Performance Open to the Public on April 21
(Columbia, Tenn. – April 12, 2011) - - - Columbia State Community College’s Department of Music will present a spring student music program featuring the Columbia State Choir and Performance Ensemble on Thursday, April 21 at 1 p.m. in the Ledbetter Auditorium in the Frank G. Clement building located on the Columbia campus. The Performance Ensemble will open the program with instrumental selections by such composers as G. P. Telemann and J. S. Bach. The College Choir will perform a variety of traditional and contemporary choral pieces by composers such as Emma Lou Diemer and Rollo Dilworth. This event is complimentary and open to the public.
"Both the Columbia State Choir and the Performance Ensemble have been busy this semester preparing for several concerts including our end of semester program,” said Emily Gaskill, Assistant Professor of Music at Columbia State. “The spring student music program will feature a variety of instrumental and choral music, including pieces from several different musical eras and genres. I'm sure that the audience will find something that they can enjoy."
The Columbia State Choir is directed by Gaskill. The Performance Ensemble is directed by Dr. Mark Lee, Associate Professor of Music at Columbia State.
For more information contact Emily Gaskill, Assistant Professor of Music, at
(615) 790-5980 or by emailing egaskill@columbiastate.edu.
Columbia State is a two-year college, serving a nine-county area in southern Middle Tennessee with locations in Columbia, Franklin, Lawrenceburg, Lewisburg and Clifton. As Tennessee’s first community college, Columbia State is committed to increasing access and enhancing diversity at all five campuses. Columbia State is a member of the Tennessee Board of Regents, the sixth largest higher education system in the nation. For more information, please visit www.columbiastate.edu.
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