Minnesota Percussion Trio is comprised of percussionists Bob Adney, Paul Hill and Erik Barsness. These three creative classical percussionists specialize in traditional Western percussion instruments, along with more unconventional instruments that can produce surprising musical sounds.
Travel on a whirlwind tour of the musical traditions found on five of the seven continents of the world. The Trio begins their tour in Minnesota with a march composed by local musician David Eyler. Listen to an up tempo polka on the marimba, Guatemala’s national instrument, and the sounds of the kashishi rattle from Brazil. Board a virtual plane for Europe to hear Spanish Flamenco and Middle Eastern tar dance rhythms. Hear the rhythms of the Ghana Gourd Shakere and Australia’s own musical invention, the Lagerphone. Return to the United States for some West Coast Jazz and Early Rock and Roll on the drum set, an instrument created here in the United States.
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