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Shaylin Parker, a sophomore from Salt Lake City, plays in RixStix.

RixStix is a performing percussion ensemble at BYU-Idaho that uses sand blocks, harps, xylophones and other instruments at.

The concert was full of a diverse selection of music, featuring soloists Bill Holman, a professor in the Music Department; Kyle Jackson, a sophomore from Moses Lake Wash.; and Chris Dupuis, a senior from Georgetown, Texas.

“I thought the evening was really amazing,” said Paul Hale, a freshman from Pasco, Wash. “I never realized so many things could pass as a percussion instrument.”

Along with a variety of instruments came a variety of music selections. The concerts beginning pieces were a Mexican collection and ended with the theme from the play New York, New York.

“It was fun to see something so diverse,” said Megan Wright, a freshman from Springfield, Ore.

The RixStix Percussion Ensemble only began practicing at the beginning of the semester, said ensemble member Angela Hartley, a freshman from Murray, Utah.

“I thought the concert went fabulously well,” Hartley said.

It isn’t quite over yet for the RixStix ensemble. They will be performing on Dec. 6 for the return of “Hums and Drums,” an annual Christmas Concert.