Tickets must be purchased online prior to event.  Tickets are not available at the door.

Premium Event

Liam Teague, director, NIU Steelband & Steelpan Studio

Yuko Asada, director CSA Steelband

K-Lee Blackwell & Jalen Charles, directors, University Steelband

Dr. Chris Tanner, guest soloist

Program

NIU Steelband; Professor Liam Teague, director

Celebration - Kool & The Gang, arr. Yuko Asada

DNA - Mical Teja, arr. Jalen Charles & Rashunda Dorset-Headley

What You Won’t Do for Love - Bobby Caldwell, arr. Daron Roberts

• Marcus Evans, drum set

Groove with Me - Rashunda Dorset-Headley

• Dr. Greg Beyer, timbales
• Alma Perrote, congas
   

Rhapsody in Steel - Kevin Bobo (b. 1974)

*Premiere performance. Commissioned by the River City Brass.

• Professor Liam Teague, steelpan soloist;
• Dr. Tom Bough, NIU Wind Ensemble conductor
   

No Tomorrow - Kerwin Du Bois and Adana Roberts, arr. Vanessa Headley

INTERMISSION

Community School of the Arts (CSA) Steelband

Oye Como Va - Tito Puente, arr. Yuko Asada

All University Steelband

Caribbean Connection - Dennis Franklyn Williams (Merchant), arr. Kenneth Joseph

NIU Steelband with Dr. Chris Tanner, guest steelpan soloist

The Flip Side - Chris Tanner

• Dr. Roosevelt Griffin, trombone
• Jared Shultz, alto/tenor
• Gabriel Wade and Andrew Clark, trumpet
   

And there you were - Chris Tanner

Unfinished Business - Chris Tanner