SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY NEWSContact: Funda Alp, 203-396-8241, alpf@sacredheart.edu
John Galayda, 203-371-7751, galaydaj@sacredheart.edu
For Immediate Release
March 27, 2008
SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY TO HOST "DAY OF PERCUSSION"
FAIRFIELD, Conn.— On Saturday, April 5, 2008, the Sacred Heart University Pioneer Bands program will be the host for the Percussive Arts Society’s “Day of Percussion”. Presented by the CT chapter of the PAS, the event will bring together internationally renowned performing artists, as well as some of the nations top college ensembles.
The 2008 “Day of Percussion” features Saturday Night Live drummer Shawn Pelton and NFL Films recording artist Chris Hanning. There will also be presentations and performances from international taiko drumming artist Marco Lienhard, and the NYU and Ithaca College steel pan ensembles.
The Percussive Arts Society is the largest organization in the world dedicated to percussion education, research, performance, and appreciation. The PAS attracts the top percussion artists from all over the world to present and perform in such diverse topics as drum set, marching, keyboard, symphonic, timpani, world, recreational, education, music technology, new music, and health and wellness.
Registration for the “Day of Percussion,” co-hosted by CT chapter President Jim Royle, begins at 9:00 am, with events and performances taking place in the Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts, and the University Commons. Registration is $10 for PAS members, and $15 for the general public.
For more information, please contact Jim Royle at 203.336.4875, or via e-mail at Jroyledrumstudio@aol.com. For more information about the Sacred Heart University Pioneer Bands program please contact Keith Johnston, Director of Bands at 203-365-7664, or via email at johnstonk@sacredheart.edu.
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About Sacred Heart University
Sacred Heart University, the second-largest Catholic university in New England, offers more than 40 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs on its main campus in Fairfield, Connecticut, and satellites in Connecticut, Luxembourg and Ireland. Approximately 5,800 students attend the University’s four colleges: Arts & Sciences; Education & Health Professions; University College; and the AACSB-accredited John F. (Jack) Welch College of Business. The Princeton Review includes SHU in its “Best 366 Colleges: 2008,” U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges 2008” ranks SHU among the best master’s universities in the North, and Intel rates it #11 among the nation’s most “unwired” campuses. SHU fields 32 division I athletic teams, and has an award-winning program of community service. www.sacredheart.edu
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