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September 10, 2005
The long awaited Coe Marimba arrived
today at Central Middle School. Band Director, Mark Sanders and
QueenFish Studio's Rich and Karen anxiously anticipated the personal
delivery by Matt Coe himself. Matt, owner of Coe Percussion in
Tallahassee Florida is a master marimba and xylophone
craftsman who has been creating his masterpieces for over ten
years. His instruments are hand crafted and are in high
demand all over the world. Check out Matt's
website here:
Central Middle School's New
Coe Marimba:
April 1, 2005
Bing
Bang, an ensemble of 20 non-traditional percussionists from Central
Middle School and Melbourne High School, make rhythm and music with
anything handy. They will perform their novel music with the theme
of 1940s suspense radio shows, on Sunday, May 1, at 1 p.m., in
Florida Tech’s Gleason Performing Arts Center.
Group director and founder is KB van Oene;
co-instructor is her long-time friend, Rich Sweat. Both are
percussionists with Bing Bang. Van Oene showcases the group’s
talents to help raise money for traditional percussion instruments
for the middle school’s and high school’s music programs.
Admission is $10. Tickets may be purchased through
van Oene in advance. Contact her at kvanoene@fit.edu. A limited
number of tickets will be available at the door.
The
Gleason Performing Arts Center is located at the corner of Babcock
St. and University Blvd. For more information, contact Michelle
Hibbard, Florida Tech director of the Community Activities Board, at
(321) 674-8080, or visit www.queenfishstudios.com
March 2004
 MELBOURNE, FLA. — Bing Bang, a group of percussionists from Central
Middle School and Melbourne High School, who make rhythm and music
with anything available, will perform on Saturday, April 10 at 6
p.m. They will be at Florida Tech’s Gleason Performing Arts Center,
playing new arrangements of licensed musical works and original
works. Bing Bang makes music with balloons, kitchen utensils and
more.
Group director and musician, KB van Oene, is an
accomplished percussionist and percussion clinician for Central
Middle School and Melbourne High School. She is also office
coordinator for the Florida Tech Department of Civil Engineering.
Leading the non-traditional percussion ensemble of
20, van Oene showcases Bing Bang’s talents to help to raise money
for needed traditional percussion instruments for the middle school
and high school.
Admission to this performance, presented by the
Campus Activities Board, is $5. The Gleason Performing Arts Center
is located at the corner of Babcock St. and University Blvd.
For more information, contact Michelle Hibbard,
director of the Community Activities Board, at (321) 674-8080. A
limited number of tickets will be sold at the door.
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