{"id":8670,"date":"2011-10-22T12:00:54","date_gmt":"2011-10-22T17:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=8670"},"modified":"2011-10-21T22:20:44","modified_gmt":"2011-10-22T03:20:44","slug":"26th-annual-apsu-percussion-ensemble-halloween-concert-set-for-october-28th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2011\/10\/22\/26th-annual-apsu-percussion-ensemble-halloween-concert-set-for-october-28th\/","title":{"rendered":"26th Annual APSU Percussion Ensemble Halloween Concert set for October 28th"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheClarksville, TN<\/strong> – \u201cIf I have to describe in one word what\u2019s going to be going on with this concert,\u201d Dr. David Steinquest said, leaning forward and rubbing his hands, \u201cit would be \u2018magic.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

He lifted his eyebrows as he spoke, as if the word itself contained supernatural properties. It\u2019s the type of showmanship one comes to expect from the Austin Peay State University professor of music, especially at this time of year.<\/p>\n

Every October for the last 26 years, Steinquest has hosted the APSU Percussion Ensemble\u2019s Halloween Concert \u2013 an enormously popular performance that blends music with the mayhem of the season. This year\u2019s concert will consist of two performances at 6:00pm and 8:00pm on October 28th in the APSU Music\/Mass Communication Concert Hall.<\/p>\n

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The APSU Percussion Ensemble's 2010 Halloween Concert<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a big party,\u201d Steinquest said. \u201cWe want it to be a good musical event too, but it\u2019s fun. It\u2019s not \u2018Saw VII\u2019 or anything like that. It\u2019s not ugly, scary or gruesome. It\u2019s family friendly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead of going for scares, the concert brings out more of the fun elements of the season. It traditionally features APSU music faculty members and students dressed in costumes while performing on a ghoulishly decorated stage. Audience members also often come dressed in Halloween costumes, though that isn\u2019t a requirement for attending.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe theme for this year is going to be \u2018magic,\u201d Steinquest said. \u201cAs an example, we\u2019re doing \u2018The Sorcerer\u2019s Apprentice,\u2019 which most people know from \u2018Fantasia.\u2019 We\u2019re also doing from (composer Gustav) Holst\u2019s \u2018The Planets,\u2019 one of the movements titled \u2018Uranus: The Magician.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The concert will also feature John William\u2019s \u201cHedwig\u2019s Theme,\u201d from the Harry Potter films and Philip Glass\u2019s score for the 2006 Edward Norton film \u201cThe Illusionist.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ensemble will break out plastic \u201cboom whacker\u201d tubes halfway through the concert for an original interpretation of Mozart\u2019s \u201cQueen of the Night,\u201d from his opera \u201cThe Magic Flute.\u201d That piece will be guest conducted by Dr. Gregory Wolynec, APSU associate professor of music.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause I\u2019m getting old and tired,\u201d Steinquest said, \u201cI have a couple of guest conductors \u2013 Greg Wolynec and John Schnettler (APSU assistant professor of music). When I run out of steam, I have tag team conductors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steinquest paused and looked around to see if anyone was eavesdropping. He had a secret about this year\u2019s program that he was ready to reveal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a new piece I have unearthed,\u201d he said in a quiet voice. \u201cThere is a lesser known relative of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His name is Wolfman I\u2019m-a-David Almost-art, and he actually wrote this \u2018Concerto Grosso for Hambone Trio.\u2019 If you don\u2019t know what hamboning is, you\u2019re going to have to come to the concert to see. The music world is all excited over this discovery.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Spoiler alert: hamboning is the art of making music by slapping one\u2019s hand against his or her body to create a percussive effect.)<\/p>\n

The concert will close with a performance of the Blue Man Group\u2019s Drumbone \u2013 a thundering rock \u2018n\u2019 roll piece.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis concert includes the entire family of percussion,\u201d Steinquest said. \u201cWe use all the keyboard instruments, bells and xylophones. But still, we do some things that are just straight out beating and banging on drums.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Halloween concert will feature special guest performers, such as APSU alumna Desir\u00e9e Dolan singing soprano, APSU student and harpist Claire Davis, Nashville percussionists Chris Crockarell and Chris Brooks and an APSU group of professors and students known as \u201cThe Bad Brasses.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re apparently trouble makers,\u201d Steinquest said. \u201cI\u2019m a little nervous about them, but I think it\u2019ll be OK.\u201d<\/p>\n

Admission to the concert is either two cans of food, which will be donated to the local Loaves and Fishes, or $3.00. For the last several years, the Halloween concerts have sold out before the night of the performance, so Steinquest suggests purchasing tickets in advance. For more information on the concert or to get tickets, contact the APSU Department of Music at 931.221.7818.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clarksville, TN – \u201cIf I have to describe in one word what\u2019s going to be going on with this concert,\u201d Dr. David Steinquest said, leaning forward and rubbing his hands, \u201cit would be \u2018magic.\u2019\u201d He lifted his eyebrows as he spoke, as if the word itself contained supernatural properties. It\u2019s the type of showmanship one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[23,1129,4025,5699,11311,262,11323,11322,11321,5697,5698,11320,11316,11313,4017,5055,11318,5545,11315,10989,11314,223,4012,11324,11317,11312,10648,11319],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-2fQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8671,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8670\/revisions\/8671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}