Contact: Heath Fisackerly

STARKVILLE, Miss.—A faculty member in Mississippi State University’s Department of Music is presenting a solo marimba recital at 3 p.m. Sunday [Sept. 17] at 283 East Lee Blvd., the former location of the Baptist Student Union.

Jason Baker, associate professor of music, will be accompanied by MSU students Trenton Brown, a senior from Columbus; John Ferguson, a junior from Memphis, Tennessee; Dylan Hamman, a senior from Madison; Grace McCommon, a sophomore from Southaven; Caleb Mooneyham, a senior from Pontotoc; and Zachary Sayles, a senior from Pearl.

The recital will feature music by world-renowned French composer Erik Satie, marimba and percussion virtuoso Richards Zalupe, and MSU Associate Director of Bands Clifton Taylor.

Baker holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Connecticut, a master’s from the New England Conservatory of Music, both in music, and a doctorate in musical arts from the University of North Texas. Additionally, he is an MSU master’s degree graduate in business administration.

For more on MSU’s nationally accredited Department of Music, visit www.music.msstate.edu and follow on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @msstatemusic.

MSU is Mississippi’s leading university, available online at www.msstate.edu.