About this project
Evolution Percussion Duo is comprised of percussionists Maria Finkelmeier and Jacob Remington, and is currently based in Piteå, Sweden.
We’ve started this project to expand the current repertoire of duo music for percussion, and to highlight our generation's voice in the percussive arts. In order to do this, we are commissioning four great composers to write pieces for us. The composers we have chosen are:
Casey Cangelosi - www.caseycangelosi.com
Dave Hall - www.dhallmusic.com
Baljinder Sekhon - www.sekhonmusic.com
David Skidmore - www.davidskidmorepercussion.com
In addition to these commissioned works, we will each write our own piece and receive a work dedicated to us by Csaba Zoltán Marján in July. This brings the total number of new duo pieces to seven!
Once we reach our goal and the pieces are written, we will tour the US and Europe in Fall 2011 using the new works as the concert program. After the tour, we will come back to Piteå, and record the pieces and release our first CD!
We want this project to not only inspire musicians, but new audiences and listeners as well. This project will cross international boundaries while uniting cultures through the arts.
Check out our websites, Facebook us, and follow us on Twitter to find out more about our crazy endeavors! Thanks for taking your time to check us out!!!
http://ensemble-evolution.com/pages/evolution-duo
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ensemble-Evolution/105863172814822
Twitter: @ensEvolution
***Please note! Only 20 copies of the Niflheim score are available as a reward for pledging $50 and above!! We will post a new reward when we've reached 20 backers at this level. :)
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A personal and sincere thank you from Jake and Maria! Plus, you will be listed on our website as contributing member of this project!
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A free mp3 download of Csaba Zoltán Marján’s marimba duo (this fall) + a huge thank you!
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Free signed copy of our CD at the start of 2012 + free mp3 + a huge thank you!
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Free score to Csaba Zoltán Marján's solo marimba piece Niflheim!!!! Donated by EditionSvitzer Publishing House!! (www.editionsvitzer.com) + free CD + free mp3 + a huge thank you!
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PDF scores of both pieces written by Jake and Maria for this project + free CD + free mp3 + a huge thank you!
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Professional DVD of the premiere concert of the compositions + PDF scores + free signed copy of the CD + free mp3 + a huge thank you!
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ONE DAY ONLY! Pledge $105 (or more) on Wednesday, April 13 and receive a signed copy of David Skidmore's duo work written for this project + Pro DVD + PDFs of Jake and Maria's pieces + CD + free mp3! pretty good deal!
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Streamed masterclass and presentation of the compositions (where we can also teach you some phrases in Swedish...because we are so good at it!) + free DVD + PDF scores + free CD + free mp3 + a huge thank you!
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Jake and Maria will write and dedicate a new composition to you!!! Streamed masterclass + free DVD + PDF scores + free CD + free mp3 + a huge thank you!
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Live concert at a venue of your choice during our 2011 tour! And…all that other stuff :)
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Although Jake and Maria's first meeting in Paris was brief, it was obvious that their similar musical ambitions and outgoing personas would bring them together again. When a new opportunity in Piteå Sweden came up a year later, it did not take Maria long to convince Jake to uproot his life and join her in the arctic north. Evolution Percussion Duo was officially initiated at the start of 2011 to create new repertoire and highlight our generation's voice in the percussive arts.
