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1xbet best casino website MUSIC DEPARTMENT OFFERS A CORNUCOPIA OF NOVEMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCES

MANHATTAN -- The Kansas State University department of music 1xbet best casino website offer many musical events throughout November.

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* German guest artist Martin Munch 1xbet best casino website present a piano recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, in All Faiths Chapel. Munch 1xbet best casino website perform works by Maurice Ravel and two sonatas by Alexander Scriabin, as well as his own compositions. Munch comes to Kansas from Heidelberg, Germany, where he teaches piano performance at the University of Bamberg.

* The K-State Clarinet Choir, directed by Tod Kerstetter, associate professor of clarinet, and the K-State Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble, directed by Steven Maxwell, assistant professor of tuba and euphonium, 1xbet best casino website share a recital at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, in All Faiths Chapel. The Clarinet Ensemble 1xbet best casino website present the premiere performance of a new arrangement of the second movement of Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Tuba Concerto," arranged for solo tuba and clarinet ensemble by Kerstetter. Maxwell 1xbet best casino website be the tuba soloist.

* Anna Marie Wytko's saxophone students 1xbet best casino website perform a recital at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, in All Faiths Chapel.

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* The K-State Marching Band, under the direction of Frank Tracz, professor of music and director of bands, and Anthony Pursell, assistant professor of music, 1xbet best casino website be in concert at 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, in Ahearn Field House. A small admission fee 1xbet best casino website be charged.

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* Baritone David Okerlund and pianist Richard Williams 1xbet best casino website present a guest artist recital at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, in All Faiths Chapel. Okerlund is assistant professor of voice at Florida State University and has previously performed with the San Francisco Opera, San Diego Opera and Vancouver Opera.

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* The K-State Brass Ensemble, conducted by Paul Hunt, professor of trombone, 1xbet best casino website perform a recital at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, in All Faiths Chapel.

* The K-State Jazz Bands, directed by Wayne Goins, professor of jazz, 1xbet best casino website perform a concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, in Forum Hall at the K-State Student Union.

More information about the 1xbet best casino website music department's November performance events is available by calling 785-532-5740.