323 MTSU'S MARCIN BELA PRESENTS EVENING OF ORIGINAL COMPOSTIONS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 25, 2007CONTACT: Tim Musselman, 615-898-2493

Free April 3 Faculty Recital Features Guest Instrumentalists, Vocalists

(MURFREESBORO)—Marcin Bela, MTSU professor of music, will present an evening of original compositions for small combos and vocalists at 8 p.m. April 3 in the Hinton Music Hall of the Wright Music Building on the MTSU campus.
Along with Bela (piano and vocal), guest vocalists Lisa Harkness and Suzanne Klock, as well as instrumentalists Adam Agati (guitar), Elliott Lopes (drums) and Russell Wright (bass) of the Nashville jazz trio Bind in the Void also will perform.
Additionally, MTSU faculty members Jamey Simmons (trumpet), Todd Waldecker (clarinet), Deanna Little (flute), Mike Jorgensen (violin) and Sarah Cote (viola), along with MTSU graduate student Mike Jenner (saxophone,) will perform in various configurations as the Bela compositions dictate.
“The program will consist of several large through-composed pieces, as well as improvised interludes,” Bela remarked.
"The texts for my compositions come from various time periods and parts of the world— from Polish medieval sacred poetry to letters of Japanese kamikaze pilots, from East European folk ballads to William Butler Yeats, from Crusader Epics to wall writings of Soviet political prisoners, and are usually sung in original languages," he added.
Bela described his as a fusion of cabaret, jazz, folk and classical genres, while noting that adds the stage presence and the unique combination of Harkness and Klock’s voices are the critical component of his music.
Bela, Harkness and Klock have collaborated since 2004 and performed with groups ranging from classical music ensembles to jazz orchestras.
The April 3 recital is free and open to the public.
For more information on this and other events in the McLean School of Music, please visit www.mtsumusic.com or call 615-898-2493.

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