Mantra Percussion will present the New Orleans premiere of 'Timber,' an evening-length work by composer Michael Gordon. (UNO) Mantra Percussion comes to New Orleans on April 16, bringing major ...

According to Mantra Percussion’s Mike McCurdy, composer Michael Gordon had one simple, straightforward idea in mind when he began work on what would eventually become Timber. “He wanted to really ...

On Timber Remixed, the likes of Tim Hecker, Fennesz, and Oneohtrix Point Never tackle Bang On a Can co-founder Michael Gordon’s driving and rhythmic work for wood planks. Save this story Save this ...

When Baylor University associate professor of percussion Todd Meehan says he and his percussionist colleagues are playing timber in a Saturday public concert, he’s being literal. Twice. Meehan, guest ...

Let a composer like Michael Gordon loose in a midtown percussion store with the whole afternoon ahead of him, and you might expect him to emerge with a plan for a full choir of noisemakers.