Students in the School of Music perform as members of a variety of ensembles including orchestras, bands, choirs, jazz bands and jazz combos, chamber ensembles, and more.
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Brass Ensembles Showcase Concert
Paul Dickinson, Douglas Lindsey, Richard Williams, Nathaniel Lawson, and Michael Karantonis
The KSU Brass Studios present their 2019 fall concert.
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Trumpet Festival of the Southeast: Georgia Brass Band and KSU Wind Ensemble
Joe Gransden, trumpet, and Douglas Lindsey
This special performance of the Trumpet Festival of the Southeast features the KSU Wind Ensemble, led by Director of Bands Dr. David Kehler, with special guest, the Georgia Brass Band. Trumpet soloists include Joe Gransden, Doug Lindsey, and Rex Richardson.
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KSU Jazz Guitar Ensemble and Vocal Jazz Combo, with the St. Pius X Advanced Guitar Ensemble
Karla Harris, Brion Kennedy, and Trey Wright
The KSU Jazz Guitar Ensemble and Vocal Jazz Combo present their fall concert, featuring the St. Pius X Advanced Guitar Ensemble.
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Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble
Trey Harris
The KSU School of Music presents KSU Wind Ensemble, led by Director of Bands Dr. David Kehler, and KSU Wind Symphony, led by Associate Director of Bands Dr. Debra Traficante. Wind Ensemble performs works by Gustav Holst, David Biedenbender, and the Georgia premiere of Michael Shapiro's "'Ol Mississippi Sings the Blues." KSU Wind Symphony performs works by Peter Mennin, Ryan George, Percy Aldridge Grainger, and Michael Markowski.
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Jazz Ensembles
Kristin Houston and Rebecca Miller
This concert features performances by KSU Jazz Ensemble I led by Director of Jazz Studies Sam Skelton, and KSU Jazz Ensemble II led by Wes Funderburk, Artist-in-Residence in Jazz Studies and Jazz Trombone. Featured is music by saxophonist Bob Mintzer and more. Bob Mintzer is a twenty-eight-year member of the Grammy award winning Yellowjackets who also leads a Grammy winning Big Band, travels with his own quartet, and plays with numerous bands globally. Bob writes for orchestra, concert band, and big band and has over three hundred charts to his credit.
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KSU Wind Ensemble
David T. Kehler
The Kennesaw State University Wind Ensemble, led by Dr. David Kehler, present a concert featuring works by Gabrieli, Grainger, Perrine, Thomas, and Hindemith.
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KSU Wind Ensemble with Richard Williams, horn
David Kehler and Richard Williams
The KSU Wind Ensemble presents Sounding Winds featuring horn soloist Richard Williams.
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KSU Percussion Ensemble Fall Concert
John Lawless, Sammy Mishkin, and Laurel Buchanan
The KSU Percussion Ensemble presents their 2019 fall concert under the direction of John Lawless, Director of Percussion Studies. The Percussion Ensemble is joined by guest student artists Sammy Mishkin, piano, and Laurel Buchanan, harp.
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KSU Women's Choir and ET Booth Middle School Bel Canto
Alison Mann and Laura Martin
The Kennesaw State University Women's Choir, led by Dr. Alison Mann, present their fall concert with special guest ET Booth Middle School Bel Canto, led by Laura Martin.
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Jazz Guitar Ensemble
Chris Marks, Trey Dunnahoo, Robert Herrington, Diego Fonseca Perez, Rodrigo Suarez, Brad Cannata, and Zack Smith
This performance features the KSU Jazz Guitar Ensemble directed by Senior Lecturer of Jazz Studies and Jazz Guitar, Trey Wright.
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School of Music Holiday Concert
Reid Masters, Alison Mann, David Kehler, Leslie J. Blackwell, and Nathaniel F. Parker
The Kennesaw State University School of Music presents its 2019 Holiday Concert.
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Senior Recital: Hayden McAfee, horn
Hayden McAfee, Eric Jenkins, and Christina Pacetti
This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music in Performance. Mr. McAfee studies horn with Richard Williams.
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Opera Theatre Presents: Harmonious Discord
Eileen Moremen, Judith Cole, and Erika Tazawa
KSU Opera presents Harmonious Discord featuring opera scenes of comic beauty and dramatic tension presented by KSU Opera Theater featuring Carmen, Little Women, Cosi fan tutte, The Consul, The Merry Wives of Windsor & The Marriage of Figaro, led by Director of Opera Theater Eileen Moremen.
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KSU Gospel Choir
Oral Moses
Led by Professor Emeritus Dr. Oral Moses, the KSU Gospel Choir features members from across the university and community who come together to perform sacred music ranging from traditional spirituals to gospel favorites in various styles.
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University Band and Wind Symphony Spring Concert
Arie Motschman
KSU Wind Symphony, led by Associate Director of Bands Dr. Debra Traficante, perform works by Michael Markowski, Donald Grantham and Paul Richards. KSU University Band, led by Assistant Director of Bands Dr. Trey Harris, perform works by Bach, Sousa, Robert Sheldon and Viet Cuong.
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Jazz Ensembles II & III
Rob Opitz and Wes Funderburk
The KSU Jazz Ensembles II & III present their fall concert.
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Jazz Ensembles I & III
Rob Opitz and Sam Skelton
KSU Jazz Ensembles I & III Present their final concert of the fall 2019 semester. Jazz Ensemble III's program is entitled Tunes from the Trenches.
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North Georgia Honor Orchestra
Nathaniel F. Parker
The 2019 North Georgia Honor Orchestra present their fall concert.
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KSU Symphony Orchestra featuring Charae Krueger, Cello
Nathaniel Parker and Charae Krueger
The KSU Symphony Orchestra presents a concert featuring KSU Faculty Charae Krueger, Cello.
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Jazz Ensemble III and Vocal Jazz Combo
Brian Reid
This KSU School of Music performance features the Vocal Jazz Combo led by Karla Harris, Artist-in-Residence in Vocal Jazz, and Jazz Ensemble III led by Rob Opitz, Artist in Residence and Part-Time Instructor of Jazz Trumpet.
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KSU University Band and KSU Wind Symphony
Joseph Scheivert and Debra Traficante
The KSU University Band and Wind Symphony present their final concert of the fall 2019 semester.
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Mixed Chamber Ensembles present Suppressed Music of the Holocaust
Laurence Sherr
This special performance features chamber music written by composers who were suppressed during the Holocaust. Many of these composers fled Germany and the countries it occupied, and others were imprisoned and murdered. The concert is performed by students in the KSU Mixed Chamber Ensembles course in collaboration with the Music and the Holocaust course.
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KSU Jazz Ensembles I & II
Sam Skelton and Wes Funderburk
Sam Skelton and Wes Funderburk lead the top two Jazz ensembles at KSU in a concert featuring important repertoire throughout jazz history.
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"Duke Ellington: Beyond Category" KSU Symphony Orchestra with Jazz Ensemble I
Amy Smithwick, Jacob Sustaita, Nathaniel F. Parker, and Sam Skelton
The KSU Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble I team up for "Duke Ellington: Beyond Category" featuring Amy Smithwick, soprano and Jacob Sustaita, guest conductor.
(Note: Principal viola for this concert is Dajon Carter, not Nathan Gay as listed.)
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Women's Choir with Lost Mountain Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Choruses
Sean Thrower, Lorin Green, and Brenda Brent
The KSU Women's Choir, directed by Dr. Alison Mann, Associate Professor of Choral Music Education, and the Lost Mountain Middle School Choruses present a performance titled "I Carry Your Heart With Me."
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