North Star Music Festival Kicks Off Oct. 16
Featured performers include (clockwise, from upper left) Gene Koshinski, Quey Percussion Duo, Nicholas Miguel and Natalie Landowski.
The annual North Star Music Festival is scheduled for Oct. 16-18.
Organized by the Music Department and Truman’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota, North Star is a festival of modern music. Gene Koshinski will be the featured guest commissioned composer with Quey Percussion Duo, Natalie Landowski and Nicholas Miguel as guest performers.
The festival will begin at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16 in the Ophelia Parrish Performance Hall with an opening concert by the Quey Percussion Duo.
At 11 a.m. Oct. 17 a student and faculty recital featuring works by Koshinski, Sherwood Shaffer, Steven Verhelst, Ben Moore and William Averitt will take place in Ophelia Parrish 2340. At 3 p.m. Landowski and Miguel will perform a piano and voice recital with Truman faculty members Jill Phillips, assistant professor of music, and Ruoyang Xiang, collaborative pianist, in the Ophelia Parrish Performance Hall featuring music by Grazyna Bacewicz, Modesta Bor, Marilyn Shrude, Victor Marquez-Barrios, professor of music, and Luke Carlson. At 7:30 p.m. a second student and faculty recital will take place in the Ophelia Parrish Performance Hall. The concert will feature the world premiere of a new work written by Koshinski for this edition of the festival.
The festival will conclude with a faculty saxophone recital by Xin Gao, associate professor of music, and Xiang at 2 p.m. Oct. 18 in the Ophelia Parrish Performance Hall.
Admission for the North Star Music Festival is free, and the event is open to the public. A livestream will be available at youtube.com/@trumanmusicconcerts/streams. For more information, visit nsmf.truman.edu.
The annual North Star Music Festival is scheduled for Oct. 16-18.
Organized by the Music Department and Truman’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota, North Star is a festival of modern music. Gene Koshinski will be the featured guest commissioned composer with Quey Percussion Duo, Natalie Landowski and Nicholas Miguel as guest performers.
The festival will begin at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16 in the Ophelia Parrish Performance Hall with an opening concert by the Quey Percussion Duo.
At 11 a.m. Oct. 17 a student and faculty recital featuring works by Koshinski, Sherwood Shaffer, Steven Verhelst, Ben Moore and William Averitt will take place in Ophelia Parrish 2340. At 3 p.m. Landowski and Miguel will perform a piano and voice recital with Truman faculty members Jill Phillips, assistant professor of music, and Ruoyang Xiang, collaborative pianist, in the Ophelia Parrish Performance Hall featuring music by Grazyna Bacewicz, Modesta Bor, Marilyn Shrude, Victor Marquez-Barrios, professor of music, and Luke Carlson. At 7:30 p.m. a second student and faculty recital will take place in the Ophelia Parrish Performance Hall. The concert will feature the world premiere of a new work written by Koshinski for this edition of the festival.
The festival will conclude with a faculty saxophone recital by Xin Gao, associate professor of music, and Xiang at 2 p.m. Oct. 18 in the Ophelia Parrish Performance Hall.
Admission for the North Star Music Festival is free, and the event is open to the public. A livestream will be available at youtube.com/@trumanmusicconcerts/streams. For more information, visit nsmf.truman.edu.
