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THE CLICKABLE CHAMBER MUSIC NEWSLETTER FROM THE SOUTH BAYNo.364: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - Wednesday, May 21, 2008Next issue: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 I N T H I S I S S U E : *************************** A. The Piano Trios of Johannes Brahms MOVSES POGOSSIAN violin TIMOTHY LANDAUER cello TIMOTHY DURKOVIC piano Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 3:00PM Church of the Good Shepherd - Arcadia CA B. Loren L. Zachary Society Finals of the 36th Annual NATIONAL VOCAL COMPETITION FOR YOUNG OPERA SINGERS Sunday, June 1, 2008 - 2:00PM - Wilshire Ebell Request Free Tickets C. L.A. Philharmonic violinist JOHNNY LEE and pianist CHRISTOPHER WELDON Friday, May 16, 2008 - 7:30PM The private residence of Yuko Shimazaki on the West Side D. Music & Vision Internet Magazine CD Review Violinist Vincent Skowronski performs selections by Bloch, Engel, Honegger, Milhaud, and Szymanowski E. Reply to the Last Issue F. Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter Volunteers Needed G. LISTINGS OF UPCOMING CONCERTS through Wednesday, May 21, 2008 :: SPEED BROWSE THE LISTINGS :: CALENDARS FOR OTHER CONCERTS of High Interest to Chamber Music Aficionados :: THE WEEKLY CONCERTS :: 71 LISTINGS FOCUSING MOSTLY ON CHAMBER MUSIC H. Subscribe/Unsubscribe and other information (at the bottom) Send Subscribe/Unsubscribe requests by clicking: mailto:jeninger@yahoo.com N E W S L E T T E R B E G I N S ********************************* GREETINGS, MUSIC AFICIONADOS, So you won't overlook the following three concert announcements among the full list at the bottom, I've summarized them directly below. A. The Piano Trios of Johannes Brahms MOVSES POGOSSIAN violin TIMOTHY LANDAUER cello TIMOTHY DURKOVIC piano Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 3:00PM Church of the Good Shepherd - Arcadia CA For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/ddjkn This concert brings together some of the Southland's finest ensemble artists. Violinist MOVSES POGOSSIAN is the Artistic Director of the acclaimed Dilijan chamber music series. He was recently appointed Professor of Violin at UCLA. Read about Movses by clicking: http://dilijan.larkmusicalsociety.com/artists/movses_pogossian.php TIMOTHY LANDAUER is principal cellist of Pacific Symphony Orchestra has appeared twice on the Dilijan series. Read about Timothy Landauer on the website of the Baroque Music Festival - Corona del Mar by scrolling down after clicking: http://www.bmf-cdm.org/performers/instrumentalists.php Pianist TIMOTHY DURKOVIC won the Gold Medal at the 1996 Los Angeles Liszt Competition. Along with his piano-duo partner CHIE NAGATANI, he won both the 2001 San Diego Duo Piano Competition and the 2001 IBLA Grand Prize Duo Piano Award (Sicily, Italy). Read about Timothy Durkovic by clicking: http://www.timothydurkovic.com/ Program - The Piano Trios of Johannes Brahms Brahms: Piano Trio No.1 in B Major, Op.8 Brahms: Piano Trio No.2 in C Major, Op.87 Requested donation $10 at the door. For information call (626) 447-2181 or click: http://tinyurl.com/u3jwc B. Loren L. Zachary Society - Free Finals of the 36th Annual NATIONAL VOCAL COMPETITION FOR YOUNG OPERA SINGERS with LOS ANGELES PERFORMING ARTS ORCHESTRA FRANK FETTA conductor Sunday, June 1, 2008 - 2:00PM - Wilshire Ebell (Lucerne & Wilshire, between La Brea & Crenshaw) For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/8u442 Five singers are selected from the New York Regional Auditions and five singers are chosen at the Los Angeles Regional Auditions. Ten finalists will compete at the Grand Finals Concert in Los Angeles with orchestral accompaniment. The New York winners receive transportation and accommodations in Los Angeles. The Top Award is $10,000 and approximately $50,000 will be distributed amongst the finalists, each receiving a minimum of $1,000. See the selected finalists in No.71 in the listings below (the last one). Past finalists of the Loren L. Zachary Society National Vocal Competition for Young Opera Singers have included such famed singers as THOMAS HAMPSON and EDUARDO VILLA in 1980. See past winners and finalists, with clicks to their website when available, by clicking: http://www.zacharysociety.org/finalists.htm Free Admission - Tickets Required Request tickets (maximum 2 per request) by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Zachary Finals Concert 2250 Gloaming Way Beverly Hills CA 90210 For information, click: http://www.zacharysociety.org/ C. L.A. Philharmonic violinist JOHNNY LEE and pianist CHRISTOPHER WELDON Friday, May 16, 2008 - 7:30PM The private residence of Yuko Shimazaki on the West Side Arts patron YUKO SHIMAZAKI cordially invites Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter subscribers to occasional chamber music recitals she hosts in her home. These are evenings of music making at the highest level in an intimate venue that includes a light buffet dinner (preceding the recital at 6:00PM) and conversation with like-minded aficionados. For full recital, program, and artist information, see No.67 near the bottom of the concert listings. D. Music & Vision Internet Magazine CD Review Violinist Vincent Skowronski performs selections by Bloch, Engel, Honegger, Milhaud, and Szymanowski In today's M&V, HOWARD SMITH listens to a CD by violinist VINCENT SKOWRONSKI. Read the review and listen to four excerpts by clicking: http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2008/05/skowronski1.htm E. Reply to the Last Issue Jim, Thanks again for these wonderful newsletters that I've been getting now for nearly two years. I was able to go with my daughter to the Guitar Ensemble Concert at Chapman Conservatory of Music last Sunday. It was the first time visiting the campus. We arrived early and walked around before the 8:00PM student recital in the Salmon Recital Hall (I didn't see any salmon!). Jeff Cogan did a great job preparing his group of young guitar performers. All the students performed well but Joseph Zamudio won the overall good performance award, and he was truly deserving of this recognition. What a delightful evening! Lois Owsley F. Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter Volunteers Needed If you'd like to join a dedicated group of volunteers who help put out the Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter - Bob Margulies, Rose Chen, Katie Eninger, Michael Zarky, and Don Gross - please reply. Best regards, Jim Eninger Torrance, California P.S. If you'd like to reply, click: mailto:jeninger@yahoo.com G. LISTINGS OF UPCOMING CONCERTS through Wednesday, May 21, 2008 BE SURE TO DOUBLE-CHECK THE CONCERT INFORMATION FOR ANY CHANGES FROM THESE LISTINGS :: SPEED BROWSE THE LISTINGS If you'd like to speed-browse the listings by region, or find just the free concerts, each listing has a code you can search on. Highlight and copy the appropriate code below [include the square brackets] and paste it into the field of your Edit-Find command (shortcut: Ctrl-f in most software, F4 in Outlook). (The numbers in parentheses give the number of events in each category.) [Free] (47) [Cerritos] (1) [DownTownLA] (10) [Hollywood/LosFeliz] (4) [midWilshireLA] (6) [OrangeCounty] (8) [Pasadena/Glendale] (17) [Pomona/Claremont] (4) [Redlands/Riverside] (3) [SanFernandoValley] (6) [SouthBay] (8) [Ventura/SantaBarbara] (3) [WestSide] (15) :: CALENDARS FOR OTHER CONCERTS of High Interest to Chamber Music Aficionados To find other concerts of high interest to Chamber Music aficionados (opera, ballet, symphony orchestras, large chorales, etc.), click the links to these excellent concert calendars: FineArtsLA http://www.fineartsla.com/ experienceLA http://tinyurl.com/yq48fz Orange County Art Source http://www.ocartsource.org/whatshot.html Guitar Events in Southern California http://www.ocgc.org/SoCalEvents.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :: THE WEEKLY CONCERTS a. Colburn School Performance Forum - Free Colburn Conservatory Student Performances Most Thursdays - 11:00AM and other times (check) Thayer Hall The Colburn School 200 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles CA [DownTownLA][Free] For a Google map with Street View, click: http://tinyurl.com/3xnb39 Free admission. Colburn School is located across Grand Ave. from the Walt Disney Concert Hall. For information, call (213) 621-2200 or select Event Calendar after clicking: http://www.colburnschool.edu/ b. Los Angeles City College Daytime Concert Series - Free Tuesdays and Thursdays - 11:00AM Music Building, Clausen Hall, Room 247 Los Angeles City College 855 North Vermont Ave. Los Angeles CA [Hollywood/LosFeliz][Free] For maps and parking directions, click: http://www.lacitycollege.edu/citymain/aboutlacc.html Free admission. For information, call (323) 953-4000, ext.2880 or click: http://tinyurl.com/2g3lx c. Pasadena Presbyterian - Free MUSIC AT NOON Concert Series Wednesdays - 12:10PM Pasadena Presbyterian Church 585 E. Colorado Blvd. (NW corner of Colorado & Madison) Pasadena CA [Pasadena/Glendale][Free] For directions, click: http://www.ppc.net/map.html Free admission. All concerts are followed by an optional $6 sandwich lunch. See the Pasadena Presbyterian "Music at Noon" series by clicking: http://www.ppc.net/music/noonconcerts.html d. Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels - Free ORGAN DEMONSTRATION or RECITAL Cathedral organist SAMUEL S. SORIA or guest artist Wednesdays - 12:45PM Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels 555 W. Temple Street Los Angeles CA [DownTownLA][Free] For directions and parking information, click: http://www.olacathedral.org/gettinghere/ Free admission. See the musical offerings at Our Lady of the Angels by clicking: http://www.olacathedral.org/ e. First Congregational Church of Los Angeles - Free THURSDAY NOONTIME ORGAN RECITALS S. WAYNE FOSTER Organist-in-Residence or guest organist Thursdays - 12:10PM First Congregational Church of Los Angeles 540 S. Commonwealth Ave. (at Sixth St.) Los Angeles CA [midWilshireLA][Free] For directions, click: http://www.fccla.org/finding.html Read about S. WAYNE FOSTER, where you can listen to Air by Gerre Hancock, by clicking: http://www.concertartists.com/SWF.html Free admission with a light lunch following. For information, call (213) 385-1345 or click: http://www.fccla.org/music.html f. Pierce College Music Department Afternoon Concerts - Free Thursdays - 12:45PM Performing Arts Building Mainstage Pierce College 6201 Winnetka Ave. Woodland Hills CA [SanFernandoValley][Free] For directions, click: http://www.lapc.cc.ca.us/directions.asp For a campus map, click: http://www.piercecollege.edu/departments/music/info/maps.html Free admission. For information, click: http://www.piercecollege.edu/departments/music/concerts.html g. The Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace - Free FAMILY CONCERT SERIES Sundays - 2:00PM The Richard Nixon Library 18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard Yorba Linda CA [OrangeCounty][Free] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/exr7l Free admission. See the schedule of upcoming concerts by clicking: http://tinyurl.com/2ca4qt h. Sundays Live - Free CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES Sundays - 6:00PM Los Angeles County Museum of Art - Leo S. Bing Theater 5905 Wilshire Blvd. (just east of Fairfax) Parking across the street at Wilshire & Spaulding Los Angeles CA [midWilshireLA][Free] For directions, click: http://sundayslive.org/directions.cfm Begun in 1948, SUNDAYS LIVE is the longest-running music broadcast in Los Angeles. It presents weekly classical chamber music concerts and recitals by premier professional artists from Southern California and around the world. These one-hour concerts are presented free to the public at 6:00PM on Sundays in the Leo S. Bing Theater of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. No tickets or reservations are required and all are welcome. Read about Sundays Live by clicking: http://sundayslive.org/ Attend on Sunday and listen again on Wednesday! Each Sunday's concert is heard by delayed broadcast the following Wednesday at noon on Cal State Northridge Classical Radio KCSN. Listen over the airways at 88.5FM or over internet by clicking: http://wwww.kcsn.org/ Listen live on the internet via streaming audio on Sundays at 6:00PM by clicking at concert time: http://sundayslive.org/SundaysLive.asx Send a request to subscribe to the new Sundays Live weekly e-mail reminders of concerts and broadcasts by clicking: mailto:SundaysLive@earthlink.net Free admission. For concert information, click: http://sundayslive.org/ i. Compline with the MASTERS CONSORT - Free DAVID ARMITAGE, DANIEL CHANEY, PAUL CUMMINGS, HOLLIS ERDMANN, LINCOLN HANKS, PHIL HAUSSMANN, CHRISTOPHER REMMEL, KORY REID, DORY SCHULTZ, GEORGE STERNE Sundays - 8:30PM Lutheran Church of the Master 10931 Santa Monica Boulevard Los Angeles CA [WestSide][Free] For directions, click: http://lutheran.churchofthemaster.org/about?q=node/20 The Master's Consort under the leadership of HOLLIS ERDMANN performs the choral service of Compline - from the days of Christian monks, candlelit sanctuary and Gregorian chants - every Sunday night at 8:30PM. The singers are drawn from Los Angeles' premier professional choral ensembles including the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the Concord Ensemble, the Los Angeles Chamber Singers, and Cappella. Freewill donation. For information, click: http://lutheran.churchofthemaster.org/node/52 :: 71 LISTINGS FOCUSING MOSTLY ON CHAMBER MUSIC (be sure to double-check times and dates with the contact information provided before setting out) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pasadena Presbyterian "Music at Noon" Series - Free DANIEL LEWIN violin, ARMEN KSAJIKIAN cello Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 12:10PM Pasadena Presbyterian Church 585 E. Colorado Blvd. (NW corner of Colorado & Madison) Pasadena CA [Pasadena/Glendale][Free] For directions, click: http://www.ppc.net/map.html See the Pasadena Presbyterian "Music at Noon" series by clicking: http://www.ppc.net/music/noonconcerts.html Free admission. All concerts are followed by an optional $6 sandwich lunch. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First United Methodist Church of Santa Monica Midweek Recital Series - Free PETER FENNEMA organ Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 12:10-12:40PM First United Methodist Church 1008 11th St. Santa Monica CA [WestSide][Free] For a map and directions, click: http://www.santamonicaumc.org/reachus/map_directions.html Free admission. The First United Methodist Church of Santa Monica's Midweek Recital Series recitals take place on the second Wednesday of the month, October through May. They are free and a complimentary light buffet-lunch reception follows each recital. For information, call (310) 393-8258 or click: http://www.santamonicaumc.org/music/index.html#programs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels - Free Organ Recital by GIORGIO PAROLINI Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 12:45PM Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels 555 W. Temple Street Los Angeles CA [DownTownLA][Free] For directions and parking information, click: http://www.olacathedral.org/gettinghere/ Read about GIORGIO PAROLINI, titular organist at Basilica of S. Eufemia in Milano, Italy, by clicking: http://www.giorgioparolini.com/ Read about the Dobson organ at Our Lady of the Angels by clicking: http://www.dobsonorgan.com/html/instruments/op75_losangeles.html Free admission. See the musical offerings at Our Lady of the Angels by clicking: http://www.olacathedral.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JUDY HUANG piano - Free Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 1:00PM Music Recital Hall - M106 Music Building Los Angeles Valley College 5800 Fulton Ave. Valley Glen CA [SanFernandoValley][Free] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/2c9sbe For a campus map, click: http://www.lavc.cc.ca.us/map.pdf Program Scarlatti: Sonata in G Major Scarlatti: Sonata in D Major Chopin: Nocturne in F Major, Op.15 No.1 Chopin: Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op.15 No.2 Chopin: Barcarolle, Op.60 Albeniz: Triana from Iberia Schulz/Evler: An der schönen, blauen Donau (The Beautiful Blue Danube) Pianist JUDY HUANG, Grand Prize Winner of the 2004 Carmel Music Society Piano Competition, made her professional debut at age eleven with the Fine Arts Orchestra in Taiwan. She has given concerts in Taiwan and in the U.S., as well as in Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, England and Poland. She made her debut solo recital at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in 2006 and was asked back in 2007 to give another recital. She has also appeared as a soloist with Peninsula Symphony, Rio Hondo Symphony, Redlands Symphony, Riverside Symphony, Palermo Orchestra, and UCLA Philharmonia Orchestra. Sharing her passion of chamber music, she is dedicated to community outreach programs and has collaborated with members of Pacific Symphony and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. A graduate of UCLA, Miss Huang has worked with ROBERT TURNER, MING-QIANG LI, AUBE TZERKO, and VITALY MARGULIS. She has taught piano and theory classes at UCLA, Los Angeles Valley College, and currently serves faculties at Orange County High School of Arts in Santa Ana and International Institute for Young Musician in Irvine. Read about Judy by clicking: http://www.judyhuangpianist.com/ Free admission. For information, call (818) 947-2347 or click: http://www.lavc.edu/defaultdocs/S08MailerInside.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.6 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture presents - Free Tragedy and Restitution Oscar Wilde: A Magical Night at the Ballet MALIBU COAST CHAMBER BALLET and the MALIBU COAST STRING QUARTET Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - 7:00PM Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 7:00PM Friday, May 16, 2008 - 7:00PM Wines and "Light Bite" - 6:30PM Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture 6307 Busch Drive Malibu CA [WestSide][Free] For directions, click: http://www.montgomeryartshouse.org/reservations/directionstomahma.html The MALIBU COAST CHAMBER BALLET and the MALIBU COAST STRING QUARTET present the full-length performance of Oscar Wilde's tragedy, "The Birthday of the Infanta!" the story of the good-hearted Dwarf, the selfish princess of Spain, and their surprising finish - an inspiring union of dance, music, great literature, and friendship! Program Mozart: Duet for violin and viola, K432 MARIA NEWMAN violin, SCOTT HOSFELD viola Schumann: Adagio (From the Piano Quartet), Op.47 Members of the Malibu Coast String Quartet WENDY PROBER piano Maria Newman: "The Birthday of the Infanta" (music c.1995) Based on a text of the same title by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Commissioned by the Icicle Creek Music Center Scene I: Prologue Scene II: The Birthday Party Scene III: The Sham Bullfight Scene IV: The Forest and the Minuet Scene V: The Dance of the Dwarf Scene VI: The Search for the Infanta Scene VII: The Mirrored Room Scene VIII: The Death of the Dwarf Scene IX: Epilogue MALIBU COAST CHAMBER BALLET ADRIANNA FIORI Director of Ballet and Choreography MALIBU COAST STRING QUARTET Dedicated to the late MARTHA MONTGOMERY, The Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture (MAHMA) was completed in late 2001. Designed by renowned architect ERIC LLOYD WRIGHT of the famous Wright family of architects, MAHMA was built on property purchased by Martha in 1946, which she later gave to her daughter, composer and violinist/violist MARIA NEWMAN. Maria, whose father was the nine-time Academy Award-winning composer and conductor ALFRED NEWMAN, had long desired to honor her mother in some significant way. MAHMA is very lovingly dedicated to the life and generosity of the late Martha Montgomery. Read about MAHMA, Maria Newman, and resident and guest artists by clicking: http://www.montgomeryartshouse.org/ For the schedule of concerts, click: http://www.montgomeryartshouse.org/concertschedule.html Free admission, reservations essential. To make a reservation, call (310) 589-0295 or click: http://www.montgomeryartshouse.org/reservations.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Los Angeles City College Daytime Concert Series - Free LACC GUITAR ENSEMBLE and SOLO GUITAR RECITAL Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 7:30PM Music Building, Clausen Hall, Room 247 Los Angeles City College 855 North Vermont Ave. Los Angeles CA [Hollywood/LosFeliz][Free] For maps and parking directions, click: http://www.lacitycollege.edu/citymain/aboutlacc.html For a calendar of Southern California guitar events, where you can subscribe to George Gutman's occasional e-mail reminders of upcoming classical guitar recitals, essential for guitar aficionados, click: http://www.ocgc.org/SoCalEvents.htm Arranged by LACC faculty guitarist CHARLES SUOVANEN, the LACC Concert Series presents student, faculty, and guest artists. Visitors from the community are welcome. See the schedule of LACC concerts by clicking: http://tinyurl.com/2g3lx Free admission. For information, call (323) 953-4000, ext.2880 or click: http://tinyurl.com/2g3lx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.8 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UCLA WIND ENSEMBLE and UCLA SYMPHONIC BAND IAN KROUSE guest conductor MICHAEL DEAN bass-baritone Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 8:00PM Schoenberg Hall UCLA [WestSide] Park in P2 ($8). For directions and a map, click: http://www.ucla.edu/map/ Program Ian Krouse: On the Beach at Night - Premiere MICHAEL DEAN bass-baritone soloist Donald Grantham: J'ai été au bal Michael Daugherty: Bells for Stokowski Admission $7 / $3 students and seniors. For information, call the UCLA Department of Music at (310) 825-4761, or click: http://www.music.ucla.edu/Events/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.9 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater REDCAT presents THE CALIFORNIA E.A.R. UNIT Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 8:30PM Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater REDCAT at the Walt Disney Concert Hall 631 W. Second Street Los Angeles CA [DownTownLA] For directions and parking, click: http://redcat.org/visit/directionsparking.php Program - commissioned by the California E.A.R. Unit John Luther Adams: The Light Within - World Premiere Gordon Beeferman: Rites of Summer - World Premiere Read about the CALIFORNIA E.A.R. UNIT by clicking: http://www.earunit.org/ Tickets: $20 / $16 students / $10 CalArts students, faculty and staff. For information, click: http://redcat.org/season/0708/mus/ceu.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UCI Music Department presents - Free SHOWCASE CONCERT DARRYL TAYLOR coordinator Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 12:00 noon Winifred Smith Hall UC Irvine Irvine CA [OrangeCounty][Free] For directions, click: http://www.uci.edu/campusmap/ Program Schubert: Sonata in A Minor, D845 - I. Moderato BEULAH JUN piano Paganini: Variations on a Theme by Rossini YOOJIN OH cello, JUNKO NOJIMA piano Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in E-flat Major, Op.120 No.2 III. Appassionato ma non troppo allegro JENNIFER HANANOUCHI clarinet, CHARLES USCHARAWADI piano Dvorák: "Rusalka's Song to the Moon," from Rusalka CARI McASKILL soprano, LUKAS SWIDZINSKI piano Tony Rasmussen: Piandellagotti RACHAEL KONE violin, TONY RASMUSSEN guitar Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.26 in E-flat Major, Op.81a, "Les adieux" I. Adagio; Allegro JÉRÉMIE FAVREAU piano Free admission. For information, click: http://www.arts.uci.edu/events_listview.php?month=20085&single=573 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MARYMOUNT COLLEGE SPRING RECITAL - Free Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 7:00PM Norris Center for the Performing Arts 27570 Crossfield Drive Rolling Hills Estates CA [SouthBay][Free] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/7t2m9 Led by Marymount College President Dr. MICHAEL BROPHY, this annual program presents performances of classical, Jazz, and popular music by students, faculty, staff, trustees, and friends of Marymount College. Free admission. For information, call (310) 303-7223 or click: http://www.marymountpv.edu/friends/springrecital.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.12 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ City of Torrance's 49th Annual Armed Forces Day U.S. MARINE CORPS FIRST MARINE DIVISION BAND - Free Friday, May 16, 2008 - 1:30PM & 7:30PM James R. Armstrong Theatre 3330 Civic Center Drive Torrance CA [SouthBay][Free] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/8xpeq Read about the U.S. MARINE CORPS FIRST MARINE DIVISION BAND, based at Camp Pendleton, California, by clicking: http://www.i-mef.usmc.mil/div/band/aboutus.asp Free admission. For information and tickets, call the Armstrong Theatre Box Office at (310) 781-7171, or click: http://www.torrnet.com/TCAC/4605.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.13 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L.A. Philharmonic violinist JOHNNY LEE and Pianist CHRISTOPHER WELDON Friday, May 16, 2008 Light dinner - 6:00-7:00PM Concert - 7:30PM The private residence of Yuko Shimazaki 3360 Manning Ct. Los Angeles CA [WestSide] For a Google map with street view, click: http://tinyurl.com/8h6vu Arts patron YUKO SHIMAZAKI cordially invites Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter subscribers to occasional chamber music recitals she hosts in her home. These are evenings of music making at the highest level in an intimate venue that includes a light buffet dinner and conversation with like-minded aficionados. Program Beethoven: Violin Sonata in F Major, Op.24 Schubert: Rondeau Brillante in B Minor, D895 Erich Korngold: Tanzlied des Pierrot from Die Tote Stadt Gabriel Fauré: Violin Sonata in A Major, Op.31 JOHNNY LEE joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the start of the 2005-2006 season. Previously, he was Assistant Concertmaster of the Charlotte Symphony, and Concertmaster of the Canton Symphony. A native of Cleveland, Johnny graduated from Harvard University with a degree in economics and attended the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he earned his Master's degree in 2003. Read about Johnny Lee by clicking: http://www.laphil.org/resources/performer_detail.cfm?id=2579 Pianist CHRISTOPHER WELDON's honors include First Prize at the Kosciuszko Foundation National Chopin Competition and First Prize in the Juilliard School Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition. He has performed as soloist with the Buffalo Philharmonic, Brno Chamber Orchestra, and the Evanston Symphony. In chamber music recitals, he has appeared in Alice Tully Hall, the Phillips Collection, and Walt Disney Concert Hall, to name a few. Read about Christopher by clicking: http://www.christopherweldon.com/ Requested donation $10, includes light dinner (vegetarian available). Seating is limited and advanced reservations are recommended. To reserve space, call (310) 839-3993. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.14 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ St. James South Pasadena Music Guild A Madrigal Evening with St. James' Section Leaders Friday, May 16, 2008 - 7:30PM St. James Episcopal Church 1325 Monterey Rd South Pasadena CA [Pasadena/Glendale] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/2ljdpa Tickets: $20 /$10 seniors and students. For information, click: http://www.sjcsp.org/images/stjguildbrochure.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.15 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Los Angeles City College Evening Concert Series - Free AN EVENING OF CHAMBER MUSIC CHRISTINE PARK instructor Friday, May 16, 2008 - 7:30PM Music Building, Clausen Hall, Room 247 Los Angeles City College 855 North Vermont Ave. Los Angeles CA [Hollywood/LosFeliz][Free] For maps and parking directions, click: http://www.lacitycollege.edu/citymain/aboutlacc.html Free admission. Donations will be accepted at the door. For information, call (323) 953-4000, ext.2880 or click: http://tinyurl.com/2g3lx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.16 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FRESHLY SQUEEZED MUSIC ENSEMBLE SARAH WASS flute, JAMES SULLIVAN clarinet and bass clarinet, STEVE THACHUK guitar, T.J. TROY percussion Friday, May 16, 2008 - 8:00PM Brand Library & Art Center 1601 W. Mountain Street Glendale CA [Pasadena/Glendale] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/2ejowj FRESHLY SQUEEZED MUSIC ENSEMBLE performs a program of new music by Los Angeles composer/percussionist T.J. TROY. Known for their eclectic influences and broad range of styles, FSME's music combines a rare balance of improvisation and structural flexibility in a chamber music aesthetic, creating a unique tonal palette well suited to their instrumentation. Suggested donation: $20, but no one will be turned away. For information, call (818) 548-2051. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.17 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Romance de la Guitarra - Free Music of Spain and Latin America ELIZABETH BUSCH classical guitar Friday, May 16, 2008 - 8:00PM Vineyard Christian Fellowship Westside 3838 S. Centinela Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90066 [WestSide][Free] For a Google map with street view, click: http://tinyurl.com/4xe5d4 You are cordially invited to ELIZABETH BUSCH's CD release concert. Elizabeth earned her Bachelor's in music performance at Colorado Christian University and her Master's in classical guitar performance at USC, studying under famed guitarists WILLIAM KANENGISER and PEPE ROMERO. Read about Elizabeth and listen by clicking: http://www.elizabethguitarist.com/ For a calendar of Southern California guitar events, where you can subscribe to George Gutman's occasional e-mail reminders of upcoming classical guitar recitals, essential for guitar aficionados, click: http://www.ocgc.org/SoCalEvents.htm Free admission, donations encouraged. Refreshments will be served after the concert. For information call (310) 558-0949. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts JON KIMURA PARKER piano Friday, May 16, 2008 - 8:00PM Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts 12700 Center Court Drive Cerritos CA [Cerritos] For directions, click: http://tinyurl.com/4xyxpz Program Alexina Louie: Scenes from a Jade Terrace (1988) (20th Anniversary Performance) Schumann: Carnaval: Scénes mignonnes sur quatre notes, Op.9 Stravinsky, arr. Parker: The Rite of Spring Canadian composer ALEXINA LOUIE composed Scenes from a Jade Terrace in 1988 to commemorate the opening of the new Canadian Embassy in Tokyo. The piece was commissioned by JON KIMURA PARKER, who performed it during his 1989 tour of Japan. A true Canadian ambassador of music, JON KIMURA PARKER has given two command performances for Queen Elizabeth II, special performances for the United States Supreme Court, and concerts before the Prime Ministers of Canada and Japan. As a guest soloist, Parker has performed with The New York Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, and The Philadelphia Orchestra. Read about JON KIMURA PARKER by clicking: http://www.kimura.com/ Tickets: $35, 25, 20 / $17.50 students, seniors, and teachers. For information, click: http://tinyurl.com/3wmvxg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.19 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spring Concert ALL SAINTS PARISH CHOIR with Orchestra DALE ADELMANN conductor Friday, May 16, 2008 - 8:00PM Pre-concert lecture with UCR Professor BYRON ADAMS - 7:15PM All Saints Episcopal Church 504 N. Camden Dr. Beverly Hills CA [WestSide] For directions, click: http://www.allsaintsbh.org/maps.htm Program Arvo Pärt: Magnificat and Berlin Mass Morten Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna Roland Martin: setting of George Herbert's poem, The Altar Tickets: $20 / $15 seniors and students. For information, call (310) 275-2910 or click: http://www.allsaintsbh.org/events/index.html#springconcert ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CAMERATA PACIFICA Friday, May 16, 2008 - 8:00PM Zipper Concert Hall The Colburn School 200 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles CA [DownTownLA] Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 3:00PM Temple Beth Torah Ventura CA [Ventura/SantaBarbara] Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 8:00PM Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road San Marino CA [Pasadena/Glendale] Friday, May 23, 2008 - *1:00 & 8:00PM Museum of Natural History Santa Barbara CA [Ventura/SantaBarbara] For directions to the venues (click the venue names) and full concert information, click: http://www.cameratapacifica.org/concert_schedule/may.html Program *Mozart: Duo for violin and viola in B-flat Major, K424 Grieg: Sonata for cello and piano, Op.36 *Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op.47 *denotes program for lunchtime concert in Santa Barbara Artists WARREN JONES piano CATHERINE LEONARD violin RICHARD O'NEILL viola ANI AZNAVOORIAN cello CAMERATA PACIFICA is a chamber music ensemble based in Santa Barbara that performs a monthly series of concerts in Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Marino, and Zipper Hall in Downtown Los Angeles. Tickets: $40 / $20 lunchtime concert. For information about the concert and the artists, click: http://www.cameratapacifica.org/concert_schedule/may.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.21 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ El Camino College Center for the Arts CHU-FANG HUANG piano Friday, May 16, 2008 - 8:00PM Marsee Auditorium El Camino College Center for the Arts 16007 Crenshaw Blvd. Torrance CA [SouthBay] For directions, click: http://www.elcamino.edu/about/directions.asp Chinese pianist CHU-FANG HUANG is a 2005 Van Cliburn Finalist and First-Prize winner of the 2005 Cleveland International Piano Competition. She won the 2006 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music and a Master of the Music degree from The Juilliard School. Read about Chu-Fang Huang by clicking: http://www.chufanghuang.com/ Tickets: $24 / $18. For information, call (310) 329-5345 or 1-800-832-ARTS, or click: http://www.elcamino.edu/commadv/centerforarts/mainstage.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.22 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Opera UCLA and UCLA Philharmonia present Kurt Weill's THREEPENNY OPERA (performed in English) PETER KAZARAS director STEPHEN KARR conductor Friday, May 16, 2008 - 8:00PM Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 2:00PM & 8:00PM Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 2:00PM The New LATC Los Angeles Theater Center 514 S. Spring St. Los Angeles CA [DownTownLA] For a Google map with street view, click: http://tinyurl.com/6q9aqr Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera gets a new production with a decidedly Los Angeles twist. Tickets: $25 / $15 seniors / $10 students. For information and to purchase tickets, call (310) 825-2101 or click: http://www.music.ucla.edu/Performance/Opera/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.23 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LOS ANGELES WHOLESALE ORCHESTRA - Free Friday, May 16, 2008 - 8:00PM Neighborhood Church 301 North Orange Grove Boulevard Pasadena CA [Pasadena/Glendale][Free] For a Google map with street view, click: http://tinyurl.com/nu357 LOS ANGELES WHOLESALE ORCHESTRA CHRISTA GRAF and ORIN HILDESTAD violins CASSIA STREB viola APRIL GUTHRIE cello JESSICA TUNICK voice BRIAN WALSH and NATHAN SMITH clarinets ELLEN BURR flute KATHY PISARO oboe, english horn AMANDA TABOR french horn BRUCE FRIEDEN trumpet TREVOR BERENS piano Program Cornelius Cardew: Treatise Cat Lamb: open-scape for solo violin Cornelius Cardew: The Great Learning, Paragraph I Wholesale Orchestra founder and CalArts and Loyola Marymount-trained pianist TREVOR BERENS writes, "The Los Angeles Wholesale Orchestra (LAWO) is closing it's inaugural season with a concert featuring the music of Cornelius Cardew and Cat Lamb. Perhaps the most influential and important graphic piece ever written, Cardew's "Treatise" will open the program. Los Angeles composer Cat Lamb's "open-scape" (2008) will be performed by LAWO violinist, Orin Hildestadt. The second half will include "The Great Learning, Paragraph I", scored for organ, whistles, rocks, and speakers. "As Cardew wrote much of his music for non-musicians and amateur musicians, as well as for professional musicians, LAWO invites the audience to perform "The Great Learning" with them. The concert will begin at 8:00PM, but if anybody is interested in performing "The Great Learning" with the Orchestra, please arrive one hour early at 7:00PM so we can explain the piece to you and have a brief rehearsal! Audience participation is strongly urged!" Read about English avant-garde composer, Cornelius Cardew (1936-1981) by clicking: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Cardew and watch an animated view of Cardew's 'Treatise' by clicking: http://tinyurl.com/2elqde Read about Los Angeles-based, CalArts-trained composer CAT LAMB by clicking: http://catlamb.com/ The LOS ANGELES WHOLESALE ORCHESTRA (LAWO) is a cooperative of professional experimental musicians who are dedicated to performing music by new and emerging composers. LAWO is also devoted to investigating the influences and directions of modern experimental concert music, through performance and dialogue. The group is committed to expanding the audience of this genre of music, utilizing such avenues as pre-concert talks, and educational outreach. Read about the Wholesale Orchestra by clicking: http://www.wholesaleorchestra.org/ Free, but donations GREATLY appreciated. Wine reception to follow, donations of $3 per glass requested. For information, click: http://www.wholesaleorchestra.org/calendar.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.24 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CALTECH CHAMBER MUSIC ENSEMBLES - Free DELORES BING director Continuing... Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 8:00PM Trios by Hummel, Fauré, Ibert, and Schickele Mendelssohn: String Quintet No.2 in B-flat Major, Op.87 Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 3:30PM Trios and quartets for woodwinds Mendelssohn: Piano Quartet No.1 in C Minor, Op.1 Grieg: String Quartet Terry Riley: Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector for string quartet. Sunday, June 1, 2008 - 3:30PM Selections for piano duo and piano duet, classical guitar ensembles, and trios and quartets by Telemann and Fasch Dabney Lounge California Institute of Technology Pasadena CA [Pasadena/Glendale][Free] For directions, click: http://events.caltech.edu/find.html Read about Caltech Chamber Music Ensembles by clicking: http://www.music-theater-art.caltech.edu/chamber_music/index.html Free. A reception follows each concert. For information, click: http://events.caltech.edu/by-series.html#98 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.25 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JUNIOR CHAMBER MUSIC Final Concert for 2007/2008 Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 4:00PM & 8:00PM Murphy Recital Hall Loyola Marymount University 7900 Loyola Boulevard Los Angeles CA [WestSide] For driving directions, click: http://www.lmu.edu/pages/69.asp JUNIOR CHAMBER MUSIC auditions students and matches them into teams (according to level, age, and location) to work with world-renowned coaches in their area for 8 sessions in preparation for a variety of performance opportunities. Students audition as pre-formed groups or by themselves. For information about the JUNIOR CHAMBER MUSIC PROGRAM, click: http://www.jcm.classicaledge.com/ See full information for the JCM Final Concert by clicking: http://tinyurl.com/5exf9t ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.26 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ La Verne Celebration of the Arts presents - Free QUATRACELLI! Cellists KYLE CHAMPION, JIM LEE, RICK MOONEY, and MARGARET PARKINS Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 6:30PM Church of the Brethren 2425 E St. (corner of E and Bonita) La Verne CA [Pomona/Claremont][Free] For a Google map with street view, click: http://tinyurl.com/6espr4 QUATRACELLI! is a featured ensemble of the La Verne Celebration of the Arts. Read about Quatracelli! and its cellists by clicking: http://www.quatracelli.com/ Free admission. See the schedule of events for the La Verne Celebration of the Arts by clicking: http://www.arts-laverne.org/Schedule.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.27 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ South Pasadena Eclectic Music Festival - Free AlmaNova flute/guitar duo JESSICA PIERCE flute, ALMER IMAMOVIC guitar TALES OF BANYON MARCEL CAMARGO vocals, guitar THE STRANGEST KIND and MZQ JAZZ QUARTET Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 7:00PM-11:00PM South Pasadena Music Center and Conservatory 1509 Mission Street South Pasadena CA [Pasadena/Glendale][Free] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/2jvsc5 The AlmaNova Duo began their career in France while studying at the famed École Normale de Musique de Paris. Flutist JESSICA PIERCE and guitarist ALMER IMAMOVIC both continued their studies at the USC Thornton School, where Jessica earned her Doctorate under JIM WALKER and Almer earned his Master's degree under SCOTT TENNANT. The AlmaNova Duo has performed throughout Europe and the North America including Paris's Theatre de Naples, the Tijuana International Guitar Festival, the Juan Serrano International Guitar Festival, and the Dom Armije in Sarajevo, Bosnia. In February 2006, the duo performed alongside DAVID STAROBIN at the International Giuliani Festival as a featured chamber ensemble. They were featured artists in the USC World Music Festival at Bovard Hall in Los Angeles, and the International Festival of World Music in Claremont, California. Performances by AlmaNova Duo were featured at the 2007 National Flute Association's annual convention and alongside SCOTT TENNANT at the 2007 Guitar Foundation of America's convention. Read about the AlmaNova Duo by clicking: http://www.almanova.us In October 2006, AlmaNova Duo released their first CD recording featuring original works by Almer inspired by the sounds and folk melodies of his native Bosnia. They have recently released their second CD, the Grand Concertantes of Mauro Giuliani. Listen to selections by clicking: http://www.almanova.us/recordings/ For a calendar of Southern California guitar events, where you can subscribe to George Gutman's occasional e-mail reminders of upcoming classical guitar recitals, essential for guitar aficionados, click: http://www.ocgc.org/SoCalEvents.htm Free admission. For information, call (626) 403-2300 or click: http://tinyurl.com/6klwpw ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.28 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RADIO RODIA by PETER YATES - Free A Solo Puppet Opera about Creative Impulses, Compost, Building Codes, and Reincarnation Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 7:00PM Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 7:00PM Cal Poly Pomona Downtown Center 300 W. 2nd Street Pomona CA [Pomona/Claremont][Free] For a Google map with street view, click: http://tinyurl.com/3of9e7 Based on historical events, the 75-minute Solo Puppet Opera traces the lives of SIMON RODIA (1879-1965) – builder of the Watts Towers, reviled by bureaucrats as a hoarder of garbage, hailed by artists and scientists as a man of genius – and TRESSA PRISBREY (1896-1988), who in order to shelter her collection of 17,000 pencils, built houses of bottles in her backyard, each with a unique pattern of shapes and colors, all glowing with the sun. The inspired, lonely efforts of these brilliant folk artists propel a comic tale which slyly comments on our longings and aspirations, and the mixed receptions that they receive in the workaday worlds of the societies we live in. In celebration of the two artists' obsessive visions, all media – music, theater, puppetry, painting, sculpture, poetry, photography – are put to use in this equally driven, layered opera of ideas. "I had it in mind to do something big." – Simon Rodia "I went to get cement blocks, and my God, they were so expensive! So I went over to the dump and I thought, 'I'm going to make it out of bottles.'" – Tressa Prisbrey PETER YATES is a composer and a guitarist. His work with the Elgart-Yates Guitar Duo, formed in 1975, includes recordings, duo-compositions, frequent performances in the U.S. and Europe, over one hundred premieres, and the publication of a book on prepared guitar. His compositions include two puppet operas, one about the builder of the Watts Towers, and the other about a ghost town in the Eastern Sierra. He is on the faculties of music at Cal Poly Pomona and UCLA. Free admission. For information, call (909) 869-3554 or click: http://www.csupomona.edu/~tkelly/pressrelease/prrrs081.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.29 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Colburn School Distinguished Faculty Recital Series - Free ORY SHIHOR piano Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 7:30PM Zipper Concert Hall The Colburn School of Performing Arts 200 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles CA [DownTownLA][Free] For directions, click: http://www.zipperhall.org/map.html Born in Tel Aviv, ORY SHIHOR was a recipient of American Israel Cultural Foundation scholarships from the age of 12. He came to the United States at the age of 15 to work with JORGE BOLET at the Curtis Institute of Music, and later studied at the Juilliard School, where he earned his Bachelor of Music degree and was a recipient of the Gina Bachauer Prize. He earned his Master of Music at USC, where he studied with JOHN PERRY. His numerous awards include first prizes at the Washington International Piano Competition and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions. He was a prize winner at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition and the Cleveland International Piano Competition. His recitals and orchestral appearances include the 92nd Street Y in New York, Kennedy Center, Ravinia Music Festival, Newport Music Festival, Chautauqua Music Festival (performances and master classes), and a 15-city tour with the Liege Philharmonic. Free admission, but reserved tickets required. Colburn School is located across Grand Ave. from the Walt Disney Concert Hall. For information, click: http://www.colburnschool.edu/sec5/0.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.30 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Festival of Beltaine: A Celebration of the Celtic Spirit OAKS CHAMBER SINGERS Soloists SUSAN FRYE and JULIANNE TILLINGHAST sopranos TERRY MINOGUE and JOE EHLINGER baritones Guest artists, JEAN SUDBURY fiddler, and her Shamrock Players Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 7:30PM St. Patrick's Episcopal Church Church Road Thousand Oaks CA [SanFernandoValley][Free] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/yuqdhf Program Celtic Songs from Ireland, Scotland, and Wales; step dancing; and Storytelling by the Irish Bard, Bob the Rhymer "Welcome, with your lovely greenwood choir summery month of May for which I long!" - Welsh, Fourteenth Century Admission: $20 / $16 seniors and students. For advanced tickets sales, call (805) 499-1913. For information, call St. Patrick's Episcopal Church at (805) 495-6441 or click: http://www.oakschambersingers.com/?view=schedule ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.31 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thinkdance Music and Pierre's Fine Pianos present LARRY KARUSH: Comprovisations for solo piano Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 8:00PM Pierre's Fine Pianos 11039 Pico Blvd. West Los Angeles CA [WestSide] For a Google map with street view, click: http://tinyurl.com/52on5d The concert will feature new works by Mr. Karush, and draw from a range of original repertoire, contemporary, and jazz works. LARRY KARUSH is an improvising pianist/composer with roots in Jazz, 20th century western music, African-based percussion, and the classical music of North India. From Carnegie Hall to the Purple Onion, he has performed Jazz with JOHN ABERCROMBIE, JANE IRA BLOOM, JAY CLAYTON, BENNIE WALLACE, and OREGON, World Music with KANAI DUTTA, FRANCISCO AGUABELLA, and GLEN VELEZ, and New Music with STEVE REICH and TERRY RILEY, in addition to his solo piano performances. Larry Karush is a favorite on the Music & Conversation series. Read about Larry by clicking: http://www.LarryKarush.com Admission: $15 / $10 students and seniors. Seating is limited; please make reservations by calling (310) 474-3681 or (310) 473-0600. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.32 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA JEFFREY KAHANE conductor and piano MARGARET BATJER leader and violin Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 8:00PM Alex Theatre 216 N. Brand Blvd. Glendale CA [Pasadena/Glendale] For directions, click: http://www.laco.org/directionsAlex.htm Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 7:00PM Royce Hall UCLA [WestSide] For directions, click: http://www.laco.org/directionsRoyce.htm Pre-concert lectures one hour before curtain. Program Handel: Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op.6 No.9 Kevin Puts: Piano concerto, "Night" (World Premiere) LACO Sound Investment commission Beethoven Symphony No.6 in F Major, Op.68, "Pastoral" LACO's Sound Investment, a commissioning "club," invites individual patrons to pool their resources to create a legacy in music. Benefits include informal previews and in-depth discussions with the composer as the work progresses, a pass to an early orchestral rehearsal, the members' name inscribed on the final score, and more. A year-long Sound Investment membership starts at $250. Enroll online by clicking: http://tinyurl.com/6gwz5r Read about composer KEVIN PUTS by clicking: http://www.kevinputs.com/ Tickets: $79, $69, $48, $29, $17 ($48 seats discounted to $40 for seniors 65+ and college students). To order tickets call (213) 622-7001, ext.215. For complete information about the concert, the artists, including program notes, and to buy tickets online, click: http://www.laco.org/performances/51/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.33 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ANDREW YORK guitar Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 8:00PM The Fret House 309 N. Citrus Ave. Covina CA [Pomona/Claremont] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/lv2gy Read about famed guitarist ANDREW YORK, member of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, by clicking: http://www.andrewyork.net/ Watch an extraordinary video of ANDREW YORK performing Bach's Cello Suite No.3 in C Major, BWV 1009, Gigue, transcribed for guitar, by clicking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TGO24UIA10 For a calendar of Southern California guitar events, where you can subscribe to George Gutman's occasional e-mail reminders of upcoming classical guitar recitals, essential for guitar aficionados, click: http://www.ocgc.org/SoCalEvents.htm Tickets: $15. For information, click: http://www.covina.com/frethouse/concerts.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.34 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UCI Music Department presents - Free Art Song & Artistry Series Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 8:00PM Pre-concert lecture - 7:30PM Winifred Smith Hall UC Irvine Irvine CA [OrangeCounty][Free] For directions, click: http://www.uci.edu/campusmap/ Program - California Singing Featuring selections by Alan Smith and William Grant Still Pianist and composer ALAN SMITH is Chair of Keyboard Studies and Director of Keyboard Collaborative Arts at the USC Thornton School. Read about Alan by clicking: http://www.usc.edu/schools/music/private/faculty/alansmit.php Building on the success of last year's performance, this concert focuses attention on the works of great song composers living and plying their trade in California. With performances by Molly Jacobs, Cari McAskill, Danielle Palomares, Shabnam Kalbasi, Sonja Krenek, Glenn Ellington, Cynthia Rodriguez, Belinda Lau, Tara Waldschmidt, Arielle Miller, Marnie Mosiman, Niki Vavoudis, James Brown, Jocelyn Lambert, and Jonathan Sandberg. Free admission. For information, click: http://www.arts.uci.edu/events_listview.php?month=20085&single=546 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.35 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UCR CHAMBER MUSIC ENSEMBLES FRANCES MOORE director Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 8:00PM Arts Building Performance Lab, ARTS 166 University of California, Riverside Riverside CA [Redlands/Riverside] For directions to UCR, click: http://www.campusmap.ucr.edu/directions.php For the location on campus, click: http://www.campusmap.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/mapit.cgi?loc=ARTS The UCR Chamber Music Ensembles will be performing a varied program including a trio for bassoon, flute, and piano by Beethoven, a string quartet by UCR composer Robert Winokur, and arrangements for guitar duo by Bach and Satie. The program will conclude with the ensemble performing "In C" by Terry Riley. Tickets: $10 / $8 students and seniors / $6 children. For information, call (951) 827-3245 or click: http://tinyurl.com/5hjels ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.36 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater REDCAT presents Studio curated by LESLIE ITO and GEORGE LUGG Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 8:30PM Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 8:30PM Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater REDCAT at the Walt Disney Concert Hall 631 W. Second Street Los Angeles CA [DownTownLA] For directions and parking, click: http://redcat.org/visit/directionsparking.php The latest edition of REDCAT's ongoing series focuses on new work and works-in-progress in dance, theater, multi-media, and music by Los Angeles area artists. This edition of Studio will include the following six original works: CYNTHIA LEE: I LONGED TO GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING... Live tabla and cello accompany a trio of dancers in this movement and music investigation of sam in Hindustani rhythmic tradition: the moment where musical tension is released and begins again, where union and loss coalesce. MIWA MATREYEK: DREAMING OF LUCID LIVING Using projected animation to enliven objects, transform space, and illuminate live performance, this work is a hypnotically layered construction that seamlessly melds the fantastical with the real, and the seductiveness of cinema with the immediacy of the stage. SARAH PAUL OCAMPO / ADVANCED BEGINNER: ROOMS Leading a six-person orchestra playing everyday objects--comb, cheese grater, flyswatter, and more - Ocampo, on guitar, sings a four-song cycle that evokes a stifled domestic world of tattered hearts and longing. PEGGY JO PABUSTAN / AMANDA ALFIERI: SERIOUS WORK The collaborative team of Pabustan and Alfieri play with, and prey upon, a wealth of influences from the history of video and performance art in a work that is both traumatic and healing, feminist and exploitative, playful and very serious. PAUL BAILEY ENSEMBLE: REQUIEM FOR A HIGH HOMICIDE ENCLAVE Fusing a deconstruction of Henry Purcell's Funeral Music for Queen Mary (1694) with source material from the Los Angeles Times Homicide Report, including blog posts, comments and Google maps, The PAUL BAILEY ENSEMBLE performs an audio/visual eulogy for the homicide deaths in LA County in 2008. For information, click: http://www.paulbaileyensemble.org/ WU INGRID TSANG: LAMENTO DELLA DRAG Performing three vocal selections of mixed-genre repertoire alongside musician Giles Miller, Tsang's manifests an elaborate and extravagant Diva who sings traditional and baroque compositions, and intertwines the histories of opera and queer identity. Tickets: $15 / $12 students / $8 CalArts students, faculty and staff. For information, click: http://redcat.org/season/0708/the/studiomay.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.37 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Youth Concert - Free Young Musicians from the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 1:30PM Friends' Hall Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road San Marino CA [Pasadena/Glendale][Free] For directions, click: http://www.huntington.org/Information/directions.html Young musicians from the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts will perform a concert of classical and contemporary works. Free with museum admission. For information, click: http://www.huntington.org/Information/EventsCal.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.38 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Irvine Classical Music Series YOUNG ARTISTS CONCERT Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 1:30PM Irvine Presbyterian Church 4445 Alton Parkway Irvine CA [OrangeCounty] For a map, click: http://www.irvinepres.org/info/maps/ This concert presents conservatory and university music students pursuing a career in music. Soprano BETHANY ASCHERI, a sophomore at Chapman Conservatory of Music, studies with MARGARET DEHNING. As a high school freshman, Ms. Ascheri won the MTAC VOCE State-level award and in her senior year was chosen to perform in the MTAC State Convention Master Class and won second place in the Collegiate Competition of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Pianist GRACE LIU, a freshman at UCI, studies with Dr. LORNA GRIFFITT and is the recipient of the Robert and Marjorie Rawlins Scholarship. In high school, Grace was accompanist at her high school and voluntarily accompanied a local elementary school choir; she is currently the piano accompanist of the University Choir at UCI and participates in UCI chamber music program. This summer, Grace will attend the Schlern International Music Festival and Competition in Voels am Schlern, Italy. Clarinetist ANDRIUS BERNOTAITIS, a graduate student at CSU-Fullerton, studies with HÅKAN ROSENGREN and was recently the First Prize winner of the 2008 YMF National Debut Concerto Competition. He is Principal Clarinet in the Los Angeles Debut Orchestra and the CSUF Orchestra. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Clarinet Performance from Lithuania Academy of Music Theater. Pianist SAM GRODIN, a senior at Cole Conservatory at CSU-Long Beach, is a President's Scholar and has won numerous prizes in piano performance. He has studied two summers at Aspen Music Festival with ANTOINETTE PERRY and JOSEPH KALICHSTEIN. He has also attended the Gijon International Piano Festival in Spain. He currently studies with CRAIG RICHEY and NINA SCOLNICK. Violinist SOLOMON LIANG, a sophomore at the Cole Conservatory at CSU-Long Beach, studies with LINDA ROSE and has won numerous competitions including MTAC-VOCE and CSULB Concerto. He has been first violinist of the Aspen Music Festival Sinfonia and the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra. Mr. Liang's pianist is SAM GRODIN (see above). Admission: $15 / $13 seniors / $8 students / $35 family. For information, call (949) 733-1383, and for full artist information, click: http://www.irvineclassical.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.39 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NUCLEUS ENSEMBLE JENNIFER STEVENSON clarinet/bass clarinet RYAN ZWAHLEN oboe/english horn JULIAN HALLMARK violin CARTER DEWBERRY cello JEANETTE-LOUISE YARYAN harpsichord and piano Sunday, May 18, 2008 Kids Musical Adventure - 2:00PM - Free Concert - 3:00PM Post-Concert Interaction with Composers and Performers The historic Culver Hotel 9400 Culver Blvd Culver City CA [WestSide] For a Google map with street view, click http://tinyurl.com/ypeydd Program - Jazz in the Third Stream Carl Vine: Anne Landa Preludes for piano Morton Gould: Duos for clarinet and cello Joseph Kosma, arr. by Jennifer Stevenson: Autumn Leaves for english horn, clarinet, and piano Chick Corea, arr. by Jennifer Stevenson: Spain for oboe, bass clarinet, violin, cello, and piano Astor Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango for cello and piano Paul Schoenfield: Café Music for violin, cello, and piano The NUCLEUS ENSEMBLE is dedicated to raising the profile of today's chamber music by fusing music with film, and combining jazz, rock, and world music. Read about the Ensemble and its young artists by clicking: http://www.nucleusensemble.com/ KCSN radio host MARTIN PERLICH will be on hand to speak. Concert Tickets: $8 / $4 students. For information, click: http://www.nucleusensemble.com/concerts.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.40 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Family Concert Series - Free SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHINESE CHILDREN'S CHORUS Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 2:00PM The Richard Nixon Library 18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard Yorba Linda CA [OrangeCounty][Free] For a Google map with street view, click: http://tinyurl.com/exr7l Free admission. For information, click: http://tinyurl.com/2ca4qt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.41 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grand Gala Fund Raiser for the NEW VALLEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ARMEN GARABEDIAN music director Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 2:00PM Private Chandler Blvd Home Sherman Oaks CA [SanFernandoValley] Enjoy the sounds and tastes of Spain, Spanish wines, and cuisine, opera, classical and popular music featuring flamenco dancer and guitar. The afternoon begins with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres followed by a 45-minute program with operatic singers, pop singers, pianists, violist, and guitarist solos. After intermission, dinner will be served in the beautiful formal gardens with a menu personally created by renowned chef ALFRED RODRIGUEZ from Outtake Bistro in Studio City. During dinner all will be entertained by the flamenco quartet Los de la Caravana. NEW VALLEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA provides free concerts at Liberty Hall as well as free educational concerts in the public schools and free tutoring for the students. Read about the by clicking: http://www.newvalleyso.com/nvsotemp7.htm Admission: $75 per person includes reception, concert, and dinner. Valet parking provided. For reservations, call (818) 789-5466 or (818) 988-5900. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.42 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chamber Music at the Clark GRYPHON TRIO ANNALEE PATIPATANAKOON violin, ROMAN BORYS cello, JAMIE PARKER piano Sunday, May 18, 2008- 2:00PM Monday, April 21, 2008 - Reservation lottery deadline (see below) UCLA Clark Memorial Library 2520 Cimarron St. West Adams district of Los Angeles [midWilshireLA] For driving directions, click: http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/clarklib/loc.htm Program Haydn: Piano Trio in C Major, HobXV:27 Christos Hatzis: Odd World, Old Photographs from Constantinople Mendelssohn: Trio in C Minor, Op.66 Celebrating their 15th anniversary this year, the GRYPHON TRIO regularly tours throughout Canada and the United States and has also performed in Mexico, Germany, France, Belgium, Russia, Poland, Greece, and Egypt. Strongly committed to expanding the piano trio repertoire, the trio has commissioned and premiered over 40 works. It is the ensemble-in-residence at Music Toronto, and all three members teach at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music. Read about the GRYPHON PIANO TRIO by clicking: http://www.gryphontrio.com/ Tickets: $25. A mail-in request for reservations is essential, and acceptance is by lottery. Requests for 1 or 2 tickets must be postmarked by Monday, March 17, 2008. Include a check payable to UC Regents and a stamped, self-addressed envelope, which will be returned with either tickets :-) or your check :-(. For a printable reservation-by-lottery form, click: http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/c1718cs/lotterygryphon.htm A wine, hors d'oeuvre, and dessert reception follows, where you can talk to the artists. For information, call (310) 206-8552 or click: http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/c1718cs/Music07-08.htm#may18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.43 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sunday Afternoon Concert Series - Free DANIELLE NESMITH violin, VIVIAN FAN piano and MARINA CHEN violin, MYRA CHEN piano Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 2:30PM Parish Hall St. Andrew's Episcopal Church 1231 East Chapman Avenue Fullerton CA [OrangeCounty][Free] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/2oxmul Program Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto, allegro movement John Williams: Theme from Schindler's List Brahms: Violin Concerto, Allegro giocoso movement DANIELLE NESMITH violin and VIVIAN FAN piano Edvard Grieg: Violin Sonata Danielle's student MARINA CHEN violin and MYRA CHEN piano California native DANIELLE BELEN NESMITH is a recent graduate of the USC Thornton School of Music, where she completed her Bachelor of Music Degree as a student of ROBERT LIPSETT. She continues her studies with Mr. Lipsett at the Colburn Conservatory of Music. As the First Place Senior Division Winner of the 2008 Sphinx Competition, Danielle will represent the organization in solo performances with major orchestras this year including the Pittsburgh Symphony, Boston Pops, and Florida Orchestra. This summer she will attend the Aspen Music Festival on scholarship from the Sphinx Organization. Read about Danielle by clicking: http://belenviolin.com/ Free admission. For information, call (714) 870-4350 or click: http://tinyurl.com/6eoljk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.44 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chamber Music in Sacred Spaces Church of the Good Shepherd Concert Series MOVSES POGOSSIAN violin TIMOTHY LANDAUER cello TIMOTHY DURKOVIC piano Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 3:00PM Chapel Church of the Good Shepherd 400 West Duarte Road Arcadia CA [Pasadena/Glendale] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/ddjkn Program - The Piano Trios of Johannes Brahms Brahms: Piano Trio No.1 in B Major, Op.8 Brahms: Piano Trio No.2 in C Major, Op.87 This concert brings together some of the Southland's finest ensemble artists. Violinist MOVSES POGOSSIAN is the Artistic Director of the acclaimed Dilijan chamber music series. He was recently appointed Professor of Violin at UCLA. Read about Movses by clicking: http://dilijan.larkmusicalsociety.com/artists/movses_pogossian.php TIMOTHY LANDAUER is principal cellist of Pacific Symphony Orchestra has appeared twice on the Dilijan series. Read about Timothy Landauer on the website of the Baroque Music Festival - Corona del Mar by scrolling down after clicking: http://www.bmf-cdm.org/performers/instrumentalists.php Pianist TIMOTHY DURKOVIC won the Gold Medal at the 1996 Los Angeles Liszt Competition. Along with his piano-duo partner CHIE NAGATANI, he won both the 2001 San Diego Duo Piano Competition and the 2001 IBLA Grand Prize Duo Piano Award (Sicily, Italy). Read about Timothy Durkovic by clicking: http://www.timothydurkovic.com/ Requested donation $10 at the door. For information call (626) 447-2181 or click: http://tinyurl.com/u3jwc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.45 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLAREMONT WINDS - Free TONY MAZZAFERRO conductor LYNDSEY HOH tuba soloist Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 3:00PM Mudd Theater Claremont School of Theology 1325 North College Avenue Claremont CA [Pomona/Claremont][Free] For a Google map with street view, click: http://tinyurl.com/5bp9pt Program Frank Ticheli: Nitro Mark Camphouse: Foundation Percy Grainger: Children's March - Over the Hills and Far Away Martin Ellerby: Paris Sketches James Barnes: Valor Bruce Broughton: Tuba Concerto LYNDSEY HOH tuba soloist Gordon Jacob: Tribute to Canterbury John Philip Sousa: The Minnesota March Tuba soloist LYNDSEY HOH, a freshman at USC's Thornton School of Music, is the winner of the fourth annual Young Artists Competition sponsored by the Claremont Winds. Read about Lyndsey and the concert by clicking: http://www.claremontwinds.org/pages/Welcome_files/may18pr.pdf Founded in 1986, the CLAREMONT WINDS consists of professionals and seasoned amateurs drawn from Claremont and the surrounding foothill communities. Free admission with donations gratefully accepted. For information, call (323) 255-6776 click: http://www.claremontwinds.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.46 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First Presbyterian Church of Inglewood Concert Series MARIO FENINGER piano Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 3:00PM First Presbyterian Church of Inglewood 100 North Hillcrest Boulevard Inglewood CA [WestSide][SouthBay] For a Yahoo map, click: http://tinyurl.com/6popc Program Selections by J.S. Bach, Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, and Feninger Octogenarian MARIO FENINGER was born in Cairo, Egypt, and received his early music training from his mother, TERESA De ROGATIS, a noted pianist, guitarist, composer and teacher. He now resides in Los Angeles. He'll be performing recitals in London, Paris, and Italy this season. Read about, listen to, and watch Mario by clicking: http://www.mariofeninger.com/ The concert series is a community outreach project of the Music and Worship Committee of First Presbyterian Church and everyone is invited to attend. Freewill offering for the artist. (suggested donation $5 per person / $15 per family). Free valet parking is available from 2:15PM. For information, call (310) 677-5133. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.47 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EL CAMINO COLLEGE CONCERT BAND DANE TETER director Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 3:00PM Marsee Auditorium El Camino College Center for the Arts 16007 Crenshaw Blvd. Torrance CA [SouthBay] For directions, click: http://www.elcamino.edu/commadv/centerforarts/Map02.htm Program Thomas Doss: Jungle Philip Sparke: Three Extraordinary Journeys A Tribute to Jules Verne Frank Ticheli: Cajun Folk Songs II Satoshi Yagisawa: March Bou-Shu Nicholas Sobko: The Butterfly (World Premiere) Harold Alford: The Purple Carnival and more Tickets: $8. Free parking. For information, call (310) 329-5345 or click: http://www.elcamino.edu/commadv/centerforarts/eccpg.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.48 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Concerts in the Library - Free HIGHLAND SUN HOWARD CHU fiddle, mandolin, vocal BRANDON EDGAR fiddle JULIE MONDIN harp, vocals STEVE PRIBYL banjo, flute, whistle, uilleann pipes Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 3:00PM Friends of the Library Room El Segundo Public Library 111 W. Mariposa Avenue at Main Street El Segundo CA [SouthBay][Free] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/yl5h44 Program Highland Sun performs traditional music from Ireland, Scotland, and Parts Unknown. Read about the band by clicking: http://highlandsun.com/ The Concerts in the Library series features classical and jazz programs as well as music from different traditions. The concerts take place on the third Sunday of each month from January to May. Free admission. Light refreshments will be served. For information, call (310) 524-2728, or click: http://www.elsegundo.org/cals/default.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.49 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First Presbyterian Church of Oxnard presents - Free NAMHEE HAN organ Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 3:00PM First Presbyterian Church of Oxnard 850 Ivywood Drive Oxnard CA [Ventura/SantaBarbara][Free] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/46m7wy Program J.S. Bach: Concerto in A Minor, BWV593 1st movement Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992): Le Banquet Céleste (Celestial Banquet or Eucharist) Louis Vierne (1870-1937): Impromptu Op.54 No.2 from Pièces de Fantaisie George Thalben-Ball (1896-1987): Variations on a Theme of Paganini: A Study for the Pedals Beethoven (arr. by Ludwig Altman): Adagio from Suite für eine Mechanische Orgel, WoO33 No.1 César Franck (1822-1890): Pièce héroïque J.S. Bach (1685-1750): Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Savior of the Nations, Come), BWV659 Norbert Schneider (1950- ): Toccata Schlafes Bruder (Brother of Sleep) Organist at Westwood Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles since 1999, NAMHEE HAN has performed throughout Southern California including Saint James Episcopal Church of Los Angeles, the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, and Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. She was a featured artist at the National Convention of the American Guild of Organists (AGO) in 2004. A native of South Korea, Namhee Han began organ study with THOMAS HARMON, and has since completed her Master's and Doctoral degrees in organ performance at UCLA, studying with Dr. CHRISTOPH BULL. Prior to attending UCLA, she earned a Bachelor of Arts from Seoul National University in Korea. Free admission. Donations welcome. For information, call (805) 983-0204. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.50 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LOS ANGELES DOCTORS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IVAN SHULMAN music director DAVID WEISS guest conductor Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 3:00PM Temple Judea 5429 Lindley Avenue Tarzana CA [SanFernandoValley] For a Google map with street view, click: http://tinyurl.com/cz9nr Program Rossini: Overture to L'Italiana in Algerie Handel: Entrance of the Queen of Sheba Wayne Barlow: The Winter's Passed for oboe and string orchestra Jacques Ibert: Tunis from Escales Ennio Morricone: Gabriel's Oboe from The Mission Dvorák: Symphony No.5 in F Major, Op.76 The Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1953, is one of the oldest community orchestras in the United States having its origins in the health professions. The orchestra currently includes talented musicians with a variety of backgrounds, occupations, and ages. Read about the Orchestra by clicking: http://www.ladso.org/ Suggested donation: $18. Concert proceeds will be shared with Project Hope. All donations are tax deductible. For information, call (310) 440-1246 or click: http://www.ladso.org/pgm2008_0518.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.51 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Newport Beach Public Library Sunday Musicale - Free PRESIDIO BRASS BILL OWENS trumpet, SEAN REUSCH trombone, MIKE McCOY horn, RAY NOWAK trumpet, and SCOTT SUTHERLAND tuba Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 3:00PM Friends Meeting Room Central Library 1000 Avocado Ave. Newport Beach CA [OrangeCounty][Free] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/28sbcq Members of the PRESIDIO BRASS have been educated at some of America's finest music schools, including the Juilliard School, Boston Conservatory, Manhattan School of Music, and USC, and have played with major symphony orchestras, including the London and Los Angeles Philharmonics. Read about the San Diego-based PRESIDIO BRASS and listen by clicking: http://www.presidiobrass.com/ Free admission. For information, click: http://tinyurl.com/4ru8dm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.52 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Music Guild - Coffee, Cakes & Chamber Music PHILLIP LEVY violin, ANTONIO LYSY cello, GAVIN MARTIN piano Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 3:00PM University Synagogue 11960 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles CA (one mile west of the San Diego Fwy) [WestSide] For a Google map with street view, click: http://tinyurl.com/95u66 Program Beethoven: Sonata in C Major for Cello and Piano, Op.102 No.1 Beethoven: Piano Trio in C Minor, Op.1 No.3 Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D Minor, Op.49 Read about the artists by clicking: http://www.themusicguild.org/spring_news.htm Complimentary cakes, cookies, cheese, strawberries and whipped cream served from 2:30 to 3:00PM and at intermission. Tickets: $40 / $12 full-time college students / $7 children under 17. For information about the Music Guild, call Pam at (323) 954-0404 or click: http://www.themusicguild.org/spring_series.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.53 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pasadena Symphony and Pacific Asia Museum present Harp and Flute of East and West ARPA y AULOS ANDREA PUENTE harp and SALPI KERKONIAN flute Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 3:00PM Pacific Asia Museum 46 N. Los Robles Ave. Pasadena CA [Pasadena/Glendale][Free] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/yl74ro Program An ancient Greek chant 12th-century work for solo harp Antonio de Cabezon: Spanish selections from the 16th century Selections by Vincenzo Galilei, Johann Christian Bach Alan Hovhaness: Garden of Adonis, featuring selections in the style of shakuhachi, a Japanese bamboo flute, and koto, a traditional Japanese stringed instrument Enrique Granados: Danza Espanola No.2 "Oriental" Jacques Ibert: Entr'acte Miyagi (20th century Japanese composer): Haro no Umi (Spring Rain) Selections by contemporary composers from Mexico Daniel Catan and Arturo Marquez ARPA Y AULOS specializes in concert-lectures in both English and Spanish and presents community concerts and educational programs throughout Southern California. The duo was recently among winners of the Beverly Hills Auditions, hosted by the City of Beverly Hills, and will perform next season in Manhattan Beach as part of the Trinity Lutheran Church "Previews" series among other appearances. A native of Mexico City, ANDREA PUENTE graduated from the National Conservatory of Music. She continued her graduate studies at the Victoria Conservatory of Music and the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada, and was awarded the British Columbia Grant for Best Performing Art Student. In 1987 the Polish Government awarded her a Post-Graduate Fellowship at the Chopin Academy, where she completed her studies. A native of Chicago of Armenian descent, SALPI KERKONIAN was raised in Los Angeles where she won first place in numerous solo competitions. Salpi holds a Bachelor's Degree and a Master's Degree in Music from USC, where she won First Place in the USC Concerto Competition for her interpretation of Mozart's G Major Flute Concerto. She was also the winner of two International Chamber Music competitions: the coveted Coleman and Carmel. Read about ARPA y AULOS, where you can listen to performance excerpts, by clicking: http://www.arpayaulos.com/ Tickets: $12 / $10 for members; includes museum admission. Call (626) 449-2742 ext.31 to reserve. For information, click: http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org/calendar/calendar-current.htm#18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.54 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UCR CHAMBER SINGERS RUTH CHARLOFF conductor ABRAHAM FABELLA piano Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 3:00PM All Saints Episcopal Church 3847 Terracina Dr. Riverside CA [Redlands/Riverside] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/yvvwq2 Program - Poetry in Motion The program features composers' musical responses to a variety of poetry and folk songs. Poets on the program include Dickinson, Frost, Shakespeare, Cummings, Kenyon, and others, while settings of folk music and folk-style poetry include selections from the United States, Canada, Slovakia and Germany by Bartók, Brahms, Lili Boulanger, Randall Thompson, Persichetti, Elgar, Hennagin, Rutter, the jazz pianist/composer George Shearing, and Elliott Carter, whose 100th birthday is celebrated this year. Tickets: $10 / $8 students and seniors / $6 children 12 and under. For information, call (909) 787-3245 or click: http://tinyurl.com/6ltd4v ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.55 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First Congregational Church of Los Angeles 39th Annual Organ Concert Series MARY PRESTON resident organist, Dallas Symphony Orchestra Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 4:00PM First Congregational Church of Los Angeles 540 S. Commonwealth Ave. (at Sixth St.) Los Angeles CA [midWilshireLA] For directions, click: http://www.fccla.org/finding.htm Dallas Symphony Orchestra organist MARY PRESTON has appeared with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Nashville, Denver, and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, and the Colorado Springs Chamber Orchestra. She is also Organist of University Christian Church in Ft. Worth. Read about Mary Preston by clicking: http://www.marypreston.com/ The First Church's organs are collectively one of the largest and most complete organs in any church in the world. The first chancel organ was built in the early 1930s by Ernest M. Skinner, one of the foremost organ builders of his day. Tickets: $16 advance sale / $20 at the door. For information, call (213) 385-1345 or click: http://www.fccla.org/music/organ/organ_overview.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.56 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Restoration Concert Series NEW HOLLYWOOD STRING QUARTET ROBERTO CANI violin, RAFAEL RISHIK violin, ROBERT BROPHY viola, ANDREW SHULMAN cello with guest pianist JOHN NOVACEK Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 4:00PM Community Room South Pasadena Library 1115 El Centro Street South Pasadena CA [Pasadena/Glendale] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/3c42gk Program Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op.34 Selections by Bartók and Joaquín Turina The NEW HOLLYWOOD STRING QUARTET is ensemble-in-residence of the Restoration Concert Series. Read about the Restoration Concert Series, and see its 2008/2009 season of concerts by clicking: http://www.friendsofsopaslibrary.org/concerts.html Tickets: $15. For information, call (626) 799-6333. Read about the concert, guest pianist JOHN NOVACEK, and the NEW HOLLYWOOD STRING QUARTET and its members by clicking: http://www.friendsofsopaslibrary.org/news.html#rc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.57 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arrowhead Arts Association - ConcertMaster Series Classical Chamber Music in an Intimate Setting JONATHAN MACK tenor, VICKI RAY piano Sunday, May 18, 2008 No-host bar - 4:00PM One-hour program begins - 4:30PM Dinner at the Country Club follows the performance (optional) Lake Arrowhead Country Club 250 Golf Course Road, Lake Arrowhead CA [Redlands/Riverside] For directions, click: http://tinyurl.com/2omm9t Program Mozart: Eine kleine deutsche Kantate Schubert: Mein Der Neugierige Ungeduld Gabriel Fauré: Mandoline Lydia Fleur Jetée Ricky Ian Gordon: Afternoon on a hill Souvenir Sweet Song Stephen Sondheim: Johanna Tenor JONATHAN MACK and pianist VICKI RAY are well known and much loved by Southland aficionados. Since graduating from the USC with degrees in french horn and voice, JONATHAN MACK has maintained an active balance as a performer in concerts, recitals, opera, the sound studio, and as an educator at USC, Chapman University and in master classes around the U.S. Jonathan has performed over fifty roles during his eighteen seasons with the Los Angeles Opera. Pianist VICKI RAY is a member of the California E.A.R. Unit, Xtet, and Piano Spheres. She has been a member of the piano faculty at the California Institute of the Arts since 1991. Read about the artists by clicking: http://www.arrowheadarts.org/JonathanMack.html Tickets for concert and dinner: $50 (must be purchased in advance) Concert only: $20 / children 4 to 16 free. For information about the concert and the artists and for reservations, click: http://www.arrowheadarts.org/JonathanMack.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.58 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KADIMA STRING QUARTET - Free Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 5:00PM Music Recital Hall - M106 Music Building Los Angeles Valley College 5800 Fulton Ave. Valley Glen CA [SanFernandoValley][Free] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/2c9sbe For a campus map, click: http://www.lavc.cc.ca.us/map.pdf Read about the KADIMA STRING QUARTET and its members by clicking: http://www.kadimaconservatory.com/ksq_about.html Free admission. For information, call (818) 947-2347 or click: http://www.lavc.edu/defaultdocs/F07MailerInside.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.59 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SUNDAYS LIVE Chamber Music Series - Free CROSSROADS EMMI CHAMBER ORCHESTRA ALEXANDER TREGER conductor Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 6:00PM Los Angeles County Museum of Art - Leo S. Bing Theater 5905 Wilshire Blvd. (just east of Fairfax) Parking across the street at Wilshire & Spaulding Los Angeles CA [midWilshireLA][Free] For directions, click: http://sundayslive.org/directions.cfm Program Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite Haydn: Symphony No.102 in B-flat Major, H1/102 The classical music program at the Crossroads School is offered through the Elizabeth Mandell Music Institute (EMMI) and is designed for the student who is seriously committed to music study and/or performance and has been accepted into the program through audition. Read about EMMI by clicking: http://www.xrds.org/US/02curr070ARTS.htm#anchor%20EMMI Begun in 1948, SUNDAYS LIVE is the longest-running music broadcast in Los Angeles. It presents weekly classical chamber music concerts and recitals by premier professional artists from Southern California and around the world. These one-hour concerts are presented free to the public at 6:00PM on Sundays in the Leo S. Bing Theater of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. No tickets or reservations are required and all are welcome. Read about Sundays Live by clicking: http://sundayslive.org/ Listen live on the internet via streaming audio on Sundays at 6:00PM by clicking at concert time: http://sundayslive.org/SundaysLive.asx Attend on Sunday and listen again on Wednesday! Each Sunday's concert is heard by delayed broadcast the following Wednesday at noon on Cal State Northridge Classical Radio KCSN. Listen over the airways at 88.5FM or over the internet by clicking: http://wwww.kcsn.org/ Send a request to subscribe to Sundays Live weekly e-mail reminders of concerts and broadcasts by clicking: mailto:SundaysLive@earthlink.net Free admission. For concert and artist information, click: http://sundayslive.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.60 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Music At The Court JAMES SULLIVAN clarinet and Friends MARK MENZIES violin, SIMONE VITUCCI cello, SUSAN SVRCEK piano Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 7:00PM Marjorie Branson Concert Hall Boston Court 70 North Mentor Avenue Pasadena CA [Pasadena/Glendale] For a Google map with street view, click: http://tinyurl.com/5mm3ry Program Vaughan Williams: Six English Folksongs Rezso Kokai: Hungarian Dances Debussy: Premiere Rhapsodie Brahms: Trio in A Minor for clarinet, cello and piano, Op.114 JAMES SULLIVAN has performed with a range of orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Seattle Symphony, and plays in diverse chamber music settings from classical to avant-garde. He has been featured on the Jacaranda and Zebulon Projects series and performs with improvisation ensembles Brad Dutz Quartet and Freshly Squeezed. James studied at Interlochen Arts Academy, Cleveland Institute of Music, Florida State University (B.M.), and CalArts (M.F.A.). Read about James by clicking: http://www.jsullivanclarinet.com/ Tickets: $25 / $20 students and seniors. For information and tickets, call (626) 683-6883 or click: http://www.bostoncourt.com/zeb_show.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.61 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AVANTI STRING QUARTET TAMSEN BESEKE and CARRIE KENNEDY violins, KAILA POTTS viola, FANG FANG XU cello Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 7:30PM Church of Truth 690 E. Orange Grove Blvd Pasadena CA [Pasadena/Glendale] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/m8srg Monday, May 19, 2008 - 7:30PM St. Bede's Episcopal Church 3590 Grand View Blvd. Los Angeles CA [WestSide][Free] For directions, click: http://www1.stbedesla.org/directions.htm Program Quartets by Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Brahms Read about the AVANTI STRING QUARTET by clicking: http://www.avantiquartet.com/ Tickets: $20 / $15 students and seniors. For information, call (626) 358-5939 or (626) 641-2280, or click: http://www.avantiquartet.com/interest.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.62 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Los Angeles City College Evening Concert Series - Free SINGERS & SONG CHRISTINE GENGARO director Monday, May 19, 2008 - 7:30PM Music Building, Clausen Hall, Room 247 Los Angeles City College 855 North Vermont Ave. Los Angeles CA [Hollywood/LosFeliz][Free] For maps and parking directions, click: http://www.lacitycollege.edu/citymain/aboutlacc.html Free admission. Donations will be accepted at the door. For information, call (323) 953-4000, ext.2880 or click: http://tinyurl.com/2g3lx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.63 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chamber Music Night @ Grand Atelier - Free Monday, May 19, 2008 - 8:30PM The Studio of Artist Alexey Steele 20795 Main St. Carson CA [SouthBay][Free] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/2w4bxu Artists LYUDMILA ADZHEMOVA violin, DAVID CHERNYAVSKY violin, ALEX DEYCH violin, PHILIP VAIMAN violin, OLGA GOIJA viola, SERGEY OSKOTSKY cello, MAKSIM VELICHKIN cello, YULIYA BARSKY piano, EDUARDO DELGADO piano, KANAE MATSUMOTO piano, ANNA KIROVA piano, YURIY OSKOTSKY, ALEX DEYCH, and ALEX SHLIFER Program Selections Mozart, Veracini, Poulenc, Sarasate, Fauré, Beethoven, and others Aficionados will immediately recognize many of artists as among this town's finest. Cellist MAKSIM VELICHKIN writes, "Dear friends and colleagues! Please, join us for an evening of classical music at the studio of Alexey Steele. There is a potluck afterparty, so please bring along food and/or drinks. Hope to see you there." Free admission. Driving directions: Exit the Harbor Freeway 110 at Torrance Blvd. and go east. Continue past Figueroa Ave, past N. Carson Town Center, and 50 yards before the next light, which is Main street, make left into a driveway to a parking lot between two buildings with Christian Fellowship International sign on the left building. Park at the building to your right. For information, call (310) 808-9947. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.64 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PETER FLETCHER classical guitar - Free Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 7:00PM Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium Santa Monica Public Library 601 Santa Monica Blvd. Santa Monica CA [WestSide][Free] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/3d92z3 Program Selections by Handel, J.S. Bach, Andrew York, and others New York-based PETER FLETCHER earned a Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music. As a performer in the CHRISTOPHER PARKENING Master Class he was chosen to play in the student recital two consecutive years. In 1988 the class was broadcast on National Public Radio (NPR). He made his New York debut at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in February 2007, and returned in April 2008. Read about Peter and listen by clicking: http://www.peterfletcher.com/ For a calendar of Southern California guitar events, where you can subscribe to George Gutman's occasional e-mail reminders of upcoming classical guitar recitals, essential for guitar aficionados, click: http://www.ocgc.org/SoCalEvents.htm Admission is free. Seating is limited and on a first arrival basis. For information, call (310) 572-9418 or click: http://www.smpl.org/libraryevents.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.65 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pasadena Presbyterian "Music at Noon" Series - Free MICHAEL SELLERS piano Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 12:10PM Pasadena Presbyterian Church 585 E. Colorado Blvd. (NW corner of Colorado & Madison) Pasadena CA [Pasadena/Glendale][Free] For directions, click: http://www.ppc.net/map.html Born in Chicago, MICHAEL SELLERS earned degrees from Northwestern University and the Manhattan School of Music. His teachers have been Rudolph Ganz, Aube Tzerko, Mario Feninger, Nina Scolnik, and Marc Steiner. Read about Michael by clicking: http://www.michaelsellerspianist.com/ See the Pasadena Presbyterian "Music at Noon" series by clicking: http://www.ppc.net/music/noonconcerts.html Free admission. All concerts are followed by an optional $6 sandwich lunch. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.66 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels - Free Organ Recital by DAVID TINOCO Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 12:45PM Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels 555 W. Temple Street Los Angeles CA [DownTownLA][Free] For directions and parking information, click: http://www.olacathedral.org/gettinghere/ DAVID TINOCO is Organist and Director of Music at St. John Chrysostom Church in Inglewood. While at Princeton University, Mr. Tinoco studied with CARL WEINRICH and served as University Organist. In Los Angeles, he studied with LADD THOMAS of USC and with JAMES HURD of El Camino College. Mr. Tinoco has performed internationally in England, Austria, Prague, Budapest, and Czechoslovakia. Read about the Dobson organ at Our Lady of the Angels by clicking: http://www.dobsonorgan.com/html/instruments/op75_losangeles.html Free admission. See the musical offerings at Our Lady of the Angels by clicking: http://www.olacathedral.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.67 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Los Angeles Harbor College Music Department presents - Free JIM SITTERLY violin Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 7:00 & 9:00PM Recital Hall - Music Department Los Angeles Harbor College 1111 Figueroa Place Wilmington CA [SouthBay][Free] For directions, click: http://www.palosverdes.com/sbcms/lahc.htm Program Unaccompanied works by Telemann, Debussy, Paganini, and Sitterly Dr. JAMES SITTERLY is on the faculty at Harbor College where he teaches Music Appreciation and Jazz History. His duties also include teaching Music at Banning High School. Read about Jim by clicking: http://jimsitterly.com/ Free admission. Donations to the LAHC Music Scholarship Fund appreciated. For information, call the Los Angeles Harbor College Music Department at (310) 548-1659. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.68 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ St. James South Pasadena Music Guild GIORGIO PAROLINI organ Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 8:00PM St. James Episcopal Church 1325 Monterey Rd South Pasadena CA [Pasadena/Glendale] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/2ljdpa Read about GIORGIO PAROLINI, titular organist at Basilica of S. Eufemia in Milano, Italy, by clicking: http://www.giorgioparolini.com/ Tickets: $20 /$10 seniors and students. For information, click: http://www.sjcsp.org/images/stjguildbrochure.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.69 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UCI Department of Music presents - Free UCI WIND ENSEMBLE KEVIN McKEOWN conductor Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 8:00PM Winifred Smith Hall UC Irvine Irvine CA [OrangeCounty][Free] For directions, click: http://www.uci.edu/campusmap/ Free admission. For information, click: http://www.arts.uci.edu/events_listview.php?month=20085&single=548 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.70 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LA Phil Baroque Variations LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA THOMAS ADÈS harpsichord/conductor Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 8:00PM Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 S. Grand Avenue Los Angeles CA [DownTownLA] For driving and parking directions, click: http://wdch.laphil.com/getting/directions.cfm Upbeat Live with VERONIKA KRAUSAS, composer and Professor at USC Thornton School of Music - 7:00PM Read about the Italian-based EUROPA GALANTE by clicking: http://www.europagalante.com/ Program Thomas Adès: Three Studies after Couperin François Couperin (arr. Adès): Les barricades mystérieuses Thomas Adès: Sonata da caccia François Couperin: L'Apothéose de Lully François Couperin: Troisième leçon de ténèbres Read about conductor, composer, and pianist THOMAS ADÈS by clicking: http://www.laphil.com/music/artist_detail.cfm?id=2669 Tickets: $88, $82, $69, $45, $35. For program notes and complete concert and ticket information, click: http://www.laphil.com/tickets/performance_detail.cfm?id=3204 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.71 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Loren L. Zachary Society - Free Finals of the 36th Annual NATIONAL VOCAL COMPETITION FOR YOUNG OPERA SINGERS with LOS ANGELES PERFORMING ARTS ORCHESTRA FRANK FETTA conductor Sunday, June 1, 2008 - 2:00PM Wilshire Ebell 4401 West 8th Street (Lucerne & Wilshire, between La Brea & Crenshaw) Los Angeles CA [midWilshireLA][Free] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/8u442 2008 Finalists selected by audition in Los Angeles and New York: JULIANNA DI GIACOMO soprano RYAN KINSELLA bass-baritone NATASHA FLORES mezzo-soprano AUDREY LUNA soprano WENDY BRYN HARMER soprano ANGELA MEADE soprano RENA HARMS soprano HAQUMAI SHARPE tenor BRYAN HYMEL tenor KAREN SLACK soprano Five singers are selected from the New York Regional Auditions and five singers are chosen at the Los Angeles Regional Auditions. Ten finalists will compete at the Grand Finals Concert in Los Angeles with orchestral accompaniment. The New York winners receive transportation and accommodations in Los Angeles. The Top Award is $10,000 and approximately $50,000 will be distributed amongst the finalists, each receiving a minimum of $1,000. Past finalists of the Loren L. Zachary Society National Vocal Competition for Young Opera Singers have included such famed singers as THOMAS HAMPSON and EDUARDO VILLA in 1980. See past winners and finalists, with clicks to their website when available, by clicking: http://www.zacharysociety.org/finalists.htm Free Admission - Tickets Required Request tickets (maximum 2 per request) by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Zachary Finals Concert 2250 Gloaming Way Beverly Hills CA 90210 For information, click: http://www.zacharysociety.org/ H. Subscribe/Unsubscribe and Other Information Please forward to friends. 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