The Department of Music presents the UNC Charlotte Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Rick Dior. 

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PROGRAM

African Elephant Run by jazz vibraphonist Bill Molenhof is in the Reggae genre and contains aspects of Brazilian samba as well.

Chromazone, by Mike Stern, is a jazz fusion composition arranged for percussion ensemble, with the mallet instruments taking the place of the electric guitar parts.

Passage is a lyrical composition for mallet ensemble that flows through several sections of different meters and tempos.

Noodrem uses several mallet instruments, including crotales, glockenspiel, songbells, vibraphone and marimba, which all provide accompaniment to a solo piano part that is percussive and powerful.

Unleash the Fury is a fast and exciting marimba quartet written for just two marimbas.

Rendezvous is an Afro-Cuban jazz composition by the vibraphonist David Samuels. It is written in the Cuban Songo style, a funky variant of a dance rhythm called the mambo.

Check out the digital programs here.