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2007-2008 Recital SeriesFrom 2001 to 2013 in Manhattan Beach, Bach's Lunch recitals have become Classical Crossroads' First Fridays at First! ~ fff recitals in Torrance CA.
Bach's Lunch recitals were half hour without intermissions. Lunch, with sandwiches made from special-order bakery bread and farmers-market-fresh produce, were available afterwards to enjoy with the artists or take back to the office in a box. |
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Friday, September 7, 2007 at 12:15 p.m.
JAMES TAULBEE organ Organist-Choirmaster of Lutheran Church of the Master in West Los Angeles, James Taulbee holds a Master of Music from USC. A favorite at Trinity Lutheran, James will open the series. |
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Friday, October 5, 2007 at 12:15 p.m. Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition Strings-Prize Winners BLUE ROSE TRIO
The Blue Rose Trio won the Strings Prize of the 2005 Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition. Its members are current and recent graduate students at the USC Thornton School of Music. The afternoon of its recital, the Trio will give outreach concerts in Manhattan Beach Schools. |
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Friday, November 2, 2007 at 12:15 p.m. GERMAN EARLY-MUSIC RECITAL
MARK ROBSON Mark Robson is one of the Southland's most versatile and respected artists. In his article "Mark Robson Shines at Zipper Concert Hall," Los Angeles Times senior music critic Mark Swed wrote, "But one thing this spectacular pianist clearly does is practice. He has one of the great techniques. He has an inquiring mind.... Robson is a major pianist... It is hard to understand why composers aren't lining up to write for Robson. ... someone should invite him to appear on the Bowl stage." A founding member of Piano Spheres, Mark Robson earned his degrees from Oberlin College and from USC under John Perry and James Bonn. From 1991 through 2005, Mark was on the staff of the Los Angeles Opera as a répétiteur and eventually as Assistant Chorus Master / Assistant Conductor and he recently joined the CalArts' faculty. As a recitalist, he has concertized at the Salle Marguerite Gaveau and Salle Cortot in Paris, the Paleis Het Loo in the Netherlands, Los Angeles County Museum of Art's Sundays Live! series, the Kennedy Center, James Madison University, and the Spoleto Festival. |
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Friday, December 7, 2007 at 12:15 p.m.
NORA CHIANG piano At the age of thirteen Nora Chiang was awarded a five-year scholarship to attend the pre-college division of the Juilliard School. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Music from the Eastman School of Music. A faculty member of Santa Monica College, Nora did graduate work at New England Conservatory and earned a Master of Music from the University of Southern California.. Founding violist of the famed Calder String Quartet, Jonathan Moerschel made his Boston Symphony Hall solo debut with the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1997 after taking first prize in the Boston Symphony Orchestra Competition. He earned both his Bachelors and Masters degrees in viola performance from USC. |
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Friday, January 4, 2008 at 12:15 p.m.
TIMOTHY HOWARD organ Lecturer in Music at California State University, Northridge, Timothy Howard holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from USC. He is the organist at the Pasadena Presbyterian Church and for 13 years held the position of Associate Organist-Choirmaster at All Saints Church in Pasadena. |
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Friday, February 1, 2008 - 12:15-1:00 p.m. "Super" Bach's Lunch CARMEN RECITAL
Mezzo-soprano GEETA NOVOTNY as Carmen Fast-rising young Los Angeles Opera mezzo-soprano and actress Geeta Novotny was Grand Prize Winner of the 2003 International Young Artist Peninsula Music Festival in Palos Verdes. In 2007, Geeta and tenor Christopher Campbell performed the leads in a concert version of Bizet's Carmen with the Roswell Symphony Orchestra (New Mexico), the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra, and the Santa Maria Philharmonic, all under the baton of John Farrer. Geeta and Christopher will be joined by Los Angeles Opera collaborative pianist Victoria Kirsch and Mládí Chamber Orchestra's flutist Pamela Vliek Martchev, who will perform the Seguidilla and the Act III interlude. |
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Friday, March 7, 2008 at 12:15 p.m. Gold Medal Winner of the Nikolai Rubinstein International Piano Competition
GIORGI LATSABIDZE piano Born in Georgia of Georgian and Armenian heritage, Giorgi Latsabidze won the Gold Medal in the 1999 Nikolai Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Paris, France. Giorgi is a Doctoral Candidate at the USC Thornton School of Music studying with Professor Stewart Gordon. |
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Friday, April 4, 2008 at 12:15 p.m. DUO ALLEGRA
NELI NIKOLAEVA violin and ROSE CHEN piano Young Bulgarian-born Neli Nikolaeva and Taiwanese-born Rose Chen are good friends and graduate students at the USC Thornton School of Music. Violinist Neli Nikolaeva, who studies on full scholarship with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Concertmaster Margaret Batjer, served as a concertmaster of the YMF Debut Orchestra, USC Thornton Symphony, Crossroads Chamber Orchestra, and International Youth Orchestra in Italy. Rose Chen is the much-loved pianist of the Blue Rose Trio. Rose studied at the New England Conservatory and the San Francisco Conservatory, and is now pursuing a Doctoral Degree with full scholarship at the USC Thornton School of Music under renowned Canadian pianist Kevin Fitz-Gerald. |
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Friday, May 2, 2008 at 12:15 p.m. Grand-Prize Winner of the Carmel Music Society Piano Competition
JUDY HUANG piano Grand-Prize Winner of the 2004 Carmel Music Society Piano Competition, Judy Huang has performed throughout the U.S. and Europe as a soloist and chamber musician. She is dedicated to community outreach programs and has collaborated with members of Pacific Symphony and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. |
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Friday, June 6, 2008 at 12:15 p.m.
RUSS LITCHFIELD organ A graduate of Whittier College, Russ Litchfield is Organist of First Friends Church in Whittier. For the past nine years he was the Music Director and Organist of Trinity Lutheran Church in Pasadena. |
