“Percussive Beats and Feats at Menlo” From "San Francisco Classical Voice" on July 20, 2013
San Francisco Classical Voice reviewed the first-ever entirely
percussion recital (“Carte Blanche”) at Music@Menlo, featuring UC
Davis’s own Chris Froh, with Ayano Kataoka and Ian Rosenbaum.
Percussionist Christopher Froh has been an invaluable presence
in the Bay Area for over a decade, enlivening the contemporary
music scene with performances of exceptional musicality and
virtuosity. For Saturday’s Music@ Menlo program at the
Menlo-Atherton Center for the Performing Arts, he was joined by
two equally capable New York-based colleagues, Ayano Kataoka
and Ian Rosenbaum, for a superlative concert spanning a vast
range of musical language and expressive possibility.
Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, University of Michigan
Percussionist Christopher Froh specializes in
promoting and influencing the creation of new music through
critically acclaimed performances and dynamic lectures. To date,
he has premiered over 150 chamber and solo works by composers
from 17 countries. His collaborations include some of the most
significant composers of the twentieth and
twenty-first centuries, including Chaya Czernowin, David
Lang, Steve Mackey, John Adams, George Crumb, Liza Lim, Matthias
Pintcher, and Keiko Abe.
