Two Afro-Brazilian samba drumming workshops are set for Friday, Sept. 7, from 7 to 10 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 8, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the MSUM Regional Science Center (Buffalo River State Park). The workshops are sponsored by MSUM’s Music Department and feature Tim and Pat O’Keefe, co-directors of Minneapolis Brazilian percussion band Batucada do Norte. The […]
MSUM’s World Music and Percussion Ensemble, “Fuego Tropical,” will present their annual school performances this Thursday and Friday on campuses across the FM area. Directed by Kenyon Williams, their critically acclaimed 45-minute educational presentation/performance is shared each year with over 1,500 area school children. Entitled “World Music Celebrations,” this year’s presentation will feature music and dances from Trinidad, Brazil, Ghana, […]
Kenyon Williams, Music, will present a faculty percussion recital Sunday, October 16 at 7:30 p.m. in MSUM’s Gaede Theatre. Entitled “The Music of Our Times,” the recital will include two world premier commissioned works written expressly for Dr. Williams by composers James Campbell and Cort Lippe. Williams will also be joined by fellow Music Department faculty member and professor of composition, […]
The MSUM Percussion Quartet, directed by Kenyon Williams, Music, will perform at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 16 at the Fargo Moorhead Percussion Festival at West Fargo High School, hosted by Chris Mahan. After their performance, Williams will present a hands-on clinic entitled “Samba! A New Kind of Swing.” The Festival will feature a full day of performances and clinics by […]
The Plains Art Museum will host a one-of-a-kind avant-garde musical experience Sunday, April 3. “Cage Against The Machine” will feature music for breaking glass, radios, plucked pianos, looped recordings, tin cans, and automobile break drums all being performed simultaneously in multiple gallery spaces throughout the Museum from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The immersive “musicircus” concept of the event will pay […]