KSC Percussion Ensemble Shares the Stage with the Saxophone Ensemble

From Connie Lester, Redfern: The KSC Percussion Ensemble will be joined by the KSC Saxophone Ensemble for a spring performance on Thursday, April 2, at 7:45 p.m. in the Alumni Recital Hall of the Redfern Arts Center.

The Percussion Ensemble will perform Edgar Varèse’s Ionisation (the first piece written for percussion ensemble) and Mouture, a piece influenced by Ionisation and written by Denmark’s Gunnar Berg. This will be one of the first times Mouture will be played in the United States. The concert will also premier Three Sketches for Bass Clarinet and Percussion, a new work by KSC Professor Emeritus William Pardus. Pardus’ work is commissioned by multi-woodwind musician, Richard Prior of Enfield, Conn., a guest soloist in the performance.

The Saxophone Ensemble will be performing a challenging transcription of J.S. Bach’s Finale from the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, as well as pieces by Edvard Grieg and Ronald Caravan. Additional works on the program include two pieces for saxophone and percussion by Mark Taggart and Bernhard Heiden. For tickets, call the box office at 8-2168.