The Lebanon Valley College Percussion Ensemble will present its fall concert Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Lutz Hall of Blair Music Center.
The ensemble, under the direction of Robert Nowak, adjunct instructor of music, begins with “Sizzle!” by Nathan Daughtrey. The piece features three families of percussion instruments: membranes, metals, and woods, with a fourth family created through the performers’ voices.
The concert continues with the first movement of “Symphony No. 8” by Franz Schubert, arranged for keyboard percussion ensemble by Ian Rollins. The music of Claude Debussy is then featured with “Claire de Lune,” “Arabesque No. 1,” and “Golliwog’s Cakewalk,” all transcribed for numerous keyboard percussion instruments.
Another Daughtrey composition—“Limerick Daydreams”—the second-place winner of the 2005 Percussive Arts Society International Composition Contest,
Guitar Ensemble
concludes the performance. The work is based on the Irish reel, “Highway to Limerick.”
On Thursday, Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Lutz Hall of Blair Music Center the Lebanon Valley College Guitar Ensemble welcomes the public to its fall performance.
The Guitar Ensemble, under the direction of Joseph Mixon, adjunct instructor of music, will perform a variety of works, including three pieces from Erik Satie, “Gymnopedie No. 1,” “Je Te Veux,” and “Le Piccadilly.”
The ensemble will feature Gypsy Jazz in the style of Dganjo with additional compositions including: “Ballo Primo,” “L’ultimo,” and “Gentle Morpheus, Son of Night,” all by G.F. Handel, “Stolen Moments” by Oliver Nelson, and “Where’s the Time” by Donovan P. Lietch.
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The week will end with the Lebanon Valley College Jazz Band’s performance on Friday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Lutz Hall of Blair Music Center.
This semester’s jazz band features 37 student musicians under the direction of Tom Strohman ’75, professor emeritus of music. The band will perform a variety of jazz styles, from the traditional sounds of swing to the rhythmic excitement of Latin and jazz fusion. Selections include works composed and arranged by Oliver Nelson, Billy Strayhorn, Lennie Niehaus, John Fedchock, Matt Harris, Jeff Jarvis, and Bill Liston. Numerous students will be featured as instrumental and vocal soloists throughout the concert.
The LVC Jazz Band was first organized in 1960 under the auspices of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a professional fraternity for men in music. The formative years were spent on campus performing for school functions and serving as an outlet for the musician who enjoyed playing jazz. Since 1961, the campus concerts have become one of the most important school functions. Many top artists have performed with the band, including LVC alumnus Walt Levinsky ’51, Jerome Richardson, Bill Watrous, Cecil Bridgewater, Bobby Christian, Bobby Rosengarden, Marvin Stamn, Urbie Green, Arnie Lawrence, Tommy Newsome, Harold Danko, and Roland Vasquez.