{"id":1241,"date":"2013-04-10T01:52:42","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T05:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2013\/04\/10\/percussion-ensemble-in-concert-april-13\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T19:55:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T00:55:17","slug":"percussion-ensemble-in-concert-april-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/percussion-ensemble-in-concert-april-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Percussion Ensemble in concert April 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsimg.furman.edu.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/OmarCarmenates2-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6430 lazyload\" title=\"OmarCarmenates(2) (1)\" data-src=\"http:\/\/newsimg.furman.edu.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/OmarCarmenates2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"224\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 340px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 340\/224;\" \/><\/a>The Furman Percussion Ensemble will present its annual spring concert Saturday, April 13 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on the Furman campus.<\/p>\n<p>The concert is open to the public. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students.<\/p>\n<p>The one-hour concert is directed by Furman faculty member Omar Carmenates and guest artist Sean Connors from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and newest member of Chicago-based Third Coast Percussion.<\/p>\n<p>Performing with the ensemble, Connors and Carmenates present a wide range of 20<span style=\"font-size: 11px;\">th<\/span> and 21<span style=\"font-size: 11px;\">st<\/span> century music including \u201cSplendid Wood,\u201d a marimba sextet by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon, and Kate Neal\u2019s \u201cWhat Hath,\u201d a multi-media work blending lighting effects, vocal sounds, and physical gestures with \u201cfound\u201d and concert percussion instruments.<\/p>\n<p>The concert also features the debut of the Furman Steel Band, who will perform in the Daniel Recital Hall lobby after the concert.<\/p>\n<p>Early concert goers may take participate in the \u201cPercussion Petting Zoo\u201d where audience members may tour the stage and play the 40+ instruments available. Carmenates and members of the Furman Percussion Ensemble will also be onstage to answer questions about the instruments.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the event, contact the Furman University Music Department at 864-294-2086, or <a href=\"mailto:FurmanMusic@furman.edu\">FurmanMusic@furman.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Furman Percussion Ensemble will present its annual spring concert Saturday, April 13 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on campus. The concert is open to the public. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students. The one-hour concert is directed by Furman faculty member Omar Carmenates and guest artist Sean Connors from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and newest member of Chicago-based Third Coast Percussion. Performing with the ensemble, Connors and Carmenates present a wide range of 20<span style=\"font-size: 11px;\">th <\/span>and 21st\u00a0century music including \u201cSplendid Wood,\u201d a marimba sextet by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon, and Kate Neal\u2019s \u201cWhat Hath,\u201d a multi-media work blending lighting effects, vocal sounds, and physical gestures with \u201cfound\u201d and concert percussion instruments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":1242,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-music"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}