FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 11, 2005

CONTACT: Lisa Lacher, (515) 271-3119, lisa.lacher@drake.edu

SOLOIST CONTEST WINNER TO PERFORM WITH DRAKE SYMPHONY

Amanda Hardy, winner of this year's Drake Soloist Competition, will perform with the Drake Symphony Orchestra at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22, on the Jordan Stage in Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main, 25th Street and University Avenue. Hardy, a native of Norwalk and a first-year student at Drake, will be the featured soloist in Mozart's Oboe Concerto in C major.

The orchestra, conducted by John Canarina, also will perform the melodic Symphony No. 2 in B minor by Borodin and the colorful Overture to the Creole “Faust” by 20th century Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera.

The concert is free and open to the public. For more information call (515) 271-2108.

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