/news-archive/tag/percussion-ensemble/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Fri, 23 Apr 2021 18:18:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2021/04/23/percussion-concert-april/ Fri, 23 Apr 2021 18:18:05 +0000 /news/?p=78846 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to hold Percussion Concert April 27]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host a Percussion Concert on Tuesday, April 27, featuring the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Percussion Ensemble and Steel Band. The concert will be livestreamed at 7 p.m. April 27 on the and will be available to view afterwards. Justin Bunting, director of percussion studies, will lead a lively concert with a diverse group of works by the Percussion Ensemble and a mix of popular and traditional music by the Steel Band. The Percussion Ensemble will start the concert with “Scavenger Music” by Christopher Deane, a piece for 鈥榝ound鈥� percussion instruments. The following piece will be John Psathas鈥檚 鈥淔ragment,鈥� a contemplative duet for piano and vibraphone. The program continues with the world premiere of Bunting鈥檚 piece 鈥淒ance of Water,鈥� a duet written specifically for the ensemble. 鈥淎n open improvisation by members of the ensemble will follow based on the sounds of the rainforest,鈥� Bunting said. 鈥淔inally, a medley of traditional frame drumming and the Arabic rhythm Baladi will feature brand new drums acquired for the program earlier this semester through a 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Middle Eastern Studies grant.鈥� The Steel Band will play tunes from various popular and traditional styles. The set includes 鈥淛ump in the Line鈥� by Harry Belafonte, 鈥淐ould You Be Loved鈥� by Bob Marley, 鈥淛amaica Farewell鈥� by Irving Burgie, 鈥淏ig Shot鈥� by Billy Joel, and 鈥淟ocked Out of Heaven鈥� by Bruno Mars. In the upper right photo, the members of the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Steel Band practice in the Fine Arts Building. Photo by Benjamin Krain.]]> /news-archive/2020/12/08/percussion-ensemble-steel-band-to-hold-virtual-concert-dec-11/ Tue, 08 Dec 2020 16:21:30 +0000 /news/?p=78018 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Percussion Ensemble, Steel Band to hold virtual concert Dec. 11]]> The concert, 鈥淐hanges,鈥� will be at 5 p.m. The program features music by John Cage, Colin Bell, and Alex Stopa, as well as Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, and the Beatles. The concert marks the debut performance of the Steel Band, which is directed by Dr. Justin Bunting, director of percussion studies. For more information, contact Bunting at jbunting@ualr.edu.]]> /news-archive/2017/04/24/percussion-ensemble/ Mon, 24 Apr 2017 15:23:28 +0000 /news/?p=66918 ... Percussion ensembles to perform May 1]]> Department of Music will host the university鈥檚 Percussion Ensemble and the Capitol City Percussion Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 1.聽 The event will take place in the University Theatre in the Center for Performing Arts. Concert highlights by the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Percussion Ensemble include performances of 鈥淓astern Oriental Express鈥� by Leander Kaiser, 鈥淭occata鈥� by Carlos Chavez, 鈥淢illet Music鈥� by Matthew Davidson, and 鈥淎l La Nanigo鈥� by Mitchell Peters. The newly formed chamber group, The Capitol City Percussion Ensemble, was created by 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Professor Charles Law to give professional percussionists and educators the opportunity to perform and explore the many works written for trio and quartet percussion groups. The Capitol City Percussion Ensemble will perform the third movement from 鈥淭rio per Uno鈥� by Nebojsa Jovan, 鈥淲estern Sketches鈥� by Robert Kreutz, and select movements from 鈥淭his One Day鈥� by Josh Gottry. General admission is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Department of Music at 501.569.3294.]]> /news-archive/2016/11/22/ualr-percussion-ensemble/ Tue, 22 Nov 2016 14:34:56 +0000 /news/?p=65813 ... 糖心Vlog传媒LR Percussion Ensemble to perform Nov. 29]]> The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. at University Theatre in the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Center for Performing Arts. The program, which is free and open to the public, will feature Warren Benson鈥檚 鈥淭rio for Percussion,鈥� 鈥淒rummers Canzonetta鈥� by R. W. Buggert, 鈥淎nimations鈥� by David Steinquest, and 鈥淏eat Ballet鈥� by Richard K. LeVan. The concert will also feature the premiere performance of The Capitol City Percussion Ensemble. Charles Law, 糖心Vlog传媒LR director of the Trojan Pep Band and percussion studies, created the chamber group to give professional percussionists and educators the opportunity to perform and explore trio and quartet percussion pieces. The Capitol City Percussion Ensemble will perform 鈥淭rio per Uno鈥� by Nebojsa Jovan, 鈥淎potheosis鈥� by Alan Keown, and select movements of Will Gay Bottje鈥檚 work 鈥淢allets鈥�. For more information, contact the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Department of Music at 501.569.3294 or visit ualr.edu/music.]]>