{"id":3254,"date":"2014-10-28T16:44:22","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T16:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2014\/10\/28\/furman-percussion-ensemble-in-concert-nov-8\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T14:45:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T18:45:04","slug":"furman-percussion-ensemble-in-concert-nov-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/furman-percussion-ensemble-in-concert-nov-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Furman Percussion Ensemble in concert Nov. 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10660\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/newsimg.furman.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/OmarCarmenates2-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10660\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10660 lazyload\" alt=\"OmarCarmenates(2) (1)\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2022\/08\/OmarCarmenates2-1-medium.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/197;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Omar Carmenates<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Furman Percussion Ensemble will present a concert Saturday, Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on the Furman campus.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Furman music faculty member Dr. Omar Carmenates, the concert is open to the public and is presented by the Furman Department of Music. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students.<\/p>\n<p>The hour-long concert includes a wide range of music by living composers from around the world. Commissioned by the Furman Percussion Ensemble, two works will receive their world premiere performances: \u201cHold Fast\u201d by Ivan Trevino (from the indie rock band Break of Reality) and \u201cCelestial Sphere\u201d by David Crowell of the Phillip Glass Ensemble.<\/p>\n<p>Also featured on the program is David T. Little\u2019s percussive opera \u201cHaunt of Last Nightfall.\u201d Inspired by the 1981 massacre of more than 800 people in El Mozote, El Salvador, this epic work blends live percussion with the sound of heavy metal guitars, organ, choir, and more.<\/p>\n<p>All guests are invited to participate in the \u201cPercussion Petting Zoo\u201d where audience members can tour the stage to see and play dozens of onstage instruments. Carmenates and members of the Furman Percussion Ensemble will also be available 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 email the department at <a href=\"mailto:FurmanMusic@furman.edu\">FurmanMusic@furman.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Furman Percussion Ensemble will present a concert Saturday, Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on campus.\u00a0Directed by Furman music faculty member Dr. Omar Carmenates, the concert is open to the public and is presented by the Furman Department of Music. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students.\u00a0The hour-long concert includes a wide range of music by living composers from around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":13947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3254","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\/3254","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\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}