The Conservatory percussionists go solo in this concert! The fascinating variety of repertoire using a battery of drums, keyboards, gongs, and more, interpreted by six different personalities will make for a captivating and dramatic performance. Jonathan Fox, artist faculty of the Conservatory and Principal Timpanist & Percussionist of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, directs.

It was a night that turned the tables on classical performers by featuring contemporary percussion pieces instead. The large audience, most of whom came early, left my classmates and I contending with the row of seats near the back of the hall. The six performance pieces involved a variety of percussion instruments, ranging from the pitched keyboards (marimba, xylophone, glockenspiel, vibraphone) to non-pitched drums (timpani, snare drum, etc.) and gadgets of all sorts (cabasa, guiro, vibraslap, gongs, "thunder sheets", etc.). Inevitably, the shifting of all these in between pieces took some time. This, however, was calmed by the antics and light-hearted words of the emcee Jonathan Fox. Throughout the night, much stamina was shown by the performers who had to mentally concentrate as well as cope with the physical demands of the pieces (especially so for those involving the marimba and timpani). It was not before rousing continual applause and three stage calls (but sadly, no encore) that the audience finally left, rhythmic tunes having been drummed into their hearts.

The Conservatory percussionists go solo in this concert! The fascinating variety of repertoire using a battery of drums, keyboards, gongs, and more, interpreted by six different personalities will make for a captivating and dramatic performance. Jonathan Fox, artist faculty of the Conservatory and Principal Timpanist & Percussionist of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, directs.

It was a night that turned the tables on classical performers by featuring contemporary percussion pieces instead. The large audience, most of whom came early, left my classmates and I contending with the row of seats near the back of the hall. The six performance pieces involved a variety of percussion instruments, ranging from the pitched keyboards (marimba, xylophone, glockenspiel, vibraphone) to non-pitched drums (timpani, snare drum, etc.) and gadgets of all sorts (cabasa, guiro, vibraslap, gongs, "thunder sheets", etc.). Inevitably, the shifting of all these in between pieces took some time. This, however, was calmed by the antics and light-hearted words of the emcee Jonathan Fox. Throughout the night, much stamina was shown by the performers who had to mentally concentrate as well as cope with the physical demands of the pieces (especially so for those involving the marimba and timpani). It was not before rousing continual applause and three stage calls (but sadly, no encore) that the audience finally left, rhythmic tunes having been drummed into their hearts.

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