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Anna DeGraff, South ��ֱ���� State University instructor of music, will open the School of Performing Arts’ Faculty Recital Series with a program titled “Sonnets and Scenes.” The event will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29, in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center’s Founders Recital Hall in Brookings. 

DeGraff, a mezzo soprano, has organized a performance featuring music by 20th and 21st century composers, including the premiere of three new unaccompanied sonnets composed by Alabama-based composer Colin Kemper, who will be in attendance. 

Joining DeGraff will be SDSU music professor and pianist Mark Stevens, with the event being dramatically staged by SDSU theatre instructor Casey Paradies. 

The program is free and open to the public. For a complete listing SDSU’s fall concerts and events, visit the School of Performing Arts website.