April 21: FMU Concert Band Concert

FMU Concert Band Concert

Tuesday, 21 April 2015, 7:30 pm Performing Arts Center, Downtown FlorenceFMU Concert Band 

Kelly Jokisch, conductor

FMU Spring Band Concert

The FMU Concert Band will present their spring program “A Few of Our Favorite Things” 7:30pm on April 21 at the FMU Performing Arts Center.  The spring selections are all favorite pieces chosen by members of the group.  The 65-member concert band, directed by Kelly Jokisch, is composed of a combination of FMU student and community musicians.  The concert will also feature band students from Mullins High School who participate in the Marine Corps JROTC Military Instrumental Ensemble under Senior Marine Instructor, Lieutenant Colonel Chuck DePreker, USMC Retired.

All students who show an ID and children are free; all remaining tickets are $5 each.  Tickets may be purchased by calling the Box Office (843-661-4444), visiting the Box Office M-F from 12-5pm or purchased at the door the night of the concert.  To keep up-to-date with Francis Marion's Cultural Events, please visit:  http://departments.fmarion.edu/finearts

We are always seeking additional participants; if you play a band instrument or know someone looking for a place to play, please contact us. Information can be found at Music - Instrumental Program or email Kelly Jokisch at kjokisch@fmarion.edu.

September 25: FMU Artist Series-Jon Metzger Jazz Quartet

FMU Artist Series
Thursday, 25 September 2014, 7:30 pm
Performing Arts Center, Downtown Florence

Jon Metzger Jazz Quartet

Jon Metzger, vibes

Noel Freidline, piano

Ron Brendle, bass

Rick Dior, drums

“A star vibist” and “a flawless vibist,” as he has been trumpeted by Jazztimes and Cadence respectively, Jon Metzger has performed throughout the United States and Europe and has served as a jazz ambassador and cultural envoy in more than 20 foreign countries in the Near East, Northern and Sub-Saharan Africa, and Central America under the auspices of the US Department of State.  A Musser endorsee and clinician for 26 years presenting hundreds of master classes and clinics at more than 45 prestigious US conservatories and universities and at multiple Percussive Arts Society’s International Conventions and International Association of Jazz Educators Conferences, Metzger is also the author of The Art and Language of Jazz Vibes, widely considered the definitive, most comprehensive method book for learning the instrument.  He has appeared on more than 40 recordings for the VSOP, Soul Note, Jazz Karma, Summit, and Elon Improvibes labels garnering three Grammy nominations, one Cadence Top Ten Critics Pick, and being named to the Jazztimes Critics Poll and the Downbeat magazine Readers Poll in the vibes category.  He remains active as a composer in both jazz and classical mediums with more than 50 published compositions to his credit.  His Signature Mallet for jazz vibes is now available from Pro-Mark.  A recipient of the North Carolina Miles Davis Jazz Education Service Award and 27 consecutive ASCAP Plus Awards for the use of his compositions, Metzger is the Artist in Residence, Professor of Music, and Chair of the Music Department at Elon University where he received the University Distinguished Scholar Award for 2005. 

http://departments.fmarion.edu/finearts/acmu14.htm#Metzger