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An eclectic group of living, local music composers will be on hand for a Composers Concert at NMH's Rhodes Arts Center on March 29 at 3 pm. The work of composer Erik Lindgren '72 has combined modern classical and rock music, but defies easy categorization. His performance ensemble, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, is a quartet whose music was described by Billboard Magazine as "a mesmerizing venture into the space age jungle."

Student and professional musicians will also play pieces by Henry Lawrence '12, Director of String Program and Orchestra Steven Bathory-Peeler, and Performing Arts Department Chair Sheila Heffernon.

Lawrence's piece is yet to be named. Two compositions by Bathory-Peeler will be played: 2312, Solo for Flute, played by Jordan Kreyling '11; and the premier of Chamber Symphony (Constellations), a work in four movements. Bathory-Peeler earned his doctorate in composition from the University of Hartford's Hartt School of Music last spring and this piece was his doctoral dissertation. Heffernon has set to music poems by Percy Shelley, William Blake, and Alfred Tennyson. Boston-based Lindgren, who also runs Arf! Arf! Records, brings two pieces: 100 Years of Excellence and Baroque-a-go-go.

The concert is free and open to the public. The composers will be available for a question and answer period from 2:15 to 2:45 pm before the concert.