Atlanta’s Chamber Cartel Get Constructive With ‘Pleiades’
If you’re a fan of percussion, this story is for you.
The Atlanta-based contemporary chamber ensemble Chamber Cartel is performing a piece for six percussionists. And they’re using an instrument that the musicians had to build themselves. Reporter Myke Johns joined the ensemble as they rehearsed at the Goat Farm Arts Center to perform “Pleiades” by modern composer Iannis Xenakis.
The composition requires an instrument called a “sixxen,” which Chamber Cartel artistic director Caleb Herron built for this performance. As far as he knows, it’s the first built in Georgia, and the first time “Pleiades” has been performed in the Southeast.
“[Xenakis] was an architect. He studied mathematics,” Herron said. “But the music that he gets is not square and computer-ish and standoffish. It has this supernatural element to it, this elemental force. You just feel like you’re being hit by something that is so great.”
Chamber Cartel performs “Pleiades” at the Goat Farm Saturday, Oct. 3 at 8 p.m.
Related Stories
-
What To Know About Filing For Unemployment In Georgia And The CARES Act -
Civil Rights Hero Joseph E. Lowery Honored At Private Atlanta Funeral -
Metro Atlanta Cities And Counties With Coronavirus Restriction Orders In Place -
Kemp Orders State Shutdown To Fight COVID-19; Cities Prep For Surge At Hospitals -
Coronavirus Updates: Kemp To Issue Statewide Shelter-In-Place Order -
Coronavirus Deaths Top 200 In Georgia As Stay-Home Order Kicks In -
Coronavirus Updates: Kemp Signs Statewide Shelter In Place Order -
Georgia Property Manager To Tenants: Coronavirus Won't Stop Evictions