{"id":1806,"date":"2013-11-22T15:35:45","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T20:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2013\/11\/22\/furman-percussion-ensemble-concert-dec-2\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T19:33:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T00:33:49","slug":"furman-percussion-ensemble-concert-dec-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/furman-percussion-ensemble-concert-dec-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Furman Percussion Ensemble concert Dec. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Furman Percussion Ensemble will present a concert Monday, Dec. 2 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on the Furman campus.<\/p>\n

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The concert is open to the public. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students.<\/p>\n

Directed by Furman faculty member Dr. Omar Carmenates, the one-hour concert will feature a wide range of 20th and 21st century music including Edgard Var\u00e8se\u2019s \u201cIonisation,\u201d a world premiere performance of \u201cGravity\u201d by Chicago-based composer Marc Mellits, and a unique work for bowed vibraphone quartet entitled \u201cPostludes\u201d by Eliot Cole. The concert will close with Pulitzer Prize winning composer Steve Reich\u2019s massive \u201cSextet\u201d scored for four percussionists and two pianists.<\/p>\n

Before the concert, a \u201cPercussion Petting Zoo\u201d will be featured where audience members may tour the stage to see and play the more than 40 instruments available. Dr. Carmenates and members of the Furman Percussion Ensemble will also be onstage to answer questions about the instruments.<\/p>\n

Also, the Furman Percussion Ensemble extends an invitation to participate in its annual \u201ccome-one-come-all\u201d performance of Phil Kline\u2019s roaming holiday sound sculpture \u201cUnsilent Night\u201d <\/i>Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. outside McAlister Auditorium on the Furman campus. The only requirements are: 1) a device that can play music such as a boom box or a mobile device, and 2) the ability to roam campus for approximately 40 minutes. Email Dr. Carmenates for more information or to participate, omar.carmenates@furman.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more information about the concert, contact the Furman University Music Department at 864-294-2086, or FurmanMusic@furman.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Furman Percussion Ensemble will present a concert Monday, Dec. 2 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on the Furman campus. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students.\u00a0\u00a0Directed by Furman faculty member Dr. Omar Carmenates, the one-hour concert will feature a wide range of 20th and 21st century music.\u00a0The Furman Percussion Ensemble also extends an invitation to participate in its annual \u201ccome-one-come-all\u201d performance of Phil Kline\u2019s roaming holiday sound sculpture \u201cUnsilent Night\u201d\u00a0Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. outside McAlister Auditorium on the Furman campus. Contact Omar Carmenates for more information, omar.carmenates@furman.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":1807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806","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=1806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}