NetBlipz Episode Five

Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM

Episode Five of NetBlipz, the new WESU Middletown 88.1FM series that puts a spotlight on the remarkable skills and imagination of the Wesleyan Music Department, will feature recordings of the Taiko Drumming Ensemble directed by Adjunct Instructor in Music Barbara Merjan, original compositions from members of the West African Drumming and Culture Ensemble directed by Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa, and excerpts of performances by the Wesleyan University Orchestra directed by Adjunct Associate Professor of Music Nadya Potemkina, as well as from the course MUSC 212 "South Indian Music: Solkattu" taught by Adjunct Associate Professor of Music David Nelson. 

This program will also be available to stream from WESU's show archives for two weeks after the broadcast.

Listen to the Wesleyan University Orchestra's virtual performance of Terry Riley's "In C" from spring 2020 on YouTube, mixed by Wesleyan graduate students Devanney Haruta, Marvin McNeill, Poorya Pakshir, and Edward Wang, including digital program notes and introduction of all participants.



Watch Wesleyan University students in the course MUSC 212 "South Indian Music: Solkattu" taught by Adjunct Associate Professor of Music David Nelson virtually perform "Quarantani Avartanam in Adi Tala" from David Nelsons's "Solkattu Manual" on YouTube, edited by Wesleyan graduate student Poorya Pakshir: