A way to jazz up your evening

Jazz fans are in for a treat next Wednesday night as West Chester University presents the Turks Head Knot Contemporary Music Ensemble.

The free concert, which will be held at 8:15 p.m. at the Gates Family Recital Hall in the Swope Music Building, will feature Peter Paulsen, director/double bass; Chris Hanning, percussion; and Chris Bacas, alto and soprano saxophones. Special guests will include mezzo soprano Charlotte Paulsen and Adam Unsworth on the French horn.

The Turks Head Knot Contemporary Music Ensemble incorporates the discipline and precision of modern classical composition with the expressive flow of jazz improvisation to forge its own sound. Newly commissioned works as well as arrangements drawn from a wide range of material are staples of the ensemble's repertoire. The program will consist of premieres of new works by Pin Hsin Lin and Peter Paulsen, unaccompanied solo arrangements, as well as arrangements of pieces by Wayne Shorter and Ralph Towner. For more information, call 610-436-2739 or visit www.wcupa.edu/CVPA/