Andy Narell to visit, tour with
Miami University Steel Band
This spring, internationally renowned
pan artist and composer Andy Narell will be in residence at Miami
University for three weeks. During this time, he will not only
join the ensemble for their on-campus concerts, but also for a
series of performances at high school and college venues across
four states.
The MU Steel Band will perform music from Narell’s two recent
recordings of steel band music, The Passage and Tatoom, along
with other repertoire, including original compositions and arrangements
by director Chris Tanner. Most of the performances in this series
occur at high schools with steel band programs, and as such the
performances will be collaborative.
The highlight of the entire experience will be a concert in Morgantown,
West Virginia on the campus of West Virginia University on Thursday,
April 10. At this event, a tribute concert for Ellie Mannette,
three steel bands (Miami U, Eastern Kentucky U, and West Virginia
U) along with Andy and Jeff Narell, will perform the entire concert
together, in “mass band” fashion. MU Steel Band director
Chris Tanner estimates there will be 70 sets of pans on stage
at once, surely one of the largest steel band concerts ever to
occur on U.S. soil.
Ellie Mannette, one of the key innovators of the steel band art
form in 1940s-50s Trinidad, has been an artist-in-residence at
West Virginia University since the early 1990s. All of the participants,
including Andy and Jeff, who as young boys in the 1960s met Ellie
in New York City, are looking forward to the opportunity to honor
Mannette with this concert presentation.
The entire list of performances appears below. Most events are
ticketed, and contact information for each venue is provided.
Don’t miss the chance to see Andy Narell and the MU Steel
Band at a city near you!
Andy Narell with Miami University Steel Band
2008 Tour Schedule
Friday and Saturday, March 28-29: Miami University (Oxford, OH)
Tickets available at (513) 529-3200 or online at www.tickets.muohio.edu
<http://www.tickets.muohio.edu>
Monday, March 31: Findlay HS (Findlay, OH)
Contact: Tim Mattis
tmattis@findlaycityschools.org
Friday, April 4: Walnut Hills High School (Cincinnati, OH)
Contact: Ed LeBorgne
ed@island-ed.com
Tuesday, April 8: Richmond HS (Richmond, IN)
Contact: Civic Hall Performing Arts Center (Box Office) at 765-973-3350
Wednesday, April 9: Ben Davis HS (Indianapolis, IN)
Contact: Gary Rudolph
bendavisdrumguy@hotmail.com
Thursday, April 10: West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)
Contact: (304) 293-SHOW
Friday, April 11: Uniontown HS (Uniontown, PA)
Contact: Michelle Hudock
michelle_konter@hotmail.com
Saturday, April 12: Canal Winchester HS (Canal Winchester, OH)
Contact: Todd Phillips
filups@prodigy.net
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