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The era of flappers, Model Ts, the one-step, and the high life will be celebrated March 26 & 27, 2010, during MSU Libraries’ 4th Annual Charles Templeton Ragtime Jazz Festival. Fast becoming a one-of-a-kind venue, this Mississippi State University-based festival features some of ragtime’s most accomplished performers. Concerts, mini-concerts, and lectures center around the unique Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Collection housed in the MSU Libraries. The Collection – comprised of 22,000 pieces of sheet music, 15,000 playable musical items, and almost 200 musical instruments ranging from the 1880s to the 1930s – documents a distinctly American approach to the "business of music." The Collection’s sheet music, Phonographs, Victrolas, memorabilia, and other artifacts will transport Festival attendees back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Participants in the 4th Annual Charles Templeton Ragtime Jazz Festival not only will enjoy high-energy concerts in the MSU’s historic Lee Hall auditorium, but they will experience more intimate artist performances and lectures in the richly furnished John Grisham Room of the MSU Libraries. Complementing the music, the Festival also highlights the rollicking culture of the times through tours and history of the Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Music Museum.

Those who love music—and those who simply love a good time—will not want to miss this signature musical experience. Join the Festival for a day’s events, for a single evening’s concert, or for the entire two-day Festival. A gift shop will be open with plenty of the performer’s compact discs to purchase, and a full schedule of spirit-lifting musical performances will keep the Festival moving.

For more information on the 4th Annual Charles Templeton Ragtime Jazz Festival, please visit the Festival website at http://library.msstate.edu/ragtime/festival/ or contact Lyle Tate at 662-325-2559 or ltate@library.msstate.edu.