21 January 2012
by Bill Parsons
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(still image: Chuck Samuels) Translating Grace The fourth large project I am involved with is Grace, a soon to be released CD by Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan. Back in 2005 I was commissioned to compose a piece for the Sundanese … Continue reading
28 October 2011
by Bill Parsons
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Timar/Parsons An upcoming performance I am doing with Andrew Timar is a part of the 416 Toronto Creative Improvisers Festival. Here is a sample of what we sound like. To hear us in a recent performance at Electric Eclectic … Continue reading
27 August 2011
by Bill Parsons
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Andrew & Bill I have a kacapi-suling (bamboo flute) duo with Andrew Timar, from Evergreen Club. Recently, we have been integrating other instruments. For Andrew different flutes and kacapi, and for me the Martin Backpacker guitar. I am interested in … Continue reading
26 August 2011
by Bill Parsons
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Kacapi-Guitar I have been developing a new style in my guitar playing. The right hand plays and arpeggio pattern (often polyrhythmic) as the left hand shifts through a series of slow-motion chords. This is a very common guitar approach. But … Continue reading
25 August 2011
by Bill Parsons
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Kacapi The kacapi is a plucked zither I started playing in 1994 when I was invited to join Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan. The instrument I play comes from Sunda, the west end of the island of Java. It is more … Continue reading
24 August 2011
by Bill Parsons
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Bike Ride Travel Guitar Yesterday, I went for my weekly bike ride to a secluded spot on the Don river, here in Toronto. I go there to play guitar. This summer I have been memorizing a collection of Bach pieces … Continue reading
21 May 2011
by Bill Parsons
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Suling virtuoso Andrew Timar and I play together in Sunda Duo. Andrew plays mostly Sundanese bamboo flute (suling) but also uses other flutes from different parts of the world as well as kacapi, a 20-string plucked zither. I play kacapi … Continue reading
1 April 2011
by Bill Parsons
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Andrew Timar and I have been making music together since 1989, first with Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan and then with Sunda Duo. We will be performing at an upcoming festival of gamelan music 15 – 17 April 2011 (see below … Continue reading