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Messiah College to present JazzONE and Percussion Ensemble in concert

GRANTHAM, Pa. (October 18, 2004) — The Messiah College department of music will present JazzONE and the Percussion Ensemble in a concert on Friday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m. in Miller Auditorium, located in the Climenhaga Fine Arts Center on the college’s Grantham campus. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call (717) 766-2511, extension 3310.

JazzONE is Messiah’s big band. Under the direction of William Stowman, associate professor of music, JazzONE will perform a mix of sacred and secular jazz settings and new arrangements. JazzONE, along with Messiah’s Jazz Singers, just recorded their first CD, which will be released this fall.

David Knott directs the Percussion Ensemble, which consists of 10 to 12 members performing standard percussion and marimba ensemble repertoire. Knott is also the band director at Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg and performs as principal timpanist with the Hershey Symphony, percussionist with the Keystone Winds and the Harrisburg Concert Band.

Messiah College , a private Christian college of the liberal and applied arts and sciences, enrolls nearly 2,900 undergraduate students in more than 50 majors. Established in 1909, the primary campus is located in Grantham , Pa. , near the state capital of Harrisburg . A satellite campus affiliated with Temple University is located in Philadelphia .

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ARTICLE DATE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2004
ARTICLE NUMBER: MC-131-04

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