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Contacts: Jane Koropsak, (631) 344-4909 or Mona S. Rowe, (631) 344-5056

Pianofest Noon Recitals at Brookhaven Lab, June 25 and July 23

May 28, 2008

UPTON, NY — Participants in Pianofest, a summer workshop held in the Hamptons, will showcase two recitals at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory on Wednesday, June 25, and Wednesday, July 23, at noon in Berkner Hall. Sponsored by Brookhaven Science Associates, the company that manages the Lab, the concert is free and open to the public. All visitors to the Laboratory age 16 and over must bring a photo I.D.

Pianofest emphasizes the development of style and interpretation in piano performance for students who already possess considerable technical capability. The workshop's founder and director, Paul Schenly, will select prize-winning Pianofest participants to perform from the great classical repertoire for these recitals.

For more information on Pianofest go to: http://www.pianofest.com/

Call (631) 344-2345 for more information. The Laboratory is located on William Floyd Parkway (County Road 46), one-and-a-half miles north of Exit 68 of the Long Island Expressway.

Number: 08-57  |  BNL Media & Communications Office

One of ten national laboratories overseen and primarily funded by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies and national security. Brookhaven Lab also builds and operates major scientific facilities available to university, industry and government researchers. Brookhaven is operated and managed for DOE’s Office of Science by Brookhaven Science Associates, a limited-liability company founded by Stony Brook University, the largest academic user of Laboratory facilities, and Battelle, a nonprofit, applied science and technology organization.

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