Music at Montauk – 4-7-19

Title: Music at Montauk – 4-7-19
Location: Montauk
Description: Music at Montauk concert series concludes April 7
Flutist Emile Stene and Leslie Poppen to perform

DES MOINES – Flutist Emile Stene and her accompanist Leslie Poppen will give the final performance in this season’s Music at Montauk concert series next month at the Montauk Historic Site near Clermont.

Stene is a 2017 graduate of the University of Northern Iowa where she earned a degree in music education and was named a presidential scholar. As a performer in music competitions, she won the Matheson Award in the UNI Spotlight Series Competition in 2016, the National Federation of Music Clubs Bluhm Flute Award in 2014 and the Karl King Iowa Solo Competition in 2013. Today, she runs a private studio where she teachers flute, piano, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet and guitar.

Poppen is a graduate of Luther College and earned a Master of Arts from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Currently, she is a vocal music instructor at North Fayette Valley School, directs the Senior Choir at Zion Lutheran Church in West Union and teaches vocal and piano students. She also sings with the West Union Madrigal Singers and at summer organ concerts.

The concert series is sponsored by the Clermont Historical Society and the State Historical Society of Iowa, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs. More information is available at iowaculture.gov.

If you go:

What: Music at Montauk.
Where: Montauk Historic Site, 26223 Harding Road near Clermont.
When: Sunday, April 7 at 2 p.m. followed by a short reception
Admission: Free and open to the public.

The Montauk Historic Site is overseen by the State Historical Society of Iowa, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs. More information is available at iowaculture.gov or 515-281-5111.

The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs and its divisions – the Iowa Arts Council, Produce Iowa – the State Office of Media Production, the State Historical Society of Iowa and the State Historic Preservation Office – empower Iowa to build and sustain culturally vibrant communities by connecting Iowans to the people, places and points of pride that define our state. The department’s work enables Iowans to foster creativity and serves as a catalyst for innovation where the stories of Iowa are preserved and communicated to connect past, present and future generations. iowaculture.gov

Start Time: 2:00
Date: 2019-04-07