Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Percussion Ensemble: historical journey

The Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Percussion Ensemble will take a historical journey from traditional drumming with fifes up to the most contemporary sounds.

Program

? Traditional fife & drum tunes: "The Three Camps" and "The Downfall of Paris"
? Adagio from Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3
? Toccata for Percussion by Carloz Chavez
? Three Poems for Five Brake Drums and Narrator by Stuart Saunders Smith
? Stained Glass by David Gillingham

The ensemble is a chamber group that performs music specifically written for the percussion ensemble from 1930 to the present. Dr. Tony Oliver directs the ensemble.

The ensemble¡¯s concerts present a mix of musical styles ¡ª from light to serious to ¡°out there¡± ¡ª and participants play traditional and non-traditional percussion instruments of all kinds. The group serves as a place of additional training for the percussionists in Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø¡¯s larger ensembles, and as a percussive outlet to anyone on campus interested in percussion or percussion music.