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Prism Quartet With Miguel Zenón – World Premiere Of El Eco Del Tambor (Pay-what-you-wish) at Settlement Music School

Where

Settlement Music School
416 Queen Street
Philadelphia, PA
Map
(215) 320-2600

Prism Quartet With Miguel Zenón – World Premiere Of El Eco Del Tambor (Pay-what-you-wish) at Settlement Music School

When

Tue, January 21, 2025
7:00 pm

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Musicians

Miguel Zenon
saxophone, alto
PRISM Quartet
band / ensemble / orchestra
Matthew Levy
saxophone
Taimur Sullivan
saxophone
Zachary Shemon
saxophone

About

PRISM Quartet joins forces with the Grammy Award-winning composer/saxophonist, MacArthur Fellow, and long-time collaborator Miguel Zenón for the world premiere of Zenón’s newest work, El Eco del Tambor (The Echo of the Drum).

Zenón writes, “El Eco del Tambor is an extended, multi-movement saxophone quintet that draws on rhythmic traditions from around the globe, focusing specifically on drumming from West Africa and its extension into Afro-Caribbean music. The title is an allusion to both the percussive elements within the piece and to the idea of music as an ancient language that is in constant evolution.”...

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