Multi-faceted artist to work with MSUM students

David Sisco, a composer, singer and writer, will work with music students and perform during a week-long residency sponsored by the MSUM Music Department. The residency includes a master class Thursday, March 31, from noon to 1 p.m., at which Sisco will coach several students who perform for him. At a convocation the next day (April 1), Sisco will talk […]

Jazz man Willie Akins at MSUM Feb. 10-11

Willie Akins is coming to MSUM for convocations, concerts and master-classes February 10-11. Akins has been a mentor and mainstay of the St. Louis jazz scene since his return from New York in the early 1970s, coming off engagements with Roy Haynes, Jack McDuff and McCoy Tyner. Band members include drummer Montez Coleman (of the Roy Hargrove group since 2007), […]