Beginning in 2018, Marshall will be home to the Ellis Marsalis International Jazz Piano Competition. The new triennial event was announced by President Jerome Gilbert Jan. 6 at The Jazz Education Network Conference in New Orleans. In addition to the international competition every three years, Marshall’s College of Arts and Media and jazz studies program

Although Marshall University Choral Union’s semester of rehearsals began Monday, new members are still welcome to join, according to director Deborah Bradley. She was formerly a choral director for Fairland and Huntington high schools. Rehearsals are each Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. in Smith Recital Hall. “The repertoire for this semester will include a

Dr. Larry W. Sticker, a member of the Marshall faculty for 28 years, died Dec. 23. A service to celebrate his life took place at Forrest Burdette Memorial United Methodist Church in Hurricane, West Virginia, Dec. 31. Stickler, a bass-baritone, taught voice and music education at Marshall and served for seven years as chair of

The School of Music will host the final MUsic Mondays lecture of the fall series at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19, at the Cellar Door, 905 3rd Ave., Huntington. The fall series, titled “Music and Ways of Telling,” investigates how the composers convey meaning to listeners. The lecture, “Tapping into England’s Past: Britten’s ‘Ceremony of

For the first time, four of Marshall University’s large instrumental and choral ensembles will join at the university’s Smith Recital Hall for a performance of seasonal favorites at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4. The wide-ranging holiday concert will feature Marshall’s orchestra, as well as the choral union, university chorus and chamber choir. The ensembles will

The School of Music’s MUsic Mondays presents the third lecture of the fall series at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28, at the Cellar Door, 905 3rd Ave., Huntington. The fall series, titled “Music and Ways of Telling,” investigates how the composer conveys meaning to the listener. 

Marshall University’s School of Music will present the Violauta Duo with “Sulla strada per l’Italia,” a recital at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, at the Jomie Jazz Forum on Marshall’s Huntington campus.

The second concert of the Marshall University Pullman Series will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, in the pavilion at Pullman Square in downtown Huntington.

The U.S. Fleet Forces Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Lt. Robert J. Coats, will perform at Marshall University’s Smith Recital Hall on Sunday, Sept. 25, at 3 p.m.