TONIGHT: Professor Virgil Franklin’s Guitar Fest!

VINCENNES, Ind. (Courtesy VU Calendar) The Vincennes University Performing Arts Department presents a “Guitar Fest.”  The concert will take place on Thursday, March 23rd at 7:00 p.m. (EST), in Vincennes University’s Red Skelton Performing Arts Center Theatre.  Admission is Free and the public is invited to attend.

This year’s concert features VU Music’s Blues Ensemble performing “The Music of Chicago” (The Chicago Transit Authority).  Special guests, VU Music faculty Susie Jackson, Drums; Dr. Claudia Bossard, Piano; and Mark Snyder, Vocals.

VU Blues Ensemble: Curtis Backfish, Drums; Jim Brown, Guitar & Vocals; Elliott Buehl, Keyboard; Devonte Davis, Guitar; Joshua Melvin, Guitar; Carlos Ramirez, Vocals; Coleton Sears, Guitar; Jared Sullivan, Guitar

Professor Virgil Franklin, Bass and Vocals, will lead the Blues Ensemble.