Adam Mason, director of the percussion program in the WVU Division of Music, will present a faculty recital at the Creative Arts Center, Thursday, Oct. 16.

The program begins at 8:15 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall (Room 200A) and is free and open to the public.

The program will include music by Keiko Abe and a timpani solo written for Mason by WVU music graduate David Williams. Mason will perform a duet with WVU saxophone professor Curtis Johnson and also with his wife, Trudi Mason, who plays the trumpet.

Mason, a native of Grafton, graduated from WVU with a Bachelor of Music degree in 1987 and a Masters degree in percussion performance in 1990. He has taught at the University of Southwestern Louisiana and was the percussion instructor of the Cadets of Bergen County Drum&Bugle Corps, who were the 1990 and 1993 world champions.

For more information about the recital, contact the College of Creative Arts at (304) 293-4841 ext. 3108.