What started with the chatter of nonsense syllables and virtuosic pitter-pattering on an exotic hand drum ended with an upside-down snare drum and the otherworldly sounds of a recorded phone call.
Wednesday's preview in the Classical 101 studios of 's solo electroacoustic percussion concert ELISION wasn't just drumming. It was a sight to behold, a sound to take in and an event that only begins to describe what this Saturday's ELISION concert is all about.
Cameron Leach performs ELISION at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3 at the Columbus Performing Arts Center's . The concert is supported by the . Admission is free.
Check out this video of Leach's performance of George Aperghis' theatrical Le Corps 脿 corps (Body to Body), then pick up your jaw and experience the eerie sounds of Dave Maric's A Greek Tragedy for two snare drums and audio from a recorded phone conversation about a fatal car crash. Leach wraps up the session with a selection from Evan Chapman's Buttonwood for solo upside-down snare drum and electronics.
These pieces feature only a few of the instruments Leach will be playing during ELISION. This Saturday evening, the whole percussion menagerie 鈥� marimbas, vibraphones, bongos, cymbals, gongs 鈥� will have Leach hopping from one instrument to another in vivacious displays of what he describes as "percussive athleticism."
A Columbus native and alum, Leach is currently a graduate student at the prestigious . He returns to Columbus to perform ELISION at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday, Feb. 3 in the Van Fleet Theatre at the Columbus Performing Arts Center.
