Week of March 15, 2017 Vol 36 • No 18 • www.thechicagocitizen.com
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BUSINESS 2017 CHICAGO WOMEN’S CONFERENCE & EXPO COMING TO SSC ON MARCH 157TH LOUISVILLE NATIVE GIVES BACK TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY
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South Suburban College’s Department of Music provides various music programs for students and community musicians to further their education in music and perform in music ensembles. Photos courtesy of South Suburban College.
SOUTH SUBURBAN COLLEGE JAZZ COMBO AND
VOICES BRING COMMUNITY TOGETHER By Chris Shuttlesworth
The musicians of South Suburban College Jazz Combo and the South Suburban College Voices thrilled the audience with tunes by jazz legends on Wednesday, March 8th at 7:00 p.m. in the Kindig Performing Arts Center on SSC’s Main Campus. Sam Hankins directed the Jazz combo while Doug Ulrich guided the SSC voices. The mission of the South Suburban College
Music Department is to offer educational and service programs in music for the Chicago south suburban community. In keeping with the mission statement of the college as a whole, the music department is dedicated to: high quality education, training, and services for all individuals who have the ability to benefit from SSC’s programs through community ensembles, private lessons, classroom, online theory and survey courses, according to ssc.edu.
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