Pick & Roll/Ben Verdery by UCSC Guitar Orchestra/Mesut Ozgen

UCSC Guitar Orchestra, directed by Mesut Ozgen, plays the world premiere of Pick and Roll for guitar ensemble, two violins, soprano saxophone, and basketball by Benjamin Verdery. Yvette San Souci, basketball; Cody Walz, saxophone; Iantha Rimper and Aurora Garfinkel, violins; UCSC Guitar Ensemble: Josh Friedman, Kelsey Damas, Peter, Koht, James Moore, Soren Goodman, Juan Guillen, Josh Miller, Justin Regnier, Adam Cotton, Mark Aitken, and Chris Wright. More video clips at http://mesutozgen.com/

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Music

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• guitar
• orchestra
• ensemble
• concert
• video
• benjamin
• verdery
• mesut
• ozgen
• pick
• roll
• saxophone
• basketball
• music
• UCSC

[tanbur]

This clip is just the beginning of the finale of the piece. The first half of the piece has only the guitar ensemble with a brief section accompanied by violins, without basketball. I couldn't find this part of the video online, but the remainder of the finale can be watched at the clips/video page of mesutozgen website.

[wjb4341]

The music is OK but that chick has got some awesome hoops skills! Where did they get her from? She looks like she must have played in college.... all I know is that I pretty sure she would mop the court with me, and I thought I was a decent player.

[ArturoL2009]

this is retarted

[DesultoryDilettante]

Bwaaaaahhaaaahaaaaa.......ROFL­MAO

[Rexicano]

You got that right; artsy Hogwash.

[jpsnyder]

are there any other kind sheep than naked ones? i guess they're always wearing a sweater of some type, all that wool.

but seriously, i think pieces like this should be incorporated into classical repertoire more. you get a lot of stale music (similar to what some think of jazz) when you say classical music has to mimic a certain period or certain compositional conventions. i mean, if brouwer can write cuban landscapes with rain, and that can be popular, why can't this?

[jasoneastwood]

By "ARTY" (great word by the way) do you mean slightly unusual. It's not like they're sacrificing a naked sheep out there. It's the 21st century.

[SpudJuggler]

Wow. My name is Justin regnier and im in the description Cool!! PS my middle name is Alex

[morgic222]

interesting... Basketballer also has goon sense of rhythm

[jimmyp37]

I dunno... I love the guitar but this stuff is a little too "arty" for me. It's a novelty. Fun but I don't think this will enter the repertoire by any stretch. But then again I don't think that is what the aim is for a piece like this.