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Trinity Lutheran Church

Manhattan Beach

2001-2002 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, September 9, 2001 at 4:00 p.m.

pre-Season Special Concert

BARCA DI VENETIA PER PADOVA
(Boat from Venice to Padua)
by Adriano Banchieri (1567-1634)

photo courtesy of www.freefoto.com

A costumed, fun-filled madrigal drama of characters on a voyage from Venice to Padua, sung from a gondola by a professional vocal quintet with continuo instruments and narrator from the Baroque Music Festival, Corona del Mar. A Venetian-themed light buffet supper follows.

Burton Karson, conductor and harpsichord
Susan Montgomery, soprano
Claire Fedoruk, soprano
Joseph Mathieu, countertenor
Mark Goodrich, tenor
Aram Barsamian, baritone
Giampiero Capelli, narrator
Steve Olsen, violoncello

Suggested donation $15 / $10 students & seniors, includes a light buffet supper following the concert.

[concert program in Adobe Acrobat]

Saturday, October 6, 2001 at 7:30 p.m.

Duo Pianists
BERNADENE BLAHA & KEVIN FITZ-GERALD

This superb young USC-faculty, husband-and-wife duo, who separately collaborate with the world's finest artists, chamber-music ensembles, and orchestras, perform four-hand and duo piano selections.

Suggested donation $15 / $10 students & seniors, includes a champagne reception in a private home following the concert

Yamaha Grand Pianos provided by Jane Affonso and by Yamaha Artist Services

Sunday, November 4, 2001 at 4:00 p.m.

9TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORGAN DEDICATION

EDWARD MURRAY, organ and harpsichord

Founder and artistic director of the Los Angeles Bach Society and organist-in-residence of First Congregational Church of Los Angeles.

Suggested donation $12 / $8 students & seniors, includes a reception following the concert
[ Dobson Mechanical-Action Pipe Organ at Trinity Lutheran Church ]

Sunday, December 16, 2001 at 10:00 a.m.

ADVENT/CHRISTMAS RECITAL

KARLA DEVINE, organ

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.

Freewill donation

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

Saturday, January 26, 2002 at 5:45 p.m.
in a private home

ANNUAL CONCERT SERIES BENEFIT RECITAL

CHERYL ANNE ROACH, mezzo-soprano
and PATRICIA HARPOLE, piano

Cheryl Anne Roach performs widely in recital and oratorio work and is the founder of the acclaimed professional vocal ensemble, Zephyr: Voices Unbound. She holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Vocal Arts from USC and the Bachelor and Master of Music Degrees in Piano Performance from the University of Illinois.

Patricia West Harpole has performed internationally with her brother, operatic bass-baritone Stephen West, and with him received an Outstanding Accompanist Award at the 7th International Tchaikovsky Competition. She studied piano at UCLA with Johana Harris, and vocal accompanying with Gwendolyn Koldofsky and Jean Barr at USC, and holds a Ph.D. in Music Education/Ethnomusicology from UCLA.

Cheryl Anne and Patricia have just released their first CD, In the Mornin'.

Requested minimum donation --$35 (includes dinner)For reservations, call Lois Alton at (310) 546-3106

[more about Cheryl Anne Roach]

Sunday, March 3, 2002 at 4:00 p.m.

ANNUAL HYMN FESTIVAL
led by

MARK SEDIO

Minister of Music, organist, choirmaster, and resident composer at Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Mark Sedio also serves on the music staff at Luther Seminary in Saint Paul. He has toured the United States and Europe as recitalist and presenter of hymn festivals, and his hymns and psalm settings have been included in several denominational hymnals.

Freewill donation. A reception follows the concert.

Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 7:30 p.m.

ZEPHYR: VOICES UNBOUND

Photo by Alisha Tamburri

An acclaimed Los Angeles-based artists' collective of professional singers formed in 1992 who merge the creative pursuits of twelve musicians into one unique artistic vision.

Suggested donation $15 / $10 students & seniors, includes a champagne reception in a private home following the concert

[RealAudio of Zephr performing Salve Regina]

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