Annual ComposerFest comes to PJC

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Come enjoy original music created by local and regional composers at ComposerFest, an annual Pensacola Junior College Lyceum Series concert.

The free event is 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at the Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium, Building 8, on the Pensacola campus.

The purpose of ComposerFest is to provide the public an opportunity to hear music written by living composers. The 2009 concert features works by PJC faculty Michael Coleman, Matt Fossa, Kadisha Onalbayeva and retired PJC faculty Robert Sherwood.

Other featured composers are Kari Juusela, Berklee College of Music in Boston; Jerry Sieg, University of New Orleans; Joseph Spaniola, University of West Florida; and Chris Tilley, University of Mobile.

The concert features works written for cello, English horn, piano, marimba, saxophone and trombone.

For more information, contact Coleman at 484-1813, mcoleman@pjc.edu; or the Lyceum Series office at 484-1847.