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SHERMAN -- The Austin College Department of Music will present the annual Spring Instrumental Concert Monday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m. in Wynne Chapel.The concert is free and open to the public. For additional information, call(903) 813-2251.The Austin College String Chamber Ensemble, under the direction of Rick Duhaime, and the Greater Texoma Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Mike Cantwell, will present music ranging in styles from traditional folk melodies set for strings by Bela Bartok to traditional and contemporary big band jazz. Guest soloist for the evening will be Gaylen Jeter, trumpet player with Dallas New Jazz Orchestra.Austin College, affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), is an independent, liberal arts college of 1,300 students located 60 miles north of Dallas in Sherman, Texas. Chartered in November 1849, it is the oldest college in Texas under original charter and name as recognized by the State Historical Survey Committee.Austin College is included in Loren Pope's Colleges That Change Lives, ranked among the "Best 351 Colleges" in the 2004 Princeton Review, and profiled in the 2004 edition of Kaplan's Insiders Guide to the 328 Most Interesting Colleges.
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