St. Charles Times

Northwest Missouri State University’s Jazz Ensemble, Tower Choir and Wind Symphony will perform for a metropolitan audience next month at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City.

The concert is 7 p.m. Thursday, March 16, and tickets are free on a first-come, first-served basis. To reserve tickets, the general public may call the Kauffman Center, beginning Tuesday, March 7, at 816.994.7222, or visit www.kauffmancenter.org.

“The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is an unbelievably unique setting, acoustically and architecturally, attracting ensembles and touring companies from around the globe,” John Bell, the conductor of the Northwest Wind Symphony and artist-in-residence at the University, said. “Additionally, Helzberg Hall ranks among the top concert performance halls in the world, all of which will provide Northwest musicians with a truly unique experience.”

The concert provides a profession-based experience for Northwest musicians in a world-class performance hall as well as an opportunity to showcase the University’s top-tier ensembles. The program will feature Northwest ensembles performing jazz, choral and wind band music, offering the audience an opportunity to hear diverse music from the distinctly different genres.

Northwest music faculty members will join the ensembles, and the Jazz Ensemble will feature Northwest alumnus Nicholas Foster, a Kansas City native who is a teaching assistant at the University of Kentucky and the lead alto player in its top jazz ensemble. Other concert highlights will include the Wind Symphony’s performance of Julie Giroux’s “Voices in Green” with an audio-visual display and a combined performance of the Tower Choir and Wind Symphony on Ola Gjeilo’s “Meridian.

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