BROOKINGS – South Dakota State University senior percussionists Alex Kisecker and Nick Shumaker will hold a recital at 7:30 p.m. March 30 in the Peterson Recital Hall in the Lincoln Music Hall on the SDSU campus.
Kisecker, a music education major from Sioux Falls, has been a member of The Pride of Dakotas Marching Band’s drumline, the SDSU Concert Band, Wind Symphony and Percussion Ensemble.
Shumaker, a music education major from Humboldt, has served as section leader of The Pride of Dakotas Marching Band’s drumline and as a member of the SDSU Concert Band, Wind Symphony and Percussion Ensemble.
As a soloist, Shumaker will perform works such as Tim Huesgen’s “Trilogy” for jazz vibraphone, a marimba transcription of the Asutrias (Leyenda) by Isaac Albéniz, and Rick Tagawa’s “Inspirations Diabolique” for multiple percussion soloist. Kisecker will perform “Fertility Rites” by Christos Hatzis, an electro-acoustic piece for marimba that incorporates Inuit throat-singing, as well as “New-Thaan” by percussionist Bob Becker which seeks to emulate Indian classical music and Bob Bollman’s “Suite for Lounge Lizard” for solo timpani.
They will perform two duets: “Faded Lines” for rudimental snare drum, field drum and bass drum composed by Andrea Venet, who visited SDSU with her percussion duo Escape X in 2016, and “Into the Air,” a contemporary marimba duet by Ivan Trevino.
This recital is open to the public, and there is no charge for admission. For more information, contact the SDSU Department of Music at 688-5187.
