Clarinetist to give recital at NIU Friday

Christine Bellomy, principal clarinet with the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Symphony and second clarinet in the Quad City Symphony in Rock Island, will present a recital at Northern Illinois University at 8 p.m. Friday. The recital will be held in the Recital Hall located in the Music Building on Lucinda Avenue on the NIU campus in DeKalb.

Bellomy also enjoys performing with the Cedar Rapids Opera Theater and Cedar Rapids Community Band.

A chamber music devotee, she enjoys playing with a variety of groups from the university and surrounding communities, including with Clarinotes, a clarinet quartet in Iowa City, Iowa. Bellomy completed doctoral studies in clarinet at the University of Iowa with Maurita Murphy Mead.

Bellomy will be accompanied by Rene Lecuona. Lecuona has been praised by critics in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States for her chamber music interpretations and solo performances.

Lecuona earned a doctor of musical arts degree in piano performance and was awarded a performer's certificate at the Eastman School of Music.

She received undergraduate and master's degrees at the Indiana University School of Music.

The recital is free and open to the public. The building is accessible to all. For more information, contact Lynn Slater at lslater@niu.edu or (815) 753-1546.