your love of music that gives wings to your spirit is played by LA’s greatest musicians who get carried away by the passion of a friendly audience who shares 
15th
Season

Pacific Serenades is like a secret garden, a garden filled with intoxicating fragrances, mysteriously entwining branches, fountains from which gemstones seem to flow—a garden which renews your spirit through an intimate and direct experience of beauty.

For 15 years, we have cultivated this garden, creating a welcoming environment where truly great musicians join ardent listeners for the pleasure of making music. These are concerts where you matter, where the sense of involvement between audience and musician is palpable. These are concerts where your desire for new music that is as beautiful, accessible, and profound as the treasures of the past creates a style of programming that you will not find anywhere else.

Welcome to our garden. The delights here are both earthly and celestial. And a passion—shared among you and the musicians—for an experience that touches your heart and uplifts your spirit makes it a garden that keeps blossoming, long after the music has ended.

–Mark Carlson, Artistic Director

An Intoxicating Bouquet

Sunday, February 11, 2001, 8:00PM
at Home of Geraldine Schlein in Los Angeles
Monday, February 12, 2001, 4:00PM
at Neighborhood Church in Pasadena
Friday, February 23, 2001, 8:00PM
at The UCLA Faculty Center
Duo No. 1, H. 157Martinu
Black Waltz of a Gossiping DivaBiggs
Quintet in C major, D. 956Schubert
Roger Wilkie, violinConnie Kupka, viola, violinVictoria Miskolczy, violaDavid Speltz, celloCécilia Tsan, cello

Entwining Branches

Sunday, March 18, 2001, 8:00PM
at Home of Anne Keeler in Pacific Palisades
Monday, March 19, 2001, 4:00PM
at Neighborhood Church in Pasadena
Wednesday, March 21, 2001, 8:00PM
at The UCLA Faculty Center
Sonata for Violin and PianoRavel
Piano TrioCarlson
Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 63Schumann
Belinda Broughton, violinDavid Speltz, celloAyke Agus, piano, violin

Secret Pathways, Hidden Treasures

Sunday, April 22, 2001, 8:00PM
at Home of Evan & Ronna Binn in Tarzana
Sunday, April 22, 2001, 4:00PM
at Neighborhood Church in Pasadena
Wednesday, May 2, 2001, 8:00PM
at The UCLA Faculty Center
Sonata in C major, Op. 102, No. 1Beethoven
Four PaintersBourland
Piano Quartet in Eb major, Op. 47Schumann
Clayton Haslop, violinDavid Walther, violaDavid Speltz, celloJoanne Pearce Martin, piano

A Cascade of Gemstones

Friday, June 22, 2001, 8:00PM
at Home of John & Barbara McLoughlin in Brentwood
Sunday, June 3, 2001, 4:00PM
at Neighborhood Church in Pasadena
Wednesday, June 6, 2001, 8:00PM
at The UCLA Faculty Center
Quartettsatz in C minor, D. 103Schubert
Tracking InlandCrockett
Quintet in A major, K. 581Mozart
Introduction and AllegroRavel
Mark Carlson, fluteGary Gray, clarinetJoAnn Turovsky, harpRoger Wilkie, violinConnie Kupka, viola, violinMichael Nowak, violaDavid Speltz, cello