Missouri, USA - Percussion students at Missouri Southern State University plan to organize a community-based steel drum ensemble that will perform concerts in Joplin.
“We’re excited, and everybody we talk to is excited about this,” said Brian Fronzaglia, director of athletic bands and a percussion professor at MSSU. “It just gets us even more geeked about it.”
The ensemble is expected to launch in March, when Missouri Southern will put on its first World Music Festival. It eventually will morph into a broader group “where we invite people from the community to get them involved and have them enjoy music on a different scale,” Fronzaglia said.
The ensemble will be composed of at least 20 members who initially are MSSU percussion majors.
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I am always pleased when I see another university start up a steel drum ensemble. It means that we are getting closer to who have the best university steelband. University Panorama? can't wait.