From Kennesaw State University College of the Arts (all photos courtesy of KSU)
Signature production is the sole fundraising concert for music scholarships
KENNESAW, Ga. (Jan. 25, 2024) ––Kennesaw State University’s Bailey School of Music will present the annual Collage Concert at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 3. The signature production, now in its 18th year, benefits students by supporting music scholarships.
Interim Dean of the College of the Arts Dr. Harrison Long says, “As the sole fundraising concert for music scholarships, the Collage Concert not only gives patrons a fabulous performance, but also supports our Bailey School of Music students through ticket sales.”
A coordinated effort from faculty, students, and staff within the Bailey School of Music, Collage represents all areas of study, from strings to choral music to opera theater. The evening gives conductors and directors a chance to experiment with music from established and new composers.
Dr. Julia Bullard, Interim Director of the Bailey School of Music, says, “The performance will feature faculty performers and many of our top student ensembles. You will recognize some of the composers featured, and we also hope to introduce you to some new ones.” The structure of the concert—a flowing, musical vignette with no pauses for applause until intermission—makes for a unique and fast-paced performance.
Opening the concert like a racecar at the tracks, joyRIDE by Michael Markowski will be performed by the KSU Wind Ensemble, conducted by Dr. David Kehler. The composer wrote the piece as a high school senior. He describes the quirky music as “a two-and-a-half-minute concert opener that borrows Beethoven’s infamous melody [Ode to Joy] and dresses it in a tie-dye blazer of rhythm and texture that nod humbly to John Adams’s Short Ride In A Fast Machine.”
Time from young, award-winning composer Jennifer Lucy Cook uses contemporary a cappella…
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