Brevard College Percussion and Brass to Perform March 24

The Brevard College Percussion Ensemble and the Brevard College Brass Quintet will perform their spring concert on Tuesday, March 24 at the Porter Center for the Performing Arts on the Brevard College campus.

The 7:30 p.m. concert is free and open to the public.

The Brevard College Brass Quintet, directed by Assistant Professor of Music Steve Wilson, will perform works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Pierre Max Dubois, Ian MacDonald and Victor Ewald. The group features Larry Black on trumpet and Jennifer Merrill on horn, in addition to Brevard College students.

The Brevard College Percussion Ensemble, directed by Associate Professor of Music Laura Franklin, will perform contemporary percussion ensemble works by Nathan Daughtrey, David Long, Stanley Leonard and Michael Aukofer. A wide range of musical styles will be presented, from the hard driving rhythms of “Shock Factor,” by Nathan Daughtrey, to the beautiful melodies of David Long’s “Aria.”

The Brevard College Percussion Ensemble has been nationally recognized for excellence in performance through invitations to the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy and the North Carolina Day of Percussion. The group has also performed at the invitation of the North Carolina Symphony in Raleigh.