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The concert opens with a selection of original songs performed by Little Robbie Kimball, host of Pickin’ Up the Tempo and Classical Showcase, and by John Pillow, host of The Classical World.

All the hosts of the long-running KCBX show, Basically Bluegrass, will combine their talents for a set of bluegrass and acoustically related music. Current show host, Glenn Horn, is joined by Pete Morin, Ron Saul and Duane Inglish.

Andy Harp, host of Afternoon Classics, will lead a jazz quintet on trumpet, joined by Scott Liddi on sax, Larry Johnston on keyboards, Phil Gross on bass and Ross Sears on drums.

The Usonia Jazz Band features the vocal talents of Dawn Lambeth and the trumpet tones of Marc Caparone (former host of Rhythm Retrospective); they’ll be joined by boogie woogie piano virtuoso, Carl Sonny Leyland, the current host of Friday night’s Rhythm Retrospective.

Paul Severtson, KCBX Development Director, will host the program and add some violin and viola licks along the way.

Light lunch, provided by Maegen Loring Catering, and beverages, including fine Central Coast wines, will be available at modest cost. Tickets are $25 per person. Available at KCBX or by calling 805.549.8855.

Take It SLO will perform with special guest ensemble, Fermata Nowhere.

Fermata Nowhere hails from Mt. San Antonio College, a community college in Walnut, Calif. The award-winning, 14-member, all-male a cappella group has performed across the country. From Latin motets to Ben Folds to Lady Gaga, the group's members say they work tirelessly in their search for musical excellence.

Take It SLO is a 15-member vocal ensemble that performs works arranged by the students themselves. The group has received statewide recognition in recent years and competed in February the 2010 International Championship of College A Cappella (ICCA) quarterfinal competition at UC Berkeley.

Tickets to the concert are $5 and can be purchased at the door the evening of the show. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. for the respective concerts.

The events are sponsored by the Cal Poly Music Department and College of Liberal Arts. For more information call Amy Lebetsamer at 310-977-9019, visit www.takeitslo.com, e-mail takeitslo@gmail.com, or call the Music Department at 805-756-2406.

During the class, several of the Cal Poly Music Department’s leading voice students will perform and be critiqued on their performance. The public is welcome.

PCPA is well known for its professional and entertaining performances on the Allan Hancock College campus in Santa Maria and at the Solvang Theatre during summer months. PCPA is a training program that specializes in helping singers prepare for careers in musical theatre performance, direction and stage craft.

The free master class is made possible by Cal Poly’s Opera Workshop and is sponsored by the Cal Poly Music Department, College of Liberal Arts and Instructionally Related Activities program.

For more information on the class, call the Music Department at 805-756-2406.

The concert will feature chansons of the 16th century. A chanson is the French cousin of the English and Italian madrigal.

Composers represented will include Josquin des Pres, Claudin de Sermisy, Pierre Certon, Claude Le Jeune and Clément Janequin. Some pieces were written for the aristocracy and others for popular consumption. Some tell stories while others are on sentimental or humorous themes.

Music Professor Thomas Davies, conductor of the ensemble, will guide the audience through the compositional styles and techniques of the evenings’ selections. Paul Woodring, accompanist, and Cassandra Tarantino, choir director for the Cuesta College North County campus, will accompany the ensemble on recorders, the forerunner of today’s flute.

Members of the Early Music Ensemble include sopranos Natalie deBruijn, Lisa Figel, Amy Beth Nickelson, Sarah Nulton and Theresa Riforgiate; altos Katie Dugan, Katelyn Neumann, Karlie Saenz and Claire Twaddell; tenors Gurveer Deol, Evan Griffith and Jonathan Presley; and basses John Cape, Brian Holliday, Erland Mowinckel and Nathan Wood.

Tickets are $12 for the public and $8 for seniors and students, on sale at the Performing Arts Ticket Office from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekends. To order online, visit www.pacslo.org; by phone, call SLO-ARTS (805-756-2787); or by fax, dial 805-756-6088.

The concert is sponsored by Cal Poly's College of Liberal Arts, Music Department and Instructionally Related Activities program. For more information, call the Music Department at 805-756-2406.

DJ Logic will use a standard phonograph record on a turntable as a musical instrument while Cal Poly’s University Jazz Band No.1 performs a variety of innovative hip hop and funk compositions for big band. DJ Logic is one of the few DJs to successfully combine hip hop with jazz.

“Jazz is one of music’s most creative idioms, borrowing from nearly any source to redefine itself, and DJ Logic has found yet another way to reinvigorate jazz,” said Paul Rinzler, director of the University Jazz Bands. “Turntablists play exactly the same musical role as, for instance, a conga player does in a jazz band. So if congas are acceptable in a jazz band, then it is only our preconceptions about what is a musical instrument that would question whether a turntablist can be a jazz musician.”

A second big band, as well as two jazz combos, will also perform a variety of hip-hop and funk selections.

Tickets are $12 and $15 for general admission, $10 and $13 for seniors and Jazz Federation members, and $6 and $10 for students. Prices are based on seating. Tickets can be purchased at the Performing Arts Ticket Office from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. To order by phone, call SLO-ARTS (756-2787).

The Jazz Night concert is sponsored by the Cal Poly Music Department, College of Liberal Arts and Instructionally Related Activities program. For more information, call the Music Department at 805-756-2406.

Cal Poly Choirs conductor Thomas Davies and Cal Poly Symphony conductor David Arriveé will share the podium, leading over 200 musicians on stage at Harman Hall.

Copland's "Hoe-down" and a selection of "Old American Songs" will root the program firmly in traditional American folk music. His "Stomp Your Foot" and "The Promise of Living," both from the opera "The Tender Land," celebrate life in rural America.

Two works by Leonard Bernstein take the program in different directions. Selections from "West Side Story," including such unforgettable numbers as "I feel pretty" and "Tonight," showcase the composer's gift for musical theater. His masterful "Chichester Psalms" is a colorful setting of psalms, sung in Hebrew, that moves from religious exaltation to peaceful fulfillment.

Student soloists, selected by audition, will be featured throughout the program.

Tickets for the concert are $10 and $12 for the public, $8 and $10 for seniors and $6 for students. They are on sale at the Performing Arts Ticket Office from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. To order by phone, call SLO-ARTS (756-2787).

The concert is sponsored by Cal Poly's Music Department, College of Liberal Arts and Instructionally Related Activities program. For more information, call the Music Department at 756-2406.