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 […]
Kenyon Williams, Music and Percussion, has recently discovered that two articles he has submitted for publication will both be printed this spring. Percussive Notes, the official journal of the International Percussive Arts Society, will publish his article, “Ay Que Rico! I Love It! I Gotta Play It! But How Do I Do It? Building a Salsa/Latin Jazz Ensemble” in the […]
Kenyon Williams, Music, presented a lecture for the Fargo-Moorhead Area Music Club January 17. His presentation, entitled “The Man We Love to Hate: John Cage,” discussed the development of the Western percussion ensemble with a particular focus upon the influences of John Cage and the West Coast School of composers from 1938-1945. The lecture was presented as a form of […]
The MSUM Percussion Percussion Ensemble, directed by Dr. Kenyon Williams, performed their annual educational program/performances at three local schools this past week. These annual performances at area elementary schools are highly sought-after by area music educators and principles who vie to book them on their campuses. This year’s program, entitled “World Music Celebrations!,” featured music of the MSUM steeldrum ensemble “Fuego […]
The MSUM Percussion Studio, directed by Dr. Kenyon Williams, is pleased to host our third bi-annual Day of Percussion Saturday, Nov. 6 in the Center for the Arts beginning at 1 p.m. The day will climax with two unique concerts: the MSUM Indonesian Gamelan will join forces with Sumunar Gamelan (from Minneapolis) for a joint performance at 4 p.m., followed by […]