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com For Immediate Release: THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: SYMPHONY OF THE GODDESSES STL Ocarina's Lena Leclaire Joins San Diego Orchestra for Special Concert [St. Louis, Mo.] Lena Leclaire, a performer and music educator with STL Ocarina, performed with the San Diego Symphony during its July 12 concert, THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: SYMPHONY OF THE GODDESSES. THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: SYMPHONY OF THE GODDESSES began with pre-concert festivitie s for Comic Con devotees and fans of the popular video game series, The Legend of Z elda. Zelda fans dressed as their favorite characters, entered a costume contest to win special prizes, and played their favorite Zelda games on GameStop Wii conso les. The concert highlighted the enduring work of Nintendo composer Koji Kondo a nd included a stunning cinematic video presentation in concert with soaring soun ds of the San Diego Symphony. The concert was part of a series Nintendo America is organizing around the count ry featuring music from The Legend of Zelda. The games have helped spur a worldwide re vival of interest in the ocarina, a pocket-sized wind instrument with roots in a ncient cultures. Thursday's concert coincided with Comic Con July 12-15 in San D iego. For more information on the series, visit http://www.zelda-symphony.com/sc hedule About Lena LeClaire: Music educator and performer Lena Leclaire is a graduate of The Juilliard School in New York City, where she earned her bachelor's and mast er's degrees in flute performance. Lena, 23, is also an accomplished ocarina per former with STL Ocarina, a company dedicated to reviving the art of ocarina play ing. An outgrowth of the St. Louis School of Music, STL Ocarina produces ocarina s for all ages and skill levels. Learn more at http://www.STLOcarina.com About STL Ocarina: STL Ocarina (http://www.STLOcarina.com) was established in 20 05 to help revive interest in the art of ocarina playing. An outgrowth of the St . Louis School of Music, the company produces ocarinas for all ages and skill le vels, from colorful kids' models shaped like fish, whales, and dolphins starting at $10 to professional models starting under $100 and made of Purple Clay, a ra re natural mineral found only in the region of Yixing, China. The company's ocar inas have been used in performances by major symphony orchestras including the N ew World Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.