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'Glenn Kotche Presents John Luther Adams' 'Ilimaq' at St. Louis Symphony Concert

Glenn Kotche, alt-rock drummer for Wilco and contemporary classical artist, will perform his collaboration with composer John Luther Adams in St. Louis this week. The pair's ambient symphony, 'Ilimaq,' originally premiered at the University of Texas at Austin.
  • 'Glen Kotche to Perform with SO Percussion at Carnegie Hall

    For years he has been known as the awe inspiring drummer of Wilco, but in his latest series of compositions, the Drumkit Quartets, Glenn Kotche teams with Sō Percussion. To celebrate the announcement, Kotch and Sō Percussion have announced that they will be performing some of the new songs along with other original works at Carnegie Hall next month in addition to making "Drumkit Quartet #54" available for streaming online.
  • 'EXCLUSIVE: Classicalite Q&A with Wilco's Glenn Kotche

    As both a modern composer and, of course, the man on the throne for modern rock 'n' roll's last band standing, Wilco, Glenn Kotche is nothing if not maddeningly prolific. With his credits on records nearing the century mark (do check out his most recent work on Missy Mazzoli's 'Vespers for a New Dark Age'), his commissions, too, are coming in fast and furious and increasingly august: Kronos Quartet, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Sō Percussion, eighth blackbird and founding BoAC cellist Maya Beiser. Add to those a national advert for Delta's Touch2O faucets and a drum kit on full display at the Rhythm Discovery Center Museum, and the city of Chicago's best drummer might just be the most heard contemporary composer in America.
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