The Maine duo Cinder Conk plays music from the Balkans and elsewhere in Eastern Europe.

The Bates College outreach program “Rollin’ to Olin,” launched last fall to give local schoolchildren experience with music and visual art at the college’s Olin Arts Center, resumes this month.

Fourth-graders from Geiger Elementary School will be bused to the arts center for hourlong programs consisting of a visual art presentation and a short concert, both in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.

Starting with the visual art presentations at 12:30 p.m., the Wednesday programs take place Feb. 29, March 7 and March 14.

The programs are open to the general public, and elementary schools are invited to send classes. Teachers can RSVP to Anthony Shostak, the museum’s education curator, or to education fellow Catherine Jones at 207-786-6158.

Maine pianist Brian Meldrum.

A generous grant from Liberty Mutual pays for Geiger’s transportation costs.

On Feb. 29, the art presentation will explore the depiction of animals in art, using examples from the museum collection. Music begins at 1 p.m. by La Morra, a Swiss ensemble dedicated to late medieval and early Renaissance music.

(NOTE: La Morra holds a second concert that day at 7:30 p.m., also in the Olin Concert Hall. Tickets are $6, and available at www.batestickets.com. For more information, please contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.)

On March 7, the program features an introduction to abstraction, followed by Cinder Conk, a Portland duo that performs Eastern European music on accordion and bass. While the art presentation for March 14 is still being planned, the music will be provided by local pianist Brian Meldrum, playing music by Chopin and Beethoven.

Following each visit to Bates, the grade-schoolers will write about their experiences, connecting the program to their language arts curriculum.

La Morra performs European music of a period roughly defined by the dates 1300 and 1500, with occasional escapades outside this time frame. The ensemble pays particular attention to the secular art song, sacred para-liturgical genres and instrumental music.

Cinder Conk plays across the Northeast and has shared the stage with Petar Ralchev’s Live from Bulgaria Ensemble, Fishtank Ensemble and Slavic Soul Party. Notable performances include the Free Range Music Festival, the Golden Festival and the Common Ground Fair.

Michal Gondko and Corina Marti of La Morra.

Meldrum, of Wayne, has performed in south-central Maine for four decades. Familiar to Bates audiences from the Noonday Concert Series, Meldrum studied for more than 30 years with Natasha Chances, a legendary member of the college’s applied music faculty.

The Rollin’ to Olin program is part of new programming introduced in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of the Olin Arts Center.

Michal Gondko and Corina Marti of La Morra.

La Morra, a Swiss early music ensemble known for evocative and engaging concerts, performs at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29, in Olin Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.

Tickets are $6 and can be purchased at batestickets.com. For more information, please contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Earlier that day, La Morra offers a half-hour performance at 1 p.m. as part of the “Rollin’ to Olin” arts series for grade-school pupils. The concert is open to the public at no cost.

Early music refers to music spanning the late medieval and early Renaissance eras. Within this genre, La Morra pays particular attention to the secular art song, sacred para-liturgicals and instrumental music. The group is praised for thoroughly researched and skillfully interpreted performances. As Early Music Magazine wrote, “To hear La Morra is to be reminded why one fell in love with this music!”

The ensemble hails from Basel, Switzerland. Under the artistic leadership of Corina Marti and Michal Gondko, the group consists of up 10 vocalists and instrumentalists, depending on the project. Since 2000, La Morra has toured internationally and appeared in diverse early music festivals.

The most recent La Morra recordings, both released in 2011, are Johannes Ciconia: Opera Omnia, a collection of secular music (Ricercar), and Armoniae Celestes, Carmina Suavissima, comprising works composed for 15th-century church councils held in Basel (Musiques Suisses).

Also in La Morra’s catalog: Flour de Beaulté, late medieval songs from Cyprus (Ramée, 2006); Ex Libris Doctoris Amerbachii, music by the Basel composer Bonifacius Amerbach (Musiques Suisses, 2006); Dame de Deuil, musical offerings for Marguerite of Austria (Etcetera/Codaex, 2005); and Le Jardin de Plaisance, songs from late 15th-century French manuscripts (Raumklang, 2003).

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