
Band Website: hiredcenter.com
Influences: Varese;
Xenakis;
Aperghis;
Manoury;
Bonham;
Drozd;
Kennedy;
Beefheart;
Surfers;
Chival de Frise;
Hi Red Center;
Lite FM;
Gandalf;
Flato;
Val the Dog;
Haigler-Robles;
Patrick McCurdy;
Christa Van Alstine

Sounds Like: my brain
Record Label: Albany Records, Pangaea Recordings, Joyful Noise
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Videos

An excerpt (part 3) from Georges Aperghis's percussion trio "Les Guetteurs de Son" http://youtube.com/watch?v=qqYK7Ov1tXYAn excerpt (part 2) from Stuart Saunders Smith's "Blue, too" for drumset solo.....
Posted by Mike McCurdy on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:25:00 PST