Performing Arts Department - Palomar College

Every Thursday at 12:30 p.m.
Performance Lab (Room D-10)
No charge for admission.

Concert Hour is a music enrichment series presented for our students and the community by the Palomar College Performing Arts Department. Concerts take place either in the O2 Performance Studio (near the Dome, adjacent to the tennis courts) or the Performance Lab (D10). Doors open at 12:20, with seating on a first-come first-served basis. The program begins at 12:30 and ends at 1:20. Late arrivals are admitted to the hall and seated during a performance pause as long as seats are available. There is no charge for admission.

Campus police can provide patrons coming from off campus with guest parking passes and give directions to legal parking areas. Patrons are urged to allow sufficient time to secure parking and reach the Performance Lab before the concert begins.

FEBRUARY 2 KEMBANG SUNDA
Welcome a Sundanese Gamelan Ensemble made up of tuned bronze gongs and xylophones, drums and a small bamboo flute performing traditional court music from West Java, Indonesia! Directed by Amy Hacker, with special guests! Venue: O2 Performance Studio

FEBRUARY 9 SILFREDO LAO VIGO
Cuban dancer, musician and painter Silfredo LaO Vigo exercises all his disciplines, including the creation of a painting onstage, incorporating music and dance (and guest musicians) from his native country. A rare treat!
Venue: O2 Performance Studio

FEBRUARY 16 THE BASS AND THE WORD
Bert Turetzky (contrabass)and Chuck Perrin (acoustic guitar, narration) expose the power of the bass and the word in a unique program that hearkens back to the 1950's experimentation between jazz and poetry. Featured will be the scintillating musical performance piece Mingus Live In the Underworld. Venue: O2 Performance Studio

FEBRUARY 23 RANDY PILE
Classical Spanish/Brazilian solo guitar from a great Southland guitarist (and Palomar faculty member) with compositions from Joaquin Rodrigo, Heitor Villa-Lobos and Francisco Tarrega. Venue: O2 Performance Studio

MARCH 1 ADE SUPARMAN
Expect a stunning performance from this noted composer and instrumentalist from West Java as he performs solo on Kacapi, a native Javanese stringed instrument. (This performance is presented in conjunction with The Center for World Music.) Venue: O2 Performance Studio

MARCH 8 WHAT IS AN ART SONG?
Joe Stanford, baritone; Ruth Weber, piano
Palomar Professor Emeritus Joe Stanford brings his resonant baritone back to Concert Hour to perform two classic song cycles: Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte and Jacques Ibert’s Chansons de Don Quichotte. Stanford will be accompanied by pianist Ruth Weber. Venue: Performance Lab (D10)

MARCH 15 PREMIER CHAMBER ENSEMBLES directed by David Chase
Venue: Performance Lab (D10)

MARCH 29 MARIMBA MUSICA
Marimbists Heather Barclay and Carol Pelkner perform a diverse selection of music spanning the melodic intricacies of Bach, the smooth melodies of Cole Porter, Latin classics and Beatle tunes. Venue: Performance Lab (D10)

APRIL 5 SEAN REUSCH
One of Southern California’s finest trombonists brings an interesting collection of music for solo and accompanied trombone. Compositions by J.S. Bach and Leonard Bernstein are featured. Venue: Performance Lab (D10)

APRIL 12 PETER SHERIDAN
Low flute specialist Sheridan presents music from his recent recording Monologues and Dialogues.
Venue: Performance Lab (D10)

APRIL 19 PALOMAR CHAMBER SINGERS directed by Sally Husch-Dean
PALOMAR WOMEN'S CHORUS directed by Karen Bryan
Venue: Performance Lab (D10)

APRIL 26 TEN STRING MUSIC
Erica Erenyi and Colin McAllister perform a wide variety of original music and transcriptions for cello and guitar, including works by Friedrich Burgmuller, Manuel de Falla, Radames Gnattali and Dusan Bogdanovic. Venue: Performance Lab (D10)

MAY 3 PALOMAR ELECTRONIC MUSIC ENSEMBLE directed by Madelyn Byrne
Venue: Performance Lab (D10)

MAY 10 MUSIC STUDENT HONORS RECITAL
Venue: Performance Lab (D10)

Spring 2012 Concert Hour