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YOUNGSTOWN -- Youngstown State University jazz students will play original compositions for a concert Monday.
The Jazz Ensemble will perform "Si Wong" by second-year graduate student guitarist / composer Chandler Carpenter and "Squirmy" by first-year graduate student bassist / composer Aidan Plank.
Banjoist Enzo Chiodi will be featured on his composition "Off Kilter," which was arranged by Carpenter for this concert. Vocalist LaNae' Ferguson will be featured on three standards from the Great American Songbook.
Carpenter is a graduate teaching assistant in the jazz area at the Dana School of Music. He holds a bachelor's degree in jazz performance from the University of Akron. Carpenter currently studies with Francois Fowler and David Morgan as he pursues a master's degree in jazz studies at YSU.
Plank is a graduate teaching assistant in the jazz area. He is a member of the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra and has performed and recorded with Joe Lovano, Terrance Blanchard, Dominick Farrinacci, Ken Peplowski, The Cleveland Orchestra and many others. Plank studies with Morgan as he pursues a master's degree in jazz studies at YSU.
Chiodi is a composition major studying with Morgan and Fowler.
The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Chestnut Room of Kilcawley Center. Admission is free.