In continuing with the Jubilee events, Nicholls will host a variety of musical festivities this week on campus. Today, at 1:30 p.m., the Nicholls State University Percussion Ensemble will perform on the Talbot portico under the direction of Eric Gueniot, instructor of music.
The NSU Percussion Ensemble will perform again at 7:30 tonight in Talbot Theater with the NSU Symphonic Winds which is directed by Gregory Torres, instructor of music.
“This concert is really good,” Carol Britt, head of the department of performing arts, said.
“It is visually interesting,” she said.
Tomorrow, at 11:50 a.m., the NSU Concert Choir will perform on the Talbot portico under the direction of Dr. Kenneth Klaus, professor of music. Klaus also conducted the performance of the NSU Chamber Singers which took place Tuesday.
The musical events tomorrow night will begin at 7 with a performance by “rising star” Adam Mayon, an 11-year-old pianist from Patterson, Britt said. Mayon will play a variety of selections by Bach, Chopin and Mozart, among others.
At 7:30, the performance entitled “Music for Clarinet and Piano” will begin. The performance features Lindsey Johnson, instructor of music, on clarinet and Britt on piano.
The musical festivities will come to a close Sunday afternoon at 3 in Talbot Theater where the Thibodaux Music Club’s Parade of Talent will take place.
This is the main fund-raiser for the organization, which sponsors music scholarships, Britt said. Several Nicholls students will take part in this performance.
Britt said the department of the performing arts is looking forward to these musical events because “the performances at Jubilee allow our department to reach our students and the extended community.”
Ashley Snyder, mass communications junior from Destrahan, said she enjoys performing with the NSU Concert Choir at Jubilee.
“Jubilee gives students something to look forward to and allows us to relax. Performing as part of the concert choir allows others to sit back, relax and enjoy the music,” she said.
The musical events are Snyder’s favorite aspect of Jubilee because it encourages people to “explore the variety of music available.”
