GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS (Live in person free concerts) 2/21/24

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, FEBRUARY 21, 2024 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/location

Glendale Noon Concerts  2/21/24

at 12:10-12:40 pm PT

 Recital video archived here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm2O6Ynu2Vs

DUO RECITAL

Katherine Marsh – piccolo

Brendan White – piano

 

Diary of a Songbird   Gary Shocker

1. Advice to a Young Starling
2. One Lovebird
3. A Lark in the Park

 

Sonata in F major     Georg Philipp Telemann

Vivace

Largo

Allegro

 

Romanian Dances         Bela Bartok

1 Jocul cu bata (Stick Dance)

2 Braul (Sash Dance)

3 Pe loc ((In One Spot)

4 Buciumeana ( Dance from Bucsum)

5 Poarga Romaneasca (Romanian Polka)

6 Ma runt el (Fast Dance)

 

Fireflies      Herman Beeftink

 

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 2/21/24 event page: 

https://www.facebook.com/events/382572304367196

 

Preview of the NEXT CONCERT:

Wednesday March 6, 2024

at 12:10-12:40 pm PT

Violinist Ken Aiso

Pianist Valeria Morgovskaya

Beethoven's

Spring Sonata

and works by Mark Saya

 

 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:

Flutist Katherine Marsh is an active professional musician and teacher. She is currently the solo piccolo player of the Santa Barbara Symphony, principal flute of the San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra and has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Santa Barbara Grand Opera and Master Choral, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Pasadena Symphony and Long Beach Symphony, as well as other symphony and chamber ensembles throughout Southern California.

Originally from Bowling Green, Ohio, Marsh received a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music and a Master of Music degree from the University of Southern California. Her principal teachers include Bonita Boyd, Samuel Baron, Roger Stevens and Louise DiTullio. She was a member of the LA Philharmonic Orchestral Training Program and was selected to perform in The Round Top Music Festival and the Orchestral Institute in Graz, Austria. In addition Marsh has performed in master classes with James Galway, Jean Pierre Rampal, Sarah Jackson and Catherine Karoly.

This past November, Marsh premiered James Domine’s “Flute Concerto” with the San Fernando Valley Symphony. Her piccolo and flute playing can be heard in many Star Wars video games performing with the Skywalker Orchestra. In addition to orchestral work, Marsh is a member of the California Music Teacher’s Association and is a coach for Junior Chamber Music. She recently served as a board member for the Arts High Foundation. https://www.kathymarshflute.net/bio

 

 

Born in Jackson, Tennessee, but now based in Los Angeles, pianist Brendan White appears frequently in solo recitals and chamber ensembles and as a soloist with orchestra. As soloist, White has performed with Musica Nova (Eastman School of Music), Vicente Chamber Orchestra, Symphony of the Verdugos, Crown City Symphony, Delta Symphony Orchestra and Jackson Symphony Orchestra.

 

As a recording artist, White was featured on Danaë Vlasse’s Grammy Award-winning album Mythologies. White’s collaborations in Southern California have included the Mühlfeld Trio, which won the prestigious Beverly Hills Auditions, the Speakeasy Society, and Eighteen Squared. He is an original member of the Sunset ChamberFest in Los Angeles. White’s repertoire spans many centuries and genres and he has worked with well-known composers such as Thomas Adès, Stephen Cohn, Donald Crockett and Danaë Vlasse.

 

White is also a composer of original music. Local recital appearances include: Piano Spheres Emerging Artist Series, Soundwaves in Santa Monica, Silicon Beach CO Recital Series, Glendale Noon Concerts, Pasadena Presbyterian Music at Noon, LaCanada Presbyterian, Music@Mimoda, and Mason Concerts. He attended the Eastman School of Music and the Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California.

One of the greatest flutists of his generation, Gary Schocker is also a pianist, harpist, prolific composer and a talented teacher. Born into a musical family in Easton, Pennsylvania, Schocker began his musical career on piano, making his recital debut at the age of three. By the time he was ten, he had added flute to his musical studies. Schocker made his professional debut as a flutist at the age of 15, appearing as soloist with both the Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic, thus establishing a name for himself even before attending The Juilliard School and winning numerous prestigious competitions, including the National Flute Association’s Young Artist Competition, the New York Flute Club’s Young Artist Competition, the East and West International Concert Artists Competition, and Young Concert Artists Competition. In 1988, he cemented his reputation as a versatile performer by filling in, with only a few hours’ notice, for an ailing Jean-Pierre Rampal in a performance of the Mozart D Major Concerto with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, composing new cadenzas in his head on the way to the concert hall.

Diary of a Songbird was written in 2014 for Los Angeles Philharmonic solo piccoloist Sarah Jackson.

Romanian Folk Dances  is a suite of six short piano pieces composed by Bela Bartok in 1915. He later orchestrated it for small ensemble in 1917.

It is based on seven Romanian tunes in Transylvania, originally played on fiddle or shepherd's flute. Its title was originally Romanian Folk Dances from Hungary but was later changed by Bartók when Transylvania became part of Romania in 1920. 

Herman Beeftink is  a Dutch-American composer, born in the Netherlands in 1953. He immigrated to the United States in 1982 and has been living in Southern California ever since.

My high school music teacher, Magda Evertse, was struck by my drive for music and strongly urged me to pursue a professional music education. She gave me free piano lessons to prepare me for admittance into the Utrecht Conservatory.

At the Utrecht Conservatory, Beeftink studied classical piano, composition, and developed an educational Blues and Jazz method. 

After moving to Los Angeles, Beeftink keyboards on many popular TV shows, including Cheers, five seasons of Roseanne, and all episodes of Home Improvement.                               

Besides writing for film and television, Beeftink is currently pursuing my other passion for composing performance pieces, such as Fireflies, written for piccoloist Erica Peel.