Event

City of Water, Sea of Glass

On Friday, January 29th at 8:00 PM, Redshift Music Society presents City of Water, Sea of Glass, a performance installation of original musical instruments and world premiere compositions in Vancouver's Waterfall Building. Over the past two years, Redshift has curated a collaboration between some of BC's most innovative composers and visual artists to develop strikingly original percussion instruments made of water and glass, materials that play a key role in defining Vancouver's soundscape. Under the virtuoso mallets of the all-star Fringe Percussion quartet, these works of art by artists such as Robert Studer and Heather Konschuh make their debut along with world premieres by BC composers Nova Pon, Benton Roark, Chris Reiche, and Christiaan Venter. The evening also features works from the glass percussion repertory by composers such as Viet Cuong and Mariah Mennie, culminating in the Vancouver premiere of Water Music, a virtuoso quartet for amplified water bowls and an assortment of rare and beautiful instruments by the renowned Chinese composer Tan Dun.