The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by the Bad Boyz of Double Bass, featuring Volkan Orhon, UI associate professor of double bass, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

Orhon is joined in the Bad Boyz of Double Bass by David Murray of Butler University, Paul Sharpe of the North Carolina School of the Arts, and Anthony Stoops of the University of Oklahoma. Each has won awards in solo competitions and have presented performances throughout the United States and abroad.

As a quartet, the Bad Boyz have appeared at International Bass Society conventions in Kalamazoo, Oklahoma City, San Francisco, State College (Pa.), and at the Eastman School, as well as Wroclaw, Poland, and Paris, France. They have been featured presenters at the American String Teachers Conventions in Atlanta in 2010 and 2012. They were the ensemble in residence at Butler University’s Bass Camp in June 2013.

The program will feature:

• Por Todo Minha Vida, Tom Jobim (arr. Stoops)
• Pulp Fiction (arr. Amrani)
• Bydlo, Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Garcia)
• Romanian Rhapsody, Enescu (arr. Murray)
• Oblivion, Astor Piazzola (arr. Stoops)
• Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Harold Arlen (arr. Young)
• Livin’ La Vida Loca, Rosa/Child (arr. Stoops)
• String Quartet No. 12 (Lento), Antonin Dvorak (arr. Orhon)
• Bohemian Rhapsody, Freddie Mercury (arr. Murray)
• Angry Birds, Ari Pulkkinen (arr. Simons)
• Party Rock Anthem (arr. Stoops)

The School of Music is part of the Division of Performing Arts in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all UI-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to attend this concert, contact the School of Music in advance at 319-335-1603.

For a UI arts calendar and details about upcoming events visit the Arts Iowa website.