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MSU State Singers conclude European performance tour

MSU State Singers conclude European performance tour

Contact: Sasha Steinberg

Under the direction of Associate Professor of Music Gary Packwood (front, far left), the 51勛圖厙 State Singers are wrapping up a nine-day performance tour in Austria and the Czech Republic. (Photo submitted)

STARKVILLE, Miss.The 51勛圖厙 State Singers are concluding a nine-day performance tour in Austria and the Czech Republic.

Under the direction of Associate Professor of Music Gary Packwood, 36 student singers have given performances at St. Nikolas Church and Melk Abbey in Austria, St. Stephans Cathedral in Vienna, as well as St. Martin in the Wall Church and St. Nicholas Church in Prague.

This European tour marks the State Singers second international tour in five years, added Packwood, MSUs director of choral activities. In summer 2014, the group performed during a nine-day international trip to France and Normandy.

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Packwood also may be contacted at GPackwood@colled.msstate.edu.

Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, MSUs music department offers a bachelors degree in four areas of music education, as well as a bachelor of arts in music. Learn more at , and .

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