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PACIFIC
SERENADES
season fourteen
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What do LA’s greatest musicians do for fun?

“The players are wonderful, the series is wonderful, and I love the balance between the new works and the traditional repertoire. It’s the perfect series.”
—Joanne Pearce Martin, pianist and skydiver
“I think Pacific Serenades’s idea is wonderful—I love the series. The players are all wonderful, the settings are beautiful, and the new piece is always exciting.”
—Miwako Watanabe, violinist, the Francesco Trio, and shabu-shabu queen
“Pacific Serenades gives me the opportunity to perform great music with great musicians. The audiences are so receptive, and the rapport between the musicians and the audience is very strong.”
—Roland Kato, Principal Violist, LACO, and culinary connoisseur
“I think that of all my chamber music experiences, my most satisfying have been with Pacific Serenades. There is a really cooperative feeling that we are all in this together to make beautiful music.”
—Kathleen Roland, soprano and domestic goddess
“Pacific Serenades has evolved into a more and more important artistic entity, and we performers put it at the top of our priorities. It has struck a chord with a lot of people—Pacific Serenades gives us new music that we really enjoy playing.”
—Gary Gray, principal clarinetist, LACO, and world traveler
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Pacific Serenades is a family— of great musicians who love playing music together for a friendly and enthusiastic audience; of composers who enjoy writing music that performers love to play, because it is tuneful, emotional, and brand-new; of enthusiastic audiences who love to hear a blend of treasured classics and new music created just for them, performed by the greatest musicians anyone could hope to hear; of congenial, devoted contributors and volunteers who make it all possible. The synergy of all this creates magic, a magic unique to Pacific Serenades.

It is this magic that attracts LA’s greatest musicians to play with us. Our brand of music-making is so enjoyable. And with Pacific Serenades, every member of the family helps make the music.

Bridging Worlds with Song

Saturday, February 5, 2000, 8:00PM
at Home of Evan & Ronna Binn in Tarzana
Sunday, February 6, 2000, 4:00PM
at Neighborhood Church in Pasadena
Tuesday, February 8, 2000, 8:00PM
at TBA
Franck: Sonata in A major
Steinmetz: War Scrap
Brahms: Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8
Belinda Broughton, violinDavid Speltz, celloAntoinette Perry, pianoDavid Johnson, marimba, percussion, vibraphone

Through Mist and Shadow

Saturday, March 11, 2000, 3:00PM
at Home of David & Dona Schultz in Pasadena
Monday, March 13, 2000, 7:00PM
at Neighborhood Church in Pasadena
Wednesday, March 22, 2000, 8:00PM
at The UCLA Faculty Center
Brahms: Sonata in F minor, Op. 120
Krouse: Hommage à Messiaen
Ravel: Piano Trio in a minor
Gary Gray, clarinetMartin Chalifour, violinCécilia Tsan, celloJoanne Pearce Martin, piano

Aria in Woods and Metals

Sunday, April 16, 2000, 8:00PM
at Home of John & Barbara McLoughlin in Brentwood
Sunday, April 16, 2000, 4:00PM
at Neighborhood Church in Pasadena
Wednesday, April 26, 2000, 8:00PM
at The UCLA Faculty Center
Saint-Saens: Caprice on Russian and Danish Airs, Op. 79
Carlson: Suite from the Everlasting Bonfire
Mozart: Quintet in E flat major, K. 452
Mark Carlson, fluteAllan Vogel, oboeGary Gray, clarinetMichael O’Donovan, bassoonBrian O’Connor, hornAyke Agus, piano, violin

Luminous Refractions of Soul

Sunday, May 21, 2000, 8:00PM
at Home of Anne Keeler in Pacific Palisades
Sunday, May 21, 2000, 4:00PM
at Neighborhood Church in Pasadena
Wednesday, May 31, 2000, 8:00PM
at The UCLA Faculty Center
Mozart: Quartet in B flat major, K. 589
Mishell: String Quartet No. 2
Ravel: String Quartet in F major
Miwako Watanabe, violinConnie Kupka, viola, violinRoland Kato, violaDavid Speltz, cello