Community concert group offers new season
Joyce Rudolph, Weekend
Award-winning violinist Linda Wang is a featured performer for the new
2000-2001 season offered by the Glendale Community Concerts Assn. One of
six performances scheduled, Wang will appear on Nov. 5.
Wang, a first-prize winner of the International Markneukirchen
Competition in Germany, has appeared at the world’s most celebrated
concert venues, including Carnegie Hall in New York and the Berlin
Schauspielhaus.
Her solo debut was with the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta at
age 9.
This year’s Community Concerts season kicks off Sept. 17 with the
Black Mountain Male Choir of Wales returning to the United States for its
third tour since 1996. The group was originally created for Community
Concerts audiences in order to bring the power of Welsh male choral music
to this country.
Taylor 2 Dance Company, made up of six dancers, takes the audience
back to the ‘40s with dances and music from the big band era. It will
perform on Oct. 22.
The folk singing trio The Limeliters brings its blend of harmony,
humor and satire to Glendale on Feb. 4.
Side Street Strutters offer big band music with its “Jumpin’ into
Swing” in March.
Debra Reuter-Pivetta, a flutist who has appeared with great orchestras
here, in Italy, Switzerland and Germany, will perform April 1.
“We cater to all different types of musical entertainment,” said Robin
Winkelstein, Glendale Community Concerts Assn. president. “Each one of
the attactions that we have is of the highest professional quality. Many
of the attractions consist of many performers because the audience likes
to see more than one person on the stage.”
Admission to the concerts is by membership only. Glendale Community
Concerts Assn. is a nonprofit group that is part of a national network
made up of 600 units, with a parent company in New York that arranges the
entertainment, Winkelstein said.
Through reciprocity arrangements with other concert associations,
Glendale members can attend concerts presented by neighboring Community
Concert associations at no additional charge, depending on seat
availability. Schedules come with the membership packet.
Volunteer workers and the Patron Plan of donations make it possible to
present professional artists at a reasonable cost to members.
The local association has brought professional entertainment to
Glendale for 48 years.
Concerts are at 2:30 p.m. Sundays in the Glendale High School
Auditorium, 1440 E. Broadway, Glendale. Adult membership for the season
is $40 and $12 for students. Tickets are not available for single
concerts. For membership information, call 249-4625.
Glendale Community Concert Association
SCHEDULE:
Black Mountain Male Choir of Wales, Sept. 17.
Taylor 2 Dance Company, Oct. 22.
Linda Wang, Nov. 5.
The Limliters, Feb. 4.
Side Street Strutters, March
Debra Reuter-Pivetta, April 1.
TICKETS: 249-4625.