Mars Hill
University’s Department of Music has announced the dates for its final
concert series of the spring 2016 semester. All concerts will take place in
Moore Auditorium, located on Cascade Street in Mars Hill, NC. All concerts are
free and open to the public. No reservations are required.
Tuesday,
April 19th @ 7:30 PM - Wind Symphony Concert
Directed by
Michael L. Robinson, Director of Bands. Musical selections include Sea Songs by
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Children's March by Percy Grainger, Fusion
by Brian Balmages, Overcome arranged by Bill Locklear and The
Sinfonians by Clifton Williams. The soloist for the evening will be
Alan Theisen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Music, who will perform Bernhard
Heiden's Diversion for Alto Saxophone and Concert Band with the
ensemble.
Thursday,
April 21 @ 7:30 PM - Percussion Ensemble Concert
Directed by Dr. Brian Tinkel, Associate Professor of Music and Director of Percussion
Studies, and Mr. Justin Mabry, Adjunct
Professor of Music. The concert will showcase different types of performing
ensembles for percussion. The concert begins with a series of Trinidadian Steel
Band tunes arranged for the Marimba Band. The West African Ensemble will play
several styles of traditional music. The concert will conclude with the
Brazilian Percussion Ensemble playing in the style of Samba Batúcada. Please
see and like the MHU Percussion Studio Facebook
page. www.facebook.com/MHUPercussion
Mars Hill University’s Department of Music has been a member of the
National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) since 1950, a testament to the
department’s tradition of excellence. Mars Hill is renowned as a top program
for producing excellent musicians who serve the region, the country and the
world as music educators, church musicians and performers.
MHU offers the
Bachelor of Music degree with majors in Music Performance and Music Education,
as well as the Bachelor of Arts degree for students who wish to combine music with
studies in other areas. The MHU music faculty members are alumni of prestigious
music school and are active scholars in their disciplines. For more
information, please call (828) 689-1308 or visit www.mhu.edu/music.
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