Drums Downtown!

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The mesmerizing production of Drums Downtown IV (above) will be presented this weekend by the School of Music at 8 pm Friday, Feb 23 and Saturday, Feb 24, at the Riffe Center's Capitol Theatre in downtown Columbus. The popular concert is a collaboration with the acclaimed Department of Dance. Drums Downtown IV is an unforgettable evening of percussion sounds and dance, headlined by the OSU Percussion Ensemble, directed by Susan Powell and Joseph Krygier. They will be joined by choreographers and performers from the Department of Dance. New choreography will be presented by Adriana Durant, Melanie Bales, Maria Glimcher and Annie Beserra. In addition the show will spotlight choreography and tap dancing by John Giffin and Jenai Cutcher and a special performance by the Pendulum Percussion Duo (Powell and Krygier) performing carpe diem by Powell, with 3-D computer generated animation by Matthew Bain, a design student studying at ACCAD. The OSU Fife & Drum Ensemble also makes its official debut. Tickets are available through CAPA, 469-0939, or Ticketmaster, 431-3600.

Notable News

The opening reception for the 15th annual Fergus Scholarship Exhibition is tonight, Feb 19, 5-7 pm in Hopkins Hall Gallery + Corridor. The exhibition presents selected works by the recipients of this year's Fergus Scholarship Awards, a juried competition open to all studio-based undergraduate and graduate visual art and design majors. Recipients are Dina Sherman, Doo-Sung Yoo, Aaron Lenard, Erin Pfeifer, Katharine Hanlon, Latosha Matthews, Joshua Smith-Brennan, Guy Davis, Ryan Ross, Meredith Host, Charlie Roberts, Casey Doyle, Naomi Cleary, Rain Harris and Erin Hewgley. The exhibition continues through March 9.

Chas Wetherbee, violin, performs with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra Feb 23-25. From the Gypsy abandon of Ravel to the elegance and showmanship of Saint-Saens, Wetherbee's agile bowing makes this concert one to see. A video preview is available here. The concert, Classical Masterworks No 9, will be conducted by Junichi Hirokami. For more information, visit the symphony's website.

Katherine Borst Jones, flutist, and Jeanne Norton, harpist, (Music) have released their first compact disc, Paradise. It features the music of Bach, Debussy, Faure, Marcello and Ravel.

Michael Davis (Music faculty emeritus), violin, will perform with Nelson Harper, piano, at 3 pm Sunday, March 4, at Burke Recital Hall at Denison University.