Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts 5/1/2019

FREE ADMISSION GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS
Every FIRST & THIRD WEDNESDAY at 12:10-12:40 pm
On Wednesday MAY 1, 2019 at 12:10-12:40 pm:

CALICO WINDS
Eileen Holt- flute
Catherine Del Russo - oboe (guest performer)
Kathryn Nevin - clarinet
Theresa Treuenfels - bassoon
Rachel Berry - horn

Artist website http://calicowinds.com
Photo courtesy of Gary Silk.

Program: 

American "Mid Mod"

Classics from the 20th Century 

Overture to Candide (1956)      Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
                                                   arr. Don Stewart

New England Countryside (1939)   Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

                                                           arr. Erik Morales

Partita for Wind Quintet (1948)     Irving Fine (1914-1962)

     I. Introduction and Theme
    II. Variation
   III. Interlude
   IV. Gigue

    V. Coda

Five Easy Dances (1956)           Denes Agay (1911-2007)

    I. Polka

   II. Tango

  III. Bolero
  IV. Waltz
   V. Rumba

Please scroll down to read ensemble bio.

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

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

Ensemble Bio:

With style and grace, Calico Winds is taking wind music to the forefront of the chamber music world by artfully reinventing the conventional wind quintet.

They chose the name “Calico” to reflect the many colors and textures offered by the instruments of their ensemble. The group blends top-notch playing, great music and an appealing atmosphere, their repertoire incorporating a wide variety of classical music. “They cross all the style lines and get away with it.” (Los Angeles Times).

Calico Winds have delighted audiences across the country, touring to more than half the fifty states, including numerous cities throughout their home state of California. They are currently ensemble-in-residence at Glendale Noon Concerts. Said of their program, “The artists played in perfect balance with each other, each contributing lovely tone quality and flawless intonation. An unusually fine and beautiful program…played with rock-solid competence and interpretive flair. It was a fantastic evening of music.” (The Times Herald, Olean, NY)

In 2009 Calico Winds were concerto soloists with Frank Fetta conducting the Culver City Symphony, premiering Sinfonia Concertante for wind quintet and orchestra, a work they commissioned from Los Angeles composer Damian Montano. The ensemble performed at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall both as part of the “Classical Connections” Young Performers Career Advancement program sponsored by the Association of Performing Arts Presenters and in recital with pianist Vivian Liu in a performance of Ludwig Thuille’s Romantic Sextet.

In 1998 Calico Winds released their first CD, All in One [Bach, Nielsen, E. Carter, L. Schifrin, Zappa] to critical acclaim. Their second CD, released on Albany Records (2004), Vintage America: A Musical Meritage, features a diverse collection of original and arranged works reflecting the music and life of early Americans. In this recording “Calico Winds bring refreshing lightness to music that is too often bellowed…the quintet’s suave phrasing, lively articulation and rhythmic buoyancy are a delight throughout.” (Gramophone)

Calico Winds has held residencies at La Sierra University, the Idyllwild Arts Academy and with the Claremont Youth Symphony Music Retreat in California as well as at the Birch Creek Music Festival in Door County, Wisconsin. They have been the featured ensemble for the Coleman Chamber Music Association’s Meet the Musicians concerts. As winners of the 1998 National Flute Association (NFA) Chamber Music Competition the ensemble was featured in recital at the NFA convention in Phoenix, Arizona. They have received a grant from the City of Pasadena for The Weekend Muse Inter-Generational Concerts, a series they self-produced in Los Angeles and Pasadena.

Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts 4/17/2019

FREE ADMISSION GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS
Every FIRST & THIRD WEDNESDAY at 12:10-12:40 pm
On Wednesday APRIL 17, 2019 at 12:10-12:40 pm:

MAKSIM VELICHKIN  -cello

BRENDAN WHITE - piano

Program:

Solo works for cello: 

Daniel Kessner  from Eleven Studies in Melodic Expression (1990-91)

Cantilena

Lament

Arabesque

http://daniel.kessnerfamily.org/ 

George N. Gianopoulos   Circadian Calendar (excerpts)

September

June

August 

https://www.georgengianopoulos.com/

Richard Strauss Cello Sonata (1883)

Allegro con brio 

Andante ma non troppo

Finale - Allegro vivo

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.

*************************************

UPCOMING CONCERTS in the same series: 
http://www.glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com/  

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

Artist Bios:

Maksim Velichkin is an accomplished cellist, pianist, and harpsichordist who has been active as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestra artist among an international circle featuring venerable conductors and headlining classical stars. He has worked with James Levine, Kurt Masur, Charles Dutoit, Yuri Temirkanov, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Herbert Blomstedt, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Gabor Takacs-Nagy, Sarah Chang, Masaaki Suzuki, Maxim Vengerov, Yuri Bashmet, Andras Schiff, Bobby McFerrin, Joshua Bell, Martha Argerich, Gabriela Montero, Renaud Capucon, Lynn Harrell, Misha Maisky, Frans Helmerson, Sergey Babayan as well as many others. Maksim’s performances have been featured on Radio Suisse Romande, WQED FM in Pittsburgh, National Radio and Television of Uzbekistan. Moreover, as an improviser and interpreter of contemporary and popular music Maksim’s performance and recording career includes credits with Stevie Wonder, Chick Corea, Billy Childs, Burt Bacharach, Bobby McFerrin, Dwight Trible, Bitter:Sweet, Chris Botti, Bob James, Josh Groban, Red Elvises, Bernadette Peters, Natalie Cole, Alan Silvestri, Richard Thompson and many others. He performs and tours frequently with the Verbier Chamber Orchestra throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

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.