Tompkins and Carmenates will join together for “Meditation” from 20th century American composer Paul Creston’s Concerto for Marimba. The program features solo works for organ as well as American composer Blake Tyson’s “A Cricket Sang and Set the Sun” for solo marimba.ĮNTERTAINMENT: A "Birthday Party" celebration turns into a nightmare “I had the great pleasure of working with Sherwood both in the Greenville Symphony and at First Baptist Church,” Tompkins said. Mobley, who died early this year, also was a longtime member of First Baptist Church. ![]() The program spotlights not only organ but percussion in remembrance of Mobley’s long tenure as principal timpanist of the Greenville Symphony. ![]() ![]() Tompkins, a Furman University music professor, will be joined by percussionist Omar Carmenates on Sunday at First Baptist Church in Greenville in a recital honoring Mobley. ![]() “It seemed to me the perfect piece to play because Sherwood was so unfailingly cheerful.” “It’s a very happy and extroverted piece,” Tompkins said. When he contemplated a concert in tribute to former Greenville Symphony executive director Sherwood Mobley, organist Charles Tompkins immediately thought of Marcel Dupre’s Prelude and Fugue in D Major.
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