THREE MUSIC CONCERTS SLATED FOR MAY 9 AT BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY

The Boise State University department of music is offering three music concerts on May 9, offering a variety of fare ranging from chamber music to vocal masterworks from the Renaissance. Admission to each concert is $5 general, $3 students and free for students of all ages and Boise State faculty and staff.

� A chamber music recital kicks off the evening at 7 p.m. in the Morrison Center Recital Hall. The performance features the music of Idaho composer Carol Matthews, including her new piece �As Dusk in Paradise� for soprano, oboe and percussion. Performers include Liana Tyson, Blake Tyson and guest musicians from the University of Oregon.

� Violist and Boise State music professor Linda Kline Lamar joins with pianist and Boise State music department chair James Cook to perform works by Bach, Lizst, Womak and Shostakovich at 8 p.m. in the Boise State Hemingway Center. This concert is part of the Faculty Artist Series.

� Finally, the Meistersingers will perform at 7:30 p.m. at St. Michael�s Episcopal Cathedral at Eighth and State streets in Boise. The concert features J.S. Bach�s �Lobet dem Herrn,� as well as masterworks from the Renaissance, Baroque and contemporary periods. The evening also includes the Idaho premiere of Robert Kyr�s �Waging Peace Through Music.�

For more information, call the Boise State music department at 426-3980.

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James Cook

Department of music

208 426-1773

Kathleen Craven

communications and marketing

208 426-3275

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