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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (9/04)
Contact: Hurley School of Music, 318-869-5235, or Lynn Stewart, Centenary News Service, 318-869-5120

New Centenary Piano Professor Leslie Downs Performs Sunday, Oct. 3

SHREVEPORT, LA — Pieces composed by Copland, Grandados, Poulenc and Dohnanyi are on the program Sunday, Oct. 3, when Leslie Downs presents a faculty recital at 3 p.m. at Centenary College.

Downs was a pianist, teacher and vocal coach in New York City for the past 16 years before returning to Shreveport to teach at Centenary this fall. He received his bachelor of music degree at Centenary and continued his education at Yale University, where he received his master's in music performance.

His Sunday performance, which is free and open to the public, will be in the Anderson Auditorium of the Hurley Music Building.

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