Cahn-Recital Piece-X

Recital Piece is written for Solo xylophone, with tape accompaniment (text) prepared by the performer by Bill Cahn. This piece deals directly with such aesthetic concerns as the interaction of words and musical sounds, the nature of musical form and content, and the nature of performance itself.

Number of Players: 1
Difficulty: Grade 6
Instrumentation: Xylophone

Bill Cahn has been a member of the NEXUS percussion group since 1971, and was principal percussionist in the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra from 1968 to 1995. Born in Philadelphia in 1946, Bill has performed with conductors, composers, ensembles, and artists representing diverse musical styles - Chet Atkins, John Cage, Aaron Copland, Chuck Mangione, Mitch Miller, Seiji Ozawa, Steve Reich, Doc Severensen, Leopold Stokowski, Igor Stravinsky, and Paul Winter. He has conducted programs with symphony orchestras, and his compositions for solo percussion, percussion ensemble and percussion with orchestra/band are widely performed. His fourth book, "Creative Music Making," on freeform improvisation was published by Routledge Books in 2005.