Special guests to perform at Grand Valley

Two special guest performances highlight a pair of free concerts at Grand Valley State University’s Performing Arts Center, Allendale Campus, on Monday, April 2.

Guest Artist Kiri Tollaksen is an adjunct lecturer in music at the Early Music Institute at Indiana University. Tollaksen has performed trumpet and cornetto extensively throughout the world with such ensembles as Apollo's Fire, The Folger Consort, Piffaro, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, New York Collegium, Concerto palatino, La Fenice, and many others. Her Grand Valley lecture and performance is from 5:30 - 7 p.m. in the Sherman Van Solkema Recital Hall.

Just down the hall, in the Louis Armstrong Theatre, Tim Froncek will direct the GVSU Jazz Orchestra, at 8 p.m. Special guest Bob Fazecash, director of the Jazz Ensemble at the University of Windsor, Ontario, will also perform.

For more information about either concert call (616) 331-3484 or visit www.gvsu.edu/music .