The Eastern Kentucky University Steel Band will present a concert featuring Grammy Award-winning artist and composer Andy Narell on Thursday, April 25, at 8 p.m. in Brock Auditorium.
Narell released his first solo album in 1979, taking the steel pan out of the steel band and putting it into a jazz band. He has continued to explore the possibilities of the steel pan and expanded its role in contemporary music, releasing more than a dozen albums as band leader and multiple others as co-leader.
He has also performed on movie scores and had compositions featured in the movie “The Firm.” His music has also been heard on multiple television shows and commercials for Apple, Sony, Porsche and Southwest Bell.
Narell has also worked as a producer for several artists, including Billy Child, and as artist in residence at schools across the country and in Paris.
The concert will feature some of Narell’s newest compositions, including “The Last Word,” “Visibly Absent,” and “One More Touch,” as well as new compositions by Dave Longfellow, Chris Munson and Andrew Neldon.
Admission for the event will be $3 for students and $5 for all others.
