WSU-2013-Music-Evan-ChristopherWinona State University’s Department of Music along with the Frozen River Film Festival present guest artist Evan Christopher on Friday, Jan. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Main Stage of the Performing Arts Center.

Grammy award winning Christopher will join professor of music Rich MacDonald on percussion, Rick Carlson on piano and Steve Pikal on bass. Carlson and Pikal are well-known Twin Cities musicians who have played a number of shows with Christopher over the years.

Over the past few years, Christopher has been a featured jazz performer at Minnesota Orchestra Hall, has been featured prominently at Carnegie Hall as recently as this past October with New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and has toured Japan, France, New York, North Africa and South Africa. He has been featured at the New Orleans and Heritage Festival, the French Quarter Festival and other New Orleans Jazz events and functions.

Tickets are $15 for the public, free for members of Friends of Jazz.

For more information, email Rich MacDonald at RMacdonald@winona.edu.