Truman State University
The annual North Star Music Festival at Truman State University is scheduled for Oct. 24-25.
Organized by the Music Department and Truman’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota, North Star is a festival of modern music. William Averitt will be the featured guest commissioned composer with Vinola Trio, Cherie Sampson and Jorge Montilla as guest performers.
The festival will begin at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 in the Ophelia Parrish Performance Hall with an opening concert by the Vinola Trio featuring works by Averitt, Libby Larsen and Lowell Liebermann.
At 11:30 a.m. Oct. 25 a student recital will take place in Ophelia Parrish 2340. At 2 p.m. Sampson will perform “EVERY.SINGLE.ONE” in the Black Box Theater featuring original music by Charles Gran. A second show will take place at 2 p.m. Oct. 25. At 4:30 p.m. a clarinet recital by Montilla featuring music by Amanda Harberg, Andres Barrios, Valerie Coleman and Victor Marquez-Barrios, associate professor of music, will take place in the Ophelia Parrish Performance Hall.
The festival will conclude with a concert at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25 in the Ophelia Parrish Performance Hall featuring performances by Truman students, faculty, Voci and Cantoria, including the premiere of a new work written by Averitt for this edition of the festival.
Admission for the North Star Music Festival is free and the event is open to the public. A livestream will be available at youtube.com/@trumanmusicconcerts/streams. For more information, visit nsmf.truman.edu.
