MEDIA ADVISORY

June 28, 2001

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                      

Contact:  Pattie Charles

                                                                                                                 (614) 292-8835

Ohio State Jazz Ensemble to play Saturday

Free concert send-off before European Tour

The Ohio State University Jazz Ensemble will give a farewell concert at 7 p.m. on Saturday (6/30) in Goodale Park before leaving for Europe, where they will perform in some of the world's leading jazz festivals.  The concert is free and open to the public.

          The 20 undergraduate student-musicians, directed by Professor of Music Ted McDaniel, will perform in Austria, France, Germany and Switzerland, including at the Montreaux Jazz Festival, from July 2 to 13.  The group, which will serve as musical ambassadors for Ohio State's School of Music and College of the Arts, hope to perform before many OSU alumni abroad.

WHAT:            OSU Jazz Ensemble to perform in a farewell concert before leaving for Europe.

WHEN:            7 p.m., Saturday (6/30)

WHERE:         Goodale Park, 120 W. Goodale Blvd.

WHY:              The farewell concert will serve as a dress rehearsal for the OSU Jazz Ensemble before they leave on their tour of European jazz festivals.

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