Troy University’s John M. Long School of Music will play host to a guest and faculty recital at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Claudia Crosby Theater on the Troy Campus.

The concert, which is free and open to the public, will feature guest pianist Dr. Rosangela Sebba of Mississippi State University and TROY Assistant Professor Dr. Michael H. Huff on trumpet.

Dr. Sebba currently serves as associate professor of piano and music theory. Prior to her appointment at Mississippi State, she held positions at Gustav Ritter State Conservatory - Brazil, the University of Southern Mississippi and Pear River Community College.

Dr. Sebba combines an active concert and teaching schedule, and is noted for her lecture-recitals and research in Brazilian music, specifically the music of M. Camargo Guarnieri. She is the founder and coordinator of the Brazilian Music Festival, an annual event at Mississippi State University.

TROY – Birmingham’s Virginia Samford Theatre is partnering with the Troy University Department of Theatre and Dance to present two performances of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Driving Miss Daisy” on the Troy Campus Sept. 24 and 25.

The play will begin at 7:30 p.m. nightly in the Trojan Center Theatre. Tickets are $10 for the public and $5 for Troy University students with valid student IDs and are available online at www.troytheatre.org or at the Theatre and Dance Box Office in the Trojan Center Theatre.

The 1987 play by Alfred Uhry follows the relationship between an elderly Southern Jewish woman, Daisy Werthan, and her African-American chauffeur, Hoke Colburn.  The play was adapted for the screen in 1989, in the movie by the same name, featuring Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman and Dan Aykroyd. The movie adaptation was awarded the Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay.

The 2012-2013 season at Troy University’s Davis Theatre for the Performing Arts will commence on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m., with a special performance by the Alabama Symphony Orchestra featuring composer and music historian Bobby Horton.

“Alabama: Here We Stay” is a collaborative performance project between the ASO and Horton that intertwines music and history by telling stories of the Civil War through the songs and music of the era.