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.

GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS (Live in person free concerts) 8/20/25

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 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

 

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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 8/20/25 event page:

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Preview of the next concert:

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

Seven Memorials

by Stephen Andrew Taylor

Brendan 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. 

GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS (Live in person free concerts) 8/6/25

 

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 AUGUST 6, 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 6, 2025 at 12:10-12:40 pm PT

Daniel Kessner- flute/bass flute/composer

Eric Charnofsky – piano/composer

 

Daniel Kessner (b.1946)

Sonatina Bassa, for Bass Flute and Piano

1. Allegretto meccanico

2.Adagio cantabile

3.Finale, allegro ma non troppo

 

Eric Charnofsky (b. 1965)

Echo, version for Bass Flute Solo

(originally composed for shakuhachi)

 

Daniel Kessner

Fleeting Thoughts, for Solo Piano

 

Eric Charnofsky

Two Pieces for Flute and Piano

1. Lamentation

2.Jubilation

 

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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 8/6/25 event page:

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Preview of the next concert:

Wednesday AUGUST 22, 2025 at 12:10-12:40 pm

JAMES DOMINE- composer

Concerto for flute, movt. 2

Concerto for viola

  

Katherine Marsh - flute

Patrick Marsh -viola

Brendan White - piano

 

Artist Bios:

 

Born in Los Angeles in 1946, composer-conductor-flutist Daniel Kessner received

his Ph.D. with Distinction at UCLA in 1971, studying with Henri Lazarof. His more than

180 compositions have received over 1000 performances, and are published by Universal Edition in Vienna. Most important awards include the 1972 Queen Marie-Jose International

Composition Prize in Geneva, a 2003 Fulbright Senior Scholar Award in Trossingen, Germany,

a Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant in Trondheim, Norway in 2007, a residency at the Universidade do Minho in Portugal in 2011, and most recently one at Paradise AIR

(Artist-in-Residence) in Matsudo, Japan. He is Professor Emeritus at California State University, Northridge, retired in 2006 after a career of 36 years teaching composition, music theory, and directing various ensembles.

 

Eric Charnofsky works as a pianist, composer, lecturer,conductor, and narrator. As a

collaborative pianist, he has performed with members of major American orchestras,

and as an orchestra keyboardist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Cleveland orchestra. He has also worked as a classical radio announcer, church choir director,

pre-concert lecturer for the Cleveland orchestra, Associate Faculty member at the Music Academy of the West, music director and pianist for musical theater production, and he is featured on recordings on the Capstone, Albany, Navona, and Crystal labels. Mr. Charnofsky

has received  composition commissions from Pacific Serenades, the Chamber Music Society

of Ohio, the Cleveland Chamber Collective, and others. A graduate of The Juilliard School,

where he majored in piano accompanying, Mr. Charnofsky also holds degrees in solo piano performance and composition from California State University, Northridge.

 

Program Notes:

 

Sonatina Bassa was written in 2008 and was premiered the following year at l’Eglise Saint-Merry in Paris by the composer and his late wife Dolly Eugenio Kessner. While it is cast in a

classical 3-movement form, the melodic lines are gently jazz-influenced, designed to

take full advantage of the “cool” sound of the bass flute, especially in agile, free-wheeling

passages. The notes in the score encourage the performers to use a “jazz/be-bop” approach

to articulation and rhythmic alterations.

 

Echo, for shakuhachi, was composed in 2018 on a commission from shakuhachi player

and composer Shawn Head, who premiered and recorded the piece. The Omomuki
Foundation provided the funding for the project. The piece has since been transcribed for alto flute by George Pope, and today marks its first performance on the bass flute. Specific pitch

level is unimportant, so long as the intervallic relationships are maintained throughout.

In this sense, the piece can be performed on any kind of flute.

 

The title “echo” (the Japanese title translates to something more like “reverberation”)

Reflects the imitation and dynamic variety found in the music. The piece is largely built on the Fibonacci series; often, the performer plays a number of notes fund in that series and then

plays an “echo” of that pattern, featuring a smaller number of notes in the series, usually

slower and at a softer dynamic level. While the rhythms are notated precisely, the performer is invited to play freely and expressively throughout, with the metronome markings taken as 

suggestions. Most importantly, the performer should strive to showcase the stylistic traits of

Japanese shakuhachi performance.

 

Fleeting Thoughts, written in 2020, is part of an ongoing group of works exploring

the idea of presenting a series of relatively unrelated ideas, flowing smoothly from one to the next, much like a stream of consciousness. As in many of the composer’s works, the music moves freely back and forth between rhythmic freedom and strict meter sometimes

changing suddenly, sometimes more smoothly. The premiere was given by Japanese-Czech

pianist Julia Okaji on her recital at the Festival Forfest Czech Republic in the town of

Kromeriz in June of 2023. Today will be its American Premiere.

 

Two Pieces for Flute and Piano were actually composed several years apart, with Lamentation

written back in 1992. I always liked the sound of this little work, but I also knew it was too short

to put on a program by itself. In the summer of 2001, I decided to add a companion piece, one

that could be performed with Lamentation as its diametric opposite. Out of this idea,

Jubilation was fashioned. The two pieces are meant to be played as one unit, with only a short pause in between. Lamentation is quite slow and lyrical. As the title implies, the music

sounds melancholy and reflective, with rather doleful sounding harmonies. Jubilation

on the other hand is uplifting and spirited. This piece has a short 3-part form that unfold like a theme with variations. It’s primarily in 10/8 meter  with lots of rhythmic challenges for

the performers. It should become evident that these two pieces are influenced by a

few different sources, including music of Copland, Stravinsky, and jazz. They were

premiered in Los Angeles in 2001 by flutist Catherine Ransom, with the composer

at the piano.