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Percussion, piano partner on stage at Weis Center, Bucknell University, in Lewisburg

LEWISBURG — The Weis Center for the Performing Arts will soon welcome an unlikely duo to light up its stage with their natural chemistry, center officials recently announced. Painted in the broadest of strokes, the stories of classical pianist Alfredo Rodriguez and street percussionist Pedrito Martinez may seem similar: both discovered their gifts and passions for music in Havana, Cuba, and headed to the States, where they melded the music of their homeland with a wide variety of influences, each in his own deeply personal way, the press release said. Zoom in a little, though, and ...

Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania — Mansfield’s Fall Choral Collage to be presented at Steadman Theatre on Sunday

MANSFIELD — The annual Fall Choral Collage will be presented at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Steadman Theatre on the Mansfield campus of Commonwealth University, according to a recent press release from the college. The event is free and open to the public. The Choral Collage presents each of the campus choral ensembles: Grace Notes (sopranos and altos), Steadman Singers (tenors and basses), Chamber Singers, Festival Chorus and Concert Choir in their first major appearances of the season. Peggy Dettwiler, director of choral activities, will lead the program, which will feature a wide ...