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MOUNDSVILLE -- The Strand Theatre will host a unique concert presented in the round tonight featuring Joshua Garrett.
For this performance, concertgoers will be seated onstage facing the house while enjoying complimentary appetizers and beverages along with entertainment from a unique perspective.
The concert will take place at 7 p.m. today, Friday, March 24.
Admission is $20. A limited number of seats are available at Frame and Fortunes or online at www.strandtheatrewv.com.
As a solo performing artist, Garrett has developed a unique "one-man-band" performance style through the use of a looper pedal, a MIDI controller, steel drum, and various auxiliary percussion instruments.
Techniques such as beatboxing, self-vocal harmonization, and improvisation have helped to create a sound and energy specific to Garrett's live performances.
Featured as a guest artist for the 2018, 2019 and 2021 John Marshall High School Steel Band Festivals, he had the privilege of arranging, composing, and performing music with and for local area middle school, high school, collegiate, and professional steel bands.
Garrett is also a freelance musician in the Ohio Valley and greater Pittsburgh area. He currently performs with groups Steel Cassa, Eli & The Mojo Kings, The Move Makers Band, and Shell Shocked.
Garrett graduated from West Liberty University in 2014 with a bachelor's of music in percussion performance.
After graduating, he was employed by Carnival Cruise Line as a rock band drummer/music manager from 2015 to 2018, where he performed on multiple ships while touring throughout the Caribbean.
He returned to WLU in 2019 to pursue a bachelor of arts in music education and graduated in 2021.
He is currently the director of bands at Sherrard Middle School and Percussion Instructor at John Marshall High School in Marshall County.