NEON STUDIES # 3 for percussion and trombone
February 20 - March 1
guest composer at
Sterkfontein Composers Meeting
Nirox Foundation, South Africa
March 1
Nirox Foundation concert
Axelsson-Nilsson Duo (SE)
Jonny Axelsson, percussion Ivo Nilsson, trombone
March 3
Purpur Festival of Transgressive Arts
Capetown, South Africa
Axelsson-Nilsson Duo (SE)
Evoked by Neon, the element two-thirds lighter than air, "Neon Study #3" paints an expanding whoosh of escaping notes, emerging through slow rustling, murmuring sound colors to climax in a rollercoaster of mirrored glissandi in vibraphone and trombone.