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Dave Brubeck Quartet performs
at Festival of Fine Arts

LAKELAND, Fla. (Jan. 23, 2004) - Florida Southern College and the Festival of Fine Arts welcome The Dave Brubeck Quartet to Branscomb Auditorium Feb. 7 at 7:30 p.m.

Dave Brubeck is one of the most well known jazz pianists of all time. Now in his eighties, this legendary jazzman has played for six U.S. presidents, holds the National Medal of the Arts, and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. The original group performed for 17 years together, producing the million-seller tune Take Five. Brubeck has continued to perform and compose since the quartet disbanded in 1967.

Tickets are $20. FSC students are admitted free of charge; non-FSC students pay half price. For ticket information, please contact the Branscomb Auditorium box office at (863) 680-4296. 

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world. 

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