This November saw five faculty members of the School of Music hitting the road on a conservatory tour that put them in front of some of the most discriminating audiences in the nation. 

     Now in its 24th season, the Florida State University Brass Quintet performed in the best music halls in the east, including Juilliard, the Eastman School of Music, Peabody Conservatory, Temple University, Cincinatti College Conservatory and The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

     Since the Quintet's founding in 1975, the ensemble has performed in hundreds of concerts and educational arenas throughout the U.S. and Europe. The 1998 Quintet features veteran member Bryan Goff on trumpet; graduate student Scott Beckett also on trumpet; Michelle Stebleton on horn; trombonist John Drew and Paul Ebbers on tuba.

     For their 1998 tour, the Quintet performed works appearing on "Strophes of the Night and Dawn," the group's latest CD published internationally by Crystal Records in 1997. The album includes a reportoire of commissioned works and the CD recording debuts of selections from J.S. Bach and noted University of Missouri composer John Cheetham. For information about the Quintet or the CD, Goff can reached at 850-644-4842 or at bgoff@mailer.fsu.edu.

     The colorful works of abstract painter John Richey, a master of fine arts grad from FSU and an adjunct instructor in the university's Department of Art, were the talk of the Appleton Museum of Art in Ocala, Florida this past summer.

     Reproduced here are selections from the show entitled "John Richey: New Works," which was displayed at the Appleton from June through August. Also shown was Richey's "The Sculptor's Line: Henry Moore Prints and Maquettes from the William S. Fairfield Collections," work inspired by the late English sculptor.

     "Force moves through form--through the natural landscape as well as through the interior space of the psyche. My work is a pursuit of that force and those forms--primordial yet familiar and domestic."-- John Richey, 1998 

    "Tallahassee: Seven Days of Opening Nights"--the largest reprise of Florida State tributes to the arts since the end of the university's Artist Series in the 1980s--will showcase an international cast of talent and some of the best artists from town and gown.

     Heralded as the kick-off of what organizers hope will become an annual series, the week-long festival will feature headliner performances in theater, dance, music and film along along with a special touring art exhibit.