196 ‘PAGANINI OF THE STEEL PAN’ LIAM TEAGUE PERFORMS DEC.2 AT MTSU

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov. 27, 2007
CONTACT: Tim Musselman, 615-898-2493

‘PAGANINI OF THE STEEL PAN’ LIAM TEAGUE PERFORMS DEC.2 AT MTSU
Public Concert Also Features Performance by Local Youth Group Steel Deboro

(MUFREESBORO)–Liam Teague, a steel-pan (drum) virtuoso, will perform in a public concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, in the T. Earl Hinton Hall of the Wright Music Building on the MTSU campus.
Hailed as the “Paganini of the Steel Pan,” Teague is recognized as a prodigy in his native Trinidad. A three-time winner of the National Solo Pan Competition, Teague currently serves as assistant professor of music and co-director of the Northern Illinois University Steel Band, the same institution where he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music.
Lalo Davila, associate professor of percussion at MTSU, said Teague’s playing as soloist with a symphony orchestra has led to performances in Europe, Asia, North America and the Caribbean.
“Finally, after so many years, we can have a world-renown, steel-pan virtuoso here at MTSU,” Davila said. “I’ve seen him perform and have performed with him; other ensembles and the audience will be amazed by his ‘hands like lightning.’”
In addition to Teague’s performance, the Dec. 2 concert also will feature Steel Deboro, a youth group from John Pittard Elementary School, which will be under the musical direction of German Baratto.
General admission for this concert is $5.
For more information on this and other events in the music school at MTSU, please call 615-898-2493 or visit www.mtsumusic.com.


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