FARMINGTON — On Sunday, May 24, starting at 7:30 p.m., the Arts Institute of Western Maine will present a concert by cellist Katie Kennedy, pianist Chiharu Naruse and percussionist Bill Solomon in Nordica Auditorium at the University of Maine at Farmington. The program will include works by Frank Bridge, Rachmaninoff, Martin Horvath Levente, Jessica Rudman and Bill Solomon.

In brief, a few notes about some of the works which will be performed: The Frank Bridge Cello Sonata is a rarely-heard gem of the repertoire, an impressionistic and deeply romantic masterpiece of the early twentieth century written around the same time as the seldomheard short piece Danse Orientale by the more famous Rachmaninoff. "Interludes" and "Tar on Wood" for cello and percussion were both written in the past few years by composers under 30, Marton Horvath Levente, Hungarian composer who studied at the Liszt Academy, and Jessica Rudman, American composer who studied at the Hartt School. Rudman wrote "Tar on Wood" for Bill Solomon and Katie Kennedy. Both works capture and exploit the contrast of the cello and the percussion instruments in unique ways while creating exciting dialogues.

Chiharu and Kennedy have been playing together since 2005. They have presented concerts in Portland at the Portland Conservatory, First Parish Church and Trinity Church, and at Nordica Auditorium. Kennedy and Solomon have played concerts at the Hartt School, the Hartford Art School, Dartmouth College, SUNY Stony Brook, Northfield Mt. Herman School, The Loomis Chaffee School, Capitol Community College, the Unitarian Church in Hartford, and at the Hartford Women's Composers Festival.

Admission for the concert on May 24 will be $7 for adults and $6 for senior citizens. Children under 16 and UMF students are free. For more information, call 645- 2157.