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The Indiana State University School of Music Faculty Brass Quintet will perform a variety of works during a performance at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 18 in the Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts Recital Hall.

The quintet includes Robert Waugh and Edward Ludma on trumpet, Brian Kilp on horn, Randy Mitchell on trombone and Glen Dimick on tuba.

The group will perform works including "Fanfare for Brass Quintet," composed by Daniel Powers , Roland Barret ‘s "Three Frames @ 29.97, A Brass Menagerie for Brass Quintet" by John Cheetham and "Sweet Georgia Brown" by Bernie, Pinkard and Casey.

Powers teaches composition in the Indiana State School of Music and is the composer in residence for the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra. His "Fanfare for Brass Quintet" was written to honor the service of former university president Lloyd Benjamin.

Barrett is composer in residence at the University of Oklahoma. He has numerous compositions for many different ensembles. "Three Frames" is one of three of Barrett's compositions for brass quintet.

Cheetham's "A Brass Menagerie" is a five-movement work that explores the different compositional styles of several modern composers. The movements are musical tributes to composers such as Bernstein, Bartok, Shostakovich and others.

Admission to the event is free and attendance by campus and community members is encouraged. For more information, contact the School of Music at 812-237-2771.

Writer: Patrick Waclaw, arts marketing assistant, Indiana State University, pwaclaw@sycamores.indstate.edu