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'Stretch' Jazz Trio will perform at Westminster College Thursday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the Berlin Lounge located in the McKelvey Campus Center.
The trio includes: Jim Flowers, an adjunct music instructor at Westminster, on reeds; James (JP) Scanga, a freshman music education major, on bass; and Steve Marks, a private music teacher from Hermitage, on the drums.
The program will include a variety of jazz compositions by Joe Henderson, John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and others. The group will also premier several small works written specifically for this performance by Scanga.
"The mission of 'Stretch' is to push the development of our modern conception of jazz as far as possible," Scanga said. "Breaking a rudimentary tradition of combo playing without a chordal instrument such as a piano or guitar, 'Stretch' is thus a vehicle with musical room to breathe. Improvisation and spontaneity are two cornerstones of this trio."
Scanga is a son of James and Kimberly Scanga, Sharpsville, and a graduate of Kennedy Catholic High School.
This event is free and open to the public. Contact the Westminster College Department of Music at (724) 946-7270 for more information.
Paul Wozniak, professor of accounting at Westminster College, has been appointed a member of the Strategic Advisory Board of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA).
Westminster College, already honored by a national publication as "one of the nation's most wired colleges," has announced plans to upgrade its Internet connection to quadruple the access speed for students, faculty, and staff.
Westminster College recently established the Pi Alpha Chi chapter of the Chi Sigma Iota Academic and Professional Honor Society International.
Westminster College will host children's author and poet J. Patrick Lewis Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m. in the Witherspoon Rooms of the McKelvey Campus Center.
Dr. Deborah Mitchell, Westminster College associate professor of English, and Dr. Betsy Ford, Westminster College English professor emerita, will speak at the Faculty Forum, Wednesday, May 2, at 11:40 a.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater of the McKelvey Campus Center.
Westminster College's Celebrity Series will host "Romantic Feelings," a Valentine's dinner theatre program, Saturday, Feb. 16, in the Witherspoon Rooms of the McKelvey Campus Center.
Westminster College's Drinko Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning announced 21 Westminster students who are Scholars in Service to Pennsylvania.
Zachary Gantz, a Westminster College sophomore business administration major, won the 2009 David W. Edward Entrepreneurship Scholarship competition. The award includes a $2,500 academic scholarship.
The demand for a Westminster College education has never been higher. The 158-year-old, private, liberal arts college in New Wilmington, Pa., has already shattered its application record and has experienced a 300% increase in applicants since 2007.
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