Libby Larsen, composer and Grammy Award winner, will help wrap up the Kaleidoscope Arts Festival in Slippery Rock with a performance Monday and a lecture Tuesday.

SLIPPERY ROCK — The Kaleidoscope arts festival comes to a close next week with a performance and lecture by Grammy Award winner and composer Libby Larsen.

Larsen will meet with music students, give a talk on contemporary composers, lead a panel discussion on music education and attend a free performance of her music presented by SRU students and faculty members at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Swope Music Hall.

She received a Grammy for producing the CD "The Art of Arlene Auger." She has served residencies with the California Institute of the Arts, the Arnold Schoenberg Institute, the Philadelphia School of the Arts, the Cincinnati Conservatory, and the Minnesota Orchestra, among others.

The Monday concert will feature "Overture for a New Century" by the SRU Orchestra, directed by Warren Davidson, instructor of music. The SRU Wind Ensemble will perform "Strut," directed by Brian Meixner, instructor of music.

Also, the SRU Brass Ensemble will perform "River Fanfare" and the SRU Concert Choir and Chamber Singers will perform several selections, conduced by Stephen Barr, SRU assistant professor of music.

Several SRU faculty members will perform as well, including Warren Davidson on violin, Stacey Steele on flute, Paula Tuttle on cello, Jeffrey Mangone on bass, Kaplan Solomon on piano, Jeremy Long on saxophone, Terry Steele on clarinet and Colleen Neubert as a vocalist.

Larsen, a dynamic speaker and arts advocate, will give a talk on "The 21st Century Composer" at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in Swope Recital Hall.

She will lead a free panel discussion on the composer as educator at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Swope Recital Hall. Other participants include composer David Stock, a Duquesne University music faculty member, and Nancy Galbraith, a Carnegie Mellon faculty member.

Other scheduled activities at Slippery Rock University include:• "After Ashley," 8 p.m. tonight through Sunday, Miller Auditorium• Brass Ensemble, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Swope Recital Hall• Children's Day with storytelling, arts and crafts, and theater, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, most events are on Morrow Way near Russell Wright Alumni House• Zany Circus, 3 p.m. Saturday, Russell Wright Alumni House lawn• Flute Choir, 4 p.m. Sunday, Swope Recital Hall• Grammy Award winner and composer Libby Larsen in concert, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Swope Recital Hall• Lecture by Grammy Award winner and composer Libby Larsen, 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Swope Recital Hall• Jazz Bands, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Miller Auditorium.For more information, visit the Web site, www.sru.edu.

Sculptor Pete Johnson works on a piece of Brazilian wood during the Kaleidoscope festival Saturday in Slippery Rock. The arts festival continues through Tuesday.