A Mississippi State University music education instructor will present a Faculty Artist Concert April 23.
Percussionist Robert J. Damm will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the McComas Hall theater.
The program includes:
"Divertimento for Marimba and Alto Saxophone," with Gail Levinsky (music education instructor) on saxophone--The piece was composed at the request of Keiko Abe, the world-famous Japanese marimbist.
"Raga No. 1 for Solo Timpani"--This piece was inspired by the rhythm and techniques used on the tablas, traditional drums of North Indian classical music.
"Cadencia para Berimbau"--The berimbau, a musical bow, was brought to Brazil in the 1500s by slaves from Angola. The berimbau is used in Brazil with other African-derived instruments in a musical and dance genre called capoeira.
"Amores"--This piece consists of two solos for prepared piano and two trios for percussion. A prepared piano is a grand piano that is altered by placing such objects as screws, bolts and pieces of rubber between the strings.
"Three Solos for Frame Drums: Quatrinity, Etude in Arabic Rhythms and Variations on a South Indian Theme"--Quatrinity is performed on the Irish bodhran; Etude is played on the doumbek; and Variations is composed for kanjira, a small tambourine-like frame drum used in South Indian musical ensembles.
"Sources III," with Levinksy on clarinet--The duet is written for clarinet and percussion.
For more information on the concert, contact the music education department at (601) 325-3070.
