Faculty piano recital at Central State

Jennifer Cruz, associate professor of piano and Music Mentors program director at Central State University, will play a solo faculty piano recital at 7 p.m. on Feb. 19 at Robeson Recital Hall.

With roots on Guam, Cruz was raised in Milwaukee, Wis., where she began her piano studies at the age of four. Cruz received her doctoral degree in piano performance at the University of Cincinnati and has been on the Central State faculty for eight years. Cruz is also music director at College Hill Community Church in Dayton and newly-appointed board member of the Bach Society of Dayton.