Award-winning composer, percussionist featured at Faculty Recital on April 5th

by Tom Perry

Marietta, Ohio (03/28/2018) — Marietta College's Andy Francis, an Assistant Professor in the Music Department, will be conducting a Faculty Recital at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 5th, in the Alma McDonough Auditorium.

"It is quite an honor to be able to showcase my music at Marietta College," said Francis, who is an award-winning composer and percussionist. "A number of great performers will be featured, each of which I am blessed to be able to work with."

Francis will be presenting all original compositions. He will be joined by featured performers Amy Yekel, instructor of voice and opera at Marietta; Christopher Bowmaster, instructor and director of the College's Pep Band, Jordan Reed, Jazz Ensemble instructor; Merewyn Weinkauf, Marietta College accompanist; Ohio University's Sonax Saxophone and Marietta College's Concert Choir under the direction of Dr. Jay Dougherty.

The recital is free and open to the public.

Located in Marietta, Ohio, at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, Marietta College is a four-year liberal arts college. Tracing its roots to the Muskingum Academy back in 1797, the College was officially chartered in 1835. Today Marietta College serves a body of 1,200 full-time students. The College offers 45 majors and is consistently ranked as one of the top regional comprehensive colleges by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review, as well as one of the nation's best by Forbes.com. Marietta was selected seventh in the nation according to the Brookings Institution's rankings of colleges by their highest value added, regardless of major.

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