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Contact: Bethany Shipp<\/a><\/p>\n STARKVILLE, Miss.\u2014Mississippi State\u2019s Department of Music presents a variety of concerts this spring, ranging from jazz and percussion ensembles to choirs and musical theater.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Select events are ticketed to support programming, specific honorariums and technical and academic services. For box office information for each event, visit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>www.music.msstate.edu\/events<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The spring lineup includes:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u2014March 19, 7 p.m., Choirs, \u201cAn Evening with Dr. Michael Trotta\u201d featuring State Singers, First Baptist Church of Starkville, ticketed<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u2014March 23, 7:30 p.m., Faculty Recital, \u201cSimple Songs, Rich Traditions: Russian Songs for Young Singers\u201d featuring Jeanette Fontaine, mezzo-soprano, and Anne Katherine Ragsdale, piano, Recital Hall, MSU Music Building, free<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u2014March 24, 7:30 p.m., Faculty Recital, \u201cEchoes of France\u201d featuring Olivia Boatman, flute; Jessica Haislip, oboe; Matthew Haislip, French horn; Bret Pimentel, clarinet; Denise Rowan, bassoon; and Ros\u00e2ngela Sebba, piano; Recital Hall, Music Building, free<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u2014March 28, 2 p.m., Starkville-MSU Symphony Orchestra\u2019s \u201cEchoes of Elegance\u201d featuring Nicholaus Cummins, MSU Choirs and the symphony chorus, Bettersworth Auditorium, Lee Hall, ticketed<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u2014March 31, 7:30 p.m., Wind Ensemble, \u201cSymphonic Horizons,\u201d Bettersworth Auditorium, Lee Hall, free<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u2014April 11, 7:30 p.m., Faculty Recital, \u201cBaroque and Beyond\u201d featuring Jessica Haislip, oboe, and Anne Katherine Ragsdale, piano, Recital Hall, MSU Music Building, free<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u2014April 12, 2 p.m., Concert Bands, \u201cHarmonic Heritage,\u201d Bettersworth Auditorium, Lee Hall, free<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u2014April 16-18, 7:30 p.m., and April 19, 2 p.m., MSU Department of Music in collaboration with Theatre MSU, \u201cSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,\u201d McComas Hall Theater, ticketed<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u2014April 20, 7:30 p.m., MSU Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonia, \u201cVibrant Latin America,\u201d Bettersworth Auditorium, Lee Hall, ticketed<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u2014April 23, 7:30 p.m., Wind Ensemble, \u201cWinds in Time,\u201d Bettersworth Auditorium, Lee Hall, free<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u2014April 24, 7:30 p.m., Jazz Ensemble Spring Concert, Recital Hall, Music Building, free<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u2014April 25, noon, Percussion Symposium featuring Percussion Ensemble, Steel Band and high school and community college percussion students, Choral Hall, Music Building, free<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Designated as an All-Steinway School, MSU\u2019s Department of Music is housed in a $21 million, state-of-the-art facility equipped with sound-proof practice rooms, a high-tech recording studio, an acoustically advanced lecture-recital hall, more than $3.5 million in Steinway pianos and more.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n MSU\u2019s College of Education, home of the Department of Music, also includes four additional academic departments, a division of education, one research unit and numerous service units. Learn more at\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>www.educ.msstate.edu<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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