Walker Pickering

Esprit de Corps
Excerpts from a short film by Walker Pickering

“to wALk Or ruN in wEst Harlem” for Percussion Octet
A video collaboration with the University of Nebraska Percussion Ensemble

The University of Nebraska Percussion Ensemble performs the world premiere of Andy Akiho's "to wALk Or ruN in wEst harlem" for Percussion Octet. Commissioned by Dave Hall, with support from the Glenn Korff School of Music and the Hixson-Lied College of Fine & Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska.

res(pi)t
A video collaboration with composer Dr. Dave Hall, and the University of Nebraska Percussion Ensemble

“res(pi)t is a short and simple interlude for vibraphone soloist, bowed vibraphones, and melodicas. The title is a combination of "respite" (I used the old Middle English spelling), "rest," and "pi" (π). After consulting with my mathematician wife, I interpreted π to derive the relationship between the struck vibraphone chords and the sustained swells of the melodicas and bowed vibraphones. The sound travels in a circle, another reference to pi. Much like this interlude, moments of repose for me are usually fleeting and far too short, but beautiful nonetheless. res(pi)t is dedicated to my wife Elizabeth, who I love with all my mind and heart.” –D.H.