Shodekeh Featured In NewMusicBox Spotlight Session

Posted on Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 at 5:16 pm

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The small part of the Baltimore music scene that I run in has gotten some big mentions outside of our fair city these past couple of weeks. Last week, Mobtown Modern‘s presentation of the first ever arrangement of the complete Rite of Spring for big band was plugged by Alex Ross on his New Yorker blog. And today, Baltimore’s own intrepid beatboxer / vocal percussionist, Shodekeh, was thrust into the spotlight on NewMusicBox, the web magazine of the American Music Center. Those who were at Sho’s show at the Creative Alliance back in March will recognize some of the performance footage in the video. Check out the video and be sure to catch Shodekeh in his Baltimore Symphony debut this July 23 at the Meyerhoff.

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Tags: beatbox, interview, New Music Box, Shodekeh, spotlight, video, vocal percussion

about brian sacawa

Brian Sacawa is the Curator of the Contemporary Museum's Mobtown Modern music series.

As a saxophonist, Brian has been called many things—most of them good—including "an inventive musician" (The New York Times), "inspired" (The Washington Post), and "brilliant" (Baltimore Sun). His versatile career has led to appearances ranging from Carnegie Hall to Baltimore's Metro Gallery and with ensembles including the Baltimore Symphony, Detroit Symphony, New World Symphony, and St. Petersburg (Russia) Philharmonic.

Brian can be heard on the Grammy-winning album Songs of Innocence and Experience (Naxos) and his critically-acclaimed debut solo recording, American Voices, is available on the Innova record label.

You can learn more about Brian on his website, where you're likely to find out that he also performs in the genre-bending duo Hybrid Groove Project and is a Category 2 bicycle racer for District Velocity Racing p/b The Bike Rack.

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