LOS ANGELES DOCTORS SYMPHONY PRESENTS YOUNG PIANISTS IN CONCERT
Three young winners of the annual piano competition of the West Los Angeles Chapter of the Music Teachers Association of California will perform with the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, February 4 at 2:30PM at the Culver City Veterans Memorial Auditorium, in Culver City. This event is made possible, in part, by grants from the Recording Academy’s third annual GRAMMY Fest and the Culver City Human Services Department. Admission and parking are free.
Under the baton of music director, Ivan Shulman, the concert
will feature each young soloist playing one movement of Saint-Saens’s Piano
Concerto, No. 2. The orchestra will also perform the “Outdoor Overture” by
Aaron Copland, in honor of the composer’s birth centennial. “Courage” by Adrienne
Albert, and Khatchaturian’s “Masquerade Suite” will complete the program.
“Courage” was written in honor of Ivan Shulman and the Orchestra by Adrienne
Albert, a local composer.
GRAMMY Fest is a month-long celebration held in conjunction with the 43rd
Annual GRAMMY Awards which will be held on Feb. 21, 2001. Further information
about Fest activities can be found at www.GRAMMY.com.
Founded in 1953, the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra is one of the
oldest, non-profit community orchestras in the United States having its origins
in the health professions. This is the second concert of several being performed
throughout the Los Angeles area for the 2000-2001 season. For event information,
call (310)253-6630 or visit us on the web at www.ladso.org. -30- pr1/5/01em.final