If you love Christmas, but would enjoy a little twist on tradition, Unsilent Night is for you. Unsilent Night is a modern version of Christmas caroling in which the audience becomes the performer. The free event, open to everyone in the community, takes place Friday, Dec. 4. It starts at 7:30 p.m. at Atomic Coffee in downtown Fargo. Participants receive […]
MSUM’s “Fuego Tropical” World Music and Percussion Ensemble, directed by Dr. Kenyon Williams, hit the road this past weekend to perform at the Top Hat Theatre in Ulen, MN as a part of Ulen’s Community Performing Arts Series.
Dr. Kenyon Williams, Professor of Music and Director of Percussion Studies at MSUM, will take a group of four MSUM percussion students to San Antonio, TX this week to attend the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) Nov. 11th-14th. This annual convention attracts over 7,000+ percussionists from around the world for four days of clinics, masterclasses, and world-class performances. Their […]
Jazz great Ruben Alvarez comes to the MSUM campus to perform and work with students for several days, starting Friday. Alvarez is a Chicago-based Latin percussionist, drum set artist, and educator. He performs with Fuego Tropical Friday, Nov. 6, in the Comstock Memorial Union Ballroom. Fuego Tropical is a steel drums and salsa group led by Dr. Kenyon Williams, Music. […]
Guitar quartet performing Thursday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m. on the Gaede Stage in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts “The world’s hottest classical ensemble or its tightest pop band? However it helps you to think about the LAGQ, keep the emphasis on superlatives for its unrivaled joy, technical elan and questing spirits.” — Los Angeles Times