All events are free and open to the public.
The Percussion Ensemble, directed by associate professor of music and theatre arts, Ron Keezer, will perform first, showcasing a variety of works, including Edgard Varese s Ionisation and Mark Ford s Head Talk. The West African Music Society, directed by community member Gene Kulbeck, will perform five works, including Kassa, a rhythm for farmers while they work in the fields and Jole, a rhythm for a female mask dancer from the Temine people, which will be accompanied by dancers from the UW-Eau Claire Concert Dance Company. Pianist Andrew French, a junior from Plymouth, Minn. , will perform a recital at 5 p.m. in Gantner Concert Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. Three works will be performed, including Chopin s Sonata in B-flat minor, Op. 35. The choir, directed by associate professor of music and theatre arts Rodney Hudson, will perform six works, including Fanfare for the Lord Mayor of London by Arthur Bliss, Come Sweet Death by Johann Sebastian Bach, and Londonderry Air arranged by John Iveson.