Island songs and Broadway favorites will be the focus of two weekend concerts.
The Southern Percussion Ensemble will offer their spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 2, in the Bud Walton Theatre.
Under the direction of Brian Fronzaglia, the concert will spotlight Southern’s new Steel Drum Ensemble and feature selections such as “Brown Eyed Girl,” “Margaritaville,” “Cantina Band” from “Star Wars,” “Jamaican Farell” and other traditional island tunes.
The Steel Drum Ensemble is a recent addition to Southern’s Music Department. Funding for the instruments came through efforts by the Missouri Southern Foundation and assistance from the Institute of International Studies, as well as a successful Kickstarter campaign.
The MSSU Choral Society will present “100 Years of Broadway” during their spring concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at First Baptist Church, 102 N. Roane Ave., in Webb City.
The choral arrangement feature 55 Broadway hits from as many different shows. Selections will range from Tin Pan Alley and traditional Broadway numbers to the works of Webber and Sondheim, and music from the 1970s through the ‘90s.
Narrators will be Wally Bloss and Ceri Otero. Soloists will include Leecia Bloss, Wally Bloss, Gina Christman, Van Greenwood, Alexin Maliszewski and Ruth Snider. Accompanist Eleanor McLemore will perform a medley of two Broadway songs.
Under the direction of Dr. Al Carnine, the 53-voice choir has a membership from a three-state area. The next performance will be the Choral Society’s annual Patriotic Concert on Sunday, July 27.
All of the group’s performances are free and open to the public.
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