Nov 3 2024

Fall Concert: "Riffs"

• 3:00 PM
• Scottish Rite Masonic Museum (directions)

33 Marrett Road Lexington MA 02421 - free parking

Pre-Concert Talk 30 minutes prior to performance

Latin Grammy award-winning percussionist Joe McCarthy is guest soloist, premiering the Wind Ensemble version of his Pan-American Nutcracker Suite; a global musical adventure that celebrates and unites Tchaikovsky's timeless masterpiece The Nutcracker Suite with the beautifully diverse musical traditions of the Americas and beyond! Joe is also the featured soloist for Jeff Tyzik's Riffs, which turns the MetWinds into a huge jazz ensemble with the jazz drum soloist leading the way. Other concert highlights include Norman Dello Joio's classic work for band Variants on a Medieval Tune, and movements from Handel's classic Music for the Royal Fireworks. You won't want to miss this concert!

Joe McCarthy has led a diverse career as a drummer/percussionist, bandleader, producer, and educator in a myriad of settings from symphony orchestra to bebop, big band, Afro-Cuban, theater and beyond. As a Latin Grammy award-winning and Grammy nominated drummer, and bandleader of The New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band, Joe proudly endorses Zildjian, Yamaha, Remo, Latin Percussion and Vic Firth, featuring his signature drumstick in the Modern Jazz Collection Series MJC2.

Forged in Fire	Mark Watters
Variants on a Medieval Tune	Norman Dello Joio
Riffs	Jeff Tyzik
Joe McCarthy, drumset
Music for the Royal Fireworks	G.F. Handel/ed. Hindsley
Mark Olson, conductor
Pan-American Nutcracker Suite	Tchaikovshy, arr. McCarthy/Norman
Joe McCarthy, percussion