Professor Robert J. Damm of Mississippi State's Department of Music plays the marimba during a Tuesday [Sept. 29] recital in the university's McComas Hall theater. Throughout the evening, Damm performed 10 pieces, including “The 1908 Rag” for xylophone, “A Vision in a Dream” for vibraphone and “Atrium Dance” for marimba. Two compositions also represented non-Western musical traditions.