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Nov. 17 concert features UD Percussion/Marimba Ensemble and Delaware Steel
10:10 a.m., Nov. 14, 2003--The University of Delaware Percussion/Marimba Ensemble and Delaware Steel will appear in concert at 8 p.m., Monday, Nov. 17, in the Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building. Highlighting the concert is an appearance by the New Jersey Saxophone Quartet.
The New Jersey Saxophone Quartet will perform with the UD Percussion Ensemble in new arrangements by Bill Holcolm featuring the music from “West Side Story” and “Catch Me If You Can.”
Admission is $10, adults; $7, seniors; $3, students. Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance at the Trabant University Center or Bob Carpenter Center box offices on the UD campus.
Founded more than 20 years ago, UD’s Percussion Ensemble is dedicated to performing standard as well as the newly composed percussion ensemble literature. Directed by Harvey Price, assistant professor of music, the ensemble is made up of between eight and 14 UD percussion students and gives four concerts a year on campus. The group also performs off campus at music festivals, children’s concerts and with various choirs in the region.
The University of Delaware Marimba Ensemble is made up of three quartets of percussion students. These groups perform transcriptions, popular music and new compositions. The marimba ensemble has performed in Israel and at the West Point Marimba Festival, the Pennsylvania Day of Percussion and the Settlement Music School Percussion Festival.
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