The world of percussion
The Ethos Percussion Ensemble, which has been praised by The New York Times for their “expert togetherness, sensitivity and zest,” will be performing at GC&SU Oct. 29 at 8 p.m. in Russell Auditorium.
Ethos is made up of four members — Trey Files, Yousif Sheronick, Eric Phinney, and Michael Sgouros. The group is based in New York, and it tours extensively throughout the United States.
“Ethos is very well-known group to the percussion world,” said Patti Tolbert, music education coordinator and assistant professor in the music and theatre department. “They will be performing a variety of music from around the world, in a show that will last approximately an hour and a half.”
Ethos will be performing different pieces that will consist of varying styles from South America, India, Africa and the Pacific Rim.
“Ethos is probably one of the most expensive guest artists that the music department has ever employed,” said Tolbert. “They are going to lead a master clinic here at school before their departure.”
Ethos is no stranger to master clinics; they have already inspired students at the Julliard School, and the Universities of Maryland, Illinois and Georgia.
Ethos gave their international debut performance at London’s Wigmore Hall in February of 1998 and since then have performed shows at such prestigious venues as The Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, Atlanta’s Spivey Hall, the Bermuda Festival and the Terrace Theatre at the Kennedy Center, according to publicity on the group.
Ethos has an outstanding educational program called “Bing! Bang! Boom!” This is a program that was developed to further enhance the advancement of percussion education for all ages. All of the members of Ethos, individually, have preformed or recorded with the American Symphony, the Philharmonica Virtuosi, the New World Symphony, and the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra.
Admission to the Ethos Performance is $6 for general admission, $3 for senior citizens and non-GC&SU students, and $1 for GC&SU students with ID.
“I hope that from this performance students get a better knowledge about what is happening in the world of percussion. Most people think of percussion as a solo event, but in fact, percussion is the only family of instruments that have both melodic and rhythmic tones,” said Tolbert.
“This is just a great variety of music that I think is important to experience.”
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on Oct 26 2001. Filed under Features.
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