Talking Gong: Alex Peh, Claire Chase, Kyaw Kyaw Naing, Susie Ibarra at Roulette

Pianist Alex Peh teams up with percussionists Susie Ibarra, Kyaw Kyaw Naing, and flutist Claire Chase to perform new works inspired by rhythm—both interior and exterior, ancient and contemporary—written for percussion, piano, and flute by composers Susie Ibarra, Kit Young, Kyaw Kyaw Naing and Phyllis Chen.

Talking Gong, written by Susie Ibarra for Alex Peh and Claire Chase, explores traditional Philippine Kulintang cipher scores, reimagined for piano, flute, and mixed percussion.

Burmese percussionist and master of the saing waing or pat waing—a unique drum-circle instrument that is a legacy of Burmese court culture and Buddhist folk traditions—Kyaw Kyaw Naing and pianist Alex Peh will perform new compositions for piano and pat waing: a traditional combination that developed when the Italian ambassador gifted King Mindon of Burma a piano in the mid-19th century...

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Pianist Alex Peh teams up with percussionists Susie Ibarra, Kyaw Kyaw Naing, and flutist Claire Chase to perform new works inspired by rhythm—both interior and exterior, ancient and contemporary—written for percussion, piano, and flute by composers Susie Ibarra, Kit Young, Kyaw Kyaw Naing and Phyllis Chen.

Talking Gong, written by Susie Ibarra for Alex Peh and Claire Chase, explores traditional Philippine Kulintang cipher scores, reimagined for piano, flute, and mixed percussion.

Burmese percussionist and master of the saing waing or pat waing—a unique drum-circle instrument that is a legacy of Burmese court culture and Buddhist folk traditions—Kyaw Kyaw Naing and pianist Alex Peh will perform new compositions for piano and pat waing: a traditional combination that developed when the Italian ambassador gifted King Mindon of Burma a piano in the mid-19th century. The Burmese incorporated the piano into their traditional ensembles, utilizing it in ways totally different from the typical Western-style of piano playing. Peh and Naing will perform the world premiere of new works written for piano and percussion ensemble. This concert will inaugurate the first Burmese Hsaing ensemble in the United States, featuring Naing, Peh, and SUNY New Paltz community members and students.

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