Listen to this! Fayetteville State debuts International Music Festival this weekend

Music from nine countries on four continents is being featured Thursday through Sunday at Fayetteville State University’s International Music Festival.

Performances, presentations and dances are scheduled to take place on campus and at venues in downtown Fayetteville. Festival tickets are $15 for individual shows at Seabrook Auditorium, or a $20 ticket provides admission to all the shows through Sunday. (Fayetteville State students have free admission with their student IDs.)

“This is the first event of its kind that we are presenting at FSU, and we are excited with what we have been able to organize,” said Amanda Virelles, the interim chair of the Department of Performing and Fine Arts at Fayetteville State. It’s underwritten by a $13,500 Inclusive Outreach grant from the Arts Council of Fayetteville|Cumberland County.

“The festival will feature several genres of music to include classical (chamber music) jazz, and folkloric groups,” Virelles said. “The performers on this introductory festival are originally from Colombia, Czech Republic, Mexico, Honduras, Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, South Korea and the United States.”

Tickets can be purchased via the Etix ticketing service.

More information is on the event’s Facebook page.

The International Music Festival schedule:

Thursday

• 11 a.m. opening concert, FSU Music Faculty, Seabrook Auditorium at FSU.
• 4 p.m. Duo Guitiano and the 4HANDS Piano Duo, Cuban, Columbian and Czech music, Pate Room of the Cumberland County Headquarters Library, 300 Maiden Lane.

Friday

• 11 a.m. Daniel Montoya, electronics, Joseph Spearman, percussion, Argentinian and American music, Arts Council building, 301 Hay St.
• 4 p.m. Duo Capriccioso, violin and flute, Honduran music, Pate Room of the Cumberland County Headquarters Library, 300 Maiden Lane.
• 7 p.m. FSU Student Ensembles, Seabrook Auditorium at FSU.

Saturday

• 10 a.m. FSU International Students/Faculty presentations and dances, Seabrook Auditorium lobby at FSU
• 3 p.m. Marcos Machado, double bass, Brazilian music, Pate Room of the Cumberland County Headquarters Library, 300 Maiden Lane.
• 7 p.m. Kim’s Concerts, voice and piano, South Korean music, and Byron Johnson, tenor singer, Jamaican music, Seabrook Auditorium at FSU.

Sunday

• 11 a.m. Duo Cintemani, guitar and flute, American music, Rosenthal Gallery at FSU.
• 4:30 p.m. Festival closing concert, Lorena Guillen Tango Ensemble, Argentinian music, Seabrook Auditorium at FSU.

Senior North Carolina reporter Paul Woolverton can be reached at 910-261-4710 and pwoolverton@gannett.com.