DETROIT, MI - Wayne State Music's Fall 2003 Season opens with a special performance by the Verdehr Trio on Friday, September 12, 2003. The Trio (clarinet, violin and piano) will be performing WSU Music faculty member James Hartway's "Five Postcards from Michigan" at 11:45 a.m. in the Schaver Music Recital Hall, located at 480 W. Hancock in the Old Main Building. Admission to this recital is free and open to the public. For a complete list of WSU Music's Fall 2003 Concerts and Events, please visit WSU Department of Music Website or call (313) 577-1795.

Wayne State Music is presenting a diverse and distinguished line-up of guest artists on their Professional Artists

Concert/Lecture Series. The month of September brings to campus guest speaker Ann Delisi, WDVD-FM Music Director, for a lecture on the music industry (Sept. 19, 11:45 a.m.). In conjunction with the Chamber Music Society of Detroit, the Department is hosting a one-day string master class with the Shanghai Quartet (Sept. 29, 1-2:30 p.m.). October 2003 highlights include a recital by MET bass and 2003 Arts Achievement Award recipient John Macurdy (Oct. 3, 11:45 a.m.), a jazz workshop with internationally recognized saxophonist James Carter (Oct. 14, 1-3 p.m.), and string recital featuring Movses Pogossian, violin and Matthew Ardizzone, guitar (Oct. 17, 11:45 a.m.).

In November WSU Music will present the Mozart Quintet, featuring DSO faculty Ted Oien, Geoffrey Applegate, Joseph Striplin, James Van Valkenburg, and Marcy Chanteaux (Nov. 3, 7 p.m.) and jazz trumpet artist Derrick Gardner with WSU's premier big band (Nov. 4, 7 p.m.). String lovers should not miss the month of December, which will highlight folk guitarist Matt Watroba, host of WDET's "Folks Like Us" (Dec. 5, 11:45 a.m.) and a solo performance by DSO Principal Cellist Robert deMaine (Dec. 8, 7 p.m.).

A short list of other special events is listed below:

• Invitational Choral Festival with Joseph Jennings, Director of the (c) Grammy Award Winning Chanticleer (Oct. 11, 10:30 a.m.)
• Organ Master Class with Notre Dame's Olivier Latry (Oct. 30, 4 p.m.)
• 37th Annual Salute Concert to Downtown Detroit (Nov. 25, 12 p.m.)

For more information on admission charges and concert/event venues, please visit WSU Department of Music Website or call (313) 577-1795.

Wayne State University Department of Music is celebrating 85 years of artistic and academic excellence. The Department's faculty includes renowned jazz artists, composers, scholars, educators and members of the internationally acclaimed Detroit Symphony Orchestra. WSU alumni have gone on to careers in distinguished orchestras, ensembles and as soloists and music educators the world over.