Portsmouth Sinfonia/John Williams Shreds

Posted by Chris Leone on September 22, 2009 in: music humor, shredding, vids | Tags: music humor, portsmouth sinfonia, shred

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The sounds you are hearing are from the Portsmouth Sinfonia.

The Portsmouth Sinfonia was a real orchestra founded by a group of students at Portsmouth School of Art in Portsmouth, England, in 1970 — however, the Sinfonia had an unusual entrance requirement. Players had to be either non-musicians, or if a musician, play an instrument that was entirely new to them. Among the founding members was one of their teachers, English composer Gavin Bryars. The orchestra started as a one-off, tongue-in-cheek performance art ensemble but became a cultural phenomenon over the following ten years, with concerts, record albums, a film and a hit single. They last performed publicly in 1979. [wikipedia]

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2 Comments »

Do you make these videos? if you do.. you should make a Drum Corp shreds..

Comment by Jrad AP — September 23, 2009
JARED!!!!

a drum corp shreds would be the greatest “shreds” there is

Comment by tyrell — September 23, 2009