A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“…TCP (Third Coast Percussion) brings its own style and instrumentation to Aguas da Amazonia, building on the work of the composer and previous interpreters of the music. Composed as a suite of nine pieces named for rivers in South America’s Amazon Basin, the work was commissioned from Glass by Brazilian dance company Grupo Corpo in the 1990s. In the first commercial recording of the work, Brazilian ensemble Uakti reorchestrated Glass’s original piano composition for its own unique collection of custom instruments, providing inspiration for TCP’s later arrangement…
...In 2023, TCP further revised its version of Aguas da Amazonia into a bespoke arrangement for Twyla Tharp Dance, featuring such instruments as a marimba made of glass and another made of red oak planks, a set of chromatically tuned PVC pipes, a sun drum (tunable tongue drum), synthesizers and a djembe. Flute solos written and performed by Volk also feature prominently in these performances..."
WHEN & WHERE:
Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 3:00pm
Northrop Presents Twyla Tharp Dance Diamond Jubilee featuring TCP
Carlson Family Stage | Minneapolis, MN
Friday, February 7, 2025 at 8:00pm
Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 8:00pm
Sunday, February 9, 2025 at 3:00pm
Twyla Tharp Dance: Diamond Jubilee featuring TCP
Zellerbach Hall | Berkeley, CA
Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 7:30pm
Sunday, February 16, 2025 at 1:00pm
Twyla Tharp Dance: Diamond Jubilee Featuring TCP
Segerstrom Center for the Arts | Costa Mesa, CA
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 7:30pm
Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 7:30pm
Friday, March 14, 2025 at 7:30pm
Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 2:00pm
Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 7:30pm
Sunday, March 16, 2025 at 2:00pm
Twyla Tharp Dance: Diamond Jubilee Featuring TCP
New York City Center (Mainstage) | New York, NY
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 8:00pm
Thursday, March 27, 2025 at 8:00pm
Friday, March 28, 2025 at 8:00pm
Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 2:00pm
Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 8:00pm
The Kennedy Center presents Twyla Tharp Dance Diamond Jubilee featuring TCP
Eisenhower Theater | Washington D.C
Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 7:30pm
Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 2:00pm
Twyla Tharp Dance 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee
Harris Theater for Music and Dance | Chicago, IL
CAST:
Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, David Skidmore, Constance Volk, flute
CREATIVE TEAM:
Producer: Colin Campbell
Session Engineer: Taylor Hales
Editing and Mixing: Colin Campbell, Taylor Hales
Mastering Engineer: Joe Lambert
Recorded August 20-22, 2024 at Electrical Audio
Artwork © 2024 Constance Volk
Graphic Design, Bark Design, Chicago
Liner Notes: Robert Dillon and David Skidmore
Publishers © Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc.
Used by permission. (ASCAP)
