NAfME Benefit Concert for Mt. Savage Middle Sch Music Program

Pealer Recital Hall, PAC

BENEFIT CONCERT TO RAISE FUNDS FOR LOCAL MIDDLE SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAM

Come out for a night of pop/rock, jazz, and bluegrass music. The FSU chapter of NAfME (National Association for Music Education) is hosting a BENEFIT CONCERT on Tuesday, April 15, at 7:30 p.m. to raise funds for the music program at Mt. Savage Middle School (located just outside of Frostburg, in Mt. Savage, MD). The concert will be held in the PAC Pealer Recital Hall and is free and open to the public, with donations being accepted. The concert will also be livestreamed; click the red 'Join Stream' button on this page to view the live performance.

The musicians are presenting a wide range of musical selections, from works by Billie Joel and Camille to Freddie Hubbard and Backbone Bluegrass. FSU music group Xenharmonics will open the program with Billy Joel's "Vienna", performed by Brian Mejai-Ramos (vocals), Finley Ridenour (piano), and Stephen Hess (trumpet). The program continues with Camille's "Le Festin" performed by Joe Rubens III (piano), Nicholas Manwell (bass), Lucas Lusby (clarinet), Max Partlow (saxopone), and Sam White (drum set); followed by Jimmy Roberts/Joe DiPietro's "Single Man Drought" performed by Jelynna Horsey and Bella McConnell (vocals) with Joseph Yungen accompanying on piano.

Five Guys Jazz Quintet is performing 2 works on the concert, "Stella by Starlight" by Victor Young, with Finley Ridenour on vocals, and "Little Sunflower" by Freddie Hubbard. Five Guys members are Max Partlow (saxophone), Sam White (trumpet), Doug Holtz (sousaphone), Riley House (piano), and Daniel Hicks (drumset).

Closing out the concert will be 2 works by Backbone Bluegrass, "Worried Man Blues" and "Red River Valley", performed by Chassady Redhead (fiddle), Nick Mellen (guitar), Morgan Tichnell (banjo), and Peter Lewis (bass).

Join us for this variety show and help raise funds to improve music opportunities for local students.

For more information contact Max Partlow, mcpartlow0@frostburg.edu.

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