The Up:Strike Project presents 《Stress and Flow: Chamber Percussion Concert》as the annual concert of the year. After a brief hiatus, The Up:Strike Project returns to the stage with a new program of three commissioned works. The concert opens with an intriguing quartet by Alexis Lamb Matters/Mind, followed by the world premiere of a vibraphone quartet by Ken Ueno and a duo of found objects by Esther Wu. Joined by Dr. Rebecca Iloyd-Jones from Griffith University, The Up:Strike Project will present the Asian Premiere of Alejandro Viñao’s new percussion quartet––Stress and Flow. The organicity and virtuosity of humans performing complex polyrhythms on percussion instruments has always been Viñao’s compositional interest. As part of the international commissioning consortium and having the privilege in this geography, The Up:Strike Project is excited to deliver this exquisite work to the Asian audience.

Alexis C. Lamb (b.1993) 亞歷克西斯・蘭姆

Matters/Mind (2021)

for percussion quartet 敲擊四重奏

Performers: Samuel Chan, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Eugene Kwong, Bevis Ng

Ken Ueno (b.1970) 上野 健

Phase Patterns of Likeness Slightly Off (2023)

for four vibraphones for The Up:Strike Project

寫給The Up:Strike Project的顫音琴四重奏

Performers: Samuel Chan, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Matthew Lau, Bevis Ng

-Intermission-

Esther Wu (b.1996) 胡旨澄

Clockwork Menu (2023)

for found objects duet 現成物二重奏

Performers: Matthew Lau, Karen Yu 

Alejandro Viñao (b. 1951) 亞歷杭德羅・維諾

Stress and Flow (2018)

for percussion quartet & electronics 電子與敲擊樂四重奏

1. Bright and Dark

2. The Sound Behind

3. Luz y Sombra en Lindaraja

Performers: Samuel Chan, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Eugene Kwong, Bevis Ng