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Trinity Lutheran Church

Manhattan Beach

2003-2004 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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Sunday, October 12, 2003 at 4:00 p.m.

CALIFORNIA STRING QUARTET

Clockwise from right:
Katia Popov 1st violin, Armen Ksajikian cello,
Victoria Miskolczy viola, Andrew Graybill 2nd violin
(and Zip)

The members of the California String Quartet, the newest international-class ensemble based in Los Angeles, are four of the finest string players in the area, coming from the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (Katia, Armen, and Victoria) and the concertmaster of Opera Santa Barbara (Andrew).

Suggested concert donation $15 / $10 students
A complimentary hors d'oeuvre & dessert reception follows.

[The California String Quartet website]

Sunday, November 16, 2003 at 4:00 p.m.

11th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORGAN DEDICATION

SAMUEL S. SORIA organ

Samuel Soria was appointed organist of the new Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, in May of 2002 after a similar position of nine years at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago. He is a graduate of Valparaiso University and Northwestern Universities. In addition to academic study with Philip Gehring and Wolfgang Rubsam, he has coached privately with Jean Guillou, Naji Hakim and Paul Manz. He was a prize-winner in the 1996 AGO National Competition in Organ Improvisation and was a semi-finalist in the same competition in 1992, as well as the 1985 National Organ Playing Competition in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He won 2nd place in the J.S. Bach International Competition in 1993 at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. In 1995, he participated in the European Competition in Organ Improvisation, Knokke-Heist, Belgium, the first American to be invited to this competition.

Suggested concert donation $12 / $8 students
A complimentary hors d'oeuvre & dessert reception follows.

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

Sunday, December 21, 2003 at 10:00 a.m.

ADVENT/CHRISTMAS RECITAL

KARLA DEVINE organ

For the past eighteen 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.

Freewill donation

Sunday, February 1, 2004 at 4:00 p.m.

TRIO DE MEDICI

Roberto Cani violin, Robert Thies piano, Cécilia Tsan cello

Three musicians from varied international backgrounds, Italian violinist Roberto Cani, 1st-Prize winner of the Paganini International Competition in Genoa, the Courcillon International Competition, and the Jeunesses Musicales International Competition in Belgrade, Pianist Robert Thies, Gold-Medal winner of the International Prokofiev Competition, and cellist Cécilia Tsan, principal of the Long Beach Symphony and 1st-Prize winner for Cello and for Chamber Music at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, share their passion for chamber music and love for the culture of Europe and Italy in particular.

Suggested concert donation $15 / $10 students
A complimentary hors d'oeuvre & dessert reception follows.

Saturday, February 7, 2004 at at 5:45 p.m.
in the home of Jean Galanos

ANNUAL CONCERT SERIES BENEFIT RECITAL

LORI STINSON soprano

A popular concert soloist in the Los Angeles area, American soprano Lori Stinson is a Western Region Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera auditions and a winner in the Richard Tucker Foundation awards. She has performed with the Los Angeles Opera, San Diego Opera, Aspen Opera Theater, South Bay Opera, and Utah Festival Opera, and sang the role of Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at the Redlands Bowl.

Requested minimum donation --$40 (includes dinner)
For reservations, call Karla Devine at (310) 937-9722

Sunday, February 29, 2004 at 4:00 p.m.

ANNUAL HYMN FESTIVAL
led by

AARON DAVID MILLER

Aaron David Miller, top-prize winner at the AGO National Improvisation Competition in 1996 and the Bach and Improvisation prizes at the Calgary International Organ Festival Competition in 1998, is Director of Music at the Monroe Street Methodist Church in Toledo, Ohio.

Freewill donation.
A complimentary hors d'oeuvre & dessert reception follows.

Sunday, May 2, 2004 at 4:00 p.m.

cancelled

LOS ANGELES BACH SOCIETY

EDWARD MURRAY
founder and artistic director

Suggested concert donation $15 / $10 students
A complimentary hors d'oeuvre & dessert reception follows.

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