These are classically and rigorously trained musicians, yet they are open to incorporating new technology in the music they perform. Basso Bongo is the acclaimed New Music duo of electronic bassist Robert Black and computer-assisted MIDI percussionist Amy Knoles. The group will offer five opportunities for Oberlinian's to catch its act.
All events are free and open to the public.
Lopez's show presents eclectic programs and discussions of electronic music. Black and Knoles, percussionist, have worked closely with such new music giants as John Cage , Steve Reich , Frank Zappa , John Adams , Elliot Carter , Morton Subotnick , Todd Machover and Pierre Boulez , among many others. Sunday's concert will showcase multi-media works by Randall Woolf, Glenn Hackbarth, James Sellars and collaborative compositions by Knoles and Black. The first features trumpet samples I created with trumpet god Wayne du Maine , who improvised based on short riffs I had written. I wanted to find very atypical sounds for drumming, since I love watching the disparity of the motions of playing electronic percussion and the sounds heard.