The performance will be both in-person and livestreamed; to register to watch online, visit https://bit.ly/SMUMeadowsLive.

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The Meadows Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Jon D. Lee, presents its spring concert with special guest Doug Howard, recently retired professor of percussion at SMU and longtime Dallas Symphony principal percussionist. Howard will be featured as soloist on The Titanic Days by Christopher Deane, a former UNT percussion professor who recently passed away; Deane composed the piece in honor of Howard’s retirement from Meadows in 2019. Also on the program will be Xochiquetzal by Dallas composer Robert X. Rodriguez, featuring Meadows alumna Agata Miklavc (M.M., P.D.) as violin soloist. The ensemble will also present Metallic Origami, a new work by Meadows composition faculty member Robert Frank for percussionists and narrator. Don’t miss what promises to be an outstanding and entertaining evening of percussion! For more information, call 214.768.2787.