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    Date: 4/24/02
      Contact:                           Christina Chapple 97

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SOUTHEASTERN PERCUSSION STUDENTS PLAN CONCERT
     HAMMOND -- Students studying percussion at Southeastern Louisiana University will
present a "romping, foot-stomping" special concert on May 6, said percussion instructor Terrance
Mahady.
     Members of the campus and community are invited to the free Percussion Class Concert,
scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the band room in the Ralph R. Pottle Music Building. 
     Conducted by Mahady and graduate assistant Kevin Estoque, percussion students will
perform solos for timpani, snare drum and marimba and duets for marimbas and sets of multiple
tom toms, Mahady said. 
     Performers are Ritesh Durgapersad, a freshman biology major from Gonzales; Brandon
Jones, a sophomore music education major from Independence; Dale Rhodes, a sophomore
music
performance major from Slidell; Christian Wall, a freshman music education major from
Denham
Springs; Thomas Miller, a freshman computer science major from Pumpkin Center; Hammond
resident Bobby Kronlage; and Anthony Robin of Madisonville, who will enroll in Southeastern
as a
freshman next fall.
     "The highlight of the program will be the performance of two percussion ensembles,"
Mahady said. "The first is the 'Toccata' by Mexican composer Carlos Chavez. Written in 1942, it
is
the first piece composed for a percussion ensemble and has become a very frequently played part
of
the repertoire."
     Mahady said the work features timpani, cymbals, gongs and many sizes of drums from the
smallest bongo to the largest bass drum -- 14 instruments in all, played by six percussionists. 
     "Toccata" will be performed by Jones, Rhodes, Miller, Durgaspersad, Estoque and Wall.
     Thomas Davis' "Oriental Mambo," a Latin mambo with an oriental melody played by
marimba, xylophone and vibraphone, will be the concert's finale. "We opened up the inner
section
of the piece for a bit of improvisation by each drummer," Mahady said. Performers are Estoque,
Jones, Kronlage, Miller, Durgaspersad, Wall, Robin, and Rhodes.
     For additional information about the concert, contact the Department of Music and Dramatic
Arts, 985-549-2184.
                              -SLU-
 Press release available online at www.selu.edu/news/spring02.html