The Flute Choir will perform on April 27

UNC Asheville's Music Department will wrap up its spring concert season with five performances in April. The concerts will be held in UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Auditorium. Tickets are $5 general admission at the door.

UNC Asheville jazz combos will perform vocal and instrumental selections at 7:30 pm. Thursday, April 3. UNC Asheville Assistant Professor of Music David Wilken and jazz studies faculty will direct the groups.

The UNC Asheville Chamber Symphony will present a concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 6. Under the direction of Melodie Galloway, assistant professor of music, the group will perform pieces by Mahler, Mogensen, Lewis and Handel, as well as Imant Ramish's Missa Brevis. The "Little Mass" will be performed with the UNC Asheville University Singers, soloists and orchestra, also directed by Galloway.

UNC Asheville's Concert Band and Percussion Ensemble, directed by John Entzi, assistant professor of music, and Matthew Richmond, adjunct instructor of music, will perform at 4 p.m, Sunday, April 13.

The UNC Asheville Jazz Festival will take place at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 19. The festival will feature performances by UNC Asheville's Jazz Lab Big Band and special guest trumpet player Bob Lark of Chicago. Throughout the day, visiting middle school and high school jazz bands will participate in workshops with Lark and other UNC Asheville faculty.

The Concert Band, University Singers, Chamber Symphony, String Quartet and Flute Choir will wrap up the season with performances at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 27. The ensembles will perform under the direction of music faculty members Galloway, John Entzi, Judi Lampert and Inez Redman.

For more information, call UNC Asheville's Music Department at 828/251-6432.