Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts 10/17/2018

FREE  ADMISSION GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS

Every FIRST & THIRD WEDNESDAY at 12:10-12:40 pm

On Wednesday OCTOBER 17, 2018 at 12:10-12:40 pm:

Oboist ROBERT WALKER & Pianist BRENDAN WHITE

will perform works by Schumann, Saint-Saëns, and Hummel.

Program:

Robert Schumann
Adagio and Allegro in Ab major, Op. 70

Langsam, mit innigem Ausdruck (Adagio)

Rasch und feurig (Allegro con brio)

Camille Saint-Saëns
Sonate pour Hautbois et Piano, Op. 166

I. Andantino

II. Ad libitum 

III. Molto allegro 

Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Introduction, Theme, and Variations, Op. 102

Performers:

Robert Walker - oboe

Brendan White - piano 

Please scroll down to read artist bios.

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:

(NO SOLICITATIONS, PLEASE: Glendale Noon Concerts
is not accepting artists to the program.)

Call 818-244-7241 (office)

or email glendalesda@gmail.com

General info & parking:

http://glendalecitychurch.org/our-location/

https://www.facebook.com/glendalecitychurch

http://www.glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com/
Accessible for wheelchairs. Seating available next to wheelchairs.
Loading zone near California Ave. entrance.

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UPCOMING CONCERTS in the same series:

(every FIRST & THIRD WEDNESDAY at 12:10-12:40 pm; 

programs subject to change)

http://www.glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com/  

MORE FREE CONCERTS:
At the Edendale Branch Library in ECHO PARK
http://www.edendaleupclose.blogspot.com/

ARTIST BIOS:

Originally from Alabama, Robert Walker is an oboist primarily performing in Los Angeles.  Walker is a member of the Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra, a group known for performing orchestral works without the use of a conductor.  He regularly plays with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Modesto Symphony, and many other regional orchestras throughout Southern California. Walker is also the former Second Oboe of the Tuscaloosa Symphony in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.  

Walker recently earned a Graduate Certificate in Music Performance at the University of Southern California. He has also received a Master of Music degree from the Colburn School and a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Alabama.  His primary teachers include Allan Vogel, Marion Kuszyk, and Shelly Myers.

Pianist Brendan White has appeared as soloist with the Jackson Symphony Orchestra, Musica Nova (Eastman School of Music), and the Delta Symphony Orchestra. White’s collaborations in Southern California have included the Mühlfeld Trio, which won the prestigious Beverly Hills Auditions, the Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra, the Speakeasy Society, and Eighteen Squared. He is also a founding member of the Sunset ChamberFest in Los Angeles:www.sunsetchamberfest.com Local recital appearances include: Glendale Noon Concerts, Pasadena Presbyterian Music at Noon, Music@Mimoda, Mason Concerts, Emerging Artist Series Recital at Boston Court.

White was born and raised in Tennessee before attending Eastman to study with Thomas Schumacher, and then, the University of Southern California, with Kevin Fitz-Gerald, where he was awarded Outstanding Master’s Graduate of the Thornton School of Music. As a devoted performer of new music, he has worked with notable composers and conductors including Thomas Adès, Donald Crockett, Alan Pierson, Steven Stucky and Jeffrey Milarsky.