FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Noonday concerts to resume at Bates

LEWISTON, Maine -- The Bates College Noonday Concert Series, featuring weekly performances by Bates faculty and students, resumes on Sept. 9 with a program of Hadyn songs performed by tenor John Corrie and fortepianist James Parakilas.

The free concerts, open to the public, will be held on Tuesdays from 12:30 to l p.m. at the college's Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, located on Russell Street in Lewiston.

Three other Noonday concerts are scheduled for the month of September. On Sept. 16, Jeffery Pelletier, flute, and pianist Mark Howard will perform Handel sonatas. Soprano Atsuko Hirai and pianist Frank Glazer will perform operatic arias by Verdi on Sept. 23. The artist for the Sept. 30 concert will be announced.

More information on the Bates Noonday Concert Series is available from Olin Arts at 207-786-6l35.

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