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 AUGUST 20, 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 AUGUST 20, 2025 at 12:10-12:40 pm PT
Patrick Marsh – viola
Katherine Marsh- flute
Brendan White – piano
Works by JAMES DOMINE
Flute
Concerto
1.Prelude
2.Pastorale
Viola
Concerto
1.
Introduzione
2.
Minuetto
3.
Finale
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE ARTIST BIOS & PROGRAM NOTES:
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 8/20/25 event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/743957978407575
Preview of the next concert:
Wednesday SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 at 12:10-12:40 pm
Seven MemorialsBrendan White - piano
Artist Bios:
Music
Director and Conductor James Domine founded
the San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra (SFVSO) in 1979. The group was
originally conceived as the Van Nuys Civic Orchestra. That same year Domine
entered the University of Southern California on a full scholarship to earn a
Master’s Degree in Music Composition and Theory. The community-based group
eventually evolved into the SFVSO.
Domine’s passion for symphonic music began as a child when his 3rd-grade class
attended a performance of Mozart’s The Magic Flute at the Shrine Auditorium.
That life-changing experience was to be forever imprinted upon his
consciousness. It also speaks to the importance of exposing children to the
arts at a young age.
Maestro
Domine continues to compose and perform music in a wide range of styles and
genres. He performs regularly with several rock and blues bands, a jazz
ensemble, and a classical quartet known as the Symphomaniax. In addition, he
teaches music at several colleges and universities and is an active author and
director of theatrical productions. More details on this virtuoso can be found
on his website, jamesdomine.com.
Patrick
Marsh received his bachelor’s degree in viola performance from the
University of Michigan and a master’s degree from The Peabody Institute at
Johns Hopkins.
As a violist, Patrick was one of the founding members of
“Clemens Quartet,” a string quartet performing and competing throughout the
United States. As a violinist, Patrick is a former concertmaster of The Los
Angeles County High School for the Arts. His performance opportunities have
taken him across the United States, Europe, and St. Petersburg Russia.
Though classical music is the foundation of his technique, he
can be found branching out into the jazz and rock genres. Patrick plays a blue
Fourness Fuse 5-string electric violin and runs it through a Line6 Helix for
effects, and two Gallien Krueger bass amps in stereo.
Patrick can also be heard as a featured soloist in such feature
films as “Kids vs. Monsters” and “Pali Road” as well as such video games as
“Relics of Gods” and Disney’s “Cartooniverse.” https://www.patrickmarshmusic.com/
Flutist Katherine Marsh
is an active professional musician and teacher. She is currently the solo
piccolo player of the Santa Barbara Symphony and has performed with the Los
Angeles Philharmonic, Santa Barbara Grand Opera and Master Chorale, the Hollywood
Bowl Orchestra, Pasadena Symphony and Long Beach Symphony, as well as other
symphony and chamber ensembles throughout Southern California.
Originally from Bowling Green, Ohio, Marsh received a Bachelor
of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music and a Master of Music degree
from the University of Southern California. Her principal teachers include
Bonita Boyd, Samuel Baron, Roger Stevens and Louise DiTullio. She was a member
of the LA Philharmonic Orchestral Training Program and was selected to perform
in The Round Top Music Festival and the Orchestral Institute in Graz, Austria.
In addition Marsh has performed in master classes with James Galway, Jean
Pierre Rampal, Sarah Jackson and Catherine Karoly.
Marsh premiered James Domine’s “Flute Concerto” with the San
Fernando Valley Symphony. Her piccolo and flute playing can be heard in many
Star Wars video games performing with the Skywalker Orchestra. In addition to
orchestral work, Marsh is a member of the California Music Teachers Association
and is a coach for Junior Chamber Music. She recently served as a board member
for the Arts High Foundation. https://www.kathymarshflute.net/bio
Born in Jackson, TN, but now based in Los Angeles, pianist Brendan White appears frequently in
solo recitals, chamber ensembles, and as soloist with orchestra. As soloist,
White has performed with Musica Nova (Eastman School of Music), Vicente Chamber
Orchestra, Orchestra of the Verdugos, Crown City Symphony, Delta Symphony
Orchestra, and Jackson Symphony Orchestra. As a recording artist, White was
featured on Danaë Vlasse’s Grammy Award-winning album Mythologies. White’s
collaborations in Southern California have included the Mühlfeld Trio, which
won the prestigious Beverly Hills Auditions, the Speakeasy Society, and
Eighteen Squared. He is an original member of the Sunset ChamberFest in Los
Angeles. White’s repertoire spans many centuries and genres and he has worked
with well-known composers such as Thomas Adès, Stephen Cohn, Donald Crockett,
and Danaë Vlasse. White is also a composer of original music. Local recital
appearances include: Piano Spheres Emerging Artist Series, Soundwaves in Santa
Monica, Silicon Beach CO Recital Series, Glendale Noon Concerts, Pasadena
Presbyterian Music at Noon, Music@Mimoda, Alhambra Performing Arts Center
Series, Edendale Up Close Concerts, and Mason Concerts. He attended the Eastman
School of Music and the Thornton School of Music, University of Southern
California.
PROGRAM NOTES:
James Domine: Concerto in A
minor for Viola and String Orchestra
The Viola Concerto by
James Domine was composed at the request of Dr. Maurice Riley of East Michigan
State University for performance at the International Viola Congress held at
the University of Michigan in 1987. Domine subsequently revised the concerto
for Nancy Roth, who gave the first performance of the final version in
September of 2000 at a subscription concert of the San Fernando Valley Symphony
Orchestra with the composer conducting. The work is cast in the traditional
fast-slow-fast three-movement format associated with Baroque concerti, and is
scored for viola solo with string orchestra accompaniment. The first
movement, Introduzione, marked Allegro, is based on an
Aeolian motive which shifts metrically between 4/4 and ¾ time, and features not
one, but two solo cadenzas for the solo viola. The second movement, Menuetto,
is marked Moderato, and is a graceful Renaissance dance with some
rather unusual harmonic variations set in contrary motion. The third
movement Finale is an expository juxtaposition of two main
themes which are intertwined in a dialogue incorporating rhythms commonly
associated with classic Rock music of the late 1960’s. The tempo for the final
movement is indicated as Allegro assai. The overall harmonic
language of the Viola Concerto has an Aeolian modal rather
than minor-mode tonal feel and gives the piece a curiously modern sounding
character within the context of the antique formal structure.
Domine: Flute Concerto Program Notes
The Flute Concerto by James Domine, composed in
2012, is cast in three contrasting movements: I. Prelude: Animato,
II. Pastorale: Andante con moto and III.Theme and
Variations. The second movement entitled Pastorale: Andante
con moto is based on the song: When I’m With You, first
recorded on Domine’s album Through Your Window. In this
concerto, the song appears in the form of a da capo aria set
for flute solo and orchestra. An introspective opening section frames a
tranquil statement of the theme in the melodic character of a simple country
folk song. This theme is carried out in solo and tutti alternation and after a
sequential episode in the relative minor key, wends its way back home. The Pastorale concludes
with a solo cadenza treated as an accompanied
recitative that concludes the second movement and provides an harmonic
transition to the final movement.
