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WHAT: Bayou Steel and Percussion Ensemble Concerts听
WHEN: Bayou Steel: Monday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m.; 天美影视 Percussion Ensemble: Monday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m. 听
WHERE: Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall, 200 University Ave.听听
ADMISSION: General Admission, $5 at the door; 天美影视 students free with ID听听
MONROE, LA 鈥�天美影视 School of Visual & Performing Arts premier percussion ensembles, Bayou Steel and 天美影视 Percussion Ensemble (天美影视PE), are thrilled to announce their highly anticipated Spring semester concerts. These captivating events promise to bring evenings of incredible talent, infectious energy, and exciting arrangements of tunes audience members may know and love.听
The Bayou Steel performance will be held on Monday, April 7, 2025, at 7:30 p.m., and the 天美影视 Percussion Ensemble concert will be held on Monday, April 14, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. Both concerts will take place at the Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall on 天美影视鈥檚 campus. General Admission is $5 at the door for each concert, and all are welcome to attend. 天美影视 students will be admitted free with ID. 听
Members of Bayou Steel, which is the university鈥檚 only steel pan ensemble, will be playing fun pop tunes such as 鈥淚 Can See Clearly Now鈥� by Johnny Nash, 鈥淔unky Town鈥� by Lipps, Inc. and arranged by student ensemble member Mallory Burris, an Abba Medley arranged by Jeff Moore, and more. 听
Members of 天美影视PE will be playing pieces such as 鈥淪elva Luminosa鈥� by Francisco Perez, 鈥淪keleton Key鈥� by Brian Nozny, 鈥淏read and Butter鈥� by Andy Smith, and the highly anticipated 天美影视 premiere of the piece 鈥淎 Spiral Made of Wires鈥� by Ivan Trevi帽o. For this piece, the ensemble will be joined by 天美影视 School of Visual and Performing Arts guitar professor JD Farmer on electric guitar. 听
鈥淚t has been a fantastic semester of growth for my students, and it has been an incredible journey preparing the Trevi帽o with Professor Farmer,鈥� said Dr. Kathryn Irwin, percussion professor and director of Bayou Steel and 天美影视PE. 鈥淚t is so special when we get to share the stage with 天美影视 faculty, and Professor Farmer is absolutely shredding. You don鈥檛 want to miss this!鈥� 听听
For more information about the events, please contact Dezmond Jackson at the University of 天美影视 Monroe鈥檚 School of Visual and Performing Arts at dezjackson@ulm.edu. 听
