Huskie Sound Garden – a featured event of Northern Illinois University’s 117th Homecoming Celebration
Tuesday, October 15, 4 p.m to 5 p.m.
Huskie Sound Garden
Martin Luther King Jr. Commons and surrounding areas
Wednesday, October 9, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Open Dress Rehearsal – NIU Music Building Courtyard and surrounding areas
NIU Percussion Ensemble is excited to present “Huskie Sound Garden” – a sound bath installment piece in the style of Brian Eno – as part of NIU’s Homecoming Festivities on October 15 at 4 p.m. in Martin Luther King Jr. Commons, between Founders Memorial Library and Holmes Student Center on NIU’s campus.
Instruments performed will include gongs, windchimes, rain sticks, finger cymbals, handbells and more accompanied by a hypnotically lush, digital soundscape accompanying performers.
Please feel free to bring a chair, a blanket, a yoga mat, a book, or a friend.
Audience members are also welcome to join performers in this interactive cascade of sounds.
Composer/Sound Design – Jacob Parra and Dre Atkins
Composition Faculty Advisor – Brian Penkrot
Performers – NIU Percussion Ensemble
Co-Directors – Gregory Beyer and Ben Wahlund
