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Connecticut College Concert Band and Jazz Ensemble Concert Oct. 29

October 08, 2007

NEW LONDON, Conn. - The Connecticut College Department of Music will present an autumn concert by the college´s Concert Band and Jazz Ensemble at 7 p.m. Oct. 29 in the college´s John C. Evans Hall, Cummings Arts Center.

The concert will feature music from the "Damnation of Faust," by Hector Berlioz; a tribute to English composer Malcolm Arnold and jazz selections from George Gershwin, Charles Mingus and Miles Davis.

Gary Buttery, adjunct instructor of music, will direct.

Tickets are $5. For tickets and information, call (860) 439-2720.

Among the most selective private liberal arts colleges in the nation, Connecticut College enrolls 1,900 men and women from 41 states, the District of Columbia and 75 countries. The college is known for putting the liberal arts into action through interdisciplinary studies, international programs, funded internships, student-faculty research and service learning. Founded in 1911, the college operates under an 86-year-old honor code. The college is located at 270 Mohegan Ave, New London, about two hours by car from Boston and New York. The 750-acre campus is an arboretum overlooking Long Island Sound. For more information, visit www.connecticutcollege.edu.

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For more information contact: Amy Sullivan (860) 439-2526; amy.sullivan@conncoll.edu