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Trinity Lutheran Church

Manhattan Beach

2000-2001 Concert Series

KARLA DEVINE Artistic Director

1340 Eleventh Street
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
3 blocks east of Sepulveda
1 block south of Manhattan Beach Blvd.
[Google Map]

Trinity Lutheran Church hosts three concert series:

• The Main Concert Series, Sundays at 4:00 p.m.,
   
• The noontime "Bach's Lunch Recitals" at 12:15 p.m. on first Fridays from September or October through June, and
   
• "The Previews" at 2:00 p.m. on third or fourth Saturdays from September through June (except December). From January through June, the concerts are repeated the next day on Beverly Hills' "Music In The Mansion" recital series in the the historic Beverly Hills Greystone Mansion.

See the Main Concert Series on this page, and find links to the other two series at the top and bottom of each page.

Trinity Lutheran Church welcomes you to all its events and warmly invites you to join in worship. For information at its main website, click here.

For concert-series information
call (310) 937-7275 or send e-mail by clicking here

[Watch a Video about the TLC Concerts on Manhattan Beach Patch]
[About the TLC Concert Series from the Dobson Organ Newsletter]

past seasons: [2000‑2001] [2001‑2002] [2002‑2003] [2003‑2004] [2004‑2005] [2005‑2006] [2006‑2007] [2007‑2008] [2008‑2009] [2009‑2010] [2010‑2011] [2011‑2012]

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Saturday, September 30, 2000 at 7:30 p.m.

LINDA WANG, violinist

performs selections from Bach's Sonatas & Partitas
for unaccompanied violin

Since her solo debut with the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta at the age of nine, Juilliard and USC graduate Linda Wang has been captivating audiences and critics throughout the US and abroad.

Saturday, October 21, 2000 at 7:30 p.m.

KIPNIS-KUSHNER PIANO DUO

performs an all-Schubert program

World-renowned keyboardist Igor Kipnis, described by The New York Times as "Enlightened style incarnate," and Juilliard graduate Karen Kushner perform four-hand piano selections by Franz Schubert, the greatest composer for this genre.

Yamaha Concert Grand Piano provided by Yamaha Artist Services.

Sunday, November 19, 2000 at 4:00 p.m.

8th Anniversary of the Organ Dedication

SEAN O'NEAL, organist

with LELAND VAIL, baritone

Now a junior at CSULB, Sean O'Neal, has been studying organ since the age of ten. A recipient of an E. Power Biggs Fellowship, he is First-Prize winner of AGO regional competitions and was featured on NPR's "Pipe Dreams."

Dr. Leland Vail holds degrees from CSULB and a DMA in conducting from the Claremont Graduate School. He has taught in the choral and vocal areas at California State University, Long Beach since 1976, where he conducts the select University Choir.

[ Dobson Mechanical-Action Pipe Organ at Trinity Lutheran Church ]

Sunday, December 17, 2000 at 10:00 a.m.

ADVENT/CHRISTMAS RECITAL

KARLA DEVINE, organ

Freewill offering

For the past fifteen years, Karla Devine has been Organist and Director of Children's Choirs at Trinity Lutheran Church in Manhattan Beach. She did her graduate work in Basel, Switzerland, and at the University of Minnesota.

[ Dobson Mechanical-Action Pipe Organ at Trinity Lutheran Church ]

Sunday, March 11, 2001 at 4:00 p.m.

JOHN FERGUSON

Organ Recital and Choral Festival

Professor of Organ & Church Music at St. Olaf College, John Ferguson, earned a D.M.A. from the Eastman School of Music. His work as an improviser and presenter of choral festivals across the country receive national acclaim, and he has composed many published organ and choral works.

[ Dr. John Ferguson's bio at St. Olaf College ]

BEL ARTS TRIO
left to right:

DAVID SHOSTAC, principal flute, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
JAMES SMITH, Chair of Classical Guitar, USC
JOHN WALZ, principal cello, Los Angeles Opera

SOUTH BAY CLASSIC ENSEMBLE
& Sinfonia Orchestra
DAVID TINOCO Jr., director

Founded in 1997, the South Bay Classic Ensemble is one of the area's premiere professional choral organizations. The program will begin with Mozart's Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major, K.299 performed by Sara Andon, flute; Krista Strader, harp; and David York, organ. The program continues with choral music by Allegri, Brahms, Gibson, and others. The group, which will consist of about 30 singers for this concert, is comprised by some of the finest singers around town, mostly from the L.A. Master Chorale and the L.A. Opera Chorus.

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