FREE ADMISSION GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS
Every FIRST & THIRD WEDNESDAY at 12:10-12:40 pm
On Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 at 12:10-12:40 pm:
ARIOSO DUO:
CYNTHIA ELLIS -flute
MICHELLE TEMPLE - harp
Program:
"The Early Bird"
"The Early Bird"
Chanson de Matin, Op.15, No.2 - Edward Elgar
The Fog is Lifting - Carl Nielsen
Pan et les oiseaux from La Flute de Pan - Jules Mouquet
Variations "Early Morning" - Jean-Michel Damase
RELAX DURING YOUR LUNCH HOUR WITH LIVE MUSIC
PLEASE NOTE:
The Glendale Noon Concerts series now takes place
in the Sanctuary at
GLENDALE CITY CHURCH
610 E. California Ave (at Isabel St)
Glendale, CA 91206
INFO:
Please call Victoria Lucero (818-244-7241 office)
or email glendalesda@gmail.com
General info & parking:
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UPCOMING CONCERTS in the same series:
(every FIRST & THIRD WEDNESDAY at 12:10-12:40 pm;
programs subject to change)
Artist bios:
Cynthia Ellis is the solo
piccolo player for the Pacific Symphony Orchestra and also served as Principal
Flute for the Opera Pacific Orchestra from 1995 until the company closed in
2009.
She is a member of the Pedagogy Committee for the National Flute
Association and has taught on the music faculty at the Claremont Graduate
School, Pomona College, Biola College, and CSU Fullerton. She currently teaches
applied music at Saddleback College and Hope International University and
serves as music director for Laguna Flutes.
Piccolo is a specialty for Cindy: she writes the "Let's Talk
Picc' column for Flute Talk Magazine and served as an artist in residence at
the International Piccolo Symposium in July, 2013, held at the University of
Nebraska, Omaha.
Cynthia has recorded for television, motion picture and cartoon
soundtracks as well as commercially released chamber music recordings. 'Beyond
Beethoven", with the award winning Les Amis Musicalles trio, was
released on the Centaur label, and Jeremy
Beck’s Flute Sonata is recorded on the
CD 'Never Final, Never Gone", on the Nova label. This sonata is also
dedicated to her.
Cynthia shares her home with Pacific Symphony trumpet player Tony
Ellis and their three Labrador retrievers.
For more
information visit http://www.cindyellisflute.com/
Harpist Michelle
Temple has been a member of Pacific Symphony since 1994, and was awarded
the position of Principal Harp with the Santa Barbara Symphony in 1991. She has
also served as Principal Harp for Opera Santa Barbara for over 20 years.
An active orchestral musician, she has performed with the
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, LA Opera, Opera Pacific, Singapore Symphony,
Pasadena Symphony, and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Her many ballet orchestra
credits include the American Ballet Theater, Joffrey Ballet, Royal Ballet of
London, and the Bolshoi Ballet.
Michelle has shared the stage with some of opera’s brightest
stars, including Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Deborah Voigt, Frederica von
Stade, Denyce Graves, Kiri Te Kanawa, and Renee Fleming.
In
2005, Michelle and flutist Cynthia Ellis formed the duo Arioso out of a shared
passion to explore the vibrant and colorful repertory for flute and harp, and
they have performed innovative recitals and education concerts throughout
Orange County. Their first CD Petite
Delights was released on the Centaur label in 2016 and received immediate
airplay on Classical KUSC.
Michelle
holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University and a Master of Music
degree from the University of Southern California.
