My name's Chris Jones and I've been with the group for four years. And I live in Madison, Wisconsin, and I house the, most of our instruments and my rehearsal facilities south of Madison. I'm Sean Kleve, I'm the founding member of Clocks in Motion, been doing this crazy project for almost a decade. So there are four players in Clocks in Motion, and if you guys could each tell me, you know, maybe a sentence or two, we'll start with Sean, about yourself and what you do. That gives you a little bit of a sample of some of the instruments we're gonna be talking about today. And I'm going to play you a little sample of one of the pieces that they played so you can check it out. But before we talk to them, what is a percussion ensemble, you may be asking yourself? And we just did this concert this afternoon. Event this week featured the percussion ensemble, Clocks in Motion, and I've got all four members of Clocks in Motion here with me in the studio. And today we are talking my language, the language of music. Well, welcome into the A.P.E.X Hour, everyone. But for now, welcome to this week's show here on Thunder 91.1. You can find us here every Thursday at 3:00 p.m. We will also give you some new music to listen to and hope to turn you on to some new sounds and new genres. In this show, you get more personal time with the guests who visit Southern Utah University from all over, learning more about their stories and opinions beyond their presentations on stage. Hey, everyone, this is Lynn Vartan and you are listening to the A.P.E.X Hour on KSUU Thunder 91.1. The final piece, вЂњFantezieвЂќ by Sergiu Cretu and arranged by member Matthew Coley, featured the group playing various percussion instruments and Coley playing the dulcimer, a trapezoidal-shaped instrument, with the strings struck by handheld hammers. Vartan performing alongside the group and the accompanying electronic track. The next piece the group would play was an ensemble version of the two movement piece called вЂњIn the Fire of ConflictвЂќ by Christos Hatzis, with Dr. Megan Arns, who explained many of the unique techniques she utilized during the previous piece, including using a string bass bow on the bars of a vibraphone, as well as manipulating the vibraphoneвЂ™s motor, which can apply vibrato to the instrument, or making the notes vibrate. While the group prepared for the next piece, Dr.

These instruments were the Aquarion, a four-octave marimba with bars made from glass, and the Galvitone, a set of 88 microtonal steel pipes.

Jones, who described some of the unique instruments that would be used on the next piece, a three movement composition called вЂњOf Maker and MovementвЂќ by Jennifer Ballor. Vartan talked with another member, Christopher G. Lynn Vartan briefly interviewed Sean Kleve, founder of Clocks in Motion, asking questions such as the origin of the name вЂњClocks in MotionвЂќ and a brief description of the piece.ДЄfter playing, Dr. With a fearless and uncompromising ear to programming challenging and adventurous contemporary percussion ensemble repertoire, Clocks in Motion performs classic pieces from the past century alongside newly commissioned works.ДЄs the group began setting up the stage for their first piece, titled вЂњSpiderweb LeadвЂќ by Adam Silverman, Dr. Formed in 2011, Clocks in Motion is quickly becoming a major artistic force in todayвЂ™s contemporary music scene. Lynn Vartan.Д¬locks in Motion is a percussion quartet that performs new music, builds many of its own instruments, and breaks down the boundaries of the traditional concert program. Events take place in the Great Hall, where the audience is presented a lecture from that weekвЂ™s guest speaker, but for the week of March 5th, 2020, the audience was treated to a musical performance in Thorley Recital Hall! That weekвЂ™s guest was the percussion quartet, Clocks in Motion, who performed several modern chamber music works - including Christos HatzisвЂ™ ensemble version of вЂњIn the Fire of ConflictвЂќ, featuring SUU Director of A.P.E.X.

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