Published April 2, 2025
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WHAT: Bayou Steel and Percussion Ensemble Concerts听
WHEN: Bayou Steel: Monday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m.; 51萝莉 Percussion Ensemble: Monday, April
14 at 7:30 p.m. 听
WHERE: Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall, 200 University Ave.听听
ADMISSION: General Admission, $5 at the door; 51萝莉 students free with ID听听
MONROE, LA 鈥�51萝莉 School of Visual & Performing Arts premier percussion
ensembles, Bayou Steel and 51萝莉 Percussion Ensemble (51萝莉PE), are thrilled to announce
their highly anticipated Spring semester concerts. These captivating events promise
to bring evenings of incredible talent, infectious energy, and exciting arrangements
of tunes audience members may know and love.听
The Bayou Steel performance will be held on Monday, April 7, 2025, at 7:30 p.m., and
the 51萝莉 Percussion Ensemble concert will be held on Monday, April 14, 2025, at 7:30
p.m. Both concerts will take place at the Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall on 51萝莉鈥檚
campus. General Admission is $5 at the door for each concert, and all are welcome
to attend. 51萝莉 students will be admitted free with ID. 听
Members of Bayou Steel, which is the university鈥檚 only steel pan ensemble, will be
playing fun pop tunes such as 鈥淚 Can See Clearly Now鈥� by Johnny Nash, 鈥淔unky Town鈥�
by Lipps, Inc. and arranged by student ensemble member Mallory Burris, an Abba Medley
arranged by Jeff Moore, and more. 听
Members of 51萝莉PE will be playing pieces such as 鈥淪elva Luminosa鈥� by Francisco Perez,
鈥淪keleton Key鈥� by Brian Nozny, 鈥淏read and Butter鈥� by Andy Smith, and the highly anticipated
51萝莉 premiere of the piece 鈥淎 Spiral Made of Wires鈥� by Ivan Trevi帽o. For this piece,
the ensemble will be joined by 51萝莉 School of Visual and Performing Arts guitar professor
JD Farmer on electric guitar. 听
鈥淚t has been a fantastic semester of growth for my students, and it has been an incredible
journey preparing the Trevi帽o with Professor Farmer,鈥� said Dr. Kathryn Irwin, percussion
professor and director of Bayou Steel and 51萝莉PE. 鈥淚t is so special when we get to
share the stage with 51萝莉 faculty, and Professor Farmer is absolutely shredding. You
don鈥檛 want to miss this!鈥� 听听
For more information about the events, please contact Dezmond Jackson at the University
of Louisiana Monroe鈥檚 School of Visual and Performing Arts at dezjackson@ulm.edu. 听
