Mott Community College: Join Us For Jazz On The Lawn! 

Press release from Mott Community College:

Dawn Hibbard

Jun 8th, 2021

MCC will welcome the community back to campus in June with two free jazz concerts. Jazz on the Lawn will be presented on Thursday, June 17 and 24 at 5:30 p.m. on the lawn between the Mott Library and the Mott Memorial Building on the main campus in Flint, co-sponsored by the Music Department and the Foundation for Mott Community College.

The concerts will headline MCC Music alumnus Rufus Ferguson, on piano, assisted by MCC alumnus Rich Small, on guitar, and MCC alumnus Caleb Robinson, on drums, currently attending MSU majoring in music. 

Let us know you are coming! Sign up (for free) at mcceventsonline.com. Concert goers are asked to bring a blanket or lawn chair and respect social distancing for those outside your group. There will be special seating for those who require special assistance.

“We are extremely excited not only to welcome the public back to campus for live music, but also to be able to showcase three of our Music program alumni in what will be outstanding performances,” said Dr. Townes Miller, Professor and Program Coordinator for Music at MCC.

“The community can look forward to even more live music on campus this fall,” Miller added, referring to plans for a large outdoor jazz concert in early October to benefit the MCC Music Fellowship Program.

About Rufus Ferguson

Ferguson is a jazz pianist who earned degrees from Western Michigan University following his tenure at MCC. He got his start studying classical piano at the age of 5, became a gospel church organist at a young age, and later began playing jazz piano at age 13. He has played with Grammy-nominated and award-winning artists and groups of all genres. Ferguson’s arrangements have most recently been presented by his 9-piece ensemble at the 2018 Gilmore Keyboard Festival. He is currently piano instructor for the Suzuki Academy of Kalamazoo, Crescendo Academy of Music, Kalamazoo Academy of Rock and Gilmore Education Department. He is also the Jazz Band Director at Portage Northern High School and rhythm section coach for the Kalamazoo Youth Jazz Orchestra.

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