Location and date:
Sunday, 25th August, 2.30pm.
Old Library Building Arts Centre
7 Rust Avenue, Whangarei
Overview: This versatile and highly talented duo of Hannah Darrock ( flutes) and Justin DeHart ( percussion) have mastered various instruments to play a combination of newer and more classical pieces. Their repertoire highlights the alluring timbral combination of flutes (piccolo, soprano, alto and bass) and percussion (rosewood marimba, gongs and drums).
Programme:
Lou Harrison First Concerto for Flute and Percussion
Tōru Takemitsu Toward the Sea
Celeste Oram Notes on the Nocturne Tradition
Gareth Farr Kembang Suling: Three Musical Snapshots of Asia
— Interval —
Helen Fisher Te Tangi a te Matui
David Lang lend/lease
Daniel Corral Heptomino
Amy Williams Cineshape 1
Andy Akiho Karakurenai
About the Musicians
Hannah Darroch, flutist has been described as “a musician comfortable both in the ancient and the modern…a master of musical communication.”
Hannah has been Principal Flute of the CSO since2020, also teaching flute at the University of Canterbury’s School of Music. Her genre-crossing career has included concerto appearances at the International Conference onMixed Music Pedagogy in Montreal, an improvisation clinic at the 2020 Jazz Education Network conference in New Orleans, a residency with the International Contemporary Ensemble at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, and a CMNZ tour with Canadian guitarist Steve Cowan.
She was recently awarded a grant from Creative NZ to commission and record four new works for flute and piano by NZ women composers. Hannah can be heard on a number of NZSO recordings including the soundtrack to The Hobbit. She also features on Frank Ticheli’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated work Songs of Love and Life recorded in the United States, and on Les Oiseaux, an album by French indie-pop band Les Passagers.
Hannah has a Doctor of Music from McGill University, a Master of Music from the University of Colorado Boulder, and is a graduate of the Global Leaders Institute – an MBA programme in Arts Innovation.
Justin DeHart, percussion
From Sacramento, California, Justin DeHart is a GRAMMY-nominated performer of contemporary musical styles from classical to pop, and from world to electronic. He was a member of Los Angeles Percussion Quartet (LAPQ) 2009-2022 and his musical resume includes performances with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, LA Phil New Music Group, I.C.E., red fish blue fish,
and pop legends Stewart Copeland and Cheap Trick.
Justin was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for percussion studies in India and his talents have been featured at concerts around the globe. Justin appears on over 100 solo, chamber and contemporary releases on MCA, Sony, Mode, Innova, Sono Luminus, Albany, New World, HatHut, Rattle, Populist, Bridge, Sub Pop, and Skunk Records. Justin was a finalist for Te Kaipuoro Inamata Toa | Best Classical Artist Aotearoa Music Award for his solo album Landfall: New Zealand Percussion Volume 1, released on Rattle records
in 2021.
Justin holds a B.M. degree from CSU Sacramento, a M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts, and a D.M.A. from UC San Diego. An Associate Professor of Music at the University of Canterbury, Justin is a YAMAHA Performing Artist and an endorser of Black Swamp Percussion, REMO, Sabian, and Innovative Percussion Inc.