Alumni of Clayton

Junior College, Clayton State College and Clayton College & State

University are invited to the Jan. 18 event, which begins at 8:15 p.m.,

in the university's world-famous Spivey Hall. Several former music faculty

members also will attend the event, and former Clayton State faculty members

also are invited.

Following a

welcome by Clayton State President Dr. Thomas K. Harden, the recital will

feature six of the music department's returning young artists in an all-British

program: Wendy Baker, soprano; Holly Chatham, piano; Mitch Gindlesperger,

bass; David Schnell, tenor; Holly McCarren, mezzo-soprano; and Tami Petty,

mezzo-soprano. Also featured will be performances by faculty artists,

Dr. William Graves on guitar and William Hearn on saxophone.

Many of the

featured young artists who will perform in the Jan. 18 concert will conduct

a special Jan. 17 master class that will discuss, among other things,

the effects of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the arts. The class,

for interested Clayton State faculty, students and alumni, will be in

room 157 of the university's Music Building, from noon to 1 p.m.

Several of

the young alumni artists present are residents of New York City and will

have much to say about the life of a young artist in New York as well

as how the events of Sept. 11 have affected and continue to affect their

lives.

The recital

event is free and open to the public thanks to the support of the university's

Lyceum program.

Although Clayton

State is best known for serving the residents of Atlanta's Southern Crescent,

the university's alumni are currently spread out over at least 100 of

Georgia's 158 counties. The top 10 counties represented in the University's

9,000+ alumni database are: Clayton (1924), Henry (1831), Fayette (1029),

Fulton (803), Coweta (527), DeKalb (315), Gwinnett (255), Cobb (242),

Rockdale (235) and Spalding (168).

For information

on the music homecoming, phone Delores Toothaker at 770-961-3609 or e-mail

[email protected], or phone Dr. Cheryl Boyd-Waddell at

770-961-3626 or e-mail [email protected].