Sam Houston Percussion Group
The Sam Houston Percussion Group, under the direction of John Lane, is the premiere percussion chamber music ensemble at Sam Houston State University. Dedicated to bringing about and championing new and imaginative repertoire for percussion, the Group has worked alongside and commissioned composers such as John Luther Adams, Mark Applebaum, Monica Pearce, David Adams, Wenhui Xie, Jeff Herriott, Kyle Gann and Peter Garland. Interdisciplinary collaborations have also played a key role in expanding opportunities for students to work alongside other artists including visual artists, dancers, filmmakers, and poets. The Group has appeared on national and international stages, including performances for the Focus Day for New Music at PASIC, 3rd place finishes in the 2017 and 2023 International Chamber Music Competition at PASIC, and international performances including a with the National Symphony of Panama, and concerts for the Alfredo de Saint-Malo International Music Festival.
a Piece for a Middle Airplane Seat (2019)
Session Description:
Jessie Marino is a Berlin-based composer, performer, and media artist. Her compositions and solo performances abstract ideas drawn from all stripes of popular culture and political discourse, girded by a definitively humanistic sensibility rife with equal doses of wit and pathos. Marino’s pieces score out sound, video, story, lighting, and staging, treating each of these elements as expandable musical materials. She transcends the conventional materials of composition to help audiences locate music in the most commonplace activities and relations. jessiemarino.com
a Piece for a Middle Airplane Seat (2019) was originally written for and premiered by line upon line percussion. The score consists of a set of instructions for creating an original physical choreography, which is then structured by the composer with some specifications regarding repetitions of the gestures and timings. From the composer, “A piece of musical choreography that you can perform during the quiet hours of a red-eye flight… all from the position of the middle seat of the exit row.”
a Piece for a Middle Airplane Seat (2019) was originally written for and premiered by line upon line percussion. The score consists of a set of instructions for creating an original physical choreography, which is then structured by the composer with some specifications regarding repetitions of the gestures and timings. From the composer, “A piece of musical choreography that you can perform during the quiet hours of a red-eye flight… all from the position of the middle seat of the exit row.”
Session Category:
- New Music/Research
Date:
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Time:
3:00 PM
Location:
Room 120
Session Type:
New Music/Research Presents
Session Format:
Live
