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The UNT Steel Drum Ensemble
A selection of Island Favorites and Music from Trinidad
Friday, April 24, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. At Lakeland Baptist Church, 397 South Stemmons, Lewisville TX 75067. Plenty of parking! (Directions and map)
Adults $15, Students $5 UNT student and faculty rate: $5
The University of North Texas 2:00 Steel Drum Band Mark Ford, Director
'Special Brew' is the latest CD from the UNT Percussion Department
The University of North Texas 2:00 Steel Drum Band
directed by Mark Ford is a popular ensemble in the North Texas area.
The twenty-five-member steel band is comprised of undergraduate
percussion majors at the prestigious UNT College of Music in Denton,
Texas.
For more information on percussion at the UNT College of Music, go to http://www.music.unt.edu/percussion/
Mark Ford
With several marimba and percussion CDs to his credit, Mark’s recordings have further established his dedication to excellence in music. Ford’s solo marimba CDs, Motion Beyond and Polaris, have received outstanding reviews including The Instrumentalist which stated Ford's performance is "superb and his compositional style is equally outstanding." Mark has also recorded two DVDs with Japanese virtuoso marimbist Keiko Abe and the UNT Wind Symphony.
As a composer Mark Ford has written several popular works for solo marimba and percussion ensemble including Head Talk, Polaris, Kingdom Lore Fanfare, Stubernic, Afta-Stuba!, Heads Up! and Standup Shadow. His compositions have been performed at universities and concert halls throughout the world and also featured on National Public Radio. Mark was the first percussionist composer to be invited by the prestigious Van Cliburn Foundation to present a performance/lecture on his compositions for the Modern at the Modern performance series in Ft. Worth, Texas.
Ford has been recognized as a leading percussion educator and his university percussion ensembles have won national honors from the Percussive Arts Society. Mark Ford represents Dynasty Percussion, The Zildjian Company, Evans Drum Heads, Latin Percussion and Innovative Percussion Inc. as performing artist and clinician.
For more information on Mark Ford and the UNT Percussion Area, please go to www.music.unt.edu/percussion .
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The University of North Texas College of Music in Denton, Texas is
recognized worldwide as one of America’s leading institutions for
preparing professional musicians in all fields. As part of one of the
largest music schools in the world, the UNT percussion program features
a unique balance of traditional classical percussion combined with an
extensive world music curricula. 
As well as classical percussion ensembles, students learn by performing
the music of Brazil, Cuba, Trinidad, India, Indonesia and West Africa.
Mark Ford is the coordinator of
percussion activities at The University of North Texas in Denton, Texas
and a Past-President of the Percussive Arts Society. He is a marimba
specialist and the director of one of the largest percussion programs in
the United States at UNT. Ford has premiered a variety of new works
for solo marimba, and he is the author of Marimba:Technique Through
Music, a four-mallet marimba method book. Ford has been a featured
performer/clinician throughout the states at universities and music
conferences and he has also performed at International Music Festivals
in South America, Asia, Australia and Europe. 
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