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08.31.2005

For more information: Arts at Emory, Nancy Condon, 404-727-1678, nancy.condon@emory.edu

ETHOS PERCUSSION GROUP PERFORMS AT THE SCHWARTZ CENTER IN OCTOBER

Ethos Percussion Group, an innovative percussion ensemble that draws on an eclectic battery of instruments from around the globe, performs at the Schwartz Center, Emory University, Oct. 28, 2005, 8 p.m. ($10; discount category members, $5; Emory students, free). Joining Ethos for this performance are special guests Pandit Samir Chatterjee, tabla; Pandit Ramesh Misra, sarengi; and Emory University Concert Choir with Eric Nelson, conductor. Ethos’s two-part program starts with “The Masters of Indian Music: From Bombay to the Battery,” an exploration with Indian classical percussion and strings that brings together ancient and modern sounds. The program concludes with the Emory Concert Choir and Ethos performing “Missa Luba,” a mass in Congolese (Zairean) style that was arranged by Guido Haazen and the African singers with whom he worked. The drums in the “Missa Luba,” especially tom-toms, provide the rhythmic canvas upon which a collective improvisation develops in the call-and-response style. A dessert reception with Ethos after the concert will give the audience the opportunity to meet the artists. For tickets or more information, call 404-727-5050 or go to www.arts.emory.edu.
In addition to their performance, as 2006 Emory Coca-Cola Artists-in-Residence, Ethos will provide a lecture/demonstration in the Schwartz Center (Oct. 27, 2005, 2:30 p.m.; free and open to the public). The percussion group will also lead a drum circle (Oct. 27, 7:30 p.m.) and a percussion clinic (Oct. 28). Call 404-727-5050 in October for drum circle and percussion clinic details, including time and location.
The mission for the arts at Emory University is to provide a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment for the study, creation and presentation of the arts. For more information on the Schwartz Center or arts at Emory events, visit http://www.arts.emory.edu and http://www.schwartzcenter.emory.edu or call the Arts at Emory box office at 404-727-5050.
EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: photographs available upon request.

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