Frostburg State University’s Department of Music will present its Percussion Ensemble, directed by Dr. Mackenzie Jacob LaMont, in its spring performance on Friday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pealer Recital Hall of FSU’s Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center.Percussion Ensemble students include Gavin Baker, Bryce Campbell, Jacob Deaver, Daniel Hicks, Jacob Hunt, Jacob Hutzell, Bella McConnell, Bernard Pitts and Joe Rubens III. They will be joined by guest performers Reiss Mikula, Covy Wohlmuth, Tom Harrison, Peter B. Lewis, Dr. Brent Weber and Dr. Joseph Yungen.The concert will feature six pieces that include the drum set – some in a more traditional manner and some adapted for a particular piece. The “traditional” drum set pieces include “Sinister Minister” by Bela Fleck, “Frankenstein” by Edgar Winter and “Stumpy Meets the Firecracker in Stencil Forest” by Stanley Whitaker. The less traditional uses will include “Sacrificial Rite” by David R. Gillingham, “Breakdown” by Bradley Slayter and the “Concerto for Marimba and Percussion Ensemble” by Ney Rosauro featuring Bryce Campbell on marimba.Admission is $10 for adults; $5 for seniors, members of the military and FSU faculty and staff; and free for students and children. Tickets are available at the University box office in the Lane Center Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., by phone at 301-687-3137 or online at https://frostburgtix.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=2043. Tickets will also be available at the door on the evening of the concert.For more information, contact FSU’s Department of Music at 301-687-4109 or online at www.frostburg.edu/concerts.

Frostburg State University’s Department of Music will present student Maxwell Partlow in his junior saxophone recital on Sunday, April 6, at 7:00 p.m. in the Pealer Recital Hall of FSU’s Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center. He will be joined by guest artists Samuel White (trumpet), Douglas Holtz (trombone), Tom Harrison (keyboard), Peter Lewis (bass) and Daniel Hicks (drums). The concert is free and open to the public. This event will also be livestreamed; the link will be posted at www.frostburg.edu/concerts.Partlow will perform “Jeannine” by Duke Pearson, “Jungle Strut” by Gene Ammons, “Ask Me Now” by Thelonious Monk, “Stablemates” by Benny Golson, “Work Song” by Nat Adderly, “One Hundred Ways” by Quincy Jones and “After You’ve Gone” by Turner Layton.Partlow studies under Dr. Brent Weber at FSU. He is a member of the FSU NAfME (National Association for Music Education). Partlow anticipates graduating in May 2026 with a bachelor’s in music education and saxophone performance and a minor in jazz studies. His career goal is to become a public-school music teacher in Maryland and a music performer. Partlow attended Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts.For more information, contact FSU’s Department of Music at 301-687-4109.FSU is committed to making all its programs, services and activities accessible to persons with disabilities. To request accommodation through the ADA Compliance Office, call 301-687-3035 or use a Voice Relay Operator at 1-800-735-2258.

New Orleans-Style Street Beats, Jazz and BluesExperience the rollicking excitement of blues, funk, jazz, shuffles and New Orleans-style street beats with charismatic jazz trumpeter, vocalist and composer Jumaane Smith, whose original compositions and spirited renditions of nostalgic standards like “When You’re Smiling,” “St. James Infirmary” and “You’re Nobody Until Somebody Loves You” will fill the historic Palace Theatre to create an intimate evening of exhilarating entertainment.Mentored by the legendary Wynton Marsalis during his years as a Juilliard scholarship student, Smith subsequently toured and recorded with Michael Bublé for nearly two decades, was a member of Harry Connick Jr.’s house band and worked with musical legends like Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Aretha Franklin, Christian McBride, Kamasi Washington, Alicia Keys and Jon Batiste. He has performed on five Grammy-winning records, in two Emmy Award-nominated TV performances, at the Grammy Awards with Stevie Wonder, in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story and at world-class music venues, including Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Vail Jazz Festival, the Hollywood Bowl and Joe’s Pub.Immediately after the performance, Chuck Dicken, station director of FSU’s National Public Radio affiliate station WFWM-FM joins the artists for a lively conversation with audience members. Discover details about Jumanne Smith’s career as a professional musician, composer and bandleader and his work with legends like Wynton Marsalis, Michael Bublé and Harry Connick, Jr.This engagement of Jumaane Smith is made possible through the Jazz Touring Network program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.CES is supported in part by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, and receives financial support from the Allegany Arts Council and the City of Frostburg.

SAXOPHONIST DR. BRENT WEBER TO PRESENT FACULTY ARTIST RECITALFrostburg State University’s Department of Music will present baritone saxophonist Dr. Brent Weber in a Faculty Artist Series concert on Friday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pealer Recital Hall of FSU’s Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center. He will be accompanied by Dr. Joseph Yungen (piano) and Dr. Mackenzie LaMont (percussion). The concert is free and open to the public. This event will also be livestreamed; the link will be posted at www.frostburg.edu/concerts.The concert will feature “Sonata for Baritone Saxophone and Piano” by David DeBoor Canfield, “Pimpin’” by Jakob ter Veldhuis, “Snapdragon” by Miriama Young, “Hummingbird” by Steven Bryant and “Mo’ingus” by Shelly Washington. Due to adult content and strong language in one of the pieces, children under the age of 17 are not advised to attend.Saxophonist BRENT WEBER has enjoyed a diverse musical journey as performer and educator. After earning degrees in saxophone performance from Southern Oregon University (BA) and University of Georgia (MM) Dr. Weber joined the faculty as Assistant Professor of Saxophone at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music in the capitol of China’s Sichuan province, Chengdu. After two incredible years teaching and freelancing in Southwest China, Dr. Weber returned to the U.S. to pursue his Doctorate in Musical Arts at the University of Georgia. From 2009-2012 he had the opportunity to study with teachers Kenneth Fischer, Eugene Rousseau, Joseph Wytko, and Connie Frigo. These experiences have uniquely shaped Dr. Weber into the artist and pedagogue he is today.Experienced in multiple genres of music from classical to jazz, rock ‘n’ roll and beyond, Dr. Weber advocates versatility. His work with the contemporary jazz group Jake Mowrer Quartet, featured him performing and recording throughout Northern Georgia. As a concert saxophonist, he is active with the North American Saxophone Alliance performing in conferences in Minnesota, Louisiana, Florida, Oregon, and Georgia. In 2007 he presented the European premiere of Todd Barton’s Diastems II at the World Saxophone Congress XIV in Ljubljana, Slovenia. As winner of the UGA Concerto Competition in 2009, he performed Ingolf Dahl’s Concerto for Saxophone and Wind Ensemble. Most recently Dr. Weber was part of the 2012 Naxos release Street Song featuring the University of Georgia Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. John Lynch.Dr. Weber is currently Department Chair and Assistant Professor of Saxophone in the Department of Music at Frostburg State University in Western Maryland where in addition to maintaining the saxophone and bassoon studios he also coordinates the jazz studies program.

U.S. Air Force 'Airmen of Note' to Perform as Part of FSU’s Ninth Annual Jazz FestivalThe JAZZ FESTIVAL provides an opportunity for high school students in the Mid-Atlantic region to spend the afternoon in clinics focused on jazz music. From 9 a.m. to noon there will be high school jazz ensemble clinics, and from 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. there will be sectional clinics with members from the U.S. Air Force Airmen of Note. The classes are open to the public and will take place in the Pealer Performing Arts Center. For more information, contact Dr. Brent Weber at 301-687-4116 or jazz@frostburg.edu.As part of FSU Department of Music’s Ninth Annual Jazz Festival, the U.S. Air Force 'Airmen of Note' will perform on Saturday, April 12, at 4 p.m. in the Pealer Recital Hall of FSU’s Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center. The concert is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Seating is general admission and is on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets are available at the University Box Office, Lane University Center 203 (Hours: Monday-Friday 10 AM - 4 PM), phone 301-687-3137, or online: tickets.frostburg.edu. Tickets will also be available at the door the evening of the concert.Stationed at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., the Airmen of Note is one of six musical ensembles that form The U.S. Air Force Band. Created in 1950 to continue the tradition of Major Glenn Miller's Army Air Forces dance band, the current band consists of 18 active-duty musicians, including one vocalist. Through the years, the Airmen of Note has presented its own brand of big band jazz as well as more contemporary forms of jazz to audiences via annual tours across the United States, deployments around the world, and local performances throughout metropolitan Washington D.C. For smaller, more intimate venues, the Airmen of Note Combo and various individual musicians perform apart from the full band to support military and civilian ceremonial and diplomatic events.Their commitment to musical excellence has earned the foremost jazz artists’ respect worldwide, leading to many collaborative performances and recordings with such luminaries as Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Williams, Sarah Vaughan, and Doc Severinsen. In 1990, the Airmen of Note established the Jazz Heritage Series, featuring the “Note” in concert with legendary icons of jazz. The series broadcasts to millions over National Public Radio, independent jazz radio stations, satellite radio services, and the internet. Additionally, the “Note” produces and delivers recorded music to millions of fans worldwide through hundreds of media outlets. One of the group's holiday recordings, "Cool Yule," reached #2 on the JazzWeek jazz chart.As part of The U.S. Air Force Band, the Airmen of Note’s mission is to HONOR those who have served, INSPIRE American citizens to heightened patriotism and service, and CONNECT with the global community on behalf of the U.S. Air Force and the United States. The excellence demonstrated by the Airmen of Note reflects the excellence displayed by all Airmen stationed worldwide, whose selfless service and sacrifices ensure the freedoms enjoyed by citizens of the United States of America.For more information on the U.S. Air Force 'Airmen of Note', visit https://www.music.af.mil/USAFBand/About-Us/Ensembles/Airmen-of-Note/.

Frostburg State University’s Department of Music will present student Samuel White in his senior recital on Saturday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pealer Recital Hall of FSU’s Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center. He will be accompanied by guest artist Dr. Jay DeWire on piano. The concert is free and open to the public. This event will also be livestreamed; the link will be posted at www.frostburg.edu/concerts.White will perform Nocturne in G minor, Op.37 No. 2 by Frederick Chopin, Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor Op. 13 Pathetique by Ludwig van Beethoven, Three Military Marches D. 733 Op. 51 by Franz Schubert, 3 Mouvements Perpetuels by Francis Poulenc, 2 Estampes, Op. 2 by Athur Lourié, Préludes, Livre 1 by Claude Debussy, Twelve American Preludes by Alberto Ginastera and Hochzeitstag auf Troldhaugen Op. 65 No. 6 by Edvard Grieg.White studies under DeWire at FSU. He has made the Dean’s List five times, and he is a member of the FSU NAfME (National Association for Music Education) and MMEA (Maryland Music Educators Association). White anticipates graduating this May with a bachelor’s in music and in May 2026 with a Master of Arts degree with a Maryland Teaching Certificate. His career goal is to make music and share it with everyone. White attended Calvary Baptist Church Academy. He is the sone of Don and Theresa White of Glen Burnie, Md.For more information, contact FSU’s Department of Music at 301-687-4109.FSU is committed to making all its programs, services and activities accessible to persons with disabilities. To request accommodation through the ADA Compliance Office, call 301-687-3035 or use a Voice Relay Operator at 1-800-735-2258.

Frostburg State University’s Department of Music will present student Catherine Owens in her senior recital, “In Bloom,” on Sunday, April 13, at 7:00 p.m. in the Pealer Recital Hall of FSU’s Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center. She will be accompanied by Dr. Joseph Yungen on piano. Guest artists will include Tom Harrison (piano), Peter B. Lewis (bass), Daniel Hicks (drums) and the FSU Chorale conducted by Dr. Scott Reiker. The concert is free and open to the public. This event will also be livestreamed; the link will be posted at www.frostburg.edu/concerts.Owens will perform “Rainbow” by Kacey Musgraves, “Qual vita é questa mai…Che fiero momento” by Christoph Willibald Gluck, “Chanson d’amour” by Gabriel Faure, “Violon” by Francis Poulenc, “Extase” by Henri Duparc, “Als Luise die Briefe” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, “4 Lieder, Op. 27” by Richard Strauss, “Autumn Leaves” by Joseph Kosma and Johnny Mercer and “A Sunday Kind of Love” by Barbara Bell, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes and Louis Prima. Owens will also perform “Easier For You” and “Possibilities”, both written by her.Owens studies under Dr. Chun-Ting Chao at FSU. She made the Dean’s List last fall, received the Margaret G. Guild Vocal Music Scholarship for the 2024-2025 academic year and currently has a choral assistantship. Owens is a member of the FSU NAfME (National Association for Music Education) and is the secretary of the FSU chapter of the American Choral Directors Association. She anticipates graduating in May 2025 with a bachelor of science in music with a minor in jazz. Her career goal is to teach high school choir. Owens was homeschooled and graduated in 2020.For more information, contact FSU’s Department of Music at 301-687-4109.FSU is committed to making all its programs, services and activities accessible to persons with disabilities. To request accommodation through the ADA Compliance Office, call 301-687-3035 or use a Voice Relay Operator at 1-800-735-2258.

Frostburg State University’s Department of Music will present its Jazz Orchestra Concert, directed by Dr. Brent Weber, on Friday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pealer Recital Hall of FSU’s Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center. Admission is $10 for adults; $5 for seniors, military and FSU faculty and staff; and free for students and children. Tickets are available at the University Box Office, Lane University Center 203 from Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. or online at tickets.frostburg.edu. Tickets will also be available at the door the evening of the concert.Special guests will include the FSU Vocal Jazz Quartet and Dr. Donny Albrecht on trumpet.The program will include “The Chicken” by Jaco Pastorius arranged by Kris Berg, “Green Piece” by Maria Schneider, “On a Clear Day” by Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner arranged by Darmon Meader, “Quintessence” by Hank Levy, “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” by Josef Zawinul arranged by Phil Wilson, “Chameleon” by Herbie Hancock, Bennie Maupin, Paul Jackson and Harvey Mason arranged by Jay Chattaway, “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” by Charles Mingus arranged by Andrew Homzy, “Good Day Sunshine” by Paul McCartney and John Lennon arranged by John Daversa, “Eleanor Rigby” by Paul McCartney and John Lennon arranged by Eric Richards and “Ms. Garvey, Ms. Garvey” by Jason Marshall.For more information, contact FSU’s Department of Music at 301-687-4109.Situated in the mountains of Allegany County, Frostburg State University is one of the 12 institutions of the University System of Maryland. FSU is a comprehensive, residential regional university and serves as an educational and cultural center for Western Maryland. For more information, visit www.frostburg.edu or facebook.com/frostburgstateuniversity. Follow FSU on X @frostburgstate.FSU is committed to making all of its programs, services and activities accessible to persons with disabilities. To request accommodations through the ADA Compliance Office, call 301-687-3035 or use a Voice Relay Operator at 1-800-735-2258.

PETER B. LEWIS TO PRESENT FACULTY ARTIST SERIES RECITALFSU Department of Music Faculty Artist Series presents Peter B. Lewis, string bass, in recital on Sunday, April 6, at 3:00 p.m. in the Pealer Recital Hall of FSU’s Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center. The concert is free and open to the public; it will also be livestreamed, click the red “Join Stream” button on this page to view the live performance.PETER B. LEWIS is the Director of Bands at Frostburg State University and conducts the Marching Bobcats, Chamber Orchestra, and Wind Ensemble, as well as teaches coursework in conducting and music education. Previously, he served as the Assistant Director of Bands at the SUNY Potsdam Crane School of Music. He holds dual bachelor's degrees in performance (percussion) and music education from Kent State University where he studied conducting with Wayne Gorder, and dual Masters of Music degrees in research in music education and wind conducting from UMass Amherst where he studied with Malcolm W. Rowell, Jr. He has additional study in conducting with Shanti Simon, Mark Davis Scatterday, Courtney Snyder, Craig Kirkhhoff, Michael Haithcock, Emily Thrienen, Col. Jason Fettig, and H. Robert Reynolds.He is the founder of the chamber wind ensemble, Bay State Winds, and served as their artistic director and conductor from 2016 until 2022. As a champion of new music for winds and percussion he commissioned several new works for chamber winds including compositions by composers Robert Spittal (Winsome Variations - 2020) which premiered in Boston, and Jake Gunnar-Walsh (Tower of the Winds - 2018).During his tenure as a public high school music educator, his ensembles performed at Boston Symphony Hall (2014), Chicago Symphony Center (2014, 2018), and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. (2015). His ensembles also had the privilege to work with composers/conductors John Mackey, Frank Ticheli, Brian Balmages, Robert Spittal, Anthony Maiello, Malcolm W. Rowell, Jr., and Lt. Col. Arnold Gabriel.Peter has had the distinct privilege to share the stage with performers such as jazz piano legend Hank Jones, Irish Tenor Ronan Tynan, and Nexus Percussion Ensemble founding member Bob Becker. Many of his students have enjoyed successful careers in music including Sean Rosati, guitarist for pop music stars Ava Max and Doja Cat.For more information, contact FSU’s Department of Music at 301-687-4109.

FACULTY ARTIST SERIES PRESENTS CLARINETIST DR. MARK GALLAGHER AND JAY DEWIRE, ASSISTED BY SAXOPHONIST BRENT WEBERFSU Department of Music Faculty Artist Series presents clarinetist Dr. Mark Gallagher, and pianist Dr. Jay DeWire, assisted by saxophonist Dr. Brent Weber, on Monday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pealer Recital Hall of FSU’s Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center. The concert is free and open to the public. This event will also be livestreamed; click the red “Join Stream” button on this page to view the live performance.Clarinetist Mark Gallagher is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music where he received a B.M. degree and studied with Lawrence McDonald. He also holds a M.M. degree from the Eastman School of Music having studied with D. Stanley Hasty and D.M.A degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he studied with Dr. Linda Bartley. Other major teachers included Robert Marcellus and Alfred Zezter, both of the Cleveland Orchestra. Dr. Gallagher has performed with the Contemporary Music Forum of Washington, Washington Opera, United States Navy Band, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Cincinnati Ballet Orchestra, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Bronx Symphony, New York City Ballet Orchestra, and the Skylight Opera Theatre Orchestra.He made his New York recital debut performing with violinist Sylvia Rosenberg at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall and is also a winner of the Artist International Competition in New York City being award a solo recital in Weill Hall. An active chamber musician and co-founder of I Venti Semplice, Dr. Gallagher has performed throughout the United States, Europe and China, with recent concert tours of the Netherlands, which included a live national radio broadcast from the Concertgebouw, and performances in Beijing and Changsha, China. He has also had solo and chamber appearances in Germany and the Czech Republic. Other performances include appearances in Washington, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Ann Arbor, Wisconsin Public Radio, as well as a concert tour of Sweden. Dr. Gallagher has recorded with the Albany Records label and can be heard on the Eastman “American Music” Series.In addition to a busy performance schedule, Dr. Gallagher is an active teacher and clinician, lecturing on occupational health issues for musicians and the Alexander Technique. Currently he is an instructor of clarinet and music theory at Frostburg State University and has held pedagogical posts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Carroll College. During the summer, Dr. Gallagher has been the director of faculty at the Semplice Harbor School of Music and Chamber Music Festival on Washington Island, Wisconsin and director of the Savage Mountain Summer Arts Academy at Frostburg State University.Dr. Jay DeWire, pianist (bio): https://www.frostburg.edu/academics/colleges-and-departments/music/faculty.php#DeWireDr. Brent Weber, saxophonist (bio): https://www.frostburg.edu/academics/colleges-and-departments/music/faculty.php#Weber

FSU’s Department of Music Presents Jazz Combo in ConcertFrostburg State University’s Department of Music will present its Jazz Combo, directed by Tom Harrison, in concert on Tuesday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pealer Recital Hall of FSU’s Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center. The concert is free and open to the public. This event will also be livestreamed; the link will be posted at www.frostburg.edu/concerts.In addition to Harrison on bass, performers will include Gabe Hick on alto sax, Vincent Hangarter on tenor sax, Sam White on trumpet and piano, Doug Holtz on trombone, vocalist Cat Owens on piano, Matt Alexander on bass and Daniel Hicks on drums.The repertoire of the Jazz Combo focuses on jazz standards which includes some vocal as well as instrumental selections with Cat Owens singing three of the selections in the concert – “500 Miles High”, “At Last” and “It Could Happen to You.”“500 Miles High” appeared on the album “Light as a Feather” recorded in 1972 by Chick Corea and Return to Forever and was written by pianist Corea and lyricist Neville Potter.The tune “At Last”, composed by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren for the 1941 movie “Sun Valley Serenade”, was performed by the Glen Miller Orchestra and later made popular in the 1960 version recorded by rhythm and blues singer Etta James.“It Could Happen to You”, written by Jimmy Van Husen and Johnny Burke, was first heard in the film “And the Angels Sing” in 1944 and has become a classic jazz standard. The Jazz Combo will perform this and the Dexter Gordon favorite “Fried Bananas” as a medley with both tunes sharing the same chord progression, thus making Dexter’s tune a contrafact.“Gazelle”, written and recorded by saxophonist Joe Henderson on his 1971 album “In Pursuit of Blackness” features a rhythmically deceptive pattern which has the listener guessing the meter.One of jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine’s most popular albums is “Sugar”, recorded in 1970. The title song could be considered soul-jazz and may have reached a wider audience than his straight-ahead jazz albums.Pianist Horace Silver composed and recorded the swing tune “Strollin’” for his album Horace-Scope in 1960.A second Chick Corea selection, “Sea Journey”, will be performed as an instrumental and is stylistically like a Bossa Nova, but with Corea’s Spanish flavor. It was first released on a 1973 album of bassist Stanley Clarke and appeared on an album by vibraphonist Gary Burton as well.“Someday My Prince Will Come” was first heard when Snow White sang it to the seven dwarfs as a bedtime story in the 1937 animated film. Composed by Frank Churchill and Larry Morey, the song became a jazz classic recorded by Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis and many more jazz greats. In 1978 guitarist Jim Hall wrote a contrafact called “Waltz New” over the same chord changes and the Combo will perform both melodies together.The modern jazz standard “Solar” is credited to Miles Davis and the first two measures are engraved on his tombstone. The song may have originally been from the pen of Chuck Wayne, although Davis changed a few things and had it copyrighted in his name in 1963 after having already recorded it on his 1954 album “Miles Davis Quintet.” Pianist Bill Evans’ version from the album “Sunday at the Village Vanguard” may be the best-known version of the song.With the 1959 release of the album “Kind of Blue”, Davis pioneered the modal jazz movement abandoning the complexities of the bebop style giving the performers more freedom to create melodic ideas over basic chord progressions. “Freddie Freeloader” is a blues from that album which is known possibly as the most definitive jazz album ever recorded.For more information, contact FSU’s Department of Music at 301-687-4109.Situated in the mountains of Allegany County, Frostburg State University is one of the 12 institutions of the University System of Maryland. FSU is a comprehensive, residential regional university and serves as an educational and cultural center for Western Maryland. For more information, visit www.frostburg.edu or facebook.com/frostburgstateuniversity. Follow FSU on X @frostburgstate.FSU is committed to making all its programs, services and activities accessible to persons with disabilities. To request accommodations through the ADA Compliance Office, call 301-687-3035 or use a Voice Relay Operator at 1-800-735-2258.

Frostburg State University’s Department of Music will present its Wind Ensemble, conducted by Peter B. Lewis, in its concert, titled “Life is Now. Don’t Wait.,” on Thursday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pealer Recital Hall of FSU’s Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center.The program will include “Fanfare Politeia” (1973) by Kimberly Archer; “Pounce” (1988) by Holly Harrison; “Strange Humors” (1973) by John Mackey; “Harriet” (1963) by O’Neal Douglas; and “Helmsman of the Sea” (1996) by Shruthi Rajesekar.Admission is $10 for adults; $5 for seniors, member of the military, and FSU faculty and staff; and free for students and children.Advance tickets can be purchased online at tickets.frostburg.edu or at the University box office, Lane University Center 203 (M-F 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.). They will also be available at the door on the evening of the performance. This event will not be livestreamed.For more information, contact FSU’s Department of Music at 301-687-4109.Situated in the mountains of Allegany County, Frostburg State University is one of the 12 institutions of the University System of Maryland. FSU is a comprehensive, residential regional university and serves as an educational and cultural center for Western Maryland. For more information, visit www.frostburg.edu or facebook.com/frostburgstateuniversity. Follow FSU on X @frostburgstate.