FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 7, 2001 CONTACT: Lisa Lacher, (515) 271-3119 DRAKE TO PRESENT TWO ALL-BEETHOVEN CONCERTS Drake University’s four choral ensembles and the Drake Symphony Orchestra will present all-Beethoven concerts on Sunday, Dec. 2, and Monday, Dec. 3, at 8 p.m. in the Performing Arts Hall in the Harmon Fine Arts Center, 25th Street and Carpenter Avenue. John Canarina will conduct the Drake Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 in D Major. Ann Howard Jones of Boston University will serve as guest conductor of the orchestra and choruses in performances of Beethoven's Mass in C Major. Jones is a faculty member at Boston University and the conductor of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Choruses. She was Robert Shaw’s assistant with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Choruses and served as musical assistant with the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers. She has taught at the University of Georgia and the University of Illinois, and at Wittenberg and Emory Universities. A native of Cresco, Iowa, Jones earned her undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degrees at the University of Iowa. Tickets for the concerts are $3 for students and $5 for non-students. They are available through the Drake Fine Arts Box Office at 271-3841.