FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 14, 2001 CONTACT: Lisa Lacher, (515) 271-3119 DRAKE SYMPHONY TO FEATURE XYLOPHONE SOLOIST The Drake Symphony Orchestra, John Canarina conducting, will give its first concert of the spring semester at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, on the Jordan Stage in Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main, 26th Street and University Avenue. Featured soloist will be Kirsten Anthony, this year's winner of the Drake Soloist Competition. Anthony, a senior from Lexington, Nebraska, will perform the Concertino for Xylophone and Orchestra by the 20th-century Japanese composer Toshiro Mayuzumi. The varied program will also include Mozart's Overture to "The Magic Flute," the "Royal Hunt and Storm" from "The Trojans" by Berlioz, the Prelude to "Irmelin" by Frederick Delius, and the entertaining "Háry János Suite" by Zoltan Kodály. Admission is free charge. For more information, call (515) 271-2108.