Two West Virginia University faculty members who recently performed at the prestigious St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London will present highlights from the concert Sunday, Oct. 5, at the Creative Arts Center .

Flutist Francesca Arnone and pianist Christine Kefferstan will present a recital sampling of 20th-century North American works at 3 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall. The performance is free and open to the public.

The program includesDuo for Flute and Pianoby Aaron Copland;Moments for Flute and Pianoby Robert Mucynski;Fourteen Pieces for Flute and Pianoby Charles Koechlin; and selections fromAtacama Sonataby WVU alumna Nancy Galbraith andGrand Mamouby Paul Hayden.

The Royal Parish Church of St. Martin-in-the Fields has welcomed talented musicians to perform in lunchtime concerts for more than 50 yearsfrom highly acclaimed young soloists and promising new ensembles to choirs from around the word and established professionals.

For its audiences, which regularly number 300 and above, these concerts are an opportunity to hear top-quality music at one of Londons most renowned and best-loved venues. For musicians, the concerts provide a highly sought-after opportunity to perform at a central London location in front of a discriminating audience. To have played at St. Martin-in-the-Fields is an important step in ones musical career.

Arnone, assistant professor of flute, is a member of the Laureate Wind Quintet and director of the WVU Flute Choir. She earned flute performance degrees from Oberlin, the San Francisco Conservatory and the University of Miami.

She served as principal flutist of the Boise Philharmonic for four seasons and has played piccolo with the Palm Beach Opera Orchestra since 1997. Prior to this, she was co-principal flutist and piccolo specialist of the Orquesta Sinfnica de la Universidad de Guanajuato in Mexico.

Arnone has performed with the Florida Philharmonic, Florida West Coast Symphony, Moscow and Missouri chamber orchestras and the Orquesta Sinfnica de Tenerife in Spain, among others. She has been both a flute and piccolo concerto soloist in the United States and Mexico.

Kefferstan, professor of piano, maintains an active performing career as soloist, chamber musician and accompanist. She was recently featured as solo artist at the National Institute of Culture and History in Belize City, Belize; on the Stifel Fine Arts Series, Wheeling; the Silver Series, Plymouth, N.H.; and the Steinway Society Series in Pittsburgh.

A graduate of the College-Conservatory of Cincinnati, Kefferstan studied with Israeli pianist David Bar-Illan and has had additional coaching with Russian pianists Sedmara Rutstein, Oberlin, and Viachaslov Gabrielov. As founding member of the Sarasvati Trio, her ensemble was featured on the Cincinnati Taft Chamber Series in April 2007.