Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music announces October performance lineup

Lamar University’s Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music will present a full slate of performances throughout October, bringing faculty, student ensembles, guest artists and opera to stages on campus and in downtown Beaumont.

The month begins Friday, Oct. 2, with a faculty recital featuring Dr. Brielle Frost, associate professor of music and flute area coordinator. Frost will perform at 6 p.m. in Rothwell Recital Hall in the Susan and Jimmy Simmons Music Building. The recital is open to the public. Frost, an accomplished performer and educator, was selected earlier this year for a Fulbright Scholar Award and will teach at Karlstad University’s Ingesund School of Music in Arvika, Sweden during the spring 2027 semester.

The department’s large instrumental ensembles will take the stage Thursday, Oct. 8, when the Lamar University Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Julie Rogers Theatre in downtown Beaumont. The concert will feature the Symphonic Band, led by Tim Pallone, and the Wind Ensemble, led by Dr. Andrew McMahan. Admission is free and the concert is open to the public.

Jazz returns to the schedule Thursday, Oct. 22, as the Cardinal Jazz Orchestra welcomes guest soloist Adam Larson on tenor saxophone. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in Rothwell Recital Hall and is free and open to the public.

Larson is a saxophonist, composer, educator and author who spent more than a decade performing in New York City before relocating to the Kansas City area. He has recorded nine albums as a bandleader and has presented master classes on improvisation, composition and the music business at more than 100 universities around the world.

The October lineup concludes with two performances of Gian Carlo Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors” on Friday, Oct. 30, and Saturday, Oct. 31. Presented by Lamar Opera Theatre, the one-act opera follows Amahl, a young shepherd boy with a disability, whose life changes after the Three Kings stop at his home on their journey to find the Christ Child. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. in Rothwell Recital Hall. Both performances are free and open to the public.

October’s events showcase several areas within the Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music, from solo and large ensemble performance to jazz and opera. A full schedule of upcoming performances and events is available through the College of Fine Arts and Communication and the Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music.