Marimba master

Bloomsburg University's percussion professor, Gifford Howarth is a marimba master and he's travelling to Singapore next week to do some teaching and performing.  Details, and a link to a performance are at the College of Liberal Arts blog.

Photo by Gordon Wenzel, owner of Impressions Photography in Danville, who did the shoot for BU's magazine a few years back.

Mallet time

And now for something fairly different ... BU's percussion ensemble.

Bloomsburg University's music program has really grown over the past several years. They've got choirs, bands, orchestras and a few more unusual ensembles ... such as a Guitar Ensemble and a Percussion Ensemble.

The Percussion Ensemble performs Wednesday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m. in Haas Center. I caught the rehearsal last year to do a photo shoot ... instrumentation included everything from mallets to kettle drums to music stands ... and culminated in a tribute to John Bonham. This year, the program might be a bit jazzier. But you can expect a real good show that just happens to be free.

Here's the info from BU.