Streaming on FACEBOOK & YouTube
Glendale Noon Concerts 2/1/23
Nathaniel De La Cruz – double bass
Rosa LoGiudice De La Cruz -piano
New Andean inspired works by Mauricio Annunziata
During the Covid-19 "Safer at Home" period,
Glendale Noon Concerts has brought our programs
to you via streaming on Facebook and YouTube.
On FEBRUARY 1, 2023 program can be viewed at this link beginning at 12:10 pm PT.
(VIDEO will be available ongoing)
Please Note:
This will be the last streamed concert before the
Glendale Noon Concerts series returns to live performances
on February 15, 2023 at the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church
610 E. California Ave Glendale, CA 91206
with a Chopin recital performed by pianist Brendan White.
LINK TO VIEW THE DE LA CRUZ CONCERT:
On Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/jacquelinesuzuki/videos/735806524424854
On YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf22eTC4v-g
The program will be archived on the
Glendale City Church YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/GlendaleCityChurch
Watch previous Glendale Noon Concerts streams:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oAfaPgGGMw&list=PLms1LJpnTpJzK7Yf6ryh2zyFMlkl7qC2z
Read about the previous programs:
http://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com
Facebook stream: GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS
Every FIRST & THIRD WEDNESDAY at 12:10 pm PT
Nathaniel De La Cruz – double bass
Rosa LoGiudice De La Cruz -piano
Program:
Vidalita for Double Bass and Piano Mauricio Annunziata
Concerto No. 5, "Andino" Mauricio Annunziata
for Double Bass and Orchestra (piano reduction)
Scroll down to see artist bios.
Facebook 2/1/23 event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1253186435306533
Please check the link below for updates
http://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com
PLEASE HELP THESE CONCERTS TO CONTINUE WITH A DONATION:
https://adventistgiving.org/#/org/ANPPGL/envelope/start
or by mailing it to 610 E California Ave, Glendale, CA 91206 to the Friends of Music.
The Glendale Noon Concerts series is presented by Glendale City Church every first & third Wednesday at 12:10-12:40 pm. www.glendalecitychurch.org
Concert schedule: www.glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com
Much appreciation to the Hennings-Fischer Foundation for their mission to support art & education and their generous grant to GNC.
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Artist Bios:
Peruvian born double bass player Nathaniel De La Cruz started learning the piano at the age of 6 from his father and was introduced to the double bass at the age of 16. After a full year studying with Prof. Dante Bereche, he was admitted to the National Conservatory of Music of Peru. In 2012 he got a full scholarship to study his bachelor’s degree with renowned double bass pedagogue Marcos Machado at the University of Southern Mississippi. In 2017, he was offered a teaching assistantship and a special talent scholarship at Arizona State University to study with international double bass soloist Catalin Rotaru, where he got his master’s degree and completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 2022.
Nathaniel maintains an active performing and teaching schedule, offering solo recitals and currently serving as the Principal Double Bass of the Arizona Philharmonic, and as the Double Bass Instructor of Chandler-Gilbert Community College. He taught master classes in different schools of music internationally and the US and appeared in concerts with renowned conductors and soloists like Gustavo Dudamel, Carl St.Clair, Midori, Juan Diego Florez, the Brooklyn Rider Quartet, among others. He is the developer of a global teaching project for the organization Music to Save Humanity in Los Angeles, California, and the creator of a sequential teaching material for the program “Music in the Schools” in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil funded by Harmony Project Phoenix.
Nathaniel took lessons and master classes with world-class double bassists such as Edicson Ruiz, David Moore, Thierry Barbe, Jeff Bradetich, Sorin Orcinschi, among others. He is the winner of several awards and competitions including the Gladys O’Donnell Strings Fellowship Award, the First Prize of the National Young Artists Solo Competition of the Coeur d’Alene Symphony in Washington, the First Place in the 2020 Talent show of the Charleston International Music Competition, and the Grand Prize of the Art Festival Bass Strings International Double Bass Competition in Romania. In 2019, he participated in the legendary Giovanni Bottesini International Double Bass Competition in Italy and in 2021, he was a semi-finalist in the Latin Orchestra of Europe International Double Bass Competition. He was recently the winner of the 2021 Concerto Competition of the ASU School of Music and offered a concert as a soloist with the ASU Symphony. He is currently a semi-finalist in the 2023 Sphinx Competition.
Dr. Rosa LoGiudice De La Cruz, pianist, holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in collaborative piano at Arizona State University completed in May 2020, under the tutelage of Dr. Andrew Campbell. Rosa earned a Master of Music in collaborative piano at University of California, Santa Barbara in 2015, studying with the professional collaborative pianist and professor Robert Koenig. She collaborates frequently with solo instrumentalists, opera singers, composers, and choirs, performing regularly at ASU, Scottsdale Community College, and in the community at the Tempe Center for the Arts, the Kerr Cultural Center in Scottsdale, and the new music series at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Chandler.
Rosa collaborates frequently with her husband, Dr. Nathaniel De La Cruz, a double bass solo performer, in local recitals and recording projects. Rosa was the pianist for Nathaniel in several competitions where he was awarded the first prize winner, including the Coeur d’Alene Symphony Orchestra’s National Young Artist’s Competition in January 2020, the Charleston International Competition in April 2020, and Art Festival Bass Strings International Double Bass Competition in Romania in fall of 2020. Rosa was pianist for the premier of William Clay’s opera Mignon at the Studio Theater in the Tempe Center for the Arts in July 2017, and also performed for the premiere of Clay’s opera Lorelai in August 2018 at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Chandler. As a resident of southern California from 2003-2016 Rosa performed solo piano and chamber music with the acclaimed Glendale Noon Concert series and with the Santa Barbara Music Club series. Rosa has been a dedicated teacher for more than fifteen years and is currently a piano instructor at the East Valley School of Music in Chandler, Arizona.
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