MSU Jazz Ensemble fall concert set for Monday
Contact: Paige Watson
![Under the direction of Cliff Taylor, MSU鈥檚 Jazz Ensemble presents its fall concert Monday [Nov. 2] in Lee Hall鈥檚 Bettersworth Auditorium. (Photo by Megan Bean)](/sites/www.msstate.edu/files/inline-images/Jazz_at_Renasant-11_20151013_MFB8460.jpg "Under the direction of Cliff Taylor, MSU鈥檚 Jazz Ensemble presents its fall concert Monday [Nov. 2] in Lee Hall鈥檚 Bettersworth Auditorium. (Photo by Megan Bean)")
STARKVILLE, Miss. 鈥擳he 花秀直播 State University Jazz Ensemble will present a free concert at 7 p.m. on Monday [Nov. 2] in Lee Hall鈥檚 Bettersworth Auditorium.聽聽
Under the direction of Cliff Taylor, associate professor of music and associate director of bands, the 20-member ensemble will perform an entertaining and varied program encompassing styles ranging from traditional swing to modern fusion.聽
The evening鈥檚 selections will include Gordon Goodwin鈥檚 鈥淐ount Bubba,鈥 a transcription of Toto鈥檚 鈥淩osanna,鈥 and a Michael Bubl茅-inspired arrangement of 鈥淪way,鈥 performed by senior music education/vocal major Corinne D. 鈥淐ori鈥 Reece of Aberdeen.
The program also will feature the student jazz combo, 鈥淔ive Guys Who Improvise,鈥 including a performance by junior electrical engineering major and pianist Alden C. Michaels of Hoover, Alabama.
Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, the music department is an academic unit of both the colleges of Arts and Sciences and Education. It currently offers a bachelor鈥檚 degree in music education, with specific majors in instrumental music, vocal music, piano and guitar, as well as a bachelor of arts in music. Learn more at , and .
Additional concert information is available from Taylor at 662-325-7749 or cliftontaylor@colled.msstate.edu.
MSU is 花秀直播鈥檚 leading university, available online at .