GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS (Live in person free concerts) 12/3/25

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

On Wednesday DECEMBER 3, 2025 

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.  

 610 E. California Ave Glendale, CA 91206

 

PARKING INFO:

https://glendalecitychurch.org/location

 

Glendale Noon Concerts

Wednesday DECEMBER 3, 2025 at 12:10-12:40 pm PT

 

Ken Aiso – violin

Valeria Morgovskaya – piano

 

Eugène Ysaÿe (Belgian, 1858-1931)

Sonata #3 op.27 (Ballade) for solo violin

George Enescu (Romanian, 1881-1955)

Sonata #3 op.25 for violin & piano
1-Moderato malinconio
2-Andante sostenuto e misterioso
3-Allegro con brio ma non troppo mosso

 

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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 event page:

https://www.facebook.com/events/736916452754591

Preview of the next concert:

Wednesday DECEMBER 17, 2025 at 12:10-12:40 pm

NANCY ROTH - violin

LORENZO SANCHEZ - piano

SERGEI PROKOFIEV

Sonata in D Major Op. 94bis  for violin and piano

I. Moderato

II. Scherzo

III. Andante

IV. Allegro con brio

MAURICE RAVEL

Sonate pour violon et piano

I. Allegretto

II. Blues ( Moderato)

III. Perpetuum mobile (Allegro)

ARTIST BIOS:

Internationally acclaimed violinist/violist Ken Aiso has performed worldwide as soloist, chamber and orchestral musician. Ken graduated form the Royal Academy of Music in London studying with Erich Gruenberg. His other teachers include Eduard Schmieder and Chikashi Tanaka. Equally at home with modern and period instruments, Ken has appeared as principal violin with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the London Philharmonic, the Hallé and the Scottish Chamber Orchestras.

He has been invited to renowned music festivals in UK, France, Sweden, Switzerland, India, Georgia, Bolivia and Kazakhstan, and has taught at Montecito Summer Music Festival since 2008. Ken is a laureate of Long-Thibaud International Competition in Paris and International Music Competition of Japan, and was elected Associate of Royal Academy of Music in London. He received Shimousa Kan-ichi Music Award in his native Japan in 2018. Since moving to Los Angeles in 2015, Ken has been serving as faculty at Loyola Marymount and La Sierra Universities, and performs with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.

 

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 accompanist for singers and all orchestral instrumentalists. She has been an official accompanist to festivals and courses such as Piatigorsky Cello Seminar and Beverly Hills Music Festival, and has performed throughout the US, Germany and Japan, as well as on numerous radio broadcast. She has provided accompaniment for many national and international competitions, and was an official accompanist at Schoenfeld International String Competition in Hong Kong (2013) and Harbin (2014). Ms. Morgovskaya is currently staff accompanist at Loyola Marymount University and UCLA, and is often engaged in that capacity at USC, Cal State Long Beach, Colburn School, Montecito International Music Festival, Academy of the West and Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts.

GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS (Live in person free concerts) 11/19/25

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

On Wednesday NOVEMBER 19, 2025 

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.  

 610 E. California Ave Glendale, CA 91206

 

PARKING INFO:

https://glendalecitychurch.org/location

 

Glendale Noon Concerts

Wednesday NOVEMBER 19, 2025 at 12:10-12:40 pm PT

 

CELLO RECITAL

RACHEL COOSAIA – cello

JAMES LENT-piano

 

Georg Golterman (German, 1824-1898) 

Etude Caprice Opus 54, No. 4, for Cello and Piano

 

Gabriel Faure (French, 1845-1924)
Siciliene Op. 78

 

Johann Christian Bach (German, 1735-1782) 

Concerto in C minor, III. Allegro molto energico

 

Ludwig van Beethoven (German, 1770-1827)

Seven Variations for piano and cello, Wo0 46

 

Astor Piazzolla (Argentine, 1921-1992) Arr. Patricio Villarejo

Oblivion for Cello and Piano 

William Henry Squire (British, 1871-1963)

Tarantella, Op. 23 

 

Pablo Casals (Spanish, 1876-1973)

Song of the Birds, for cello and piano

 

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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 event page:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1971214203449952

Preview of the next concert:

Wednesday DECEMBER 3, 2025 at 12:10-12:40 pm

KEN AISO -violin

VALERIA MORGOVSKAYA - piano

Eugene Ysaye

Sonata #3 op.27 (Ballade) for solo violin

George Enescu

Sonata #3 op.25 for violin and piano

 

ARTIST BIOS:

Michigan native Rachel Coosaia has enjoyed a dynamic career as a cellist for more than three decades. Rachel is a graduate of Western Michigan University, where she studied with Bruce Uchimura. She then continued her training in Los Angeles under the esteemed Ronald Leonard.

 

Rachel is a member of the St. Matthew’s Chamber Orchestra and the Riverside Philharmonic, and maintains an active freelance career spanning orchestral, musical theater, recording, and popular music settings. Rachel has collaborated with renowned artists including John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, James Galway, Julie Andrews, Sir Elton John, Stevie Wonder, and Tony Bennett, and her cello can be heard on numerous film and television soundtracks such as Glee, New Girl, Hotel Costiera and Homecoming.

 

Complementing her performing career, Rachel is deeply committed to music education, particularly the Suzuki Method. Since beginning her Suzuki training in 2009 with esteemed mentors Pam Devenport, Jean Dexter, Rick Mooney, and Dr. Tanya Carey, she has developed a thriving private studio of 25 students. Her passion for teaching extends beyond individual instruction through volunteer work with organizations such as the Harmony Project and the Young Musicians Foundation advocating for accessible music education in underserved communities.

 

Pianist James Lent is Lecturer and Coordinator of Collaborative Piano at UCLA. James completed his DMA at the Yale School of Music under teachers Boris Berman, Claude Frank, and Peter Frankl. He made his Alabama Symphony debut to critical acclaim performing Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 2 on 24 hours’ notice to replace Andre Watts and has also performed with the Torrance Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Shanghai Philharmonic, the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, the Utah Symphony and the Florida West Coast Symphony, among others, and as solo recitalist at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival in Germany, for the National Chopin Foundation in Miami, at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and at the Cleveland Museum of Art, where he premiered a new work written for him by American composer Frederic Rzewski.

His numerous awards include prizes in the New York Concert Artists Guild International Competition, the National Chopin Competition, the Washington International Piano Competition at the Kennedy Center, the Olga Koussevitsky Piano Competition in New York, and the Houston Symphony Ima Hogg National Young Artist Competition.He was a fellowship recipient at the Aspen Music Festival, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the Sarasota Music Festival, and the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, where he studied with Jerome Lowenthal. Dr. Lent also teaches at AMDA (American Musical and Dramatic Academy) as collaborative pianist, vocal coach, and musical director.

GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS (Live in person free concerts) 11/5/25

 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

On Wednesday NOVEMBER 5, 2025 

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.  

 610 E. California Ave Glendale, CA 91206

 

PARKING INFO:

https://glendalecitychurch.org/location

 

Glendale Noon Concerts

Wednesday NOVEMBER 5, 2025 at 12:10-12:40 pm PT

BRENDAN WHITE Piano Recital

FRANZ SCHUBERT (Austrian, 1797-1828)

Impromptu in G-flat, Op.90, No.3

 

FREDERIC CHOPIN (Polish, 1810-1849)

“Heroic” Polonaise in A-flat, Op.53

Nocturne in E-flat, Op.9, No.2

 

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (Russian, 1840-1893)

The pianist and conductor Mikhail Pletnev adapted some of the music into a virtuosic concert suite for piano solo:

NUTCRACKER SUITE

a.   March

b.   Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

c.    Tarantella

d.   Intermezzo (Journey through the Snow)

e.   Russian Trepak

f.     Chinese Dance

g.   Andante maestoso (Pas de Deux)

 

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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 event page:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1498025318033610 

Preview of the next concert:

Wednesday NOVEMBER 19, 2025 at 12:10-12:40 pm

 CELLO RECITAL:

RACHEL COOSAIA -cello

JAMES LENT -piano

 

Georg Golterman (1824-1898) 

Etude Caprice Opus 54, No. 4, for Cello and Piano

 

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
Siciliene Op. 78

 

Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782) 

Concerto in C minor, III. Allegro molto energico

 

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Seven Variations for piano and cello, Wo0 46

William Henry Squire (1871-1963)

Tarantella, Op. 23 

 

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) Arr. Patricio Villarejo

Oblivion for Cello and Piano  

 

Pablo Casals (1876-1973)

Song of the Birds, for cello and piano

 

ARTIST BIO:

 

Brendan White is a Grammy-award-winning artist whose performances feature a wide range of classical and contemporary piano repertoire. Brendan is based in the L.A. area, where he collaborates with orchestras, chamber ensembles, and solo artists. He is a featured musician on Danaë Vlasse’s Grammy Award-winning album, 'Mythologies'. Brendan performs solo recitals celebrating new composers and historically overlooked masterpieces. His collaborations include performances with with the Eastman School’s Musica Nova, Vicente Chamber Orchestra, Global Harmony Symphony, Jackson Symphony, Symphony of the Verdugos, and more.  As one of Piano Sphere's Emerging Artists, he has worked with notable composers and conductors including Thomas Adès, Alma Deutscher, Alan Pierson, Donald Crockett, and Steven Stucky.

   A Tennessee native, Brendan studied at the Eastman School of Music and University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music. In addition to his performance career, Brendan is passionate about music education and teaches students of all ages. He is an original member of the annual Sunset Chamberfest in Los Angeles, which features the work of young composers in Southern California.