MPB to feature Ragtime Jazz Festival special
Sonny Leyland performs during a past Templeton Ragtime Jazz Festival. MPB will air a television special this month featuring highlights from the 2015 festival. PHOTO: Megan Bean | Public Affairs
Mississippi Public Broadcasting viewers can enjoy musical performances and artist interviews during broadcasts of the Charles Templeton Ragtime Jazz Festival, an annual event presented by Mississippi State University Libraries and the Charles Templeton Sr. Music Museum.
The 30-minute television special will air Friday [Feb. 12] at 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., and again Saturday [Feb. 14] at 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
The broadcasts showcase highlights of four hours’ worth of live performances and interviews with the musicians from the 2015 festival.
The 2016 Charles Templeton Ragtime Jazz Festival will take place March 31-April 2. This year’s sponsors include the Starkville Area Arts Council, the Greater Starkville Development Partnership, the Mississippi Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts. For more, visit http://library.msstate.edu/ragtimefestival.
Produced by MSU’s Television Center, the special airing of the 2015 festival is sponsored by MSU Libraries and the Charles Templeton Sr. Music Museum.
MPB’s full schedule is found online at www.mpbonline.org/home/tv-schedule.
MSU is Mississippi’s leading university, available online at www.msstate.edu.
Georgia Clarke | College of Education
