The money will go to the efforts in Mississippi as well as to help offset the cost of the new building for the Newman Center, Kraus said. Fine Arts announces upcoming events The Drake University Fine Arts program has announced its schedule for February and the beginning of March. Clarinetist Clarence Padilla, assistant professor of woodwind instruments, will join other faculty members and local musicians and perform chamber music Feb. 15 at 8 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium. Admission is free. Andrew Classen, assistant professor for jazz studies and band trumpet director will direct top jazz ensembles from area high schools in a concert featuring trumpeter Mike Vax Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium.
Admission is free.
Drake University Bands will present works by Ito, Grainger, Jager and Hart March 1 at 3 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium. Robert Meunier, associate professor of percussion and director of bands, will conduct. Admission is free. Before embarking on a tour of Chicago, Ill., and Indiana, the Drake Choir and Chamber Choir will perform March 3 at 8 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium. The tour program includes works by Debussy, Vaughan Williams and Barber, as well as folk songs from Ireland, Newfoundland and New England.