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 […]
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 […]
Fuego Tropical, the MSUM World Music and Percussion Ensemble, will present their fall concert as the Grand Finale of the MSUM Day of Percussion this Saturday, Nov. 10 at 5 p.m. in Weld Hall. The concert will also feature guest artists from the MSUM Day of Percussion performing the steelpan music of Trinidad and the raucous samba music of Brazil. […]
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 […]
Fuego Tropical, the MSUM World Music and Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Kenyon Williams, will present three educational performances for over 1,500 elementary school students across the Fargo-Moorhead region this Thursday and Friday. The ensemble annually presents their educational presentation “Carnival Jump Up!” each fall for area schools, to great acclaim from the students, faculty, and staff at […]