The OSU Percussion Ensemble will present their Fall 2013 Concert on Tuesday, Nov.
19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Seretean Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall. The
ensemble is under the direction of co-directors Wayne Bovenschen and Stuart Langsam.
The concert will feature a variety of styles of percussion music. The opening work
is a driving piece for four performers playing multiple drums, entitled "Four on the
Floor" by Jeffrey Payton.
Two pieces, featuring all members on five different marimbas, will follow. The first
half will close with "Suite for Solo Drum Set and Percussion Ensemble" by David Mancini
featuring freshman Chad Chandler.
The second half opens with "Concertare" by Raymond Helble for percussion orchestra.
Percussion orchestra is a common percussion ensemble instrumentation utilizing multiple
marimbas, vibraphones, bells, chimes, timpani and other percussion instruments similar
to a symphonic orchestra.
The concert will close with a percussion ensemble standard "Stained Glass" by David
Gillingham depicting the beauty and color of stained glass through music.
General admission for the concert is $8 and $6 for students and senior citizens.
Contact Wayne Bovenschen at wayne.bovenschen@okstate.edu for any further information.