Video Recordings

Raven Black Hair

Raven Black Hair (2022) by Jordan Munson

Commissioned by Fisher/Lau Project— Raven Black Hair is meant as a celebration of my Kentucky heritage and the bluegrass music of my youth. Containing variations on both the lyrics and melody of Joseph Philbrick Webster’s 1860 bluegrass classic "I’ll twine ‘mid the ringlets' " (a variant of which, 'Wildwood Flower,' was later popularized by the Carter family), this work seeks to present an abstraction of a particular musical and geographical landscape. The chosen instrumentation of voice, autoharp, and pitched metals is also meant as a bluegrass cultural reflection. Raven Black Hair invites us to dive deep beneath the surface of this regional and personal history, revealing a pure emotional core. - Jordan Munson

Marimba Duo

Marimba Duo from Le Livre des Claviers (1987) by Philippe Manoury

Recorded in Knoxville, TN March 2022 by Continuous Motion Production

The Lonelyness of Santa Claus

the lonelyness of Santa Claus (1995) by Fredrick Andersson

Recorded in Knoxville, TN March 2022 by Continuous Motion Production

Extension of a Dream

Extension of a Dream (1977) by Alvin Singleton

Recorded in Knoxville, TN April 2022

Audio by: Mischa Goldman Filmed and Edited by Matthew Caldwell Additional Camera by Shane Dixon

Yi (憶)– Six Images for Marimba 4 hands

Yi (憶)– six brèves images pour marimbaphone à deux exécutants (1973) by Tona Scherchen-Hsiao

Recorded in Boston, MA May 2022 by Anthony Tran

1. Chant de nostalgie au croissant de lune

2. Baglettatelles

4 & 5. Esprits bienveillants des bois. Lorsque le soleil se couche derrière la montagne. Appel de la nuit de velours. Doucement, s'epanouissent les chants du silence de l'amour

3. Chant d'appel

6. Asma

Ah Yes, The Three Genders

Ah Yes, the Three Genders (2019) for percussion duo by Alex Temple.

Recorded live at Knoxville, TN March 2022

Gone, dog. Gone!

Gone, dog. Gone! (2012) by Mark Applebaum

Recorded at Stony Brook, NY April 2015

Mark Applebaum’s Gone, dog. Gone! was the first piece we performed as a duo in our doctorate studies. This piece has brought us together as a duo, especially through re-learning the piece remotely while we lived across the world from each other! Here are the first studio recording recorded in Stony Brook in 2016, our performance at Transplanted Roots percussion symposium 2017 in Brisbane, Australia, and our COVID19 project in Hong Kong & Knoxville TN.

Stony Brook, NY 2016

Part A & B

Transplanted Roots 2017

Part B & Y

Part A & X

Part X & A

Part B with Tape

Interviews

Black Swamp Percussion has invited us for an interview during COVID19. We talked about our collaboration as a duo over the past years, touching on repertoire, long distance rehearsals and more. Followed by a distance version of Rigaudon from Mauricio Kagel’s Rrrrrrr

(Hong Kong/Knoxville, TN)