sand and surf
About the program
Welcome summer with music by the Beach Boys, Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville, Under The Sea from The Little Mermaid, and Latin favorites by Antonio Jobim including The Girl from Ipanema and One Note Samba. Special guests include guitarist David Temple for Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquin Rodrigo, and soloists from the New York University steel band.
Program subject to change.
Cuban Overture |
G. Gershwin |
Under the Sea |
A. Mencken arr. B. Pesoth |
Jamaican Rumba |
A. Benjamin |
Concierto De Aranjuez Allegro con spirito Adagio Allegro gentile David Temple - Guitarist |
J. Rodrigo |
Intermission |
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Steel Drum Soloists - Josh Quillen, Christian Melhado Program selections will be announced during performance |
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The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim |
A. Jobim arr. D. Matthews |
La Suerte de los Tontos |
J. Richards arr. J. Whitney |
Beach Boys Medley |
B. Wilson arr. D. Matthews |
Guest artistS
David Temple, classical guitarist and composer
David Temple
Classical guitarist and composer David Temple has performed throughout the country as a soloist, accompanist and ensemble player. He is dedicated to presenting guitar performances that are full of color and variety, and to making the concert experience as enjoyable for the newcomer as for the experienced listener.
Concerts have included the Festival of the Arts at Mohonk, the Ulster Chamber Music Series, the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society, the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, the Foothills Performing Arts Center in Oneonta, NY, and many others.
A graduate of the music school at Eastern Michigan University, David is Artistic Director and Vice President of the Mid-Hudson Classical Guitar Society, and teaches both guitar and composition at Bard Conservatory, Preparatory Division, and at his home studio in Red Hook, NY.
He has produced four recordings, which include an eclectic selection from the repertoire, as well as original arrangements and compositions. Of his second recording, “Night Dances: Music of Spain and Latin America,” Noah Fleisher of the Taconic Weekend states: “David is one of those rare musicians of any genre that is able to play directly what is coming from his head, without barrier between mind, finger and fretboard.” Learn more at his website, www.davidtemple.com.
Classical guitarist and composer David Temple has performed throughout the country as a soloist, accompanist and ensemble player. He is dedicated to presenting guitar performances that are full of color and variety, and to making the concert experience as enjoyable for the newcomer as for the experienced listener.
Concerts have included the Festival of the Arts at Mohonk, the Ulster Chamber Music Series, the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society, the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, the Foothills Performing Arts Center in Oneonta, NY, and many others.
A graduate of the music school at Eastern Michigan University, David is Artistic Director and Vice President of the Mid-Hudson Classical Guitar Society, and teaches both guitar and composition at Bard Conservatory, Preparatory Division, and at his home studio in Red Hook, NY.
He has produced four recordings, which include an eclectic selection from the repertoire, as well as original arrangements and compositions. Of his second recording, “Night Dances: Music of Spain and Latin America,” Noah Fleisher of the Taconic Weekend states: “David is one of those rare musicians of any genre that is able to play directly what is coming from his head, without barrier between mind, finger and fretboard.” Learn more at his website, www.davidtemple.com.
Josh quillen, director of the NYU Steel band
Josh Quillen has forged a unique identity in the contemporary music world as all-around percussionist, expert steel drum performer (lauded as "softly sophisticated" by the New York Times), and composer. His collaborations with other composers frequently incorporate the steel drums as a core element.
A member of the acclaimed ensemble So Percussion since 2006, Josh has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Lincoln Center Festival, Stanford Lively Arts, and dozens of other venues in the United States. In that time, So Percussion has toured Russia, Spain, Australia, Italy, Germany, and Scotland. He has had the opportunity to work closely with Steve Reich, Steve Mackey, Paul Lansky, David Lang, Matmos, Dan Deacon, and many others.
Josh started performing on the steel drums at Dover High School in Ohio, an interest that continued at the University of Akron, where Dr. Larry Snider founded one of the first collegiate steel bands in the United States. He traveled to Trinidad and Tobago in 2002, performing with the Phase II Pan Groove ensemble under Len "Boogsie" Sharpe. This interest in the traditional steel drum music of Trinidad ran in parallel with Josh's education in western music, first at Akron, and then at the Yale School of Music with marimba soloist Robert Van Sice, where he received his Masters degree in 2006.
These parallel interests led Josh to break ground in the use of the steel drums in contemporary classical music. To date, he has commissioned over a dozen pieces for steel drums from composers such as Stuart Saunders Smith, Roger Zahab, Dan Trueman, and Paul Lansky. In 2010, Steven Mackey's quartet It Is Time – commissioned for So Percussion by Carnegie Hall and Chamber Music America – featured Josh on a new microtonal lead pan in its Carnegie Hall premiere, receiving rave reviews in The New York Times.
Josh's compositions for So Percussion are featured in Imaginary City, an evening length work that appeared on the Brooklyn Academy of Music's 2009 Next Wave Festival, as well as the site-specific Music for Trains in Southern Vermont. Other ensembles to play his pieces and arrangements include Matmos, PLork, The Janus Trio, Adele Meyers and Dancers, The University of Akron Steel Band, and the New York University Steel Band.
An avid educator, Josh is co-director of the So Percussion Summer Institute, an intensive workshop for college-aged percussionists on the campus of Princeton University. He is also co-director of a new percussion program at the Bard College Conservatory of Music, where So Percussion is ensemble in residence. He is the director of the New York University steel band.
A member of the acclaimed ensemble So Percussion since 2006, Josh has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Lincoln Center Festival, Stanford Lively Arts, and dozens of other venues in the United States. In that time, So Percussion has toured Russia, Spain, Australia, Italy, Germany, and Scotland. He has had the opportunity to work closely with Steve Reich, Steve Mackey, Paul Lansky, David Lang, Matmos, Dan Deacon, and many others.
Josh started performing on the steel drums at Dover High School in Ohio, an interest that continued at the University of Akron, where Dr. Larry Snider founded one of the first collegiate steel bands in the United States. He traveled to Trinidad and Tobago in 2002, performing with the Phase II Pan Groove ensemble under Len "Boogsie" Sharpe. This interest in the traditional steel drum music of Trinidad ran in parallel with Josh's education in western music, first at Akron, and then at the Yale School of Music with marimba soloist Robert Van Sice, where he received his Masters degree in 2006.
These parallel interests led Josh to break ground in the use of the steel drums in contemporary classical music. To date, he has commissioned over a dozen pieces for steel drums from composers such as Stuart Saunders Smith, Roger Zahab, Dan Trueman, and Paul Lansky. In 2010, Steven Mackey's quartet It Is Time – commissioned for So Percussion by Carnegie Hall and Chamber Music America – featured Josh on a new microtonal lead pan in its Carnegie Hall premiere, receiving rave reviews in The New York Times.
Josh's compositions for So Percussion are featured in Imaginary City, an evening length work that appeared on the Brooklyn Academy of Music's 2009 Next Wave Festival, as well as the site-specific Music for Trains in Southern Vermont. Other ensembles to play his pieces and arrangements include Matmos, PLork, The Janus Trio, Adele Meyers and Dancers, The University of Akron Steel Band, and the New York University Steel Band.
An avid educator, Josh is co-director of the So Percussion Summer Institute, an intensive workshop for college-aged percussionists on the campus of Princeton University. He is also co-director of a new percussion program at the Bard College Conservatory of Music, where So Percussion is ensemble in residence. He is the director of the New York University steel band.
