Flutist Francesca Arnone of the West Virginia University music faculty will perform a recital at the Creative Arts Center, Monday, Oct. 25.

The program begins at 8:15 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall and is free and open to the public.

The recital will feature many faculty and students from the WVU Division of Music, including Virginia Thompson, horn; George Willis, percussion; Christine Mazza, harp; and members of the WVU Flute Studio.

They will play an interesting and eclectic variety of works by composers such as William Alwyn, Ada Gentile, Akmal Parwez, Alec Wilder and Ian Clarke.

Dr. Arnone, assistant professor of flute, earned flute performance degrees from Oberlin, the San Francisco Conservatory and the University of Miami. She served as Principal of the Boise Philharmonic for four seasons, and as Piccolo of the Palm Beach Opera Orchestra since 1997. Prior to this, she was Co-Principal and Piccolo of the Orquesta Sinf�nica de la Universidad de Guanajuato in Mexico. She has performed with the Florida Philharmonic, the Florida West Coast Symphony, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, the Missouri Chamber Orchestra, and the Orquesta Sinf�nica de Tenerife in Spain, among others. She has been both a flute and piccolo concerto soloist in the United States and Mexico.

For more information, contact the College of Creative Arts at (304) 293-4359.

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CONTACT: Charlene Lattea, College of Creative Arts
304-293-4359, Charlene.Lattea@mail.wvu.edu

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