Senior Percussionist Kevin Newsome Completes Recital May 3
Posted on May 22, 2020 by Keith Bohnet

USA student percussionist Kevin Newsome successfully completed his Senior Percussion
Recital on Sunday, May 3, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. in the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center
Recital Hall. Assisting in this performance with Newsome was USA faculty pianist
Doreen Lee. The concert was presented in front of an empty house due to coronavirus
protections, and all musicians performing in this concert maintained proper social
distancing per university and local guidelines.
This recital was the culmination of Newsome's time as a student at South Alabama.
As an undergraduate performer, he was a key member of several elite ensembles, including
the USA Wind Ensemble, USA Symphony Band and several iterations of the USA Percussion
Ensemble.
Kevin Newsome's final senior recital was presented in partial fulfillment of the degree
Bachelor of Music with Concentration in Performance – Instrumental. Newsome is a
student of Luis Rivera.
His recital program included the following pieces --
The first and third movements of Concerto for Marimba and Strings by Emmanuel Sejourne
"No. 9" from Douze Etudes pour Caisse-Claire by Jacques Delacluse
"Prelude" from Suite No. 5 in C minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
"Saeta" from Eight Pieces for Four Timpani by Elliot Carter
Spain by Chick Corea
The Anvil Chorus by David Lang
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