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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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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KSU Wind Symphony and Smitha Middle School 8th Grade Symphonic Band
Debra Traficante, Brian Nichols, and Morgan Fargo
The KSU Wind Symphony presents their fall concert with special guest Smitha Middle School 8th Grade Symphonic Band.
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KSU Jazz Combos
Trey Wright, Justin Chesarek, Tyrone Jackson, Marc Miller, and Luke Weathington
The six KSU Jazz Combos present their fall concerts in Scott Hall of the Bailey Performance Center. The Jazz Combo program is directed by Trey Wright.
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KSU Chorale, Chamber Singers and KSU Symphony Orchestra
Jana Young, Heather Witt, Todd Wedge, Oral Moses, and Sherri N. Barrett
The KSU School of Music presents a special performance featuring the KSU Symphony Orchestra, led by Director of Orchestral Studies Dr. Nathaniel Parker, and KSU Chamber Singers and University Chorale led by Dr. Leslie Blackwell, Director of Choral Activities. The program concludes with a performance of Mozart's Requiem (K. 626) and will also include additional works performed during the first half: Ola Gjeilo's "The Rose" performed by KSU Chamber Singers and Chorale and Michael Daugherty's "Red Cape Tango" performed by KSU Symphony Orchestra.
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Classical Guitar Ensemble and Jazz Guitar Ensemble
This KSU School of Music performance features Classical Guitar Ensemble directed by Mary Akerman, Lecturer of Classical Guitar, and Jazz Guitar Ensemble directed by Senior Lecturer of Jazz Studies and Jazz Guitar, Trey Wright.
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Fall 2018 Jazz Guitar Ensembles
This KSU School of Music performance features the Jazz Guitar Ensemble II and Jazz Guitar Ensemble I directed by Senior Lecturer of Jazz Studies and Jazz Guitar, Trey Wright.
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Jazz Combos
KSU student jazz combos perform a variety of standards and hits by jazz greats and more.
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Jazz Combos
Two special performances in the Onyx Theater at Kennesaw State University (5:30pm and 8pm) feature several KSU student jazz combos.
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Jazz Ensembles
KSU School of Music presents Jazz Ensembles featuring 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.
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Jazz Ensembles
This KSU School of Music performance features Jazz Ensemble I directed by Rob Opitz, Artist-in-Residence in Jazz Trumpet, and Jazz Ensemble II directed by Wes Funderburk, Artist-in-Residence in Jazz Studies and Jazz Trombone.
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KSU School of Music Holiday Concert
Kicking off the holidays, the School of Music celebrates the season and presents holiday favorites performed by the KSU Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and choirs. This performance will feature a festive and exciting program including carols sung by KSU choirs, music from "The Polar Express," "Home Alone," "White Christmas," and "Elf," an audience sing-a-long, and more.
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KSU Symphony Orchestra
The KSU Symphony Orchestra, led by Director of Orchestral String Studies Dr. Nathaniel Parker, presents a special program featuring Verdi's Overture to "La forza del destino," Prokofiev's Suite from "Lieutenant Kije," and Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 in D Major.
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KSU Wind Ensemble presents "Happy 100th Lenny!"
The KSU Wind Ensemble presents a special program featuring the music of Leonard Bernstein to commemorate 100 years since the birth of the acclaimed American composer and conductor in 1918. The program will include some of the most memorable American music of the 20th Century including Overture to Candide, Make Our Garden Grow, Suite from Mass, Prelude, Fugue and Riffs, "Slava!", and Four Dances from West Side Story.
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KSU Wind Ensemble with Kell High School Wind Ensemble
The KSU School of Musc presents KSU Wind Ensemble, led by Director of Bands and Professor of Music Dr. David Kehler, with guest performance by the Kell High School Wind Ensemble conducted by David Roth and Taylor Watts.
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Mixed Chamber Ensembles, Fall 2018
This performance features students performing a variety of chamber works for various groupings of instruments.
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Mixed Chamber Ensembles, Fall 2018
This KSU School of Music performance features students performing a variety of chamber works for various groupings of instruments.
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Mixed Chamber Ensembles, Spring 2018
This performance of KSU Mixed Chamber Ensembles features students performing a variety of chamber works for various groupings of instruments.
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Opera Theater, "Deception"
KSU Opera Theater presents the annual Fall Opera Gala featuring scenes that explore the comedy of errors, chicanery, and dramatic passion in an evening of Deception. Performance includes scenes from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, Johann Strauss' Die Fledermaus, Verdi's Falstaff, and Bernstein's Candide. This performance will be held in Scott Hall in the Bailey Performance Center.
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Philharmonic and University Band
This School of Music performance features KSU Philharmonic, directed by Dr. Nancy Conley, and University Band, directed by Dr. Trey Harris.
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