JAM BOX: Cajon Trio for Nate

JAM BOX: Cajon Trio for Nate #1 and Nate #2

Published by Honeyrock Publishing Duration is variable: 8:00-9:00+

Notes

Cajon Trio for Nate #1 and Nate #2 (JAM BOX) was composed in Carbondale, IL between December 2007 and February 2008 and is dedicated to two of the author’s former students, Nathan Staley and Nathan Kingery. The work was premiered on April 7, 2008 at Shryock Auditorium in Carbondale, IL by the SIUC Percussion Group. Cajons of the Peruvian/Spanish type with string snares should be graduated in pitch high to low (players 1-3 respectively). Various attack points, parts of the hand, and extended techniques are utilized, in addition to hand claps, and playing on the thighs. A freely improvised introduction and solo sections for players one and three offer opportunities for improvisation against the otherwise composed and rhythmically dense material.

Recordings

Outsider In : chamber works for percussion https://roncoulter.bandcamp.com/album/outsider-in-chamber-works-for-percussion

Performances

April 30, 2017; Wheeler Concert Hall, Casper College (Casper, WY), Performers: Casper College Percussion Group

November 10, 2019; Bethlehem Music Series (Minneapolis, MN), Performers: Minnesota Percussion Trio

April 25, 2016; University of Northern Iowa (Cedar Falls, IA), Performers: University of Northern Iowa Percussion Ensemble

February 22, 2016; Stambaugh Auditorium (Youngstown, OH), Performers: Youngstown State University Percussion Ensemble

April 19, 2014; Texas A&M University-Kingsville (Kingsville, TX), Performers: Texas A&M University-Kingsville Percussion Ensemble

October 2014; Valdosta State University (Valdosta, GA), Performers: GHP Percussion

June 2013; Waubonsie Valley Percussion Camp (Aurora, IL), Performers: WVPC Percussion Ensemble

April 14, 2013; Jacksonville State University (Jacksonville, AL), Performers: Jacksonville State University Percussion Ensemble

March 14, 2013; Jacksonville State University (Jacksonville, AL), Performers: Jacksonville State University Percussion Ensemble

April 7, 2008; Shryock Auditorium, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL), (World Premiere) Performers: Southern Illinois University Carbondale Percussion Group directed by Ron Coulter