Presented with Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad and Music on Main



"The most original musical thinker of our time." - The New Yorker

9pm Feb 3 & 4, 2009 SOLD OUT
Heritage Hall

THIRD PERFORMANCE ADDED:
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 6:15 PM
Doors open at 5:30pm

Eligible for PuSh Pass access!

Music on Main All-Star Band
Percussion Vern Griffiths Sal Ferreras Robin Reid Lauri Lyster Jonathan Bernard Martin Fisk Aaron McDonald Brian Nesselroad Danny Tones
Piccolo Mark McGregor
Vocals Alicia Hansen

Following the sold-out success of Music on Main’s one-night Steve Reich festival in 2006, this all-star band presents another rare chance to hear the intricate rhythms of this monument of musical Minimalism. Filling Heritage Hall with the stark and sonorous iterations of its machine-like sonic structure, Steve Reich’s Drumming will feature nine of Vancouver’s top percussionists along with vocalists and flute.

Steve Reich was recently called “our greatest living composer” by The New York Times. From his early taped speech pieces “It's Gonna Rain” (1965) and “Come Out” (1966) to the ground breaking “Different Trains” for the Kronos Quartet and his and video artist Beryl Korot’s digital video opera Three Tales (2002), his path has embraced not only aspects of Western Classical music, but the structures, harmonies, and rhythms of non-Western and American vernacular music, particularly jazz. “There's just a handful of living composers who can legitimately claim to have altered the direction of musical history and Steve Reich is one of them,” states The Guardian (London).

Launched to critical acclaim in 2006, Music on Main is dedicated to presenting classical, new and genre-bending music in environments that are both casual and stimulating, with a strong focus on music of our time and featuring excellent professional musicians in innovative concert formats. During its third season, Music on Main will present over 25 concerts at Heritage Hall on Main Street, the Cellar Restaurant & Jazz Club in Kitsilano, as well as co-ordinating a city-wide festival celebrating one of today’s greatest composers, Amsterdam-based Louis Andriessen. Music on Main concerts have been highlighted as “best of the season” events by The Globe & Mail and Georgia Straight.

www.musiconmain.ca

Tickets $35.00

Student tickets $15 This show is fully eligible for PuSh Pass access.