Dr. Richard Todd Payne, associate professor in music, has been selected to perform the role of Hero/Louis Armstrong in a Memphis, Tennessee, production of “The Real Ambassadors." The performances will be 7 p.m. on April 8 and 2 p.m. on April 10 at Playhouse on the Square. The production is sponsored by Rhodes College, Opera Memphis and the 2016 Brubeck Festival as part of … [Read more...] about Payne snags lead in Brubeck’s ‘Real Ambassadors’
Dr. Grant Peters, professor of music, has been re-elected for a four-year term on the Board of Directors of the International Trumpet Guild. During his first term serving on the Board, Peters was named host of the ITG's 2011 Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition, held on the Missouri State campus on September 24, 2011. The successful bid included a … [Read more...] about Music professor re-elected to International Trumpet Guild’s Board of Directors