Percussion Ensemble to Perform at State Conference

Last summer, Truman’s concert percussion ensemble I was selected from a competitive application process to present a featured concert at the 87th Annual Missouri Music Educators Association’s In-Service Conference, Jan. 29-Feb. 1, in Osage Beach.

The annual conference typically attracts more than 1,700 music educators, students, professional performers and composers from Missouri and beyond. In addition to select performances, the four-day event presents numerous pedagogical clinics, workshops and exhibits. It is also the host of Missouri’s high school all-state bands, orchestra, jazz ensemble and choir event, representing many of Missouri’s finest high school musicians. This will be Truman’s concert percussion ensemble sixth invited appearance at MMEA under the direction of Michael Bump, professor of music.

The ensemble will present a “Pre-MMEA” performance at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 28 in the Ophelia Parrish Performance Hall.