Matt Halligan
April 17, 2023–The Department of Music in the School of Fine Arts at Missouri Western State University will host its annual MWSU Percussion Ensemble Festival starting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 18 in the Potter Hall Theater. The festival is free and open to the public.
During the festival, high school percussion ensembles and the Missouri Western Percussion Ensemble will be performing. Each ensemble performs for the adjudicators, receiving written critiques of the performance from the clinicians.
“The primary focus of this festival is making this an educational and musical experience for students and directors alike,” said Matt Halligan, Missouri Western percussion instructor.
Tommy Dobbs
Clinicians are Halligan and Tommy Dobbs of Oklahoma City University. They will present clinics around 1:15 p.m. and 2 p.m.
The MWSU Percussion Ensemble will perform first, at 10 a.m., followed by the three high schools starting at 11 a.m.: Central, Park Hill and Truman.
For more information, please contact the Department of Music at 816-244-5840, or mhalligan@missouriwestern.edu,
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