CONWAY, Ark. (April 17, 2009) – The Hendrix College Chamber Orchestra will present “Dressed to the Nines” on Monday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m. The performance will be held in Reves Recital Hall on the Hendrix College campus. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, call (501) 450-1249.

The performance will feature soloist Kevin Peek, 2009 Annual Concerto and Aria Competition winner. Peek, a physics major from Batesville, will perform Concerto in b minor for cello and orchestra, Opus 104 by Antonin Dvorak. He is the son of John and Mieko Peek of Batesville.

The program will also include:

• Fingal’s Cave (The Hebrides) Overture, opus 26 in b minor by Felix Mendelssohn
• Symphony #45 in f minor, The Farewell by Joseph Haydn
• Concerto Grosso #1 in D for string orchestra and piano obbligato by Ernest Bloch

The Chamber Orchestra is conducted by Dr. Karen Griebling. A reception will follow the concert.

The concert is co-sponsored by the Hendrix College Department of Music and the Crain-Mailing Center of Jewish Culture in observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day. For more information on upcoming music events at Hendrix, visit www.hendrix.edu/music.

Hendrix, founded in 1876, is a selective, residential, undergraduate liberal arts college emphasizing experiential learning in a demanding yet supportive environment. The college is among 165 colleges featured in the 2009 edition of the Princeton Review America’s Best Value Colleges. Hendrix has been affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884. For more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.

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