According to a press release, two of the music performances previously announced have been canceled: the Music Technology Ensemble Concert on Nov. 7 and the Faculty Recital by Sascha Groschang on Nov. 8.

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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Department of Music at Missouri Western State University has several performances scheduled in this week. All concerts are free and open to the public.

·        Music Technology Ensemble Concert, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall.

·         Faculty Recital: Sascha Groschang, cello, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, Potter Hall Theater. Groschang is an active recitalist and chamber musician, having performed across the United States and Asia. She has appeared at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall numerous times, and gave her solo debut recital at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in 2009. She has shared the stage with artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Michael Bublé, Peter Gabriel, Josh Groban, Sarah Mclachlan and has extensive recording experience, including sessions for NBC, Atlantic and Rhino Records. She is an adjunct faculty member at Missouri Western.

·         Music Department Recital, noon Friday, Nov. 10, Potter Hall Theater. Instrumental and vocal music majors will perform various musical works at the monthly department-wide recital.

·         Faculty Recital: Dr. Paul Hindemith, baritone, and Dr. Nathanael May, piano, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, Potter Hall Theater. Dr. Hindemith’s professional career has taken him from coast to coast and overseas performing opera, oratorio, operetta, musical theatre, and art song. Hailed as “touching and expressive” by the Washington Times and as “vocally and theatrically sturdy” by the Baltimore Sun, the baritone has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra; the San Diego, Utah Festival, Ohio Light, Skylark, and Fargo-Moorhead Operas; and theatre companies like Theatre Latté Da in Minneapolis and the Robidoux Resident Theatre in Saint Joseph. He is director of vocal studies at Missouri Western. As a festival producer, concert organizer, recording artist, consultant, educator, and pianist, Dr. May seeks to engage audiences with music of the modern era. Noted for ‘quicksilver grace’ (Fanfare) and ‘highly developed, extremely differentiated touch and sound’ (Fuldaer Zeitung), he has performed on three continents and was named the 2012 Winner of the American Prize in recorded solo piano performance. He is associate professor of music at Missouri Western.