Free GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS 8/5/26

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 5, 2026 

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 5, 2026 at 12:10-12:40 pm PT 

JAMES LENT

Solo Piano Recital

A program celebrating the 250th anniversary of America

Maple Leaf Rag- Scott Joplin

No. 3 from Four Piano Blues- Aaron Copland

Bumbleboogie- Jack Fina

Prelude No. 1 - George Gershwin 

Fugue from Piano Sonata, Op. 26- Samuel Barber

Variations on the Pink Panther- Lent/Mancini

Rhapsody in Blue- George Gershwin

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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 event page: 

https://www.facebook.com/events/911973128619353

Preview of the next concert:

AUGUST 19, 2026 at 12:10 pm PT

JACQUELINE SUZUKI- violin

BRENDAN WHITE- piano

Wieniawski & Beethoven 

ARTIST BIO:

https://www.jameslent.com 

 

Pianist James Lent is a lecturer and coordinator of Collaborative Piano at UCLA. Lent completed his DMA at the Yale School of Music under teachers Boris Berman, Claude Frank and Peter Frankl. He made his Alabama Symphony debut to critical acclaim performing Rachmaninoff’s “Concerto No. 2” on 24 hours notice to replace Andre Watts and also performed with the Torrance Symphony, Vancouver Symphony and the Houston Symphony, among others, and as solo recitalist at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival in Germany, for the National Chopin Foundation in Miami, at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and at the Cleveland Museum of Art, where he premiered a new work written for him by American composer Frederic Rzewski.

His numerous awards include prizes in the New York Concert Artists Guild International Competition, the National Chopin Competition, the Washington International Piano Competition at the Kennedy Center, among others. He was a fellowship recipient at the Aspen Music Festival, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the Sarasota Music Festival and the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, where he studied with Jerome Lowenthal. Lent also teaches at AMDA (American Musical and Dramatic Academy) as collaborative pianist, vocal coach and musical director.

Free GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS 7/15/26

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 JULY 15, 2026 

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 JULY 15, 2026 at 12:10-12:40 pm PT 

 

TAE YEON LIM 

Solo Piano Recital

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Romance sans paroles, Op. 17, No. 3
Barcarolle, Op. 26, No. 1

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Impromptu, Op. 90

 

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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 event page:

 https://www.facebook.com/events/1771128783878386

Preview of the next concert:

AUGUST 5, 2026 at 12:10 pm PT

JAMES LENT

Solo Piano Recital

https://www.jameslent.com  

 

 ARTIST BIO:

Tae Yeon Lim is known for her powerful performance style, combining energetic delivery with an intelligent touch. Originally from South Korea, Yeon Lim currently lives in Los Angeles where she is active as a pianist and conductor.

Revealing a musical talent at an early age, she was 11 when selected to perform Mozart’s “Concert Rondo” with the Sorisam Chamber Orchestra. She was also invited to perform in the prestigious Chosun Journal Young Artist Debut Series at Sejong Arts Hall in Seoul.

Yeon Lim studied at the Manhattan School of Music with the pioneering American pianist James Tocco and Kumi Ogano, continuing to earn her D.M.A. at the University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music, where

her mentors were the renowned piano pedagogues Stewart Gordon and later Sergei Silvansky.

Her recording of Joachim Raff’s “Complete Music for Cello and Piano,” released on the British Toccata Classics label, includes the world premiere of the Swiss composers “Sonata for Piano and Cello Op.183.” 

Her solo recitals have included performances at the Richard Nixon Presidential

Library and Museum, the Brand Library and Arts Center, and the Alhambra Performing Arts Center.

An active concerto soloist, Yeon Lim has performed with orchestras throughout Southern Asia and California, including the Los Angeles Sinfonietta and the Vicente Chamber Orchestra.

A passionate chamber musician, she has collaborated with members of the Capitol Ensemble and many other prestigious musicians in Los Angeles and San Diego and participated in concert series at “Great Music at St.

James,” Classical Sundays at 6, Chamber Music @ All Saints, Beverly Hills and Le Salon de Musiques. 

A versatile artist, Yeon Lim has emerged not only as a pianist of note and as a sought after teacher. She is currently curator of the chamber music series at St. Timothy Catholic Church in West LA where she is also the music director.

 

Free GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS 7/1/26

 

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 JULY 1, 2026 

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 JULY 1, 2026 at 12:10-12:40 pm PT 

 

BRENDAN WHITE

 Solo Piano Recital

Claude Debussy:

Arabesque No. 1

Daniel Lentz:

51 Nocturnes

Stephen Cohn:

Caprice

Program note for 51 Nocturnes

Brendan White

Following in the long tradition of nocturnes written for solo piano, Daniel Lentz wrote a series of 51 miniature nocturnes, all strung together to make a single piece of music. There is no break between them and, at times, it is difficult to tell where one ends and another begins. Some are extremely short, only a few seconds long, while the longest is perhaps 30 seconds.  Though generally peaceful, the nocturnes convey a sense of restlessness that matches what many experience as they attempt to wind down at night. 

 The Nocturnes were written to celebrate a friend's 51st birthday. 

 https://www.independent.com/2025/09/09/in-memoriam-daniel-lentz-1941-2025/

  

Program Note for Caprice

 Stephen Cohn

 

Caprice was written for Brendan White. Having worked with Brendan in the past, when he premiered another composition of mine, I noticed how quickly he understood complex rhythmic notational and challenging structures. I was very pleased with his interpretation of my work.

 

While working together, we had some conversations around the idea of over-intellectualized music resulting in works that are neither fun to play nor to listen to. I flashed back to a quote by Suzanne K Langer from her influential book, Problems of Art, which I always remember from my college philosophy class. Paraphrasing her response when asked to define art , “It is the expression of a feeling in a medium that does it more successfully than could be done with language”

So, with all that in mind, Caprice swings in another direction. I pulled ideas from my notebook, some of which were originally written for other instruments, that are the expression of pure energy, playfulness and joy. The first theme, which recurs in a rondo-like fashion, does have some entropic decay and there is one section more contemplative and, perhaps longing, but the joy, energy and playful spirit prevail in the end.

 https://www.stephencohn.com/

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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 event page:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1362468429179183/

Preview of the next concert:

JULY 15, 2026 at 12:10 pm PT

TAE YEON LIM 

Solo Piano Recital

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Romance sans paroles, Op. 17, No. 3
Barcarolle, Op. 26, No. 1

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Impromptu, Op. 90

ARTIST BIO:

Brendan White is a Grammy-award-winning artist whose performances feature a wide range of classical and contemporary piano repertoire. White is based in the LA 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.” White 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, White studied at the Eastman School of Music and University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music. In addition to his performance career, he 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.