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September 4, 1998 Crossover artists bring uncommon music to Purdue WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Bassist Edgar Meyer, banjoist Bela Fleck and mandolinist Mike Marshall will showcase an eclectic mix of musical styles at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, in Loeb Playhouse in Purdue University's Stewart Center. The concert, the trio's only appearance in the region this year, is presented by Purdue Convocations and Lectures. The concert at Purdue will include music from "Uncommon Ritual," the group's recent release on the Sony Classical label. Meyer may be the only member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to have collaborated with such a broad range of recording artists as James Taylor, Lyle Lovett, the Indigo Girls and the Chieftains. Also a renowned composer, Meyer's recent collaboration with Yo Yo Ma and Mark O'Connor, "Appalachia Waltz," topped the classical music charts for 16 weeks in 1997. Fleck is leader of the avant-garde country/jazz group "Bela Fleck and the Flecktones" and is an acclaimed master of the banjo. Marshall, founder of Modern Mandolin Quartet, helped spearhead the "new acoustic" movement in American music. Meyer, Fleck and Marshall's sound has been described as "equal part elegance and exuberance, with a hefty dose of down-home glee tossed into the mix" by The San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle and as "an imaginative and esoteric tapestry of jazz, bluegrass, Cajun and classical music" by The New York Express Times. Tickets are $18 for the public ($20 after Sept. 21) and $12 for Purdue students ($13 after Sept. 21) at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. CONTACT: Sue Stevens, Convocations publicist, (765) 494-9712; e-mail, snstevens@convos.purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu To the Purdue News and Photos Page