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Connecticut College faculty to perform ´Music for Piano and Winds´ Sept. 20

September 03, 2008

NEW LONDON, Conn. - The Connecticut College Department of Music will present a faculty recital featuring Assistant Professors of Music Rebecca Noreen, Libby Van Cleve and Thomas Labadorf at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, in Evans Hall, Cummings Arts Center, at Connecticut College.

Noreen (bassoon), Van Cleve (oboe) and Labadorf (clarinet), along with flutist Peter Standaart, French hornist Robert Hoyle and pianist Erika Schroth, will present a diverse concert of piano and wind music. Featured on the program is a jazzy trio for oboe, bassoon and piano by Bill Douglas, balanced with two sextets by Jean Francaix and Francis Poulenc. The program concludes with Mozart's "Quintet for Piano and Winds," a pianistic tour de force featuring Schroth.

Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for seniors and students. For ticket information, call 860-439-2720.

Situated on the coast of southern New England, Connecticut College is a highly selective private liberal arts college with 1900 students from all across the country and throughout the world. On the college's 750-acre arboretum campus overlooking Long Island Sound, students and faculty create a vibrant social, cultural and intellectual community enriched by diverse perspectives. The college, founded in 1911, is known for its unique combination of interdisciplinary studies, international programs, funded internships, student-faculty research and service learning. For more information, visit www.connecticutcollege.edu.

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For more information contact: Amy Martin (860) 439-2526; a.martin@conncoll.edu