In conjunction with Black HIstory Month, Larry Lyles, president of The Scott Joplin Foundation, will give a presentation about ragtime musician and composer Scott Joplin.

Noon to 1 p.m.

Epperson Auditorium.

Joplin was an American composer and pianist known as the "King of Ragtime." During his career, he wrote 44 original ragtime pieces, a ragtime ballet and two operas. One of Joplin's early compositions, "The Maple Leaf Rag," was ragtime's first and most influential hit.

For more information about Joplin and The Scott Joplin Foundation, visit www.scottjoplin.org.