Nonclassical begins the Pioneers of Percussion Festival in Hoxton

By Jonathan Russell, 11 November 2013

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Reviewed at The Macbeth, London on 6 November 2013

Lang, The Anvil Chorus

Greenstein, We Shall Be Turned

Little, Speak Softly

Martland, Starry Night

Works by Braun

Brailey, I am a Nice Shark

Scolding, Drawing

Groves, Mantra

Maric, Run Chime

Davies, Dark Ground

The Fellowship (of the Ring)

Catherine Ring, Percussion

Bex Burch, Percussion

Calie Hough, Percussion

Becky Browne, Percussion

Ryedale Players String Quartet

Barnaby Archer, Percussion

Tom Lee, Percussion

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Jonathan Russell

Jonathan Russell is a London-based composer, clarinetist, conductor, and educator, active in music ranging from classical to contemporary to klezmer. He is a member of the Edmund Welles bass clarinet quartet and the Sqwonk bass clarinet duo, and co-founded San Francisco’s Switchboard Music Festival. He holds degrees from Harvard University and San Francisco Conservatory, and is a PhD Candidate at Princeton University.