Welcome

Hey guys,

Thanks for checking out our blog. A little background for you -- we're a new Ann Arbor-based percussion trio, and right now, we're getting ready for the trip of a lifetime. In less than 24 hours, we leave for the International Percussion Competition in Luxembourg. Over the past few months, we have spent countless hours, individually and as a trio, preparing for this. That has included: scrambling to meet the application deadline, sorting through pages and pages of music, coordinating three very busy schedules, rehearsing day and night, anywhere and everywhere, translating composer notes conveniently written in French and German, building stands and even instruments themselves, ransacking the market for mallets and piezo transducers (a word we had way too much fun saying), stocking up on hardware, stalking the competition, performing for other students and our former instructors, shopping for matching dress shirts...the list goes on and on. That was whirlwind number one.

Number two starts tomorrow. We're seven hours in a plane and a layover in Amsterdam away from it. Twenty-three trios. Three rounds. One winner. It's a challenge few would be willing to take on, but we're diving in head first. Identity Cubed--that's what we're called--can't wait to make its international debut.

This blog is for all of you who have supported us along the way--with your time, advice, instruments, practice space, feedback and love. We want to keep you updated throughout the competition and beyond it...so stay tuned!

Thanks for reading.

Identity Cubed

Andre Dowell, Xavier Verna, & Brian Young