Every FIRST & THIRD WEDNESDAY at 12:10-12:40 pm
On Wednesday FEBRUARY 5, 2020 at 12:10-12:40 pm:
CATHERINE DEL RUSSO - oboe
MARK ROBSON - piano
Program:
Filippo Prover (1727-1774)
Sonata op. I n. 6
1. Allegro
pastorale alla calabrese
2. Adagio
Villanella
3. Presto
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Sonate
1. Munter
2. Sehr
langsam/Lebhaft/Sehr langsam, wie zuerst
3. Weider
lebhaft
Jeremy Gilien (1956- )
Movement
1.
Allegro
(Please scroll down for performers 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
General info & parking:
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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:
Oboist Catherine Del Russo received
her Bachelor of Music Degree and Performance Certificate at the Eastman School
of Music where she studied with Robert Sprenkle. She also received her Masters of Music Degree
from Ohio University where she studied with John Mack
in Cleveland.
Since then, Ms. Del Russo has performed
around the world, beginning with the Eastman Wind Ensemble to the Far East
as Principal Oboe. After that, she performed with the Buffalo
Philharmonic, Orchestra
Filharmonica de Caracas, and Orquesta Municipal in Caracas, Venezuela. Ms. Del Russo has played with many orchestras
in Los Angeles, including the Glendale Symphony Orchestra, the Santa Barbara
Symphony, Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, the Desert Symphony, Long Beach
Symphony, the Los Angeles Mozart Orchestra, Riverside Symphony, San Bernardino
Symphony, and was Associate Principal Oboe with the Honolulu Symphony.
Currently, she is Principal Oboe of Opera Santa Barbara, Orchestra Santa
Monica, Downey Symphony, Asia America Orchestra, and solo English horn with the
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Catherine has
enjoyed playing on films, commercials and television shows. She has been a
promoter of chamber music and new music in Los Angeles. In 2011, she won the Consortium of Southern
California Chamber Music Presenter’s with a chamber music trio for oboe, viola
and piano. Catherine is the founding member of Lobo Ensemble, a chamber music
group, with oboe, violin, and cello, for which she performs recitals regularly.
Catherine is Professor of Oboe at Westmont College and Occidental College.
Mark Robson has been lauded by
the Los Angeles Times on numerous occasions, singled out as a pianist with “one
of the great techniques” and “an inquiring mind”. His career has included
performance as a keyboard soloist, chamber artist, composer, conductor and
vocal coach. He was a regular member of the music staff of the Los
Angeles Opera from 1991 to 2013 as an assistant conductor and has worked as a
musical assistant at the Salzburg and Spoleto (Italy) festivals. Mr.
Robson has been on the faculties of USC, Cal State Fullerton, Chapman
University and Cal Arts in the capacity of vocal coach and piano teacher.
His music has been performed widely, including orchestral works premiered by
the Brentwood-Westwood Symphony Orchestra and the Idyllwild Orchestra.
Soprano Patricia Prunty has recorded his song cycle A Child of Air,
which has been performed at the winter Ravinia Festival. Other
compositions include a set of twenty-four preludes for the left hand, a bassoon
trio and Dances and Dirges for piano, clarinet and cello.
Mr. Robson's teachers have included Lydia Frumkin, Yvonne Loriod, Alain Motard,
John Perry and James Bonn. Two of his large-scale music projects have
been the performance of the complete Beethoven sonatas and multiple
performances of Messiaen’s great piano cycle Vingt Regards sur
l’Enfant-Jésus. He can also be heard on occasion in the ensembles the
LA Chamber Orchestra and LA Philharmonic.
