Finnish trumpet player Jouko Harjanne has become ill while on his U.S. tour and will not be able to appear. Performing on the trumpet in his place will be Stephen G. Jones, professor of music at Western Michigan University.
Admission is free.
It will feature the Northern Michigan University Symphonic Band and the Marquette Senior High School Wind Ensemble. He is an accomplished solo performer, and will be performing the same program as we were to do with Mr. Harjanne. Stephen Jones earned a bachelor's degree from the Ohio State University, a master's from Wichita State University, and a doctorate from the University of Michigan. He is known to American audiences as a solo recitalist and concerto performer, a member of the Western Brass Quintet, and former principal trumpet for the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra. His teachers include Walter Myers, Richard Suddendorf, Thomas Battenberg, Clifford Lillya, and Gerard Schwarz.