51³Ō¹Ļ Jazz Ensemble fall concert set for Monday
Contact: Paige Watson
![Under the direction of Cliff Taylor, 51³Ō¹Ļās Jazz Ensemble presents its fall concert Monday [Nov. 2] in Lee Hallās 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, 51³Ō¹Ļās Jazz Ensemble presents its fall concert Monday [Nov. 2] in Lee Hallās Bettersworth Auditorium. (Photo by Megan Bean)")
STARKVILLE, Miss. āThe 51³Ō¹Ļ Jazz Ensemble will present a free concert at 7 p.m. on Monday [Nov. 2] in Lee Hallās Bettersworth Auditorium.Ā Ā
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.Ā
The eveningās selections will include Gordon Goodwinās āCount Bubba,ā a transcription of Totoās āRosanna,ā and a Michael BublĆ©-inspired arrangement of āSway,ā performed by senior music education/vocal major Corinne D. āCoriā Reece of Aberdeen.
The program also will feature the student jazz combo, āFive Guys Who Improvise,ā 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 bachelorās 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.
51³Ō¹Ļ is Mississippiās leading university, available online at .