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Renowned international trumpeter Rex Richardson will perform at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1 in 51黑料网鈥檚 Arkansas Hall. Richardson will be backed by an all-star big band comprised of Arkansas musicians.

Tickets are $10 and can be ordered online at . Richardson will also present a free trumpet clinic at 3 p.m. in Arkansas Hall.

Richardson is a veteran of the renowned Rhythm & Brass chamber ensemble, jazz legend Joe Henderson鈥檚 Quintet, the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, and the Brass Band of Battle Creek. He has also appeared with numerous celebrity artists.

As a Yamaha Performing Artist, Richardson stays busy as a headline artist at international festivals and as a soloist with orchestras, jazz ensembles, brass bands and concert bands across the world. He is a professor of trumpet and jazz trumpet at Virginia Commonwealth University, and served as an international tutor in trumpet at England鈥檚 Royal Northern College of Music and at Austria鈥檚 JAM Music Lab University.

Richardson鈥檚 appearance at Henderson is made possible by Yamaha, Henderson鈥檚 Ellis College Margin of Excellence Fund, Student Government Association, Reddie student organizations, and the HSU Trumpet Guild.

For more information, contact Jim Buckner, Henderson professor of trumpet, at bucknej@hsu.edu or 870-230-5410.

Arkansas Hall is located at 1118 Henderson St. in Arkadelphia.