Come watch our percussion ensemble's concert this Tuesday at 6:30 PM in Doc Rando!...The online form for the 100-piece marimba band has been posted. If you are interested or participating, please visit that page...Remember everyone can come to drum circles, regardless of experience. Bring yourself and a friend!

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Las Vegas 100 Piece Marimba Band
"The Nevada Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) will be holding our annual Day of Percussion on April 26th, 2008. This particular Day of Percussion is going to involve a special concert collaboration between our PAS chapter, the UNLV percussion area and the Clark County School District percussion students.

In 1933, Clair Omar Musser formed a 100-piece marimba International Marimba Symphony Orchestra (IMSO) as the featured entertainment for the Century of Progress Exposition. The IMSO then toured Europe performing for kings and queens and sold-out concert halls with phenomenal musical success, gold medals, awards and critical acclaim before returning to perform at New York's Carnegie Hall...Musser presented several other concerts in the following years with up to 300 marimbists that became legendary in the percussion world.

This was the "hey-day" of the marimba and concert experience that very few people today would have the opportunity to experience. We are going to re-create this experience on April 26th, 2008 and invite your studens to participate in this exciting and historical event...

The arrangements will allow for two players per instrument, which the performers will need to bring, to accommodate space. If you or your students are interested in participating in this special concert, please notify me of your interest by e-mail and I will forward all of the relevant information in the New Year.

Sincerely,
Dr. Timothy Jones"
-Excerpt from an e-mail from the PAS Nevada Chapter

Music selected for the program:
(The following have been arranged by Musser)
"Largo: New World Symphony"- A. Dvorak
"Carmen"- Bizet
"Pilgrim's Chorus" from Tannhause- Richard Wagner
"Bolero"- Rosales

When: April 26th, 2008
Where: Spring Valley High School, Las Vegas Nevada



For contacting and program making purposes, the following form has been posted.
If you are participating in the 100-piece marimba band, please fill out the form and sent it to UNLVperc@gmail.com
If you have any questions about this event, please e-mail Timothy Jones at timothy.jones@unlv.edu


Marimba Band Form:

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Please send the form to UNLVperc@gmail.com