Free Admission GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS
Every First & Third Wednesday at 12:10-12:40 pm
has returned to live performances
in the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church!
RELAX DURING YOUR LUNCH HOUR WITH LIVE MUSIC
Please wear a mask in the Sanctuary.
610 E. California Ave Glendale, CA 91206
On Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 12:10 -12:40 pm PT,
the Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts program
will be performed live in the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church.
PARKING INFO:
https://glendalecitychurch.org/our-location/
Glendale Noon Concerts 8/2/23
at 12:10-12:40 pm PT
ALEXANDER KNECHT – violin
VALERIA MORGOVSKAYA – piano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
CONCERTO IN D MAJOR
for Violin and Piano, Op. 35(1878)
Allegro moderato—Moderato assai
Canzonetta. Andante
Finale. Allegro vivacissimo
Scroll down to see artist bios.
STILL AVAILABLE! Watch
previous Glendale Noon Concerts streamed concerts
(April 2020-February 1, 2023):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oAfaPgGGMw&list=PLms1LJpnTpJzK7Yf6ryh2zyFMlkl7qC2z
Read about the previous programs:
http://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com
Facebook
8/2/23 event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/982093572988295
Preview of the NEXT CONCERT:
Wednesday AUGUST 16, 2023
at 12:10-12:40 pm PT
Premiere!
L.A. composer Kirstin Fife’s Flute Quintet
Featuring Katherine Marsh – flute
Kirstin Fife -viola
Jacqueline Suzuki -violin
Adriana Zoppo – violin.viola
Clement Chow - cello
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 and education and their generous grant to GNC.
ARTIST BIOS:
Alexander
(Xander) Knecht is a classical violinist and violist with a DMA from the
University of Southern California, a Master's degree from the Juilliard School,
and degrees in violin and mathematics from La Sierra University. While in
school, his primary teachers were Brian Chen, Bing Wang, Masao Kawasaki, and
Jason Uyeyama. He is a regular substitute violist in the Pacific Symphony and a
tenured member of the Long Beach Symphony viola section. He has also performed
with the Las Vegas Philharmonic and the Redlands Symphony as a violinist. He is
active throughout the Los Angeles area as a private teacher and has served on
the faculties of the Montecito International Music Festival and the Concordia
University Summer Chamber Music Camp.
Active in giving back to the community, he
currently works with the nonprofit M Music Group and for the Diocese of San
Bernardino as a musician, and volunteers regularly with CKC-Music, a community
engagement program in San Bernardino providing free music lessons to local
children. Previously he has worked as a Teaching Artist for the Caesura Youth
Orchestra at Columbus Elementary School in Glendale. In 2019 he founded a free
violin class outreach program at the Los Angeles Chinese Seventh-Day Adventist
Church.
In past summers he has been a fellow at the
Aspen Music Festival, the Music Academy of the West, and the Gonggeng Music
Festival in Zhejiang Province, China. He comes from a musical family of
Chinese, Korean and Caucasian ancestry and has three siblings, all of whom play
and teach string instruments.
Valeria Morgovskaya, pianist, graduated from the Kiev State Conservatory. Since her immigration to the US in 1990, Ms. Morgovskaya has been in high demand as an accompanist and has been an official accompanist to festivals and courses such as the Piatigorsky Cello Seminar and Beverley Hills Music Festival. She has performed throughout the US, Germany, Japan, Ukraine and Georgia, and has been heard on numerous live radio broadcasts. She has provided accompaniment for many national and international competitions, and was an official accompanist at the Schoenfeld International String Competition in Hong Kong (2013) and Harbin (2014). She was born in Kiev, Ukraine. Ms. Morgovskaya is currently staff accompanist at Loyola Marymount University and UCLA, and has been engaged in that capacity at USC, Cal State University Long Beach, the Colburn School, the Montecito International Music Festival, the Academy of the West and Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts.
