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An Afternoon of Chamber Music at Hillcrest Center
Mozart, Strauss, Danny Boy and a Bull Fight round out a lovely afternoon
The Channel Islands String Quartet will present AN AFTERNOON OF CHAMBER MUSIC: Mozart, Strauss, Danny Boy and a Bull Fight, on Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 2:00 pm at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts, located at 403 W. Hillcrest Dr. in Thousand Oaks. Enjoy an afternoon of classical favorites performed in an intimate setting. A concert at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts is like attending a Mozart Concert in the Hall of Mirrors at the Schloss Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna! (Well, it has mirrors & is about the same size, less the artwork and history, but you can just close your eyes and imagine you are there!)
The Channel Islands String Quartet features First Violinist Irving Weinstein, retired Vice Chancellor in the LA Community College District. Weinstein received a Master of Music degree from DePauw University and an Artist Diploma from the Los Angeles Conservatory where he studied with Toscha Seidel. He played viola with the Roth String Quartet, resident quartet at UCLA, for over 10 years and violin with the Oceano Chamber Players. He now lives in Ventura and plays in local orchestras and chamber music groups.
Second Violinist Gary Chandler received his BA from UCLA, majoring in Motion Pictures with a minor in Music. He worked in the Motion Picture post-production industry for forty years, at Paramount, Lorimar & Disney Studios. He has played in a number of orchestras including the Santa Monica Symphony, the Valley & New Valley Symphonies and the Channel Islands Chamber Orchestra. Gary is living in Oxnard and enjoys having the available time to play his violin.
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Violist Diana Ray-Goodman maintains a private viola and violin studio in Thousand Oaks. She received her BA in Music from CSU Northridge and worked on her Master’s degree with William Magers at Arizona State University. She has played in several orchestras including the Phoenix, Santa Barbara and Thousand Oaks Philharmonic. She is a Member and Evaluator for the Music Teachers’ Association of California. A member of the music faculty at CSUCI, she is also a Registered Teacher with the Suzuki Association of the Americas and a Member of the American String Teachers’ Association.
Also performing is cellist Ervin Klinkon, who lives in Santa Barbara. He performs with several ensembles, teaches cello and coaches chamber music. Klinkon received his musical training in Germany and New York. He has performed with orchestras in Houston and Washington, D.C., and with chamber ensembles in Europe and the United States, including the National Symphony & the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra. At Montgomery College, Ervin served as Chairman of the Music Department and is the former Conductor of the Montgomery College Symphony Orchestra.
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The Channel Islands String Quartet’s program includes Mozart’s String Quartet No. 19 in C Major and, following a short intermission, An Irish Melody “Londonderry Air” by Frank Bridge, La Oración del Torero by Joachin Turina and Johann Strauss, Jr.’s Tales from the Vienna Woods. Tickets are $15 for general admission and $10 for seniors and students and may be purchased at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts Box Office or by calling (805) 381-1246 or www.hillcrestarts.com.