Jazz and Percussion Ensembles to Perform in Concert

 

The Bethel College Jazz & Percussion Ensembles will perform a free concert Friday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Everest-Rohrer Chapel/Fine Arts Center.

The percussion ensemble will beat on everything but actual drums during a performance called, “Junk Funk.” Some of those items include large trash cans, metal pipes, tin cans, metal oven drip pans and drinking glasses. Then they will go back to the norm, playing “Quartet for Paper Bags” and “Ceremonium.” The jazz ensemble will perform Gordon Goodwin’s “Get in Line,” Glen Miller’s “Pennsylvania 6-5000,” Count Basie’s “Splanky” and Horace Silver’s “Song for my Father.”

Pianist Todd McLaughlin, trombonist Jake Robaska and soloist Samantha Hartsough are featured soloists throughout the concert directed by Associate Professor of Music Reginald Klopfenstein, D.M.

The ensemble, made up of a wide variety of majors, not only performs traditional concerts, but travels to coffee houses, schools and churches throughout the area.

For more information, contact the Bethel College music department at 574.257.3393.

Bethel College is an accredited Christian college offering associate, bachelor’s and master’s degrees in more than 70 areas of study. The current enrollment of more than 2,100 includes students from 34 states and Puerto Rico, 19 countries, more than 25 denominations and 16 percent from culturally diverse backgrounds. Scholarships are available based upon a variety of factors including academic achievement, talent in the arts or athletics, ethnicity and church affiliation. In addition to its beautifully wooded 75-acre main campus in Mishawaka, Ind., Bethel also offers specific academic programs at sites in Elkhart, Ind., Fort Wayne, Ind., Dowagiac, Mich., and St. Joseph, Mich. Nursing programs are also offered in cooperation with Grace College in Winona Lake, Ind.