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UA Steelband 2011 Spring Concert - “The Carnival is We”

 

Arizona, USA - The UA (University of Arizona) Steel bands program is back this spring with its exciting new concert: “The Carnival is We,” featuring the University of Arizona World Music Gang.

Blue Steel focuses on an introduction to the instrument for students who have little previous experience. It serves as the apprentice group to UA Steel.

UA Steel, the top band of the program, performs many times during the semester around the campus and in the Southern Arizona area, including most recently for the Authors’ Table at the Tucson Festival of Books.

The World Music Gang is a student ensemble that emphasizes the performance and study of non-western musical styles, such as West African drumming and Brazilian samba. They were most recently seen playing with Tucson based rock group Calexico at the annual KXCI-FM 91.3 fundraiser, “The Fiesta en el Barrio Viejo.”

For the “The Carnival is We” concert, Blue Steel will be displaying their semester-long work under the direction of Eric Hines. Blue Steel will perform an arrangement by Andy and Jeff Narell of Len “Boogsie” Sharpe’s This Feelin’ Nice, The Bee’s Melody by steel pan legend Lord Kitchener, along many other tunes.

UA SteelbandUA Steel (pictured), under the direction of Stephen Tipping, will feature several selections from the steel drum repertoire, including a transcription of the 1999 Panorama composition piece Carnival is We. Originally performed by Fonclaire Steel Orchestra, Carnival Is We was arranged by Ken “Professor” Philmore and transcribed by Ross McGinnis, Thom Martin and Cynthia Barlow (all members of UA Steel) with his permission.  UA Steel has one of the few exclusive copies of this tune and is excited to be performing it once again. UA Steel will also be performing Andy Narell’s Sea of Stories alongside the UA World Music Gang.  Sea of Stories is a three-part piece consisting of different Caribbean melodies and styles.

The UA World Music Gang, under direction of Cliff Berrien, has been working in collaboration with UA Steel to provide an authentic percussive landscape to each of these sections. This is a unique collaboration between the two university ensembles to create a brand new arrangement of what is now a staple of the steel drum repertoire.

The UA Steel program is student-run and is entirely funded through its concerts and outside performances. All funds raised go towards tuning, repairing, and replacing the instruments of the band.  The Carnival is We concert will be streamed live on UA’s channel www.ustream.tv/channel/ua-percussion-studio.

Concert date & time: April 17, 2011, 3:00 p.m. PST
Venue:  Crowder Hall, School of Music, University of Arizona
General Admission: $9; Senior/UA Employee: $7; UA Student $5

From the News Desk of the University of Arizona

 

 

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