Campbellsville University to host 7th Annual Percussion Festival

CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY (03/28/2018) (readMedia)-- CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. -- Campbellsville University will host the 7th Annual Percussion Festival on Friday, April 6 in the Gosser Fine Arts Center, 210 University Drive, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a mini-concert at 3 p.m. as the culminating feature.

The admission fee is $5. The $5 includes access to all activities and an entry into drawings for several door prizes.

The event is open to everyone, including those not performing in an ensemble. Clinics and master classes will be presented by Bill Shaltis of the University of Memphis and Jeremy Maytum of Lexington. Ensemble performances will be also be given by the Campbellsville University Percussion Ensemble and Steel Band.

To register for this event, contact Dr. Chad Floyd, Campbellsville University associate professor of music, at (270) 789-5425 or ccfloyd@campbellsville.edu.

Registration deadline for the Campbellsville University Brass Festival is April 1.

The Campbellsville University Percussion Ensemble Festival is supported by the Kentucky Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society.

Campbellsville University is a widely-acclaimed Kentucky-based Christian university with more than 10,000 students offering over 90 programs of study including 20 master's degrees, six postgraduate areas and seven pre-professional programs. The university has off-campus centers in Kentucky cities Louisville, Harrodsburg, Somerset and Hodgenville with instructional sites in Elizabethtown, Owensboro, Summersville and Liberty, all in Kentucky, and one in Costa Mesa, Calif., and a full complement of online programs. The website for complete information is campbellsville.edu.

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