EVANSTON, Ill. --- Music lovers will have the opportunity to experience the talents of some of Northwestern University’s esteemed School of Music faculty this spring during two Evanston campus recitals and an outdoor concert that will be held Memorial Day weekend in downtown Chicago’s Millennium Park.

J. Lawrie Bloom, assistant professor of clarinet at Northwestern and a Chicago Symphony Orchestra member, will present a program of duets at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 15, in Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place, Evanston campus. His faculty recital, titled “Dialogues,” will explore musical communication in its purest form. It will feature Bloom playing the bass clarinet solo as well as with friends and colleagues, including flutist Jennifer Gunn, baritone saxophonist Masahito Sugihara, violist Catherine Brubaker and harpist Kara Bershad. Works on the program include Robert Muczynski’s “Duos,” Rebecca Clarke’s “Prelude,” “Allegro” and “Pastoral” for Clarinet and Viola, Jean-Michel Damase’s “Sonate pour clarinette et harpe” and Lee Hyla’s “We Speak Etruscan.” Tickets are $8.50 for general admission; $7 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff; and $4 for full-time students with IDs.

Northwestern horn professor Gail Williams has performed and taught master classes throughout North America as well as in Europe and Asia. She will perform works by Doug Hill and Steven Stucky with her colleagues at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, in Lutkin Hall. Williams will be joined on stage by oboist Robert Morgan, clarinetist Larry Combs, Northwestern School of Music faculty percussionist Michael Burritt and harpsichordist David Schrader. A founding member of the Chicago Chamber Musicians and Summit Brass, Williams was the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s associate principal horn for 14 years and has appeared with major orchestras and chamber ensembles. She also has recorded two solo compact discs. Tickets are $8.50 for the general public; $7 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff; and $4 for full-time students with IDs.

This Memorial Day weekend, Northwestern University School of Music faculty, students and special guest artists will perform at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 27, during a Monster Percussion Concert at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, just east of Michigan Avenue between Randolph and Monroe streets, in downtown Chicago. This kaleidoscope of melodies and rhythms will include works from the famous 1933 Chicago World’s Fair concert by Clair Musser’s celebrated marimba orchestra. Musser headed the Northwestern University marimba department from the mid-1940s through early 1950s. Arrive early, bring a blanket and enjoy a picnic meal on the lawn. Admission is free. Seating will be on a first-come, first-seated basis.

To purchase tickets for the April 15 and April 25 Evanston campus faculty recitals, call the Pick-Staiger ticket office at 847-467-4000 or visitwww.pickstaiger.com. For more information, call 847-491-5441.