Beth McDonald
Boston, MA
Classical / Experimental / Contemporary
Bio
Hailed as a "master of her instrument," tubist Beth McDonald has an extensive background in contemporary music, chamber music, solo performance, improvisation, and orchestra. Beth is a recent graduate of New England Conservatory, receiving her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Kentucky in 2009. In Boston, she is a part of the Balkan Brass Project, Lindenbomber Fleet, Atlas Brass Quintet, and performs with the Callithumpian Consort. She has appeared as a soloist with the Pershing’s Own ...
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“In 1987, three years before he died, Luigi Nono wrote Post-prae-ludium per Donau, for valve tuba in F and electronics, first performed at the Donaueschingen Festival that year. Although some aleatory techniques are used, the score uses non-traditional notation expressed in proportional real time, and performance directions are quite specific. Yet they set up a drama of seemingly random sounds from four surrounding speakers, generated by the quiet, initially hesitant tuba, using delay and reverberation. There are also four non-traditional playing techniques, which by now have become more common: half-valve playing, singing within the instruments, playing with vibrato, and multiphonics. Once again, McDonald showed that she is the master (mistress?) of her instrument, which is a lot more versatile than most concert-goers realize. John Mallia was the assured and sensitive controller of the electronics. The performance was stunning.”
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