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 […]

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 […]

Thursday Brown-Bag Xylophone Ragtime Concert

Join the MSUM Percussion Ensemble as they perform three “good-time” xylophone ragtime arrangements during a noon “Brown Bag” concert in the Great White Hallway in front of the Art Gallery of the Dille Center for the Arts on Thursday, Dec. 6. The 12 p.m. concert will feature Freshman xylophone soloists “The Amazin’” Austin Orth, Brady “Bazinga” Odegaard, and Dominic “The […]

MSUM to host Day of Percussion

The MSUM Department of Music will host a Day of Percussion with six internationally renown guest artists on Saturday, Nov. 10 from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. in the Center for the Arts. The day will be filled with fun clinics, concerts, masterclasses, and hands-on music making for all ages to enjoy, and will climax with a performance by MSUM’s own “Fuego […]