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Musical Events
For the Week of Monday, March 11 

MAILED: March 4, 2002

         EAU CLAIRE — The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire music and theatre arts department will present the following musical performances the week beginning Monday, March 11. All events are free and open to the public.

MONDAY, MARCH 11:

• Senior percussionist Adrian Suarez, Oconomowoc, will perform a recital at 7:30 p.m. in Gantner Concert Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. Six works will be performed, including Andrew Thomas' "Merlin," "Xavier's Lair" by Branford Marsalis and Divertimento for Percussion, Op. 96 by professor of music Michael Cunningham. He will be assisted by UW-Eau Claire graduate Jason Craft on organ; senior double bassist Graydon Peterson, Cedar, Minn.; junior percussionists Matthew Edlund, Sun Prairie, Daniel Marrs, Andover, Minn., and David Whitman, Menomonie; and tenor saxophonist John Timmers, Eau Claire. Junior Jeff Specht, Arden Hills, Minn., will conduct the group.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13:

• The UW-Eau Claire Wind Symphony, conducted by Dr. Richard Mark Heidel, will present a joint concert with the North Dakota State University Gold Star Concert Band at 7:30 p.m. in Gantner Concert Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. The Wind Symphony will open the concert, followed by the NDSU musicians, conducted by Warren Olfert.

SUNDAY, MARCH 17:

• The University Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Paul Kosower, professor of music, will present its spring concert at 2 p.m. in Gantner Concert Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. Three works will be performed, including Giacomo Puccini's "Chrisanthemum," Five Pieces for String Orchestra by Paul Hindemith and Jean-Phillippe Rameau's "Dardanus Suite No. 1."

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  News Bureau
Judy Berthiaume
UW-Eau Claire News Bureau
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(715) 836-4741
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Updated: March 4, 2002