FOR RELEASE: Oct. 11, 2012
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Claudette Northcutt, 615-898-5924
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Claudette Northcutt, 615-898-5924
Get your tickets now for MTSU’s Nov. 10 gala ‘Evening of Swing’
MURFREESBORO — MTSU’s Friends
of Music are preparing for another gala community celebration of the university’s
School of Music: the sixth annual “Evening of Swing” dinner/dance event on
Saturday, Nov. 10, at Murfreesboro’s Stones River Country Club.
The
evening, which will get under way at 6:15 p.m., will feature the big-band music
of the 1930s and ’40s performed by MTSU’s two jazz ensembles, directed by MTSU
music faculty members Jamey Simmons and Don Aliquo.
“The
Friends’ annual ‘Evening of Swing’ galas have drawn large numbers of community
members to enjoy the pre-reception, dinner, dancing and fellowship,” said Dr.
George T. Riordan, director of the MTSU School of Music.
“We
have a number of big-band music scores for our ensembles that will be familiar
to everyone who enjoys swing music, including hits by the likes of Glenn
Miller, Duke Ellington and Tommy Dorsey, so bring your dancing
shoes.”
Individual
tickets to the event, which includes dinner and a gala evening of music and
dancing, are $100 per person. Tables seating eight are available for $800, and
patron and major sponsor tables for up to 10 people are available for $1,000
and $2,500.
Adding
that the country club is a “great place for dancing and enjoying music,”
Riordan noted that “people have been very impressed with the authentic and
danceable swing provided by our students in the MTSU jazz ensemble. This is a
wonderful forum to introduce the high quality of our musicians to people who
haven’t yet enjoyed concerts at the School of Music.”
Riordan
said the Friends of Music was organized to encourage community members to enjoy
the 200-plus concerts presented each year at MTSU and to help the school
provide more services and opportunities to music students. The Friends also
offer guidance to the School of Music by providing a community
perspective.
“Proceeds
from the last Evening of Swing in 2010 made it possible for some 50 or more
music students to take advantage of professional opportunities that they
otherwise would have to miss,” the director said.
“We’re
grateful for the foundation that our patrons provide to help for us in our
mission of serving students, MTSU and state and local communities. And we have
an active and dynamic leadership committee who are excited about this event,
the school and our students.”
MTSU’s
“Evening of Swing” organizing committee members include Liz Rhea, Shirley
LaRoche, Jane Blakey, Martha Curl, Bobbie and John Duke, Brenda McFarlin,
Margie Spangler, Hannah Witherspoon, Veronica Milnar, Linda Palmer, Robbie
Hooper and Aimee Holt. In addition to Riordan and Simmons, MTSU representatives
on the committee are Connie Huddleston, Beth Duffield, Andrea Dawson, Deanna
Little and Claudette Northcutt.
Riordan
said those who’d like to polish their moves or learn the basics before the
“Evening of Swing” can join a free group swing-dance lesson on Thursday, Nov.
8, from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m., led by Becky and Justin Ward at the Dance
Murfreesboro studio.
Dance
Murfreesboro is located at 730-A Middle Tennessee Blvd., Suite 14, just behind
Harris Electric at the Park Avenue traffic light.
For
more information on “Evening of Swing” or the Friends of Music, including
ticket inquiries, please contact Northcutt at 615-898-5924.
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ATTENTION, MEDIA: To request Evening
of Swing photos or an interview with Riordan, please email Gina Fann in the
Office of News and Public Affairs at gina.fann@mtsu.edu.
For MTSU news and information anytime, visit www.mtsunews.com.
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