DETROIT, MI - The Wayne State University Department of Music proudly presents Ada Gentile, visiting composer from Rome, Italy as part of their 2003 Professional Artists Concert and Lecture Series. The Department is proud to bring Ms. Gentile to Detroit from Rome, Italy for a one-day composition seminar and New Music Concert on Wednesday, April 9, 2003 at 7 p.m. The concert will be held on Wayne's campus in the Schaver Music Recital Hall, located at 480 W. Hancock and Cass in the Old Main Building. Admission to the concert is $25 per ticket, which includes a strolling reception following the performance. Proceeds from the concert will benefit the WSU Department of Music. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (313) 577-1795.

Ada Gentile's works along with those of WSU faculty composers James Lentini, James Hartway and Augustus O. Hill will be featured on the concert.Performers include DSO pianist Robert Conway; Kerstin Allvin, harp; Brian Roberts, guitar; Peter Soave, bayan; Laura Larson, flute; and Nadine Deleury, cello. The WSU Department of Music proudly presents these Accomplished composers and musicians in a celebration of the arts. Patrons will have an opportunity to hear contemporary music and also stroll through the Elaine Jacob Gallery, experiencing the talent of WSU's art students. The event is sponsored in party by the Wayne State University World Bridge Office and the Italian Consulate of Detroit.

Ada Gentile's works have been performed throughout Europe, the United States, Japan, Australia, Canada, Asia and South America. She has participated in many prestigious international festivals and has received numerous commissions in Italy and abroad. Performances featuring her works have sold out in venues across the world including Carnegie Hall in New York, Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Teatro Reale and the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, among others. For the past 20 years, Ada has served as artistic director for the contemporary music festival Nuovi Spazi Musicali, which takes place annually in Rome.

Many of Ada's works have been recorded on CD and receive significant airplay on radio stations throughout Italy and abroad. She is cited in the most prestigious musical publications such as the Treccani, Garzanti and De Agostini encyclopedias, as well as in the international guide, "Who's Who". Wayne State University Department of Music is celebrating 84 years of
artistic and academic excellence. The Department's faculty includes renowned jazz artists, composers, scholars, educators and members of the internationally acclaimed Detroit Symphony Orchestra. WSU alumni have gone on to careers in distinguished orchestras, ensembles and as soloists and music educators the world over. For more information on the Department of Music, call 313.577.1795 or visit the WSU Department of Music on the web.