The music performers are seated on stage in a semicircle, wearing black dresses ties and tuxedos. Ebony music stands are positioned in front of the musicians. With their choice of instruments in hand,...

Joe Voss, music business junior, is a trumpet and keyboard player, actor, secretary for Pike fraternity and is from a family of 15. Voss said he has played the trumpet for 13 years and the keyboard for three years. “I got interested in music when I was 8 or 9,” Voss said. “My family is really musical. My parents encouraged us all to get an instrument just for stress relief or as a talent to have when we’re older.”