Guest Recital and Masterclass Leslie Marrs March 2 at Western Illinois
The Western Illinois University School of Music will present a Guest Recital featuring flutist Leslie Marrs at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 2 in the College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) Recital Hall.
Leslie Marrs is an associate professor of Flute at Drake University. The recital will be followed by a masterclass with WIU flute students, from the studio of Suyeon Ko.
The program will include:
Songs of the Open Road – Daniel Dorff (1956b)
1. Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road
2. However calm these waters we must not anchor here
3. Strong and content I travel the open road
4. I ordain myself loos’d of limits and imaginary lines
Half Moon at Checkerboard Mesa – Phillip Bimsten (1947b)
Vagues vagues – Sophie DuFeutrelle (1958b)
Phoenix Rising – Stacy Garrop (1969b)
I. Dying in embers
II. Reborn in flames: The embers explode into flames – A newborn phoenix rises from the flames – The young phoenix gracefully soars – Climbing ever higher, with wings gleaming in the sun
This performance is open free for general audience seating.
For more information, call the COFAC Recital Hall office at (309) 298-1843 or visit wiu.edu/recitalhall.
