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FOUR CONCERTS OFFERED BY BOISE STATE MUSIC DEPARTMENT MARCH 13-17 From "A Musical Menagerie" to "A Regal Affair," the Boise State University music department will present four different concerts March 13-17. Admission for all concerts is $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and free for students of all ages and Boise State faculty and staff. Here is the schedule. March 13 — "March TubaFest Recital with the Boise State Flute Choir" 7:30 p.m. Morrison Center Recital Hall This recital will feature the lowest and highest sounding wind band instruments and will include chamber ensembles and soloists from the Boise State tuba, euphonium and flute studios. Professors Michael Fischer and David Mathie direct the brass portions of the program and professor Liana Tyson directs the flutists. March 16 — "A Musical Menagerie" 4 p.m. Boise High School Auditorium, 1010 W. Washington St. Unleash the animal within you at this concert of animal songs, sponsored by the Boise State choral department and the Idaho Humane Society. Boise State choirs, under the direction of professors Giselle Wyers and Jim Jirak, will chirp, howl, whistle and hoot their way through classical and lighter literature honoring animals at this concert with appeal for all ages. The Idaho Humane Society will bring a portable adoption unit of shelter animals, available for people to meet and adopt during intermission. March 16 — "A Regal Affair" 7:30 p.m. Special Events Center The Boise State Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra, directed by music professor Craig Purdy, will present music inspired by stories about royalty. The Chamber Orchestra will open with Mozart’s overture to "La Clemenza di Tito," an opera set in Rome in 80 A.D. telling the story of unrequited love and an assassination plot against Emperor Titus. The University Orchestra will perform Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s "Scheherazade," based loosely on several stories from tales of "The Arabian Nights." March 17 — Guest flute artist Francesca Arnone 7:30 p.m. Morrison Center Recital Hall Currently acting principal flute with the Boise Philharmonic, Francesca Arnone is also a member of the Palm Beach Opera and the Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, in which she plays the piccolo. In the summer, she is co-principal flute with the Missouri Chamber Orchestra. She previously held positions in Mexico and Spain. Earning a doctor of musical arts degree from the University of Miami, Arnone won the 2001 National Flute Association’s Doctoral Dissertation Competition. For more information about any of these concerts call 426-3980. -30- Contact Music department Liana Tyson (flute) 208 426-1217 Michael Fischer (tuba) 208 426-2647 Craig Purdy (orchestra) 208 426-3360 Media contact Pat Pyke communications and marketing 208 426-1987

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