Published April 2, 2025
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WHAT: Bayou Steel and Percussion Ensemble Concerts
WHEN: Bayou Steel: Monday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m.; ULM Percussion Ensemble: Monday, April
14 at 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall, 200 University Ave.
ADMISSION: General Admission, $5 at the door; ULM students free with ID
MONROE, LA –The University of Louisiana Monroe School of Visual & Performing Arts premier percussion
ensembles, Bayou Steel and ULM Percussion Ensemble (ULMPE), are thrilled to announce
their highly anticipated Spring semester concerts. These captivating events promise
to bring evenings of incredible talent, infectious energy, and exciting arrangements
of tunes audience members may know and love.
The Bayou Steel performance will be held on Monday, April 7, 2025, at 7:30 p.m., and
the ULM Percussion Ensemble concert will be held on Monday, April 14, 2025, at 7:30
p.m. Both concerts will take place at the Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall on ULM’s
campus. General Admission is $5 at the door for each concert, and all are welcome
to attend. ULM students will be admitted free with ID.
Members of Bayou Steel, which is the university’s only steel pan ensemble, will be
playing fun pop tunes such as “I Can See Clearly Now” by Johnny Nash, “Funky Town”
by Lipps, Inc. and arranged by student ensemble member Mallory Burris, an Abba Medley
arranged by Jeff Moore, and more.
Members of ULMPE will be playing pieces such as “Selva Luminosa” by Francisco Perez,
“Skeleton Key” by Brian Nozny, “Bread and Butter” by Andy Smith, and the highly anticipated
ULM premiere of the piece “A Spiral Made of Wires” by Ivan Treviño. For this piece,
the ensemble will be joined by ULM School of Visual and Performing Arts guitar professor
JD Farmer on electric guitar.
“It has been a fantastic semester of growth for my students, and it has been an incredible
journey preparing the Treviño with Professor Farmer,” said Dr. Kathryn Irwin, percussion
professor and director of Bayou Steel and ULMPE. “It is so special when we get to
share the stage with ULM faculty, and Professor Farmer is absolutely shredding. You
don’t want to miss this!”
For more information about the events, please contact Dezmond Jackson at the University
of Louisiana Monroe’s School of Visual and Performing Arts at dezjackson@ulm.edu.
