Wednesday, March 6, 2024
7:00 pm and 8:30 pm
X-Space, William Knox Holt Memorial Library
Songs from the Wood (2002) crossfade prelude
Robert Maggio (b. 1964)
Well-Groomed (2019) Viet Cuong (b. 1990)
Metamorphosis (2004) bells . . .
To Consider . . . (2024)
Memories of the Seashore (1986)
Psalm 3 for Woodblock (2009)
Taksim (2008)
Echoes (2008)
Brett William Dietz (b. 1972)
Jonathan R. Latta (b. 1977)
Keiko Abe (b. 1937)
Sarah Hennies (b. 1979)
Osnat Netzer (b. 1979)
Kevin Bobo (b. 1974)
Video imagery comes from artwork created by Siena Latta, photography and video by Jonathan Latta and open-source web images. The presentation was designed and curated by Jonathan Latta for special use in this recital.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Jonathan Latta has been at University of the Pacific since 2014. During this time he has maintained an active performing career as a percussionist, having performed with the Stockton Symphony, Modesto Symphony, and Sacramento Philharmonic and serving as principal for the Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra in Durango, Colorado. Prior to moving to California in 2014, Latta was director of percussion studies for six years at Fort Lewis College in Durango, teaching applied percussion, percussion ensemble, non-Western music, orchestration, and jazz. Latta was chair of the University Pedagogy Committee for the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) for six years as well as a member of the PAS Education Committee.
From 2002 to 2006, Latta was a member of the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West, performing in over three hundred performances on percussion/timpani for the Concert Band, drum set for the Commanders Jazz Ensemble, marching percussion for the Ceremonial Band, and drum set for the Golden West Dixie Ramblers. These performances included the 2003 Tournament of Roses Parade, the 2004 Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, and the interment of former President Ronald W. Reagan. Latta has performed as a chamber musician in the Durango Chamber Music Festival, the Animas Music Festival, and at the Percussive Arts Society International Conference. In 2019 Latta performed as a soloist at Carnegie Hall with the University of the Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble.
