GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS (Live in person free concerts) 10/1/25

Free Admission    

GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS             

Every First & Third Wednesday at 12:10-12:40 pm,  

has returned to live performances

in the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church!

 

RELAX DURING YOUR LUNCH HOUR WITH LIVE MUSIC

On Wednesday OCTOBER 1, 2025 

at 12:10 -12:40 pm PT

the Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts program

will be performed live in the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church.  

 610 E. California Ave Glendale, CA 91206

 

PARKING INFO:

https://glendalecitychurch.org/location

 

Glendale Noon Concerts

Wednesday OCTOBER 1, 2025 at 12:10-12:40 pm PT

MAKSIM VELICHKIN

The Glendale Noon Concerts will feature

Maksim Velichkin in a program of piano improvisations.

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STILL AVAILABLE! Watch

previous Glendale Noon Concerts streamed concerts

(April 2020-February 1, 2023):

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oAfaPgGGMw&list=PLms1LJpnTpJzK7Yf6ryh2zyFMlkl7qC2z

Read about the previous programs:   

http://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com

 

Facebook 10/1/25 event page:

 https://www.facebook.com/events/837177278648342

 

Preview of the next concert:

Wednesday OCTOBER 15, 2025 at 12:10-12:40 pm

CAMILLI TRIO

Piano trios by Mozart & Josef Suk

Ken Aiso - violin

Jerome Kessler - cello

Valeria Morgovskaya - piano

 

ARTIST BIO:  

https://www.youtube.com/user/MaksimVelichkin/videos

 

Maksim Velichkin is an accomplished cellist, pianist, and harpsichordist who has been active as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestra artist among an international circle featuring venerable conductors and headlining classical stars. He has worked with James Levine, Kurt Masur, Charles Dutoit, Yuri Temirkanov, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Herbert Blomstedt, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Gabor Takacs-Nagy, Sarah Chang, Masaaki Suzuki, Maxim Vengerov, Yuri Bashmet, Andras Schiff, Bobby McFerrin, Joshua Bell, Martha Argerich, Gabriela Montero, Renaud Capucon, Lynn Harrell, Mischa Maisky, Frans Helmerson, Sergey Babayan as well as many others. Maksim’s performances have been featured on Radio Suisse Romande, WQED FM in Pittsburgh, National Radio and Television of Uzbekistan. Moreover, as an improviser and interpreter of contemporary and popular music, Maksim’s performance and recording career includes credits with Stevie Wonder, Chick Corea, Billy Childs, Burt Bacharach, Bobby McFerrin, Dwight Trible, Bitter:Sweet, Chris Botti, Bob James, Josh Groban, Red Elvises, Bernadette Peters, Natalie Cole, Alan Silvestri, Richard Thompson and many others. He performs and tours frequently with the Verbier Chamber Orchestra throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

 

GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS (Live in person free concerts) 9/17/25

Free Admission    

GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS             

Every First & Third Wednesday at 12:10-12:40 pm,  

has returned to live performances

in the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church!

 

RELAX DURING YOUR LUNCH HOUR WITH LIVE MUSIC

On Wednesday SEPTEMBER 17, 2025 

at 12:10 -12:40 pm PT

the Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts program

will be performed live in the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church.  

 610 E. California Ave Glendale, CA 91206

 

PARKING INFO:

https://glendalecitychurch.org/location

 

Glendale Noon Concerts

Wednesday SEPTEMBER 17, 2025 at 12:10-12:40 pm PT

 

SPLNTRD  WOOD

 

Cellists:

Ian Gottlieb

Daniel Lim

Matthew Park

Jaewon Ahn

 

https://www.youtube.com/@splntrdwood6413

 

Program:

Giacomo Puccini-
Nessun Dorma

Lalit Pandit-
Munni Badnaam

Kurt Cobain-
Heart-Shaped Box

Lorien Testard-
Lost Voice and Lumiere from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Jacob Arcadelt-
Il Bianco E Dolce Cigno

George Harrison-
Here Comes The Sun

Stevie Wonder and Billy Strayhorn-
Sir Duke x Take The A Train

 

All-cello ensemble Splntrd Wood creates fresh and invigorating live music experiences with its own audacious arrangements that cross divides between musical genres. Their 2025 program, Songs Without Voices, celebrates song and melody across time and culture, reimagining classical opera, jazz, Bollywood, samba, rock, and more for up to four cellists. Crafted to surprise, delight, and inspire, the program invites audiences of all ages into a vibrant, songful journey—without a single word.

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STILL AVAILABLE! Watch

previous Glendale Noon Concerts streamed concerts

(April 2020-February 1, 2023):

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oAfaPgGGMw&list=PLms1LJpnTpJzK7Yf6ryh2zyFMlkl7qC2z

Read about the previous programs:   

http://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com

 

Facebook 9/17/25 event page:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1265278262006018

 

Preview of the next concert:

Wednesday OCTOBER 1, 2025 at 12:10-12:40 pm

MAKSIM VELICHKIN
Piano Improvisations

ARTIST BIOS:

 Ian Gottlieb is a Los Angeles-based composer and cellist who is deeply curious about the world and passionate about creating evocative music that explores the breadth of the human experience. Known for moving freely through many genres, Ian draws from a kaleidoscope of musical experiences: from playing classical and contemporary music at Yale School of Music and the Royal College of Music, to jamming samba in the streets of São Paulo on a Fulbright scholarship, to touring China with experimental rock band Invisible Anatomy. As a film composer, his original music has been featured on Netflix, Disney+, and MGM+, on productions including Chef’s Table, The Witcher, and National Geographic’s Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time. His concert works, written for everything from niche folk instruments to full orchestra, have been performed by Grammy-winning and nominated ensembles and artists including Palaver Strings, Sandbox Percussion, Hilary Summers, and Rhonda Rider, with support from The World Music Institute, New York State Council for the Arts, The Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and ASCAP.  Ian co-leads cello ensemble Splntrd Wood, coming off their 2024 concert series featuring his new work, Theory of Change, a full-length album (releasing in 2025) that explores notions of change and flow with meditative, ethereal music that builds to ecstatic moments. A Los Angeles native, Ian grows food in his backyard, cooks nourishing meals, and disappears into the wilderness whenever he can — a pastime he considers vital to his creative process.

Cellist Daniel Lim holds degrees from the New England Conservatory and the Cleveland Institute of Music; his mentors include Yeesun Kim, Stephen Geber, and Robert DeMaine. Daniel is currently a member of Splntrd Wood, a Los Angeles-based cello quartet that presents “fresh and invigorating live music experiences that cross divide between musical genres.” In the summer of 2020, the ensemble released its debut album “De La Pra Ca” and was featured on ASCAP’s Friday New Music Spotify playlist; other notable engagements include performances at LACMA “Sundays Live”, Massivemuse, and The Medieval Music Festival in the Dales. In addition to performing Daniel is an avid and passionate educator; having received formal training in the Suzuki Method Pedagogy Program, he has extensive experience teaching privately and at various institutions throughout the Los Angeles area. When Daniel is not playing the cello he is a producer for The Faking Notes Podcast; a fun, educational podcast co-hosted by “ThatViolaKid” and Trevor Bumgarner that features experiences, lessons, and advice on having a successful music career in the 21st century.

Matthew Park currently serves as Assistant Principal Cello of the California Symphony and is a member of Splntrd Wood, a project-focused cello quartet whose mission is to “create fresh live music experiences that cross divides between musical genres.”

Splntrd Wood has been featured on Sundays Live at LACMA, ASCAP’s New Music Friday playlist, and the Medieval Music in the Dales Festival in Yorkshire, England. They have released their debut album De lá pra cá, which explores original arrangements of Brazilian and Latin American music. The quartet has collaborated with artists such as Maria Da Barros and premiered original works by composers Reena Esmail and Mark Carlson.

As a chamber musician, Park has performed with the Kronos, American, and Telegraph Quartets; Owen Dalby of the St. Lawrence String Quartet; Sam Weiser of the Carpe Diem Quartet; Jennifer Culp; Dimitri Murrath; Ian Swensen; Amy Schwartz-Moretti; Cindy Wu; and Itamar Zorman. He has studied chamber music with renowned ensembles including the American, Escher, Takács, and Telegraph String Quartets, and with distinguished musicians such as Clive Greensmith, Sylvia Rosenberg, Dimitri Murrath, and Jennifer Culp. He has also participated in masterclasses with the Takács, Aizuri, and Miró String Quartets, Ida Kavafian, and Peter Salaff, among others.

Park holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and the San Francisco Conservatory, where he earned his Artist Diploma in Chamber Music under the mentorship of Jennifer Culp.

He has performed both chamber and solo works across the United States and South Korea. Park was a member of Shattered Glass, a conductorless string ensemble, and has been a fellow at the Music Academy of the West, the ENCORE School for Strings, the Marrowstone Music Festival, and the Gold Coast Chamber Music Festival—where he was named an Emerging Artist and later served on the faculty. He has also held a section cello position with the New West Symphony.

 

Jaewon Ahn, a cellist and educator with a thriving career in the Los Angeles area, is dedicated to delivering meaningful music experiences to her audience. Her musical journey has taken her across Europe, North America, and Asia, where she has shared the stage with renowned artists like Yo-Yo Ma and Lynn Harrell. An ardent chamber music enthusiast, Jaewon's trio had the distinct honor of being invited to Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Austria, for a residency and concert, forging close collaborations with Mozart scholars. She has received guidance and mentorship from accomplished coaches such as Lawrence Lesser, Steven Dann, Axel Strauss, and members of the Borromeo and Brentano quartets.

Beyond her classical pursuits, Jaewon's versatility as a musician has led her to the realms of film and television, where she has collaborated with A-list artists like Michael Buble and Danny Elfman. Her last season included performances on stages like the Coachella Music Festival and the Hollywood Bowl.

Throughout her career, Jaewon remains committed to sharing her passion for music and nurturing the next generation of musicians. An active and respected teacher, she has worked with students of all ages and diverse backgrounds, working with programs like Philkids, YOLA, and Kadima Conservatory. Jaewon also regularly teaches students in both private settings and arts-magnet high schools in Los Angeles.

Jaewon holds degrees from McGill University (B.M.), UCLA (M.M.), and SMU (A.D.), all with full scholarships.

GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS (Live in person free concerts) 9/3/25

Free Admission   

GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS             

Every First & Third Wednesday at 12:10-12:40 pm,  

has returned to live performances

in the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church!

 

RELAX DURING YOUR LUNCH HOUR WITH LIVE MUSIC

On Wednesday SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 

at 12:10 -12:40 pm PT

the Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts program

will be performed live in the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church.  

 610 E. California Ave Glendale, CA 91206

 

PARKING INFO:

https://glendalecitychurch.org/location

 

Glendale Noon Concerts

Wednesday SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 at 12:10-12:40 pm PT

 

Brendan White – piano

 Stephen Andrew Taylor: Seven Memorials
  I. Fountain
  II. Glacier
  III. Plateau
  IV. Baobab
  V. Cloud Forest
  VI. Black Smoker
  VII. Satellite

 

Program note by Stephen Andrew Taylor:

Seven Memorials is inspired by a project of the artist Maya Lin, to build a “last memorial” dedicated to the extinction of species on our planet. Lin imagines this project having seven different sites:

Site 1 Yellowstone, the first national park
Site 2 Antarctica, the first international park
Site 3 Tibet, gateway to the sky
Site 4 Africa, the last great plains
Site 5 The Amazon, forest of the world
Site 6 The ocean floor
Site 7 Satellite link—watching all sites, monitoring the planet

The scope and ambition of this idea struck me immediately, but I didn’t think of making a piece of music around it until I was studying Olivier Messiaen’s two-hour cycle for piano, Vingt Regards sur l’enfant-Jésus, written in 1944. It occurred to me that Maya Lin’s memorial project could be portrayed as a series of a pieces, “gazes upon the earth” (this is how I envision the last movement, “Satellite”).
Titles for the individual movements come from the need to narrow the subject—although each place is so vast that one could write a whole two hours about any of them, I wanted to keep the entire length around a half-hour. Thus, the first movement becomes a single geyser instead of the entire Yellowstone; a glacier represents all of Antarctica; and so on. A black smoker—the sixth movement—is an underwater volcanic vent, spewing sulfur and lava out of the ocean floor. In many ways this movement, featuring prepared piano strings, is a sort of “rhyme” to the first movement’s volcanic geyser.
Seven Memorials is dedicated in friendship and admiration to the pianist Gloria Cheng, for whom it was written.

 

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STILL AVAILABLE! Watch

previous Glendale Noon Concerts streamed concerts

(April 2020-February 1, 2023):

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oAfaPgGGMw&list=PLms1LJpnTpJzK7Yf6ryh2zyFMlkl7qC2z

Read about the previous programs:   

http://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com

Facebook 9/3/25 event page:

  https://www.facebook.com/events/1816485912638813

 

Preview of the next concert:

Wednesday SEPTEMBER 17, 2025 at 12:10-12:40 pm

Splntrd Wood

multi celli ensemble

will play works by

Tan Dun

Lalit Pandit

Kurt Cobain

Jacob Arcadelt

George Harrison

Giacomo Puccini

https://www.youtube.com/@splntrdwood6413/featured

 

Artist Bio:

Brendan White is a Grammy-award-winning artist whose performances feature a wide range of classical and contemporary piano repertoire. Brendan is based in the L.A. area, where he collaborates with orchestras, chamber ensembles, and solo artists. He is a featured musician on Danaë Vlasse’s Grammy Award-winning album, 'Mythologies'. Brendan performs solo recitals celebrating new composers and historically overlooked masterpieces. His collaborations include performances with with the Eastman School’s Musica Nova, Vicente Chamber Orchestra, Global Harmony Symphony, Jackson Symphony, Symphony of the Verdugos, and more.  As one of Piano Sphere's Emerging Artists, he has worked with notable composers and conductors including Thomas Adès, Alma Deutscher, Alan Pierson, Donald Crockett, and Steven Stucky.

 A Tennessee native, Brendan studied at the Eastman School of Music and University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music. In addition to his performance career, Brendan is passionate about music education and teaches students of all ages. He is an original member of the annual Sunset Chamberfest in Los Angeles, which features the work of young composers in Southern California.