FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Noonday concerts to resume at Bates

LEWISTON, Maine -- The Bates College Noonday Concert series continues its winter season with a selection of programs throughout March. The free concerts, open to the public, will be held Tuesdays from 12:30 to 1 p.m. at the college's Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, located on Russell Street in Lewiston.

March 3: Michelle Vigneau, instructor in oboe at Bates, pianist Julie Morris-Meyers and cellist William Meyers will perform works by C.P.E. Bach and Poulenc.

March 10: Carol Furman, instructor in clarinet at Bates, pianist Mark Howard and Kathleen Foster, instructor in cello at Bates, will play "Trio in A minor, Opus 114" by Johannes Brahms.

March 17: A concert by Bates flute students will be given.

March 24: Meredith Haviland, a senior trumpet player from Beverly, Mass., and pianist John Corrie, assistant in music instruction and choir director at Bates, will perform.

March 31: The piano students of Natasha Chance, instructor in piano at Bates, will perform. Additional information about the Bates Noonday Concert Series is available by calling the Olin Arts Center at 207- 786-613.