Jake Durkin's DYD at Bryant
Volume 82, Issue 13 Smithfield, RI February 19, 2015 Inside Sons of Serendip show successful By Molly Funk Editorial Assistant & News Editor this The President’s Cultural Series always brings a fantastic group to campus for the students, faculty, and staff’s enjoyment. This month, in recognition of February’s edition classification as Black History Month, President Machtley brought Sons of Serendip to Bryant. The group was made popular by their participation in America’s Got Talent, a well-known televised talent competition. Thursday February 12th at 7pm, the Janikies Business: Auditorium was packed with attendees and Netflix planning for the stage was warmly lit by a starry backdrop. Micah Christian, lead singer, introduced global expansion the group named after the serendipitous events that led the four members to meet while at graduate school at Boston University. Interestingly, Micah told the audience that Bryant was one of his top choices for Page 5 undergraduate school, and he often spent a few days a semester at Bryant visiting his Sons of Serendip prepaing to perform in Janikies. (Sons of Serendip Facebook post) friends. Other group members include Kendall Ramseur, cellist, Mason Morton, harpist, and Morton were both teachers, Rodriguez was a America’s Got Talent as an opportunity to Sports: Cordaro Rodriguez, pianist. Christian shared lawyer, and Ramseur was a grocery clerk. The embrace their shared love for music. Women’s Rugby that when the group met at BU, he and four used the audition and further success of See “Serendip”, page 3 Tackles Spring Semester Jake Durkin’s D.Y.D at Bryant band performs, Durkin is the composer; he shared that he has about sixty finished songs, and twenty-five that either need to be finished or that he isn’t thrilled with yet.
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