{"id":55581,"date":"2019-01-22T14:17:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T19:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=55581"},"modified":"2019-01-22T14:18:34","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T19:18:34","slug":"brock-encore-series-continues-with-hit-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2019\/01\/brock-encore-series-continues-with-hit-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock Encore! Series continues with hit show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s going to be hard to resist the beat at Brock\u2019s latest Encore! Series performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With more than 70 instruments used in their lively show, the TorQ Percussion Quartet plans to get feet tapping and the crowd moving on Friday, Jan. 25 at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre in downtown St. Catharines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Held in Partridge Hall beginning at 7:30 p.m., the concert is the second performance of the Department of Music\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/miwsfpa\/music\/concerts\/encore-professional-concert-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Encore! Professional Concert Series<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TorQ is a four-piece Toronto-based ensemble that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">utilizes everything from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">marimbas and vibraphones to tom-toms, cowbells and even tin cans and garbage cans in their energetic performances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music Department Chair Matthew Royal is looking forward to the unique performance and invites Brock faculty, staff and students, as well as members of the community, to attend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Music Department is delighted to welcome the accomplished percussion quartet, TorQ, back to Brock,\u201d said Royal. \u201cThe concert promises to be entertaining, informative and chock-full of inspired musicianship.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Formed in 2004, TorQ features the talent of Richard Burrows, Adam Campbell, Jamie Drake and Dan Morphy. The ensemble has developed a dedicated following and has worked to make percussion music accessible to audiences of all ages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The group has performed across Canada and internationally, including shows at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in San Antonio and Indianapolis, and the International Percussion Quartet Festival in Luxembourg.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TorQ will perform a wide variety of pieces during Friday\u2019s concert, including some composed by members of the Quartet themselves. Guests will also hear works by Canadian composers Dinuk Wijeratne and Ken Shorely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tickets to the TorQ Percussion Quartet performance on Jan. 25 are available through the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/firstontariopac.ca\/Online\/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=EventArticle_18R1802_Brock_University_Music_Encore2&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FirstOntario PAC website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information on upcoming performances, please visit the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/miwsfpa\/music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Department of Music\u2019s website.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s going to be hard to resist the beat at Brock\u2019s latest Encore! 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