3/12/2003

Contact: K.E. Schwab  -- 724-738-2199;  e-mail: karl.schwab@sru.edu

ANNUAL ‘PRISM CONCERT’ TO BRING MUSIC UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL

          SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – “Music-in-the-Round” will be the theme when the Slippery Rock University music department presents its annual “Prism 2003” concert helping support two department scholarships.

          The 4 p.m. March 23 concert will be held in Miller Auditorium featuring various SRU ensembles, trios and quartets along with singing and jazz groups. The performers will mix-and-mingle with the audience performing from the auditorium’s floor.

          Proceeds benefit the Kate Brennan Music Education Scholarship Fund, named in honor of the retired department chair, and the Sue Shuttleworth Music Therapy Scholarship Fund, named in honor of the assistant professor of music.

          Minimum donations of $5 for the public and $3 for students will be collected at the door. Donations exceeding the minimum are tax deductible.

          The program is organized by Stacey Steele, assistant professor of music.

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