MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter will headline Middle Tennessee State University’s annual Illinois Jacquet Jazz Festival on Saturday, April 2, giving music lovers a public concert with MTSU School of Music students to cap a day of learning for area high-school musicians. The concert, featuring acclaimed musician and educator Brian Lynch and MTSU’s student Jazz Ensemble I performing s .
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — MTSU School of Music faculty members, students and area jazz musicians will salute the late jazz drummer Duffy Jackson Wednesday, March 30, in a rescheduled concert that marks the second in this season’s three-event MTSU Jazz Artist Series. Tickets for the March 30 concert, which begins at 7:30 p.m. in Hinton Hall inside the Wright Music Building at 1439 Faulkinberry Drive, are $10 each. Admission is fr .
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The eyes of the tiger will be on MTSU during two special online performances to celebrate the Lunar New Year.The Center for Chinese Music and Culture and the Center for Asian Studies will host a virtual show of music and dance at 7 p.m. Central, Sunday, Jan. 30, on Facebook and YouTube to welcome the Year of the Tiger.Performers will include the Beijing Opera, the MTSU Symphony Orchestra and the MTSU Chinese Ensemble. The Facebook link is tinyurl.com/2vhmfrh .