{"id":116722,"date":"2026-01-29T22:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/116722\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T22:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:06:09","slug":"percussia-to-present-drums-around-the-world-at-commonpoint-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/116722\/","title":{"rendered":"Percussia to Present DRUMS AROUND THE WORLD at Commonpoint Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Percussia will present Drums Around the World, in cooperation with Music for Autism on Sunday, February 22 at 1:00 PM at Commonpoint Queens, 58-20 Little Neck Parkway in Little Neck, Queens.<\/p>\n<p>Percussia will take the audience on a trip around the world, using percussion instruments, chants and rhythms from Brazil, West Africa, India, Cuba and China.<\/p>\n<p>Performers will be Percussia members Ingrid Gordon and Frank Cassara, percussion, with guest percussionists <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Bill-Ruyle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bill Ruyle<\/a> and Yousif Sheronick.<\/p>\n<p>Music for Autism programs free concerts for individuals with autism and their families. More about them at <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicforautism.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.musicforautism.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Percussia&#8217;s performance is free and open to the public. All Percussia presentations are ADA accessible. For MTA transportation information, visit <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mta.info\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.mta.info\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Led by Artistic Director and percussionist Ingrid Gordon, Jackson Heights, Queens-based Percussia&#8217;s unique and varied repertoire is an eclectic combination of contemporary chamber music, world, and popular music styles, and original arrangements. Percussia&#8217;s repertoire crosses genres, styles, and cultural boundaries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>]]><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t ]]><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Percussia will present Drums Around the World, in cooperation with Music for Autism on Sunday, February 22 at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-116722","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-queens","12":"tag-queens-headlines","13":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}