| Dominic Donato Metalmorphosis CD (2009)
James Tenney classical music
 $10.15 
I hope, with the CD to acquaint the listener with the enormous sonic potential found in these most fascinating of instruments.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------DR. My interest in tamtams began when, while a young student at Stony Brook University, I stumbled upon a recording of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Mikrophonie I in the Music Library. It wasn't until years later, as a member of Talujon, that I began exploring the instrument seriously. This concert featured James Tenney's Having Never Written a Note for Percussion and two versions of John Cage's One4 along with new pieces by Helen Lee and myself.Since that concert I've commissioned and performed a number of compositions featuring tamtams from a number of very talented composers including Peter Jarvis, Stuart Jones, Elizabeth Hoffman, Eric Moe, Steven Ricks and Ushio Torikai. I've also written a number of pieces that feature tamtam, most recently using the Electrix Repeater as a means to expand the possibilities in live performance.In 2006 I presented a second concert of all tamtam music (TAMTAM II) which featured new works by Jarvis, Jones, Ricks and myself as well as James Tenney's For Percussion Perhaps, Or…(night).My first CD "Music for Tamtams - METALMORPHOSIS" has just been released. DOMINIC DONATO is active as a percussion soloist, chamber musician, composer and teacher. The tamtam soon became my instrument of choice during our group improvisations.In 2001 I decided to present a concert of all tamtam music which I called TAMTAM I. I had never heard anything quite like it and that recording opened my eyes and ears to the possibilities of music in general and tamtams specifically. He is a member of the Talujon Percussion Quartet and DoublePlay Percussion Duo and has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.
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