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Glenville State College Music Fest concert planned for October 12

The annual Music Fest concert at Glenville State College is scheduled for Tuesday, October 12. The event features performances by several GSC ensembles, including trumpet ensemble (pictured), marching band, bluegrass band, jazz band, saxophone ensemble, concert choir, and more.
The annual Music Fest concert at Glenville State College is scheduled for Tuesday, October 12. The event features performances by several GSC ensembles, including trumpet ensemble (pictured), marching band, bluegrass band, jazz band, saxophone ensemble, concert choir, and more.

GLENVILLE, WV – Glenville State College’s annual Music Fest concert is scheduled for Tuesday, October 12 at 7:00 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center Auditorium. The event will mark the grand reopening of the Auditorium following renovations that have taken place over the past several months that include new sound and lighting equipment, new stage curtains, and a refreshed stage floor.

With a history going back decades, Music Fest is one of the most popular concerts of the year at Glenville State. It features nearly all of GSC’s ensembles in a potpourri of musical genres and styles.

Featured performances include: concert choir, chamber singers, clarinet ensemble, saxophone ensemble, brass ensemble, trumpet ensemble, percussion ensemble, jazz band, jazz combo, bluegrass band, drum line, and the “Wall of Sound” Pioneer Marching Band.

Admission to the concert is by donation, and all proceeds will benefit the Bertha Olsen Scholarship Fund, which assists music majors at Glenville State.

For more information call (304) 462-6340.

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