Release Date: February 11, 2008
Kennesaw State music students win multiple honors
Contact: Cheryl Anderson Brown, Assistant Director of Public Relations, 770-499-3417 or cbrown@kennesaw.edu
KENNESAW, Ga.—Several Kennesaw State students from the Department of Music have been selected recently to represent the university in key regional and national ensembles.
Melissa Harris (horn), Brandi Sheridan (bass clarinet) and Theresa Stephens (clarinet) were selected for the Georgia Music Educators Association All College Band, which occured last month in Savannah.
Brandon Bell (alto saxophone), Kerry Brunson (oboe), Melissa Harris (horn), Robert Hays (trombone), Crystal Penland (trombone), Luke Rabun (horn), Nicole Rosten (flute) and Theresa Stephens (clarinet) were selected for the College Band Directors National Association Southern Division Intercollegiate Band, which will be performing later this month in Columbus, Ga.
Melissa Harris (horn), Staci Hatmaker (euphonium) and Crystal Penland (trombone) were selected for the National Wind Ensemble, which will be performing in May 2008 at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
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Kennesaw State University is a comprehensive, residential institution with a growing student population exceeding 20,000 from 132 countries. The third largest state university out of 35 institutions in the University System of Georgia, KSU offers more than 55 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
The KSU College of the Arts is one of only four Georgia institutions to have achieved full national accreditation for all of its arts programs.