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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear Friends and Alumni,</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please join us for a very special concert on March 9th, 2017 featuring the Texas A&M University-Commerce Wind Ensemble and GRAMMY winning composer, Michael Daugherty. The concert will take place in the Finney
Concert Hall on the campus of Texas A&M University-Commerce at 7:30 p.m. The concert will also feature graduate student percussionists Noah Friedman, Josiah Gaiter, Kevin West and Michael Young as well as faculty guest conductor, Stuart Shulman. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b><span style="color:black">Invisible Cities</span></b></em><span style="color:black"> for percussion quartet and wind ensemble - Dinuk Wijeratne</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">and the world premiere of Michael Daugherty's new work </span><em><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Of War and Peace</span></b></em><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Admission is free but tickets are required and seating is limited</span></b><span style="color:black">. Please click <a href="https://secure.touchnet.com/C20206_ustores/web/store_cat.jsp?STOREID=8&CATID=309" target="_blank">HERE</a> to
reserve your tickets or call the main music office for information (903) 886-5303. I hope you will be able to join us for this very special event.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Phillip Clements<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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