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Darke County Center for the Arts will present percussive group Scrap
Arts Music at Henry St. Clair
Memorial Hall in Greenville on Saturday,
March 14; the show begins at 8 p.m. Energetically playing
amazing
instruments skillfully fashioned from salvaged and recycled junk, the
artists perform music
based on world music traditions to present a
dynamic performance suitable for all ages.
DCCA presents
innovative percussion group
Scrap Arts Music inventively combines musical skill with innovative
choreography and welding to present unique concerts which have been
enjoyed by audiences around the world. Darke County Center for the Arts
will present percussive group Scrap Arts Music at Henry St. Clair
Memorial Hall in Greenville on Saturday, March 14; the show begins at 8
p.m. Energetically playing amazing instruments skillfully fashioned
from salvaged and recycled junk, the artists perform music based on
world music traditions to present a dynamic performance suitable for
all ages.
“The action never stops as these high-kicking virtuosos leap and twist
and play instruments created by the group's founder, Gregory Kozak, who
has welded together materials reclaimed from scrap heaps to form the
sculptural tune-able musical instruments they so effectively use to
perform,” said DCCA Artistic Director Keith Rawlins. According to
Rawlins, the list of 145-plus instruments one can expect to see at the
show includes drums made from steel oil cans and a sound-maker created
from dishwasher hose, bagpipe reeds, and a balloon. “The re-use of
industrial cast-offs is central to Scrap Arts' mission, but the power
of the music presented by five impressive musical talents is what has
brought audiences to their feet across the globe,” Rawlins stated.
Among their many notable performances, Scrap Arts Music was featured
during the closing ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
The performance by Scrap Arts Music is sponsored by The Bistro Off
Broadway, Greenville Technology Inc., and Richard and Shirley Baker.
This presentation is supported by the Arts Midwest Touring Fund, a
program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for
the Arts with additional Contributions from the Ohio Arts Council, the
Crane Group and General Mills Foundation.
Additionally, the Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state
tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and
cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. DCCA also receives operating
support from the Harry D. and Esther Stephens Memorial as well as
funding from the Ketrow Foundation and Lydia E. Schaurer Memorial Trust
Fund.
Tickets for the show cost $25, and can be purchased by contacting
DCCA at 937-547-0908 or dcca@centerforarts.net, at DCCA's office
located within Greenville Public Library, as well as online at
www.CenterForArts.net. If any remain by showtime, tickets will also be
available at the door prior to the performance.
Scrap Arts Music will also present Arts In Education performances at
St. Clair Memorial Hall for junior high students in all Darke County
public schools at 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.on Thursday, March 12 and at
9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Friday, March 13. These sessions are free and
open to the public.
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