Saddleback Community Chorale Will Perform Songs From the Silver Screen
On Saturday, March 7th at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 8th at 2:30 p.m. in the McKinney Theatre, the Saddleback College Community Chorale, under the direction of Dr. Scott Farthing with accompaniment by pianists Pennie Foster and Catherine Tibbitts, will present a delightful concert of music from the silver screen. Come hear music from such hits as Amistad, The Lion King, Toy Story, Sister Act 2, Alfie, Cold Mountain, and Slumdog Millionaire.
Tickets are $15 general and $10 students/seniors. Call the ticket office at 949-582-4656 (noon to 4, Tuesday through Friday) or order your tickets or online at www.saddleback.edu/arts.
Saddleback College is located at 28000 Marguerite Pkwy in Mission Viejo, just east of Interstate 5 at the Avery Parkway exit. Free parking is available in Lot 12. Take Avery Parkway to Marguerite Parkway turn left to the third traffic light, which is Saddleback’s Marguerite entrance. Turn right into the campus and take the second left to Theatre Circle, turning right into Lot 12.
With a long tradition of excellence in music, the Saddleback College Vocal Program continues building on that tradition with the very finest in both standard vocal repertoire and the music of the cutting edge. The three primary choirs on campus include the Community Chorale and Concert Choir, which perform many concerts around the area throughout the school year.
Membership is open in all three ensembles with the successful completion of a vocal placement interview at the beginning of each semester. In addition to beginning, intermediate, and advanced-level vocal classes, Saddleback College offers private voice lessons to a select few vocalists who are planning on pursuing degrees in vocal performance at the University or Conservatory level.
Past students in the Applied Music program have been accepted to prestigious music schools across the country. In addition, Saddleback College is proud to be one of a handful of community colleges in the state which offer its students the opportunity to perform in operas and opera scenes each semester.
– Maestro Yorgos Kouritas, Director of Instrumental Studies at Saddleback College, is pleased to present two concerts and a master class on the weekend of March 13th-14th.
On Friday, March 13th at 7:30 p.m. in the McKinney Theatre, Directed by Maestro Yorgos Kouritas, the Saddleback College Wind Ensemble will present this delightful concert featuring a full spectrum of Wind Ensemble works.
On Saturday, March 14th from 2:00 to 4:30 p.m. in FA 101, there will be a master class with violin professor Martin Beaver of the Colburn School of Music in Los Angeles. Admission is free and Saddleback students will perform. Canadian violinist Martin Beaver was First Violin of the world-renowned Tokyo String Quartet from June 2002 until its disbanding in July 2013. As such, he appeared to critical and public acclaim on the major stages of the world including New York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall, the Berliner Philharmonic, Tokyo’s Suntory Hall and the Sydney Opera House. Saddleback violin students will perform.
On Saturday, March 14th at 7:30 p.m. in the McKinney Theatre, Conducted by Maestro Yorgos Kouritas, the Saddleback College Symphony Orchestra presents Saddleback students Jonah Cervantes, cello, and Ariana Espinoza, piano, winners of the 2014 Music Teachers Association of California Concerto Competition. Featured works include the Ravel Piano Concerto, Shostakovich Cello Concerto no.1, Bizet’s Carmen Suite no.1, and Beethoven Symphony no.7.
Tickets for the McKinney concerts are $10 general; $7 students/seniors. Call 949-582-4656 (noon to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday) or online at www.saddleback.edu/arts.
Saddleback’s Instrumental Studies Department is privileged to have some of the finest musicians of the Pacific Symphony as its instructors.
This semester the department will be hosting master classes by distinguished violinists such as Movses Pogossian and Martin Beaver. Previously, master classes have been taught by Martin Chalifour, William Fitzpatrick, Haroutune Bedelian and Guillaume Sutre.
The Symphony Orchestra and the Wind Ensemble tackle some of the most difficult pieces such as Verdi’s and Brahms’ Requiems. Dr. Kouritas is also teaching violin, viola and chamber music and has performed recently several violin recitals. Last April, he was honored to work with Carl St. Clair in the Ithaca Conducting Master class. In June, he was selected by the Baltimore Symphony to work in a master class with Gerard Schwarz (former Seattle Symphony’s Music Director).
The Music Department has established a comprehensive program which is considered to be one of the finest in California: a complete lower-division curriculum for transferring music majors, numerous performance groups, private and group lessons, a full concert series with faculty and guest artists, and general music courses. The nationally-recognized faculty is dedicated to performance and to teaching in all areas such as vocal, instrumental, jazz, guitar, piano, music technology and commercial music. Other music classes include harmony, musicianship, composition, history and appreciation of western art music, music business, rock, jazz and world music.
Saddleback College is located at 28000 Marguerite Parkway in Mission Viejo, just east of Interstate 5 at the Avery Parkway exit. Parking is available in Lot 12. Take Avery Parkway to Marguerite Parkway turn left to the third traffic light, which is Saddleback’s Marguerite entrance. Turn right into the campus and take the second left to Theatre Circle, turning right into Lot 12.
Located in Mission Viejo, Saddleback College provides quality higher education and training to the greater south Orange County community. Having served more than 500,000 students since 1968, Saddleback College offers over 300 degree and certificate programs to help students reach their personal, career, and educational goals. For more information, please visitwww.saddleback.edu and for Fine Arts information, please visitwww.saddleback.edu/arts.
Nina Welch
Fine Arts Public Information Officer
Saddleback College
28000 Marguerite Parkway
Mission Viejo, CA 92692
