Contact: Public Relations
(863) 680-4118

Eighth Blackbird ensemble
performs in FSC Chamber Series

LAKELAND, Fla. (Jan. 22, 2002) - Florida Southern College welcomes the Eighth Blackbird ensemble for a Chamber Series performance on Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the Anne MacGregor Jenkins Recital Hall on campus.

The Eighth Blackbird, a sextet of clarinet, flute, violin, cello, piano and percussion, is currently ensemble-in-residence at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago. Praised by the New York Times as a "superb contemporary music sextet," the ensemble has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Naumberg Chamber Music Award in 2000. The group was founded in 1996 at Oberlin Conservatory and has performed throughout the United States including Washington, D.C., New York City, Philadelphia and San Francisco.

Tickets are $10 at the door and $5 for non-FSC students. FSC students are admitted free of charge. For ticket information, please contact the Branscomb Auditorium box office at (863) 680-4296.

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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