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PULLMAN, Wash. – The left and right side of the brain each have unique abilities, so when they come together, it’s a kind of brain duet.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University trumpeter Brian Ploeger won an international Graduate College Soloist Award from the jazz journal DownBeat magazine. He is a graduate teaching assistant and master’s candidate in the School of Music.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Nighthawk, a Washington State University faculty jazz ensemble, has released a self-titled, debut CD on the peer-reviewed WSU Recordings label. A CD release party will start at 9:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 17 and 18, at Rico’s Pub, 200 E. Main St., Pullman. There is no cover charge.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Sheila Kearney Converse, clinical associate professor of music, is the winner of the 2014-15 Samuel H. Smith Leadership Award from the Washington State University Association for Faculty Women (AFW).

By Adrian Aumen, College of Arts and Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Fond remembrances of Erich J. Lear posted by several of his former students on the School of Music’s Facebook page echo the sentiments of many at Washington State University who knew him as a colleague, mentor and friend.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Music written or influenced by African-American composers and cultures will be performed for Black History Month at Washington State University at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, in Bryan Hall.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Gerald Berthiaume has been selected to give the 2015 Distinguished Faculty Address as part of the annual Showcase celebration.

PULLMAN, Wash. – The public is invited to participate for free as Grammy-nominated jazz arranger, composer and educator Jeremy Fox conducts two workshops at Washington State University on Tuesday, Feb. 10, in the Kimbrough building.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Fourteen high school choirs from throughout Washington and Idaho will participate in the 21st annual day-long choral festival Saturday, Oct. 18, in Kimbrough Hall at Washington State University. Performances throughout the day are free to the public, as is the closing concert at 5 p.m. in Bryan Hall.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Three music faculty from Washington State University will give pre-opera talks for “The Met: Live in HD” series, which begins with Verdi’s “Macbeth” at 9:10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre in downtown Moscow, Idaho.