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The following video was produced in 2005 to describe the need for the then-proposed Performing Arts Center:

Portraits in Bluestone

Performed for the first time prior to the Oct. 26, 2007, groundbreaking ceremony, "Portraits in Bluestone" was composed by JMU alumnus Brian Balmages.

Introduction - Dr. Jeffrey Showell, Director, School of Music

I. Andantino - JMU Symphony Orchestra Strings, Robert McCashin, Conductor

II. Largo - Yunjin Kim and Julia Klumpp, soloists, JMU Chorale, Patrick Walders, Conductor

III. Vivace - JMU Wind Symphony, Chorale and Symphony Orchestra Strings, Stephen Bolstad, Conductor

Remarks - Dr. Marilou Johnson, Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts

About the Composer, Brian Balmages

Program Notes - Description of the Music