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The four musicians walked on stage one by one, striking pieces of wood with mallets. Each built upon the last, starting with a single bright “tong!” sound and then layering his own pitter-pats of rhythm on top.
I felt like the sounds took me in all directions at once. Kids in the audience weren’t sure what to do. Were they supposed to be quiet? Was this music? My head was bobbing a la “Spring Awakening,” but not at the same time as my foot tapping. Yet we all ended up in the same place. When the So Percussion members hit the last note at once, leaving a silence as satisfying as everything that came before, we all thought: “Damn. These guys are good.” (Except for the kids, who thought, “Darn.”)
To read more about the recent So Percussion performance, go to Ad Libs.