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Percussion Ensemble slates haunting Halloween concerts

By Christine Anne Piesyk | October 27, 2008 | Print This Post
 

The Austin Peay State University Percussion Ensemble will present the 2008 Halloween Concert in two back-to-back performances. The concert, historically a sell-out performance, will be at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 30 in the Music/Mass Communication Concert Hall.

The group performs all kinds of music on all kinds of percussion instruments: classical music such Carmina Burana as used in the movie “Excalibur,” rock music such as “Walk Like an Egyptian,” music from the movie “Casper” and real percussion ensemble music using instruments from drums, timpani, gongs and cymbals to bells, xylophones, marimbas and chimes.

“We even do some body percussion,” said David Steinquest, director of the Halloween Concert and professor of music at APSU. Also, there will be special guests: the University Choir, two new faculty members, Emily Crane on violin and Jeanette Zyko on oboe, two of the composers, and a rock-and-roll electric guitar player, Steinquest said.

The hall will be decorated and all the performers dressed in costume. Special lighting will create a mysterious atmosphere, and the mass communication program will provide live video feed.

Admission is two cans of food, which will be donated to Loaves & Fishes, or $3. Tickets go on sale Monday, Oct. 27 in the department of music office, located in the Music/Mass Communication Building, Room 139.

For more information, call the music department, 221-7818.

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About Christine Anne Piesyk

    In my 40+ years in media, I have worked as feature writer, investigative reporter, editor, publisher, and film/theater/arts critic. I brought my liberal New England activism to Tennessee several years ago, having finally completed a mid-life undergraduate degree in community organizing and women's studies, and an MA in Interdisciplinary Arts with a concentration in Alzheimer's Disease. I served on Future Search Commissions for two colleges and on homelessness for the City of Northampton (MA), where I applied some of my undergrad work in urban planning and community development. I am a member of FreeThinkers for Peace and Civil Liberties. I am a certified storm spotter just because weather fascinates me. In my spare time (define spare time please?) I am a voracious reader, obsessive movie buff, ballroom dancer, and classical music junkie. I also create sci-fi/fantasy and renaissance costumes. I see life as an ongoing opportunity for learning and adventure (one current interest is mastering preparation of foods from India and Southeast Asia). My dream: a return trip to Machu Picchu. After all, the best things still to come. All posts by Christine Anne Piesyk as presented on Clarksville Online are copyright ©2006, 2007, 2008 to the author.

    Email: womanspeak@gmail.com

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