Glenn Kotche, solo percussion, with Andrew Meyerson, percussion

Hailed for his “unfailing taste, technique, and discipline” (Chicago Tribune), percussionist Glenn Kotche is best known as the drummer for the renowned rock band Wilco. In this mostly solo show, Kotche performs his own work and music by Alaskan composer John Luther Adams, “one of the most original musical thinkers of the new century” (The New Yorker), famed for evoking sounds of the natural world. The program features Adams’ drum kit opera Illimaq “Spirit Journeys”; film of performances held in the… Show more Alaskan tundra; and Kotche’s musical re-telling of the epic Monkey Chant tale, with accompanying shadow-puppet film. Percussionist and Stanford alumnus Andrew Meyerson (of the duo The Living Earth Show) joins Kotche for portions of the performance.

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