Every FIRST & THIRD WEDNESDAY at 12:10-12:40 pm
On Wednesday APRIL 3, 2019 at 12:10-12:40 pm:
ALEXANDER KNECHT - violin
BRENDAN WHITE - piano
Program:
GABRIEL FAURE Violin Sonata
No.1 in A Major, Op.13 (1875-6)
Allegro Molto
Andante
Allegro vivo
Allegro quasi presto
Allegro Molto
Andante
Allegro vivo
Allegro quasi presto
IGOR STRAVINSKY Divertimento (1932)
Scherzo
Pas de deux: a, Adagio-b, Variations-c, Coda
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.)
Glendale Noon Concerts
is not accepting artists to the program.)
Call 818-244-7241 (office)
or email glendalesda@gmail.com
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Accessible for wheelchairs. Seating available next to wheelchairs.
Loading zone near California Ave. entrance.
Accessible for wheelchairs. Seating available next to wheelchairs.
Loading zone near California Ave. entrance.
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Artist Bios:
Alexander Knecht, violinist and violist, born in 1991, is a
Juilliard graduate with a passion for virtuosic arrangements of music across
genres both old and new. He received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the
University of Southern California under full scholarship, where he studied with
Bing Wang and Brian Chen. He holds a master’s degree from The Juilliard School,
where he studied with Masao Kawasaki. He was awarded a Career Grant upon
graduation from Juilliard for his work with original viola transcriptions
including Franz Waxman’s Carmen Fantasy. He is a proud alumnus
of La Sierra University, where he earned bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and
violin in 2013, studying with Jason Uyeyama. During recent summers, he has been
a fellow at the Astoria Music Festival, Montecito International Music Festival,
the Music Academy of the West, and the Aspen Music Festival, and has played in
masterclasses for Paul Kantor, Paul Coletti, and Donald McInnes. He was a
member of the piano quintet Quintessential, winner of the 2013 JCM-USC Chamber
Music Competition, and winner as soloist of the 2013 Redlands Bowl Young
Artists auditions and La Sierra University Concerto Competition. Apart from
school and concert performance, he has volunteered as a musician at the Jerry
Pettis Memorial VA Hospital and LLU Medical Center in Loma Linda, and has been
a mentor teaching strings in the CKC-Music community engagement program in San
Bernardino, CA since its founding in 2008. Outside of music, he has recently
worked as a mathematics instructor at La Sierra University. He maintains a busy
private music teaching schedule and is also active as a private academic tutor.
Recent performances in Los Angeles include concerts with the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra where he is principal second violinist, and performances with the new, conductorless Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra. Recent concert appearances in New York City include performances with Juilliard alumni at the Center for Jewish History, the Apollo Music Café, and Subculture. Throughout his time at Juilliard he was a member of the Church of the Advent Hope in Manhattan, where he served as musician as well as organizer and performer in their Carnegie Hill Concert Series. He was invited to participate as a finalist in the second George Gershwin International Music Competition, in addition to the 2015 Hudson Valley Philharmonic Concerto Competition. He has also been featured as a chamber musician in the Focus! contemporary music festival in 2015 and 2014, and among other pieces, participated in the U.S. premiere of Akiko Yamane's Plastic Babys for violin, viola and cello. He is a devoted advocate of new virtuosic arrangements both for solo instrument and piano and for chamber groups, many of which are featured on his youtube channel.
Recent performances in Los Angeles include concerts with the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra where he is principal second violinist, and performances with the new, conductorless Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra. Recent concert appearances in New York City include performances with Juilliard alumni at the Center for Jewish History, the Apollo Music Café, and Subculture. Throughout his time at Juilliard he was a member of the Church of the Advent Hope in Manhattan, where he served as musician as well as organizer and performer in their Carnegie Hill Concert Series. He was invited to participate as a finalist in the second George Gershwin International Music Competition, in addition to the 2015 Hudson Valley Philharmonic Concerto Competition. He has also been featured as a chamber musician in the Focus! contemporary music festival in 2015 and 2014, and among other pieces, participated in the U.S. premiere of Akiko Yamane's Plastic Babys for violin, viola and cello. He is a devoted advocate of new virtuosic arrangements both for solo instrument and piano and for chamber groups, many of which are featured on his youtube channel.
Pianist Brendan
White has appeared as soloist with the Jackson Symphony Orchestra,
Musica Nova (Eastman School of Music), Delta Symphony Orchestra, and Crown City
Symphony. 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.
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.
