Axe ’Em, Jacks!
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Contemporary Ensemble at Stephen F. Austin State University will broadcast its fall semester concert at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, on the SFA School of Music YouTube Channel.
Directed by James Adams, the Contemporary Ensemble is one of three student performance groups in the Sound Recording Technology program in the School of Music.
“This is going to be a fantastic show,” Adams said. “This special concert will feature two bonus holiday songs.”
The concert will incorporate collaborative performances with members of the SFA Symphony Orchestra and SFA’s School of Theatre and Dance.
Among the works to be performed are “Enemy” by Imagine Dragons; “The Less I Know the Better” by Tame Impala featuring SFA theatre/dance student Joy Crissmon, senior from Cypress; “Guillotine” by Jon Bellion; “Coward” by SRT major Drew Williams, junior from Fairfield; two Disney songs, and more.
The concert will also feature “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” by High Martin and Ralph Blane (Sinatra version) in collaboration with Dr. Greg Grabowski and five orchestra string performers, and “All I Want For Christmas” by Mariah Carey.
For more information about the SRT program at SFA, contact Adams at adamsjf@sfasu.edu. For more information about the School of Music, call (936) 468-4602.