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Dr. Payton MacDonald gives a vocal performance and talk on "Indian Classical Music and the American Experimental Music Tradition".
DR. PAYTON MACDONALD is a composer/improviser/percussionist/singer/educator. He has created a unique body of work that draws upon his extensive experience with East Indian tabla drumming and Dhrupad singing, Jazz, European classical music, and the American experimental tradition. MacDonald studied music at the University of Michigan and the Eastman School of Music. His composition teachers include Sydney Hodkinson, Robert Morris, Dave Rivello, Bright Sheng, and Augusta Read Thomas. MacDonald has toured the world with Alarm Will Sound and performed many improvised concerts with artists such as Elliott Sharp, Aakash Mittal, Tim Feeney, and others. His percussion teachers include John Beck and Michael Udow. Further studies include tabla with Bob Becker and Pandit Sharda Sahai, and Dhrupad vocal with Ramakant Gundecha. The New York Times described him as an "energetic soloist" and The Los Angeles Times described him as an ". . . inventive, stylistically omnivorous composer and gifted performer . . ." MacDonald is an Associate Professor of Music at William Paterson University.
Co-presented with Dhrupad Institute of America (DMIA). This event is part of Dhrupad Days, DMIA's annual music festival. For more information, please visit dhrupad.com
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LocationPONCHO Concert Hall (Kerry Hall, Cornish College of the Arts) (View)
710 E. Roy Street
Seattle, WA 98102
United States
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