LAKELAND, Fla. (Jan. 15, 2009) —The FSC Festival of Fine Arts is pleased to present the Florida Southern College Faculty Showcase on Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in Branscomb Auditorium on the Florida Southern campus.

A faculty brass quintet performing composer Howard Buss’ composition, “Sonic Fables: Lessons from Aesop,” will include department chair Dr. Brian Brink, (trombone); Festival coordinator Larry Burke (tuba) ;jazz ensemble director Paul Butcher (trumpet); percussion instructor Dr. David Coash (percussion); and horn instructor Dr. Candler Schafer (horn). Robert MacDonald, director of piano studies, will perform works by Debussy and Gershwin; Rita Fandrich, piano instructor, will feature Franz Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody;” and Diane Willis Stahl and Dr. John Thomasson, vocal professors, will sing a variety of contemporary songs accompanied by Paula Parsché, piano and theory professor.

Admission is $15. FSC students are admitted free of charge; non-FSC students are admitted at half price. For ticket information, please contact the Branscomb Auditorium box office at (863) 680-4296.