World Music Ensemble in Concert This Sunday

World Music Ensemble in Concert This Sunday
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The World Music Ensemble will be in Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall at 5 p.m. this Sunday, Nov. 21. This ensemble performs different musics each semester based on student interest and professor Nikola Radan's direction. Students with any background in music can be a part of this ensemble. 

In this eclectic concert, the World Music Ensemble will premier their original composition in the style of Desert Blues music from the Tuareg people of Northern Mali. The program will also include some Mexican, Turkish, Macedonian and Sephardic love songs, as well as several tunes from the Peruvian 18th-century manuscript Codex Martínez Compañón.

Members of the ensemble are:

Janna Knepper — voice

Christopher Perea Aguilar — percussion

Cody Lucas — guitar, bass, charango

Dylan Wenino — guitar

Emily James — flute

Kassidy Moore — piano and keyboards

Kaylea Henretty — french horn

The concert is free and open to the public.

Contacts

Britt Graves, administrative specialist III
Department of Music
479-575-4701, music@uark.edu

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