SOU Percussion Ensembles Fall Concert "Full Circle"

The SOU Percussion Ensemble will perform their Fall Concert "Full Circle" on Tuesday December 3rd at 7:30pm at the SOU Music Recital Hall. Directed by Dr. Terry Longshore. $15 general admission/ $10 seniors. Free livestream: https://youtube.com/live/2jAfBVDRw5w?feature=share

ABOUT THE CONCERT: "Full Circle" The Southern Oregon University Percussion Ensembles, directed by Dr. Terry Longshore, will present "Full Circle," featuring music from Trinidad & Tobago performed by the Maraval Rd. Steel Band, and the SOU Percussion Ensemble performing several concert percussion works. Featured will be Longshore's "Science Friction" and his new composition, "Full Circle: Turtle Wisdom," for gong orchestra, inspired by and featuring the artwork of Betty LaDuke. The ensemble will be joined by Longshore's Honors College "Making Music" course, and the concert will also feature guest artist Dr. Casey Shillam, SOU's Provost and Executive Vice-President.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS: The Southern Oregon University Percussion Ensemble, directed by Terry Longshore, is dedicated to the performance of contemporary percussion repertoire and providing the members with a variety of musical experiences. The ensemble frequently collaborates with notable composers on premieres of new works, performing repertoire ranging from contemporary music to world traditions to jazz- and rock-inspired compositions. The ensemble gives several concerts every year at the Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University, as well as many performances throughout the Southern Oregon community and the Pacific Northwest. The ensemble performs yearly at the Northwest Percussion Festival and has appeared at the Bang on a Can Long Play Festival in New York City, Teatro Principal in Guanajuato, Mexico, the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC), Stanford University, the Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center, and the Oregon Fringe Festival. The ensemble has collaborated with many guest artists including Ivan Trevino, Steven Schick, Mark Applebaum, Hands On’Semble, Steve Smith, Bonnie Whiting, William Kraft, Erik Griswold, Vanessa Tomlinson, Iván Manzanilla, Dana Reason, Tatsuya Nakatani, Lynn Vartan, Matthew Coley, Brad Dutz, and Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic. The ensemble has commissioned, co- commissioned, or premiered works from Mark Applebaum, Brad Dutz, Michael Gordon, Elliott Cole, Ivan Trevino, Bryan Jeffs, Jared Brown, Chris Burton Jácome, Jodi French, Mark Knippel, Colin Malloy, Emma O’Halloran, Jeff Richmond, Stephen Truelove, and Terry Longshore. The SOU Percussion Ensemble has self-released two CDs, La Alma del Árbol – The Soul of the Tree, and Electric Rebel Poetry, and is featured on two Innova Recordings CDs of the music of Stanford University composer Mark Applebaum: 30 (2015) and Speed Dating (2018), as well on the Cantaloupe Music recording of Michael Gordon’s Natural History (2018) and the PBS documentary, Symphony for Nature (2018). The SOU Percussion Ensemble endorses Vic Firth Sticks and Mallets.