MAG7 by Michael Burritt | Eastman Percussion Ensemble

Program Notes:
MAG7 was written in the summer of 2017 and dedicated to Michael Burritt's seven graduate students (The Magnificent Seven) who have so brilliantly brought his new opus to life. The piece opens with a solo “riff” on marimba that serves as the seed for the entire work. The rhythmic and metric development manipulate the quintuplet, first introduced in the opening section, as a tool for polyrhythmic hemiola and metric modulation.
This is fully realized in the center of the work as the entire ensemble is playing varying layers in multiples of 5 tethered to a 5/4 meter. Like most of MB's music, MAG7 is a melting pot of genres and artistic influences coalescing in a pseudo rhapsodic form.
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The Eastman Percussion Ensemble is comprised of upperclassmen and graduate percussion students of the Eastman School of Music. Under the direction of Evans Artist and world-renowned percussionist Michael Burritt, its repertoire ranges from contemporary genres to world music and improvisation. #PASIC17
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[@nebulous7961]

Those splits at the end are actually insane

[@theolysyk8494]

This is by far my favorite burrit composition. Idk why I like it so much I just find it so interesting and dynamic

[@boredandquarantined3161]

The vibe chords at the end chorus... I will never not headbang to those chords

[@MeenaElise]

This is so amazing! I love the energy - It's so poetically expressive. Thank you for sharing :)

[@woothatdrums]

Great performance! I wish I could have seen it live

[@SaltineCracker]

It was an amazing live performance!

[@xxthecrackxx4250]

I like it

[@jianyijianyi2061]

good good good........

[@AoAPC]

"Like most of MB's music, MAG7 is a melting pot of genres and artistic influences coalescing in a pseudo rhapsodic form."
This is just not true. The vast majority of MB's pieces are in ternary form.

[@AoAPC]

Also, the piece is about the "Magnificent Seven," so how about crediting these magnificent students in either the video or the video notes? Their names are not currently mentioned.

[@strenuousbobbykushner]

The actual composition isn't very good :S

[@robertoesquivel4447]

Bobby Kushner Eh, I’ve heard worse, it has some interesting moments!