OSU concert to feature International jazz artist
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
(March 31, 2010, STILLWATER, Okla.) – Oklahoma State University President Burns Hargis
will host the 2010 OSU Jazz Festival at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 10 at the Seretean
Center for the Performing Arts.
Special guest is saxophonist Bob Sheppard who has performed with artists such as
Chick Corea, Steely Dan and Joni Mitchell. Sheppard currently is a member of The Peter
Erskine Trio.
Sheppard has recorded more than 100 television and movie soundtracks. “Bob is an
accomplished musician who is in high demand in Los Angeles as a session musician,”
said Jonathan Martin, assistant professor of music and director of jazz studies at
OSU. “We are pleased to have him perform, as well as work with serious jazz students
from throughout the state of Oklahoma.”
Sheppard’s visit to Stillwater will include a jazz master class for festival participants
and an evening performance with the OSU Jazz Ensemble I. About 100 high school students
from throughout the state and two OSU jazz ensemble classes are expected to take part
in the day-long event.
A graduate of the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester (N.Y.),
Sheppard is an educator at the University of Southern California.
The Saturday evening concert is open to the public and tickets are $5 for students
and seniors, while general admission is $7. For more information, phone (405) 744-6163
or visit http://music.okstate.edu.
The festival is hosted by the OSU Office of the President and the OSU Department
of Music, which is one of 24 departments in the College of Arts & Sciences.