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November 4, 2013

MSUM’s Fuego Tropical World Music and Percussion Ensemble to Perform at Pangea Cultural Festival and with Fargo-Moorhead Symphony

The MSUM World Music and Percussion Ensemble, “Fuego Tropical,” has been invited to present two unique community cultural outreach performances this semester. This coming Saturday, Nov. 9, the ensemble will perform at 10:45 a.m. at the Pangea World Music and Culture Festival at the Moorhead Hjemkomst Center. As the only university-affiliated ensemble to perform at the event, the ensemble will […]

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October 7, 2013

MSUM Choir and Percussion Ensemble Invited to Perform at prestigious music festival

The MSUM Concert Choir, directed by Dr. Dan Mahraun, and the MSUM Percussion Ensemble, directed by Dr. Kenyon Williams, have recently been invited to present a joint concert performance of works for choir and percussion at the North Dakota Music Educator’s Association (NDMEA) Winter Conference in Bismarck, N.D. in March as a featured evening performance concert event. Each year, a […]

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September 20, 2013

Music Department to present faculty recital Saturday night

Members of the MSUM Department of Music will combine their talents to present a Faculty Recital this Saturday, Sept. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Weld Hall (Glasrud Auditorium). The recital will feature performances by Elise Buffat-Nelson, Raychl Smith, Terrie Manno, Kevin Zepper, Sue Nagel, Tianna Grise, Jenny Dufault, Annette Richter, Kenyon Williams, Julie Adams, and Allen Carter. The concert will […]

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September 6, 2013

African Drum and Dance Workshop at Buffalo River

Join the members of the MSUM Percussion Ensemble as they present a West African Drum and Dance Workshop at Buffalo River State Park (20 min from campus down Highway 10). Directed by Dr. Kenyon Williams, new and experienced participants will learn basic dances, rhythms, and songs Dr. Williams learned while studying in Ghana this past spring during his sabbatical. The […]

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August 15, 2013

Kenyon Williams Releases First Percussion Solo Album

Kenyon Williams, Music, recently released his first solo album for percussion, entitled “Homage.” The CD features a composition and performance by fellow MSUM faculty member Henry Gwiazda. It also includes compositions by James Campbell, Christos Hatzis, Cort Lippe, Carrie Magin, and Concordia College’s Russell Peterson. The release also features the performing talents of Peterson and Gwiazda and former MSUM Music […]

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