College of Music students and faculty members performed a benefit concert this spring to raise money for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The concert at the Murchison Performing Arts Center included such renowned musicians and faculty members as Emanuel Borok, former concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and Jennifer Lane, internationally known mezzo-soprano.
The Grammy-nominated One O’Clock Lab Band presented the world premiere of Don’t Give Up Hope by Steve Wiest (’88 M.M.), two-time Grammy nominee and director of the band. All ticket proceeds went to the American Red Cross.