Faculty Brass Quintet in Recital Nov. 10

The popular American folk music classic, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," now an a cappella group staple, was written and recorded in 1939 by South African Zulu singer-composer Solomon Linda.  Seventy years later, it will appear on the program of the Illinois State University Faculty Brass Quintet in a Nov. 10 recital at 8 p.m. in the Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall.

Admission is $6 for the general public, $5 for faculty-staff and $4 for students and senior citizens.  Tickets are available at the CPA box office from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays or by phone at (309) 438-2535.

Members of the quintet are trumpeters Amy Gilreath and Andrew Gerbitz, horn player Libby Jones, trombonist Stephen Parsons and tuba player Andy Rummel.  Gerbitz and Jones are graduate students in the School of Music.

Tuesday's program, which is part of the Charles W. Bolen Faculty Recital Series, will begin with Mikhail Glinka's Overture to "Russlan and Ludmilla," arranged by Chuck Seipp.  It will be followed by Jan Koetsier's Brass Quintet, Op. 65.  Three Dance Impressions, composed by Morley Calvert, will be followed by Robert Elkjer's "Speak Softly." 

Closing the recital will be the iconic "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," arranged by Elkjer, a California-based composer and arranger who specializes in brass music.