Director of Elon Electric Ensemble Todd Coleman said a member of the group, Nicholas Priester, suggested the theme. The ensemble meets on Wednesdays from 2 to 3:40 p.m.and rehearses for its upcoming performances.

Each week, the Elon Electric Ensemble learns two new songs from the setlist of 17. The group then circles back to rehearse the songs for memorization, feel/groove, arrangement options and flow of transitions between songs. Coleman said there are a lot of moving parts in the group, including instruments such as auxiliary percussion, Hammond organ and background vocals, harmonica, and various percussion instruments. He provided students with recordings of individual instruments for each song as a way to practice each part.

“For some students in the group, this style of music is new to them,” Coleman said. “It makes student musicians work on developing their ear, learning parts by listening to recordings, and learning to improvise within a given harmonic and melodic framework.”

Coleman says he hopes that the concert can bring fun and nostalgia to some older members of the audience, as a throw-back to some of the more rebellious music of their youth.

The Rolling Stones greatly influenced the evolution of rock and roll and were icons of the British Invasion, along with The Beatles. In history, the band has received controversy for “stealing” styles of African American blues.

According to Huffington Post UK’s Dan Einav, The Rolling Stones “showed nothing but genuine reverence to those that influenced them, and by talking about their heroes and inviting them on tour, the Stones helped downtrodden black blues musicians to obtain the recognition and relative commercial success they so merited.”

As legendary American Blues Guitarist Buddy Guy said, “They were putting the music where we had never put it before, and they just let the world know who we were.”

Coleman said there are so many fun songs to rehearse. His favorites are some of the big hits, like The big hits like “Satisfaction” and “Start Me Up.”

“Sympathy for the Devil,” with the extra percussion instruments was also a lot of fun,” Coleman said. “It often leaves the students playing percussion feeling like their arms or hands will fall off by the end!”

In the classical piano performance of “Musical Storytellers,” Lagrimas explores the narrative possibilities of the character piece. The program features solo piano works by Domenico Scarlatti, Johann Sebastian Bach, Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee, Claude Debussy and more.

Lagrimas says whether you are new to classical music or a lifelong classical fan, this program has something for everyone to enjoy. He plans to draw upon his experience as a presenter and public speaker to engage the audience and provide helpful background information on each of the selections. It is his hope that this event will inspire and motivate audience members who don’t consider themselves classical music fans to discover more of this amazing music for themselves.

Lagrimas is an assistant professor of piano and pedagogy at Western Carolina University. At WCU, he teaches the class piano program and applied piano. He performs at many regional North Carolina recitals, and notably has performed with Grammy-winning soprano Hila Plitmann, and country superstar Lorrie Morgan. Lagrimas has also appeared at Carnegie Hall numerous times.

“Musical Storytellers” is sponsored by the 51±¬ÁĎÍř Department of Music. This event is free admission.

Gretchen Bruesehoff, soprano; Dora Cardona, soprano; and Suzanne Polak, piano, all come together as a powerhouse trio for the performance. They bring to their songs the feminine voice of love – young, fiery, timeless, unrequited, secret, revengeful and lusting – in all her glory.

According to Bruesehoff, the idea for the recital represents how she and her colleagues view themselves as fiery women. “We wanted to present a recital together of works we felt represented the many different emotional stages of love, from being in love to losing it, to death or divorce, to passion to contentment,” she said.

Since all three performers are adjunct faculty and artists, this presented as a challenge to match each other’s rehearsal schedules at times.

Polak was able to work separately with Bruesehoff and Cardona on their vocals as a pianist in between group sessions. Polak loves rehearsing with her colleagues, Bruesehoff shares. She says Polak finds the emotional music makes her tear up while playing.

That exact emotion is what the group hopes the audience will gain from this recital.

“At its heart, a recital is a presentation of music in a concert fashion, so maybe it’s just a little over an hour’s break from university study, but we hope that it also gives each person a moment to smile, to feel some shades of similar emotions in their life and to walk away having reflections of love and it impacts on each of us,” Bruesehoff said. “Also as it’s incendiary, we hope all feel the feminine power from us and our performance!”

“Her Incendiary Love” is set to take place in Whitley Auditorium this Thursday, Feb. 16 at 6:30 p.m. It will also be live-streamed on the .

The showcase will take place at Medallion Plaza and the Electric Ensemble is also partnering with , the student-run record label. Student artists will be performing their own released original music beginning at 7 p.m. Then, the Electric Ensemble will take the stage at 7:30 p.m.

The program consists of songs written together this semester by the members of the ensemble, which is a first for the group. In previous years, they performed songs written by individual songwriters within the group.

The Electric Ensemble was inspired by the new Beatles Documentary “Get Back” to create all of the music for the show over the last couple of months. This documentary shows The Beatles’ journey in writing and rehearsing 14 new songs, planning their first live concert in more than two years. The documentary includes iconic performances including a rooftop concert at London’s Savile Row.

Don’t miss the Elon Electric Ensemble’s outdoor take on their Songwriter Showcase concert this Saturday, April 30, on Medallion Plaza, sponsored by the Elon Department of Music.

On Tuesday, March 8, DanĂş will bring a high-energy performance, a glorious mix of ancient Irish music and a new repertoire to Elon in McCrary Theatre at 7:30 p.m.

DanĂş has recorded seven critically-acclaimed albums. The band was established in 1995 as part of the Lorient Inter-Celtic Festival in France, the biggest annual gathering of Celtic nations in the world. Their debut album, “DanĂş” was released by the band in 1997 to huge critical acclaim.

In 1999, DanĂş signed a multi-album record deal with the U.S.-based recording label Shanachie Entertainment. They subsequently released five albums. Their live DVD, “One Night Stand,” was filmed at Vicar St. Dublin. During the past few years, DanĂş has added three independent releases to their discography.

During the last two decades, Danú’s artists take to Instruments including the flute, tin whistle, fiddle, button accordion, bouzouki and vocals (Irish and English). Danú has toured the world, with concerts in the Middle East, North America at The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Symphony Space in New York City, as well as major concert engagements across Europe and Asia.

DanĂş has won numerous awards from the BBC and Irish Music Magazine. Popular recordings are also often broadcast on NPR, the CBC, and the BBC.

Tickets will be $15 to the general public or proof of Phoenix cards from students. Tickets are also available